The US treasury curve is going in all directions
Interest rate futures are beginning to price-in a potential rate CUT this week, at a 5% chance. Meanwhile, the base case still shows rate cuts beginning in June 2024. However, odds of another HIKE in January 2024 are now up to ~36%... Source: The Kobeissi Letter
The Anatomy of the iPhone:
A fascinating graphic showing key suppliers for Apple's latest smartphone 📲 by Quartr through Linas Beliūnas
Visualizing the Investments of the Ultra-Wealthy
Source: Visual Capitalist
As a remainder, Bank of Japan (8301.JP) is a tradeable stock so you can buy some if you wish
Note that the chart does not look pretty... Maybe the market doesn't give much credibility to the management? Source: www.zerohedge.com
BREAKING: The yen falls near 150 after the Bank of Japan makes only modest tweaks to its yield control program, defying market expectations
Japan’s centralbank decided to make its yield curve control (YCC) policy more flexible, shifting the language used to describe the upper bound of the 10-year Japanese government bond yield. The BoJ said it will patiently continue monetary easing under YCC to support economic activities. BOJ makes the decisions on YCC by an 8-1 vote. The decision is sending the $USDJPY back to above 150.
Interesting development which has been taking place recently with bitcoin rising despite Tech stocks losing ground
Source: J-C Parets
The race to raise rates summarized in one chart
Source: LSEG Datastream, Reuters
Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu created the following chart, visualizing GDP growth forecasts from the IMF’s October 2023 World Economic Outlook
Unsurprisingly, many of these countries are located in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa—two of the world’s fastest growing regions.
