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8 Aug 2023

This could be a problem for sugar prices which already hit 12-year highs back in May

Source: Barchart

8 Aug 2023

Saudi Aramco 2Q 2023 profit vs. profits of the Majors

Source: company results

8 Aug 2023

Market-implied inflation expectations over the next 5-10 years have risen to the highest levels in more than a year

Traders are starting to game out a future with sustainably higher inflation and higher long-term bond yields. Source: Bloomberg, Lisa Abramowiz

7 Aug 2023

One asset class - two different bets => hedge funds are shorting US treasuries at historic levels while asset managers are doing the exact opposite 👀

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

7 Aug 2023

Top 50 unicorns according to crunchbase

Source: PlotSet.com

7 Aug 2023

The lagging effects of higher interest rates ?

Yellow Corp. filed for bankruptcy and will remain shuttered after the trucking firm’s long-running financial woes (rising bond & loan payments) were compounded by a dispute with its labor force (wage inflation). The firm closes after nearly 100 years and leaves 30k employees jobless (this will likely be reflected in a lower payroll print for August). Source: Bloomberg

7 Aug 2023

US Bank credit YoY is now -0.2% YoY. First time negative since 08 (Keep in mind that in the US about 25% of credit is securities and the other 75% loans)

Source: FRED, Adem Tumerkan

7 Aug 2023

Michael Burry top holdings are two Chinese ADRs at the time the $KWEB etf is starting to outperform $QQQ

Source: The Long Investor

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