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26 Jul 2023

EURCHF tumbled today as the Swiss Franc saw demand ahead of The Fed and ECB.

The swissy is the strongest vs the euro since Sept 2022 (with the biggest strengthening of CHF vs EUR since January today)... Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

26 Jul 2023

The last time The Dow had a longer winning streak than this (12 straight days) was in Jan 1987 (13 days - the all-time record win streak)...

Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

26 Jul 2023

Alphabet shares rose about 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected revenue and profit, driven by growth in its cloud-computing unit.

For the fourth straight quarter, Google’s parent company reported growth in the single digits as it reckons with a pullback in digital ad spending that reflects concerns about the economy. Analysts don’t expect growth to hit double digits again until the fourth quarter. $GOOG Alphabet Q2 FY23 details by App Economy Insights • Revenue +7% Y/Y to $74.6B ($1.8B beat) • Operating margin 29% (+1pp Y/Y) • EPS $1.44 ($0.10 beat) ☁️ Google Cloud: • Revenue +28% Y/Y to $8.0B. • Operating margin 5% (+14pp Y/Y). ▶️ YouTube ads +4% to $7.7B. Source: App Economy Insights, CNBC

26 Jul 2023

When it comes to the rush into AI stocks, these 2 charts are not easy to interpret from a contrarian perspective

On one hand, record inflows into AI etfs could mean there is too much "hot money" = BEARISH from a contrarian perspective. On the other hand, shorts continue to accumulate positions betting on a collapse of AI-related mega-caps tech stocks. This is BULLISH from a contrarian perspective. Source chart: JPM, TME

25 Jul 2023

US credit delinquencies including housing have now risen above 2009 levels.

Source: Sven Henrich

25 Jul 2023

93% of the US yield curve is currently inverted

Source: Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

25 Jul 2023

BlackRock is the leading asset management firm with $9.1 trillion in AUM

Vanguard follows closely behind with $7.6 trillion in AUM. However, after Vanguard, there is a considerable drop-off in total AUM, with the next top asset management firms having relatively similar AUM figures. Source: Genuine Impact

25 Jul 2023

Computers vs Humans: Apparently computers got more AUM than humans...

AI will probably accelerate this trend further... Source: Statista, Topdowncharts

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