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15 Mar 2024

Active managers had less than 25% exposure to equities in late October when the S&P 500 was at 4,100.

Today their equity exposure has jumped to 104% (leveraged long) with the S&P 500 above 5,100. This is their highest exposure since November 2021. Source: Charlie Bilello

14 Mar 2024

European Stocks are on track for their 8th consecutive green week which would be their longest winning streak since 2022

source : barchart

13 Mar 2024

Who are Europe's GRANOLAS?

Novo Nordisk $NVO LVMH $LVMUY ASML $ASML Nestlé $NSRGY L'Oréal $LRLCY SAP $SAP Roche $RHHBY AstraZeneca $AZN Novartis $NVS Sanofi $SNY GSK $GSK Source: App Economy Insights

12 Mar 2024

Stock Bubble mentions in the media are at 2-year highs but still well short of the meme-stock mania period in early 2021

source : bloomberg, barchart

11 Mar 2024

A tale of 2 markets

Source: The Economist, Bloomberg

11 Mar 2024

What are the stocks favoured by retail investors?

$NVDA, $TSLA, $AMD, and $SMCI Source: Markets & Mayhem, Vanda Research

8 Mar 2024

Europe's leading stock index reaches 500 points for the first time, 24 years following its achievement of 400 points

source : Bloomberg

8 Mar 2024

Interesting chart showing the # of stocks that are up 100%+ YoY with a price to sales ratio greater than 10 over time.

Currently not nearly as frothy as the Dot Com bubble peak months and the peak months during the meme stock rally in late 2020/early 2021. Source: Bespoke

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