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16 May 2025

$1.2 Trillion of S&P 500 $SPX notional options exposure is set to expire on Friday with a max pain price currently sitting at 5,840

Source: Barchart

16 May 2025

Global 30-Year Bond Yields from Europe to North America to Asia are all sending the same message

Source: Barchart

16 May 2025

April PPI plunged largely due to collapse in company margins as a result of absorbing tariff increases

What does it mean for corporate margins going forward? Moreover, Fed chairman Powell told us companies would pass through tariffs. Is it going to be the case? Source: zerohedge

16 May 2025

The price of credit default swaps on U.S. Government Debt is rising to its highest level since 2023 and one of the highest levels since 2008 🚨

Source: Barchart

16 May 2025

Institutional investors have rarely been this BEARISH on the US Dollar:

Nearly 20% of fund managers, 174 fund managers with $458 billion in assets, surveyed by BofA said they are underweight the US Dollar, the most in 19 YEARS. Is the US Dollar heading even lower?

16 May 2025

WARREN BUFFETT'S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY JUST FILED A 13F UPDATING HIS PORTFOLIO FOR Q1'25.

Adds: $POOL, $STZ, $DPZ, $OXY, $SIRI, $VRSN Exits: $NU, $C Reductions: $CHTR, $DVA, $COF, $BAC, $TMUS, $FWONK HERE’S A LOOK AT ALL HIS HOLDINGS: Source: Wall St Engine on X

16 May 2025

JUST IN 🚨: Japan's 40-year bond yield just jumped to 3.47%, its highest level in 2 decades

Source: Barchart

16 May 2025

Japan’s economy shrank for 1st time in a year, highlighting how fragile it is—even before feeling full effects of Trump’s tariffs.

Japan’s inflation-adj GDP fell by 0.7% in Q1 annually. That’s worse than economists expected—they had predicted a smaller decline of 0.3%. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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