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22 May 2024

While the FED monetary policy is seen as restrictive, the Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index is at record highs.

Risk premia in stocks and credit are near all-time tights as commodities are breaking higher. Source: Bloomberg

22 May 2024

Aluminum appears to be the next metal getting sent as price surges to highest level since June 2022

Source: barchart

22 May 2024

Is this sustainable? Nvidia results tonight might give us a clue...

Source: Mac10

22 May 2024

A POSITIVE contrarian signal >>>

EQUITY mutual funds are working on their 82nd straight month of OUTFLOWS. Source: Bloomberg, Eric Balchunas

22 May 2024

China may well be the world leader for de-risking trade ties

• Chinese firms have been developing ties with emerging markets over past ten years • This reduces China's reliance on unfriendly markets (🇺🇸🇪🇺), shielding Beijing from geopolitical tensions Source: FT, Agathe Demarais

22 May 2024

The death of volatility? VIX, VXN and VXTLT are all printing new recent lows, hitting levels not seen in years.

Source: Bloomberg, The Market Ear

22 May 2024

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day, everyone!

14 years ago, Laszlo Hanyecz, a Floridian programmer, bought 2 Papa John's pizzas for 10,000 $BTC. Today, those pizzas would be valued at $700 million.

22 May 2024

$NVDA publishes its Q1 FY 2025 report today.

The company is now the third-largest in the world, trailing only $MSFT and $AAPL, after seeing its market cap rise by 200% over the last year alone. Will the brutal momentum continue? Source: Quartr

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