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23 Aug 2023

In case you missed it... Charles Schwab owes 130% of their total equity capital to short duration FHLB* loans that have to be paid back soon

Total assets $350 billion... Source: FinanceLancelot * What Is the Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLB)? The Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLB) is a consortium of 11 regional banks across the U.S. that provide a reliable stream of cash to other banks and lenders to finance housing, infrastructure, economic development, and other individual and community needs. (source: Investopedia)

23 Aug 2023

In case you missed it...what's going on with Citigroup?

Yesterday it had its lowest close of 2023, back to the panic levels of mid-March when Silicon Valley Bank failed. Source chart: James Bianco

23 Aug 2023

Bespokeinvest posted: "Here's one way to think about investing in equities and "buy and hold."

Casinos make money by making sure bettors eventually lose more often than they win. The stock market is the opposite. The longer you play, the better your odds. Historically, the odds of the S&P 500 being up over any one-month time frame have been 62.6%. Over a year, the odds of being up jump to 74.6%, and over eight years, they jump to 97%. Since 1928, all 16+ year time frames have seen positive returns. Check out this chart Bespokeinvest created to help people visualize this data a couple of years ago (updated through July 2023):

23 Aug 2023

World’s Biggest Wine Producers by Country

Source: Visual Capitalist

23 Aug 2023

The last time US 10Y yields were this far above sp500 dividend yields was sept/oct 2007 (BNP Paribas funds liquidate, Fed slashes rates, market peaks...)

Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

23 Aug 2023

S&P 500 to 10-year note ratio is going parabolic

Source: barchart, The Daily Shot

23 Aug 2023

How to analyze a 10-K

Source: Compounding Quality / Chris Quinn

23 Aug 2023

This is not the price chart of a meme stock going under or a "pump and dump" altcoin

This is the Austria AA+ 100 year bond being hammered by the rise of bond yields... The price of the 100 year Austrian government bond has plunged near all-time lows and is trading 72% below its All-Time-High. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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