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17 Oct 2023

LVMH vs Novo Nordisk gap is getting extreme. Is there cross asset logic here, or is it just hot money switching from one ex hot asset to another "must have" asset?

Source: TME, Refinitiv

17 Oct 2023

Moderna's stock is now down 81% from its peak and below the price it was trading at when the FDA issued an EUA for its Covid-19 vaccine back in December 2020

$MRNA Source: Charlie Bilello

16 Oct 2023

Cash + Treasury Bills now account for 15% of BoA's Global Wealth AUM, the highest level since the onset of the pandemic and one of the highest levels since the GFC

This could potentially limit the downside risk if that capital rotates back into stocks. Source: Barchart, BofA

16 Oct 2023

For the first time in the last 5 decades, rising interest rates have failed to cause Stock P/E multiples to contract

Source: Barchart

16 Oct 2023

Two different years

Two different reactions by growth stocks. Source: J-C Parets

16 Oct 2023

stocks vs bonds

Source: Brian Feroldi

13 Oct 2023

Yes, Hedge funds are short equities

But don't forget the bigger picture: positioning among asset managers and leveraged funds is rather long... Source: TME, JP Morgan

12 Oct 2023

Birkenstock opening is even uglier than the shoes...

Birkenstock stock opens 11% below $46 IPO price in trading debut flop. The German sandal maker’s debut is the worst opening for a listing of $1bn or more in New York in over 2yrs, Bloomberg reports. Out of more than 300 US IPOs of that size in the past century, only 9 have fared worse, the last being AppLovin, which opened 12.5% below its IPO price in April 2021, BBG data show. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

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