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22 Jul 2024

Adjusting for inflation, the Japanese Yen is at its weakest point in 57 years 🚨

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

22 Jul 2024

Highest Wall Street price targets for the Mag 7

source: Evan on X

22 Jul 2024

France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the minimum wage could be increased, opening the door to a key proposal of the leftist bloc

Raising the floor on the basic wage known as the SMIC by around €200 ($217.64) to €1,600 a month net is a core proposal of the New Popular Front, which won the largest share of seats in a snap election two weeks ago, but not enough to govern alone. Source; Bloomberg

22 Jul 2024

The end of complacency? Fear Index Vix has jumped 32.6% last week, the biggest weekly increase since March 2023.

But at 16.5, the Vix level is still below the long-term average of 19.8. And remember that during election years, volatility tends to increase by 25% between July and November... Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

22 Jul 2024

Bitcoin $BTC reaction following the news that Biden is leaving the race was heavily scrutinized by market participants for 2 reasons

1/ It is the only risk assets traded 24/7 and thus reacting to news over the week-end; 2/ Bitcoin is now seen as a "pro-Trump" asset (i.e of it goes down that means that markets see a lower chance for Trump to be re-elected). While the initial reaction to the news was BTC going down almost $1,000 in a matter of minutes, BTC bounced back later on to trade at the highest level of the week-end (around $68k). So if Bitcoin is any guide, the Trump election trade does not seem to have been damaged... Source chart: coingecko

22 Jul 2024

Rich Dad's guide to Financial freedom - Robert Kiyosaki

Extract of the "Cash Flow of the Middle Class" Source: InvestmentBooks Dhaval

22 Jul 2024

This is not the first correction $SMH semiconductors ETF is going through

Source: Trend Spider

22 Jul 2024

It was inevitable...

Source: Inverse Creamer (Not Jim Cramer) on X

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