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12 Jul 2023

Larger Corporate Bankruptcy Filings, per Year through June

Bankruptcy filings by larger corporations in the first half of this year rose to the highest level since the same period in 2010, when they were coming down from the Financial Crisis Source: www.wolfstreet.com, WallStreetSilver

12 Jul 2023

ECB Balance Sheet

ECB QT continues w/balance sheet shrank by another €12.8bn to €7,207bn, lowest since Mar2021. ECB's total assets now equal to 53% of Eurozone GDP vs Fed's 31%, SNB's 121%, and BOJ's 128%. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

12 Jul 2023

US 30 year Mortgage Rate

The US 30 year mortgage rate has hit a new decade high at 7.38%, up 23 bps since last week, per BankRate

12 Jul 2023

Spot Bitcoin ETF Official Dates for Applicants

Everything you need to know about the spot bitcoin ETF race in one beautiful table by ⁦JSeyff thru Eric Balchunas

12 Jul 2023

$XLE Energy sector ETF surging out of this wedge today!

Source: Trend spider

12 Jul 2023

German ZEW survey highlights concerns over shaky recovery.

ZEW investor expectations fell to -14.7 in Jul (estimate -10.6) from -8.5 in June a bad omen for econ growth. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

12 Jul 2023

Commercial Bank Interest Rate on Credit Card Plans

US credit card rates climb above 22%, a new high. Source: The Daily Shot

12 Jul 2023

Currently, the 10-year yield is at 3.98%

A move above 4% on the 10-year Treasury yield caused the last 2 blowups in financial markets: - UK pension fund - US regional banks Source: Game of Trades

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