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13 Oct 2023

Another $40 billion in US debt today

US national debt has jumped by $550 billion in the past 3 weeks. This is WAY above the pace of $2 trillion per year expected by the government. The US was at $31.4 trillion just 4 months ago. Debt has increased by $2.1 trillion in the past 4 months. Source: WallStreetSilver

13 Oct 2023

How it started… how it is going…

Source: X NotJeromePowell

13 Oct 2023

The Treasury Yield Curve has been steepening (i.e. uninverting) for 5 straight weeks, the longest streak in more than 25 years

Source: DB, Barchart

12 Oct 2023

Microsoft $MSFT is devoting more than 13% of CAPEX to artificial intelligence, the highest amount out of the world’s top cloud service providers

Baidu $BIDU follows with nearly 10%, while Google $GOOG and Meta $META are putting between 6-7% of CAPEX to AI. Source: FT

12 Oct 2023

Warren Buffett’s Financial Statement Rules of Thumb

Source: Brian Feroldi

12 Oct 2023

What to expect from today's US CPI data? Main take via JPM's market intelligence team

Source: JPM, TME

12 Oct 2023

Maximum 3-month total return 60/40 nominal drawdown

Source: TME, Haver

12 Oct 2023

$100k invested in the S&P 500 ETF 30 years ago would be worth over $1.7 million today

Was the road to 17x growth a straight line? Far from it... Source: Charlie Bilello

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