The approval of 11 bitcoin spot etf by the SEC is going to accelerate adoption of cryptocurrencies by Wall Street(and Main Street).
Adoption rhymes with education and this is precisely what the big guys are currently doing -> training their staff to better understand, explain and promote crypto products & solutions to their clients.
Headline CPI Hotter Than Expected In December, Food Costs Hit Record High
>>> Headline Consumer Price Inflation printed hotter than expected in December, +0.3% MoM vs +0.2% exp and +0.1% prior, pushing the YoY headline CPI up to +3.4% (from +3.1% prior and hotter than the +3.2% exp)... >>> US Core CPI (ex-Food/Energy) rose 0.3% MoM as expected, dropping the YoY change below 4.00% (3.93%) for the first time since May 2021. This was also above estimates of 3.8% yoy. >>> Goods deflation has stalled as the used cars and trucks index rose 0.5 percent over the month, after rising 1.6 percent in November. Food costs stand at record highs. Fuel costs are on the rise again. >>> More problematically for The Fed is the fact that Core CPI Services Ex-Shelter (SuperCore) rose 0.4% MoM, upticking the YoY rise to +4.09%...(see chart below). All the subsectors of SuperCore rose MoM with the shelter index increased 6.2 percent over the last year, accounting for over two thirds of the total increase in the all items less food and energy index. >>> Market reaction: 10Y hit 4.06% and sp500 futures are sligthly down. Prediction markets are severely discounting a March rate cut. We started 2024 with a 70%+ chance that interest rate cuts begin by March. After the strong jobs report and a hot inflation reading, odds have nearly HALVED. Still, markets are pricing in 6 rate cuts in 2024, DOUBLE what the Fed is guiding. Source: Bloomberg, The Kobeissi Letter, www.zerohedge.com
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is not only one of the most powerful people in the world right now.
He's also one of the best angel investors and entrepreneurs. Source: CB Insights thru Linas Beliūnas
While renewables energy have been a bug disappointment for investors over the last few years, long-term forecasts for offshore wind capacity remain quite attractive.
Growth still remains strong at 22% CAGR until 2030, 11% CAGR between 2030 and 2040 and 5% CAGR between 2040 and 2050. In the next 12 months, more than 80GW of auctions will be started or concluded globally. Source: Bernstein, TME
According to Darwin's Origin of Species, the species that survives is the one that is able best to ADAPT and ADJUST to the changing environment in which it finds itself.
See below the twitter profile of Franklin Templeton, a 77 vyears old asset manager with $1.5T assets under management.
On January 10, the GDPNow model nowcast of us real GDP growth in Q4 2023 is 2.2%
Source: Atlanta Fed
A funny one by r/wallstreetbets
thru Oktay Kavrak, CFA
A few days ahead of Taiwan election... Taiwan: the island that matters - or why Taiwan is important to China, USA and the rest of the world...
Imagine the implications of any blocade or invasion on the semiconductor value chain and the magnificent7... Source: BBC
