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16 Aug 2024

The Economist revised forecast shows the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is, in effect, a toss-up.

Source: The Economist

16 Aug 2024

Is long AI short yen the same trade?

Gray line is 30-year T-bond yield relative to tech 12 month forward earnings yield ratio Dotted green line is EUR/JPY Source: www.zerohedge.com

16 Aug 2024

China reported record levels of silver imports.

Source; Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

16 Aug 2024

JUST IN 🚨: Odds of a 50 bps interest rate in September has plummeted to less than 25%

Source: Barchart

16 Aug 2024

BREAKING 🚨 The S&P 500 has added nearly $4 TRILLION in market cap since the August 5th bottom

That's $4 trillion in 9 trading days or $444 billion PER TRADING DAY since August 5th. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

16 Aug 2024

US Chips Act is reshaping global semiconductor landscape

• America looks set to produce around one-third of global supply for leading-edge chips by 2032 • US rise will come at expense of South Korea, which could become minor player for top-notch chips Source: Agathe Demarais

16 Aug 2024

Walmart CEO on using AI

"We've used multiple LLMs to accurately create or improve over 850,000,000 pieces of data in the catalog. Without the use of hashtag#generativeAI, this work would have required nearly 100X the current headcount to complete in the same amount of time" $WMT Source: The Transcript

16 Aug 2024

$WMT Walmart Q2 FY25 (ending in July):

• Revenue +5% Y/Y to $169.3B ($1.9B beat). • Non-GAAP EPS $0.67 ($0.02 beat). • Walmart US comp sales +4%. • E-commerce +21% Y/Y. • Advertising +26% Y/Y. FY25 Guidance: • Net sales +3.75% to 4.75% Y/Y (0.75% raise). Source: App Economy Insights

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