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18 Sep 2023

US High Yield spreads moved down to 3.78% this week, the tightest we've seen since April 2022

Source: Charlie Bilello

18 Sep 2023

The top 3 country equity ETFs in 2023:

1) Argentina $ARGT: +34.7% 2) Greece: $GREK: +32.5% 3) Nigeria $NGE: +29.8% Just like everyone predicted. Source: Charlie Bilello

18 Sep 2023

Nikkei 225 Index breakout ?

Nikkei 225 Index (NKY Index) traded today for the first time above the June consolidation resistance. This is a continuation trend pattern. Source : Bloomberg

18 Sep 2023

Heat map of the S&P 500's $SPY performance so far in 2023

Source: Evan, Bloomberg

18 Sep 2023

Money sent on the bitcoin blockchain this year has surpassed PayPal and is nearing Visa

Source: Documenting Bitcoin

18 Sep 2023

Top five stocks by market cap are c.50% of Nasdaq-100 Index market cap

Source: SG

18 Sep 2023

The 10 largest companies in the S&P 500 now make up 34% of the index with an average P/E ratio of 50x

This is the highest percentage since 2001 during the Dot-com bubble. Even in the 2008 bubble, this percentage peaked at ~26%. These same 10 companies have accounted for ~80% of the Nasdaq's entire rally this year. Markets are increasingly held up by a few stocks, particularly in the technology sector. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Apollo

18 Sep 2023

0DTE trading in $SPX options accounts for a record 49% of total trading volume

Source: Markets & Mayhem

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