Straight from the Desk

Syz the moment

Live feeds, charts, breaking stories, all day long.

14 Aug 2024

BREAKING: US July PP inflation falls to 2.2%, below expectations of 2.3%

Core PPI inflation falls to 2.4%, below expectations of 2.7%. This is the first drop in Core PPI YoY since December last year... In another constructive sign, PPI inflation is now at its lowest level since March 2024. A September hashtag#fed rate cut seems to be on its way. PPI numbers in a nutshell: - PPI 0.1% MoM, Exp. 0.2% - PPI Core 0.0% MoM, Exp. 0.2% - PPI 2.2% YoY, Exp. 2.3% - PPI Core 2.4% YoY, Exp. 2.6% Source: The Kobeissi Letter, US Department of Labor, Mike Z.

14 Aug 2024

The Interest Expense on US Public Debt rose to a record $1.11 trillion over the last 12 months, more than doubling over the past two years

At the current pace it will soon be the largest line item in the Federal budget, surpassing Social Security. Source: Charlie Bilello

14 Aug 2024

Athletes from four California universities won 89 Olympic medals. (The United States won 126 total).

Athletes from Stanford University alone won more medals than all but seven countries in the world. Source: Erik Brynjolfsson

14 Aug 2024

Bitcoin, ETFs on track to surpass the Satoshi stack by the end of 2024

Source: Bitcoin news

14 Aug 2024

Cathie Wood goes on a dip-buying spree

Source: Bloomberg

14 Aug 2024

"Dr Doom" Nouriel Rouvinsi is upbeat about the economy

Source: Fortune

14 Aug 2024

CTAs are projected to sell global stocks in every single scenario over the next week, up to a total of $64 billion if the market trades lower, warns Goldman Sachs!

Source: GS, Barchart

14 Aug 2024

If you invested $1 in Altria, you would have $2.6 million today, making it the best-performing stock in history, according to research from Arizona State

Altria has generated a cumulative compound return of 265,528,900.62% since data began being recorded. Here are the others. Source: Barchart

Thinking out loud

Sign up for our weekly email highlighting the most popular posts.

Follow us

Thinking out loud

Investing with intelligence

Our latest research, commentary and market outlooks