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3 Aug 2023

“.. when the S&P 500 is +10% or better YTD at the July-end mark.”

Source: Carl Quintanilla, Bloomberg

3 Aug 2023

Robinhood now makes much more collecting interest on client cash than from its core business.

This is $234 million that RH's customers should be collecting but they are currently handling to the Trading App. Source: www.zerohedge.com, Robinhood

3 Aug 2023

Do US cyclical equities look vulnerable given the extent of growth optimism currently priced in vs. the weakness of ISM manufacturing?

Source chart: Goldman

3 Aug 2023

Treasuries haven’t been this ineffective as a stock hedge since the 1990s. The one-month correlation between the two assets is now at its highest reading since 1996

Source: Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg

2 Aug 2023

Global Manufacturing PMIs and Global stocks seem to be in disagreement...

Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

2 Aug 2023

It's now been 40 days since the SP500 had a down 1% day...

Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

2 Aug 2023

The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 now account for a record 31% of the ENTIRE index

Just 8 years ago, the top 10 stocks accounted for 17% of the index. A few stocks continue to drive the entire market. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

2 Aug 2023

Bonds are looking the most attractive vs stocks in decades, according to one metric

The gap between the earnings yield of the S&P 500 and the yield on the 10-year Treasuries dropped to around 1.1 percentage point last week, its narrowest since 2002. Source: Lisa Abramowicz

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