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16 Aug 2024

The VIX is now LOWER than it was before August 1st.... what a round trip...

Source: TradingView

16 Aug 2024

Eric Schmidt, ex-CEO at Google $GOOGL, said his former company is losing the AI race and remote work is to blame - WSJ

“Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning” Source: Evan

16 Aug 2024

After escaping a black Monday (and the 2nd largest surge in the vix ever) over a week ago, the S&P 500 $SPX is only 2.2% away from all-time highs

Source: Barchart

16 Aug 2024

There are now 476,000 new homes for sale in the US, the highest inventory since February 2008.

Source: Charlie Bilello

16 Aug 2024

The Economist revised forecast shows the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is, in effect, a toss-up.

Source: The Economist

16 Aug 2024

Is long AI short yen the same trade?

Gray line is 30-year T-bond yield relative to tech 12 month forward earnings yield ratio Dotted green line is EUR/JPY Source: www.zerohedge.com

16 Aug 2024

China reported record levels of silver imports.

Source; Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

16 Aug 2024

JUST IN 🚨: Odds of a 50 bps interest rate in September has plummeted to less than 25%

Source: Barchart

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