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8 May 2025

S&P 500 operating profit margins expanded to 12.4% in Q1, their highest level since Q4 2021.

$SPX Source: Charlie Bilello

8 May 2025

Foreigners are BUYING US stocks again

Source: Barchart

8 May 2025

Japan is cheap...

Japan's forward P/E ratio is 13.5, or a 7.4% earnings yield. That is a 609bps premium to the 1.31% yield in 10-year Japanese government bonds. For context, the S&P 500 trades for 20.6 times forward earnings, for an earnings yield of 4.87%. That is just 0.56% over 10-yr T-Notes. Source: Jeff Weniger

7 May 2025

Here's an intraday composite of the S&P 500's action on the last eight Fed Days

Bulls will be rooting for a reversal of this trend today. Source: Bespoke

6 May 2025

So far very few US earnings downgrades...

Source: GS, Ronnie Stoeferle @RonStoeferle

6 May 2025

The recent outperformance of european vs. US equities in context

Source: Michel A.Arouet, @Augur Infinity

6 May 2025

According to Goldman Sachs, CTAs are projected to buy US stocks in EVERY SINGLE SCENARIO over the next week and month.

Source: Barchart

5 May 2025

The bigger the base... 🚀

Uber remains a play an the Autonomous vehicle investment theme Source: Trend Spider NB: This is NOT an investment recommendation

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