Consensus expects Net margins for the Magnificent 7 to stay significantly higher than the rest of the S&P 500
Source: Goldman Sachs, TME
Hedge Funds betting on a decline in US and European stockmarkets have suffered an estimated $43bn of losses in a sharp rally over recent days.
Short sellers, many of whom had built up bets against companies exposed to higher borrowing costs over the past year or so, have been caught out by a “painful” rebound in “low quality” stocks this month, said Barclays’ head of European equity strategy Emmanuel Cau. That has come as the market has grown more confident that the US Federal Reserve’s cycle of rate rises is finally over. Funds suffered $43.2bn of losses on short bets in the US and Europe from Tuesday to Friday inclusive last week, according to calculations by data group S3 Partners, which do not take account of gains that funds may have made in other stocks they own. Source: FT
Interest rate on credit card debt has risen to 21.19%
To put this in perspective, this rate was at 14.56% in early 2022. That’s a 6% + jump in less than 2 years. Current levels have NEVER been seen in over 25 years. This is happening at a time when credit card debt has crossed the $1 trillion threshold. To make things worse, personal interest payments have crossed $500 billion. Source: Game of Trades
U.S. Bank Losses on held-to-maturity assets have soared to an ALL-TIME HIGH of $400 Billion! 👀
Source: Barchart, FT
Dax Index reaching a strong resistance level
Dax Index has rebounded more than 9% since one month. It's now approaching resistance level 16'000-16'050. Source : Bloomberg
Apple vs The World
Source: Michel A.Arouet
Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders, who wants a referendum on leaving the EU, is on course to win the most votes in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands
However, according to an exit poll, Wilders’s Freedom Party is projected to win 35 seats, substantially less than the 76 required to secure an outright majority. Source: FT
The Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 ETFs are now less than 2% below their all-time high while the Russell 2000 ETF (small caps) is 24% below its high and the ARK Innovation ETF is 71% below its high
Source: Charlie Bilello
