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6 Jan 2023

It seems ChatGPT is disrupting Internet. Now, it is Google the one that can be disrupted.

Welcome to You.com the first app that combines ChatGPT connected to Google

6 Jan 2023

Probably one of the best Steve Jobs quote ever

Source: Finimize

6 Jan 2023

Bitcoin is growing faster than every financial company and bank in history

Source: Documenting Bitcoin

6 Jan 2023

Nasdaq 100 year-on-year returns have been in the red for an unusually long period of time

Investors aren't used seeing red anymore... Source: Compounding Quality

6 Jan 2023

Euro-Zone inflation’s sharp drop to single-digit masks underlying pressures

Euro-Zone prices rose by 9.2% in December which is lower than economists consensus expectations (9.5%). However, core inflation hits record-high 5.2%. ECB rate hikes cycle is likely to continue. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

5 Jan 2023

ECB Balance Sheet keeps shrinking

ECB total assets drop by another €29.7bn due to quarter-end adjustments (-€42.7bn) to €7,955,8bn, the lowest level since July 2021. ECB Balance Sheet now equals 61% of Eurozone GDP vs Fed's 33% and BoJ's 126%. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

5 Jan 2023

FAANGs continue to lay off employees

Source: Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Silver

5 Jan 2023

Between March 2009 and December 2022, global fund managers were never overweight bonds.

Fund managers surveyed by BofA are net overweight bonds for the 1st time since April 2009 Source: BofA Fund manager survey, Jeroen Blokland

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