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4 Aug 2023

The slow-motion US banking crisis is still not out of the woods...

Indeed, US Money Market funds saw a third straight week of inflows ($29 billion this past week) to a new record high of $5.15 trillion...Retail money-market funds saw inflows for the 15th straight week (and institutional funds also saw a second straight week of inflows)... Usage of The Fed's emergency bank bailout facility rose by $606 million to a new record high at $106 billion... And as highlighted on the chart below, the decoupling between money-market fund inflows and bank deposits continues.. Could the current bloodbath in bonds be the catalyst for another round of pain? Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg

4 Aug 2023

Why fees matter, visually:

Source: Brian Feroldi

4 Aug 2023

CTAs are long net $58BN in US equities, just shy of the upper-end of the 5-year range

Could they trigger an acceleration of the equity sell-off if the S&P 500 breaks some key support level? Here are the key levels to watch according to GS: Short-term threshold = 4440 (-1.6%) Medium-term threshold (the most important one) = 4257 (-5.6%) Long-term threshold = 4240 (-6.1%) Source: Goldman

4 Aug 2023

The Euro is now overvalued against the Dollar for the 1st time in 2 years, says the Big Mac index.

Source: The Economist

4 Aug 2023

Bonds and equities re-correlate...The recent acceleration in yields appears to have had an effect on long-duration risk-assets...

Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

4 Aug 2023

Amazon reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that sailed past analysts’ estimates and issued guidance that points to accelerating revenue growth

The stock rose more than 10% in extended trading. AMZN Amazon Q2 FY23: • Revenue +11% Y/Y to $134.3B ($3B beat). • Operating margin 6% (+3pp Y/Y). • FCF $7.9B TTM. • EPS $0.65. AWS: • Revenue +12% Y/Y to $22.1B. • Operating margin 24% (-4pp Y/Y). Q3 FY23 Guidance: • Revenue ~$140B ($2B beat). Source: App Economy Insights, CNBC

4 Aug 2023

Apple beat earnings estimates but fell after-hours

Apple reported fiscal third-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations for both earnings and sales, driven by stronger services sales that grew 8% on an annual basis. Overall sales still fell 1% year over year, however, and revenue in the company’s iPhone, Mac, and iPad lines were all down from a year earlier. Apple shares fell more than 2% in extended trading. $AAPL Apple Q3 FY23: • Revenue -1% Y/Y to $81.8B (in-line). 💳 Services +8% Y/Y to $21.2B. 📱 Products -4% Y/Y to $60.6B. • Operating margin 28% (flat Y/Y). • EPS $1.26 ($0.07 beat). • Over 1B paid subscriptions. Source: App Economy Insights, CNBC

4 Aug 2023

Top 6 Cash flow ratios

Source: Compounding Quality, Chris Quinn

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