The Gold ETF ended yesterday's session at its most overbought level on record (monthly RSI). Today it is down 4%
$GLD Source. Charlie Biello
Senate Democrats on Monday rejected a GOP-led stopgap funding bill for the 11th time as the shutdown heads into its fourth week.
Senators voted 50-43 on the House-passed bill, which would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine were the only senators who broke rank to vote to advance the bill. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) did not vote. Senator Josh Hawley: "Since Democrats refuse to fund the government, I'm introducing legislation to reinstate SNAP benefits immediately. Source: Politico
76 Million websites are hosted on Amazon's $AMZN AWS EC2 Infrastructure
Source: Chartr, Elon Musk
Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday created history, winning Japan’s parliamentary vote to become the country’s first woman prime minister, with domestic stock markets cheering her ascendancy.
Takaichi garnered 237 votes in the first round of voting, negating the need for a runoff vote in the 465-seat Lower House, according to public broadcaster NHK. Her victory comes after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party allied with the Japan Innovation Party and reportedly signed an agreement over the weekend to form a coalition government. Takaichi agreed to back JIP policies such as a reduction in parliamentary seats, free high school education and a two-year pause on food consumption tax, according to Reuters. Source: CNBC
When AWS goes down…the fiat world breaks
Source: Neil Jacobs - FOMO21.com - Bitcoin
China is remonetizing gold
Gold Warrants on the Shanghai futures exchange are UP 25x since the beginning if the year. What is a Gold Warrant? A gold warrant on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) is an electronic certificate representing ownership of a specific quantity of physical gold stored in an SHFE-approved delivery warehouse. They are used as the basis for physical delivery against gold futures contracts. Each standard gold warrant typically represents 3,000 grams of gold that meets exchange standards for purity and origin. Why are they surging? Shanghai gold warrants are surging due to a combination of record-breaking safe-haven demand, robust central bank gold purchases (notably by the People’s Bank of China), and intense price volatility driving investor and arbitrage activity. Source: Jim Bianco, @AndreasSteno
Should it be be called Standard & Europoor‘s 500 ?
Source: Michel A.Arouet
S&P 500 Shiller P/E (CAPE) ratio exceeded 40x, the highest level since the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble BURST.
At the same time, US households’ equity allocation jumped to ~45%, the highest EVER. This is a few percentage points above the Dot-Com Peak. Source: Global Markets Investor, TopdownChart
