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7 Jun 2024

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7 Jun 2024

Austria’s hawkish central bank chief Robert Holzmann was the sole dissenter on ECB rate cut, BBG reports, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

7 Jun 2024

As highlighted by Tavi Costa:

Despite quantitative tightening in most developed economies, their money supply continues to grow substantially, undermining their policies in a significant way. "Today's ECB decision to cut rates highlights how central banks are trapped and forced to reinstate financial repression even as inflation remains higher than historical norms. These policies act as a relief valve to alleviate financial stress, leading to a surge in prices of hard assets with limited supply". Source: Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

7 Jun 2024

🚨: S&P 500 $SPY finished with its lowest volume in 18 years (excluding holiday-shortened trading days)

Source: Barchart

7 Jun 2024

What US stock market concentration? Exhibit below

courtesy of Morgan Stanley and Factset - shows the market concentration at the end of 2023 for a dozen of the largest markets around the world. The U.S. is the fourth MOST DIVERSIFIED market notwithstanding the recent increase in concentration...

7 Jun 2024

Nvidia's relative volume is getting crazier, yesterday's its traded about as much as the rest of the Top 20 list combined.

Source: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

7 Jun 2024

Here’s how many times the word “AI” has been said on the earnings calls of some of the biggest companies in the world

Source: Evan, Uptrends

7 Jun 2024

On June 6, the GDPNow model nowcast of real GDP growth in Q2 2024 is 2.6%

Source: Blue Chip Economic Indicators

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