Hedge Funds Boost #Treasury Shorts to Record on Doubts Over Rally
Source: Bloomberg
China Celebrated Lunar New Year Like Covid No Longer Exists
Source: Bloomberg
Bank of Japan (BoJ) owns ~50% of Japan's national debt
Japan's national debt stands at 1,280 trillion Yen or roughly $9.2 trillion. Bank of Japan (BoJ) owns ~50% of Japan's national debt: 564 trillion yen. If they continue with same pace of bond buying, they will own all the outstanding bonds in 33 weeks Source; WallStreetSilver, SagarSinghSetia
S&P 500 Q4 GAAP earnings were down 20% year-over-year
S&P 500 Q4 GAAP earnings were down 20% year-over-year, the 3rd consecutive quarter of negative YoY growth and the largest decline since Q2 2020 (note: combination of actual/estimates w/ 37% of companies reported thus far). Source: Charlie Bilello
Tesla has become one of hottest stock-option trades on Wall Street
Tesla has become one of hottest stock-option trades on Wall St attracting equal numbers of enthusiastic supporters & outspoken critics. Both sides have turned to derivatives: Bulls betting on extreme upside scenarios, bears bet share price will plunge. Source: HolgerZ, Cboe
The Bitcoin market has stopped bleeding.
Realized P/L ratio (30d MA), a ratio between all coins moved at a profit and a loss (at the price last moved on chain), has flipped positive. Source: Glassnode, Dylan LeClair
Disinflation in one chart
In the 90s, a company needed 8 employees to generate $1 million in revenues. Due to technology, now it needs 2. Source: MacroAlf
Fed fund rate above Core PCE for the first time since the pandemic!
For the first time since February 2020, Fed funds rates are positive in real terms as the Core PCE index came out at 4.4% (vs. 4.5% for the Fed funds rate). This bodes well for an imminent halt in rate hikes, unless the US economy surprises on the upside. Source: Bloomberg
