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28 Nov 2022

WTI tumbled to lowest since December 2021

Oil prices plunge as China protests hit risk sentiment. China unrest comes after sharp pullback in oil mkt as risk of China slowdown looms & EU floated price cap on Russian crude that looks set to have minimal impa

10 Nov 2022

Here Are All The Funds That Are Losing Billions In FTX

Here is a list of the most prominent investors in FTX courtesy of The Block's Frank Chaparro: BlackRock, Ontario Pension Fund, Sequoia, Paradigm, Tiger Global, SoftBank, Circle, Ribbit, Alan Howard, Multicoin, VanEck, Temasek Source: www.zerohedge.com

10 Nov 2022

No US recession in 4Q according to Atlanta Fed Nowcast

Atlanta Fed nowcast has Q4 GDP running very hot at 4%, which is up a full percentage point from their initial estimate. No recession in their forecast yet.

10 Nov 2022

FTX valuation history

Source: TrungTPhan

10 Nov 2022

The pace of earnings downgrades has accelerated in the US

The pace of earnings downgrades has accelerated in the US, especially compared to Europe, as a Citigroup Inc. gauge of US earnings changes has had 23 consecutive negative prints, the longest losing streak since early 2020 - Bloomberg

10 Nov 2022

A map which shows inflation in Europe

Using latest available data from Eurostat. Source: Milos Popovic.

10 Nov 2022

Rising correlations

Rolling 120d correlation between U.S. dollar (blue) and 10y Treasury yield (orange) has risen to highest since August 2020. Source: Bloomberg, Liz Ann Sonders

10 Nov 2022

The stock market is bifurcating

This chart shows the 11 S&P 500 sectors indexed from the pre-COVID index peak in February 2020. The spread between winners and losers is getting increasingly large. Source: Fidelity

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