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25 Sep 2024

Lyn Alden commissioned a research report, written by @samcallah, to quantify Bitcoin's correlation to measures of global money creation relative to other asset classes.

Result: Bitcoin moves in the directional of global M2 83% of the time; more than other assets. Source: Lyn Alden on X

25 Sep 2024

Market pricing for another 50 bps rate cut at the Fed's next meeting two days after the election is now up to 60%.

@CMEGroup

25 Sep 2024

Top Donor Contributions to Donald Trump & Kamala Harris as of September 2024.

Google & Microsoft very disproportionately donate to the Democratic Party. Between them, they control close to 100% of web browsers and search. Any bias? Source: @TheRabbitHole84

25 Sep 2024

US CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES ARE AT ALL-TIME HIGHS

US credit card rates remain at record highs of ~22%. US credit card debt is now ~$1.14 trillion, also at an all-time high. This means Americans pay ~$250 billion in average interest payments on credit cards a year. Source: Global Markets Investor

25 Sep 2024

Microsoft in a nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy for AI data centers

Source: Bloomberg

25 Sep 2024

UBS is ahead of schedule on cost savings according to CEO S. Ermotti

Source: Reuters

24 Sep 2024

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel. Would that be enough to overtake Nvidia?

Source: FastCompany

24 Sep 2024

A visualisation of why the fees you pay, matter:

Source: Koyfin

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