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28 Nov 2022

Black Friday nominal and real US retail sales growth

Retailers’ Inflation-Fighting Discounts Yield Modest Growth on Black Friday

28 Nov 2022

Korean House Prices Drop by Most Since 2013 as Credit Woes Moun

Source: Bloomberg

28 Nov 2022

WTI tumbled to lowest since December 2021

Oil prices plunge as China protests hit risk sentiment. China unrest comes after sharp pullback in oil mkt as risk of China slowdown looms & EU floated price cap on Russian crude that looks set to have minimal impa

10 Nov 2022

Here Are All The Funds That Are Losing Billions In FTX

Here is a list of the most prominent investors in FTX courtesy of The Block's Frank Chaparro: BlackRock, Ontario Pension Fund, Sequoia, Paradigm, Tiger Global, SoftBank, Circle, Ribbit, Alan Howard, Multicoin, VanEck, Temasek Source: www.zerohedge.com

10 Nov 2022

No US recession in 4Q according to Atlanta Fed Nowcast

Atlanta Fed nowcast has Q4 GDP running very hot at 4%, which is up a full percentage point from their initial estimate. No recession in their forecast yet.

10 Nov 2022

FTX valuation history

Source: TrungTPhan

10 Nov 2022

The pace of earnings downgrades has accelerated in the US

The pace of earnings downgrades has accelerated in the US, especially compared to Europe, as a Citigroup Inc. gauge of US earnings changes has had 23 consecutive negative prints, the longest losing streak since early 2020 - Bloomberg

10 Nov 2022

A map which shows inflation in Europe

Using latest available data from Eurostat. Source: Milos Popovic.

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