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4 Mar 2024

Long large cap-growth relative to small cap value 12-month relative performance hit extreme level

Source: BofA

4 Mar 2024

📉 US High-Yield Corporate Bond Spreads Hit Historic Lows!

In February, US credit markets surged ahead of US Treasuries as spreads tightened significantly, reflecting the resilience of the US economy and robust corporate fundamentals, highlighted by strong Q4 2023 earnings. The spread of the Bloomberg US BB-rated corporate bonds index dipped below the 200 basis points mark, entering unprecedented territory. 💼 But with spreads at historic lows, the burning question emerges: Is this move sustainable, and for how long? As investors, should we prioritize absolute yield or relative yield in this environment? 🤔 With tightening credit spreads, it's imperative to carefully weigh the options. Remember, as spreads narrow, the risk of wider credit spreads increases, leaving less room for error. Source: Bloomberg #CreditMarkets #CorporateBonds #FinanceNews

1 Mar 2024

Wealth inequality keeps rising

The Top 1% of US earners now have more wealth than the middle class

1 Mar 2024

BREAKING: BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF, $IBIT, hits a record $10 billion in assets under management

This is the fastest an ETF has hit $10 billion in assets under management, at 37 trading days. Just ~4% of all ETFs have reached the $10 billion mark. More history made by Bitcoin. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

1 Mar 2024

Eurozone CPI slowed less than anticipated in Feb, highlighting stickiness in inflation

Headline inflation eased to 2.6% YoY in Feb, above 2.5% consensus estimate in BBG survey. Core inflation came down by 0.2%-pt to 3.1%, also an upward surprise compared to 2.9% consensus estimate. Source: Bloomberg

1 Mar 2024

Thanks God for tech! Big tech is the only space seeing upward revisions

Source: TME, Barclays

1 Mar 2024

The SP500 has now traded green in both January and February

When that has occurred (data going back to 1950), the $SPX finished the rest of the year higher 27/28 times with the final 10 months being higher 26/28 times. Seems pretty good for Bulls! 🐂 Source: barchart, H/T Ryan Detrick

1 Mar 2024

Wow. If you had invested $5,000 in $NVDA back in 2000 you'd have $4.7M today. 😮

Source: Markets & Mayhem

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