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4 Dec 2023

Anticipation of an eventual US spot Bitcoin ETF continues to push BTC price higher

A Bloomberg's analysts assign a 90% probability of being approved by the SEC in January...

4 Dec 2023

Google and YouTube continue to lead in internet traffic, amassing over 115 billion combined visits in the last month

This figure is more than triple the combined visits to Facebook's family of products, Twitter, Baidu, Amazon, and ChatGPT. Source: Beth Kindig $GOOGL $META $BIDU $AMZN $MSFT

4 Dec 2023

Some investors are worried about VIX index being too low, i.e markets are too complacent

The chart below is a good reminder that a "low VIX" is a normal part of bull markets. Investors seem to always forget this. Source: Mark Ungewitter, Ryan Detrick

4 Dec 2023

Ranked: Worst U.S. Companies for Employee Retention 💼

This graphic by NeoMam Studios is part of Visual Capitalist’s Creator Program, featuring work from the world’s top data-driven talent ✅

4 Dec 2023

The Pentagon said Sunday a U.S. warship and multiple commercial vessels are under attack in the Red Sea.

‘We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available,’ the Pentagon said, according to the Associated Press.” Meanwhile, "Gulf of Tonkin" is trending on X in the US. Source: Fox News, www.zerohedge.com

1 Dec 2023

This month will go down as one of the best ever for the S&P 500

Did you know that after previous months that gained >8% continued strong returns were common? Higher a year later 90% of the time and up 15.8% on average. Source: Ryan Detrick

1 Dec 2023

The S&P 500 gained 8.9% in November, the 18th biggest monthly advance since 1950. $SPX

Source: Charlie Bilello

1 Dec 2023

Global Stocks post a gain of almost 9% during November, their best month in 3 years

Source: Barchart

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