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16 Aug 2024

Ranked: Nuclear Power Capacity by Country

Nuclear power plays a crucial role in the energy transition. However, to meet the world’s growing energy demand, more capacity is needed. As of late 2023, global nuclear energy capacity stood at 396 gigawatts (GW). An additional 299 GW is either in development or announced. This graphic, sponsored by Range Funds, provides visual context to which countries are at the forefront of this capacity, using data from Global Energy Monitor. Source; The Visual Capitalist

16 Aug 2024

The VIX is now LOWER than it was before August 1st.... what a round trip...

Source: TradingView

16 Aug 2024

Eric Schmidt, ex-CEO at Google $GOOGL, said his former company is losing the AI race and remote work is to blame - WSJ

“Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning” Source: Evan

16 Aug 2024

After escaping a black Monday (and the 2nd largest surge in the vix ever) over a week ago, the S&P 500 $SPX is only 2.2% away from all-time highs

Source: Barchart

16 Aug 2024

There are now 476,000 new homes for sale in the US, the highest inventory since February 2008.

Source: Charlie Bilello

16 Aug 2024

The Economist revised forecast shows the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is, in effect, a toss-up.

Source: The Economist

16 Aug 2024

Is long AI short yen the same trade?

Gray line is 30-year T-bond yield relative to tech 12 month forward earnings yield ratio Dotted green line is EUR/JPY Source: www.zerohedge.com

16 Aug 2024

China reported record levels of silver imports.

Source; Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

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