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11 Sep 2023

Out of 28,114 publicly-listed U.S. companies analyzed over the last century, the 25 best stocks have created nearly a third of all shareholder wealth

Put another way, as Visual Capitalist detail below, just 0.1% of stocks have added over $17.6 trillion to investors’ wallets. This graphic, using data from Henrik Bessembinder of Arizona State University, show the best stocks of the last century.

11 Sep 2023

The sp500 P/E ratio used to be tightly correlated to the US 2 year yield (inverted on the chart), i.e the lower the 2 year yield, the higher the P/E ratio and vice versa

Well, this is no longer the case as a giant crocodile jaw has been forming. Which of the 2 will bind firts? Source. Jeroen Blokland, True Insights

11 Sep 2023

India Nifty 50 Index. Big picture, via 5% box size

Source: Mark Ungewitter

11 Sep 2023

The S&P 500 earnings yield minus risk-free cash rate (3-month treasury bill) has dropped to its lowest level (-90 basis points) in 23 years

Source: BofA

8 Sep 2023

91 is the number of trading sessions since at least a 1.5% sell off session in SPX

This length of time without a 1 day equity shock is rare ... has happened ~five times in the last 15 years. Source: Goldman Sachs, TME

8 Sep 2023

The longer term gap between NASDAQ and the US 10 year remains huge

Source: TME, Refiitiv

8 Sep 2023

As Goldman's Brian Garrett noted yesterday, it has been 91 days since the sp500 suffered a 1.5% loss or greater in a day...

That's unusual - it has happened only 5 times in the last 15 years. As we have discussed recently, Sep + Oct are seasonally-volatile months... Source: Goldman Sachs

8 Sep 2023

An important chart

Source: J-C Parets

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