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12 Nov 2024

Republicans officially retain control of the U.S. House, giving the GOP a Trifecta; Control of both chambers of Congress and the Presidency.

The Republicans have won control of the U.S. House of Representatives after the party took 218 seats in national elections, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection on NewsNation. Source: @america

11 Nov 2024

FUN FACT: 14 years ago today, you could buy 1 Bitcoin for $0.50

Source: The Bitcoin Historian

11 Nov 2024

Ethereum $ETH now has a larger market cap than Bank of America

Ethereum: $380B Bank of America: $345B Source: Watcher.Guru

11 Nov 2024

Actually, bonds performed really well last week

$TLT $AGG Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

11 Nov 2024

$SPY The S&P 500 had its best-performing week of 2024. Here are the top-performing stocks from last week: 👇🏻

Source: The Future Investors @ftr_investors

11 Nov 2024

#hodl

#holders

11 Nov 2024

🚨 The “Euro swap cash basis” is negative for the first time since its creation in 1999.🚨

👉 It reflects the difference in cost between borrowing money in euros and the cost of swapping it to another currency, like U.S. dollars. 👉When it’s negative, it means borrowing in euros and swapping it to dollars is unusually expensive or difficult. 👉The fact that it’s negative for the first time since 1999 suggests that dollar demand is at an all time high🥤 Source: BowTiedMara @BowTiedMara

11 Nov 2024

🚨MARKET SPECULATION LEVEL HAS RARELY BEEN GREATER🚨

Retail traders' activity share in the options market SPIKED to 20% last week, the highest level ever recorded. Retail is piling into options at a much faster pace than during the 2020 retail trading bonanza. Source: Global Markets Investor, JP Morgan Quant

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