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8 Aug 2023

VIX seasonality suggest some volatile months ahead for stocks

Vix Seasonality

8 Aug 2023

Saudi Aramco 2Q 2023 profit vs. profits of the Majors

Source: company results

7 Aug 2023

Top 50 unicorns according to crunchbase

Source: PlotSet.com

7 Aug 2023

Michael Burry top holdings are two Chinese ADRs at the time the $KWEB etf is starting to outperform $QQQ

Source: The Long Investor

7 Aug 2023

Tavi Costa: "Brazilian equities have been attracting unprecedented levels of foreign capital investments, marking a fundamental shift since the global financial crisis

Net inflows from international investors over the past 50 days have reached historically elevated levels, maintaining a consistent upward trajectory over the last two years". Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg

7 Aug 2023

Is stocks leadership vs. commodities starting to roll over?

Source: J-C Parets

7 Aug 2023

Given the expensive level of stocks valuations (especially tech), there is little room left for bad news

Valuation ratios are bad timing tools but help assessing the downside potential. Source: Charlie Bilello

4 Aug 2023

CTAs are long net $58BN in US equities, just shy of the upper-end of the 5-year range

Could they trigger an acceleration of the equity sell-off if the S&P 500 breaks some key support level? Here are the key levels to watch according to GS: Short-term threshold = 4440 (-1.6%) Medium-term threshold (the most important one) = 4257 (-5.6%) Long-term threshold = 4240 (-6.1%) Source: Goldman

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