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18 Jan 2024

CBOE Volatility Index $VIX jumps to highest level in more than 2 months

Source: Barchart

15 Jan 2024

BREAKING: PPI data

- Core PPI comes in at 0% m/m vs 0.2% forecast - Core PPI comes in at 1.8% y/y vs 2% forecast - Headline PPI comes in at -0.1% m/m vs forecast of 0.1% - Headline PPI comes in at 1% y/y vs 1.3% forecast A colder than expected print across all readings! Source: Bloomberg, Markets & Mayhem

10 Jan 2024

FASTEST easing of Financial Conditions in HISTORY

Source: WinSmart, BofA

21 Dec 2023

The Dow plunged by 470 points yesterday amid what seems to be a massive sell-program

Indeed, starting around 1430ET yesterday, the biggest sell-program since July smashed Wall Street. For context, this size of selling pressure is unusual... Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

19 Dec 2023

Total return indexes - the long view

Source. Compounding Quality

14 Dec 2023

BREAKING: an ATH for the Dow > 37k !

The Dow Jones rose to its highest level ever following latest Fed meeting—which left rates unchanged & predicted 3 possible cuts in the coming year—as cheer continues to flood equities markets at year’s end. Breaking its prior ATH of nearly 37,000 set in January 2022 Dow rose >37k. Source: Bloomberg

1 Dec 2023

As of the end of October, investor's sentiment index was almost at maximum fear

But November turns out to instead be among one of the greatest months in stock market history. Source: J-C Parets

30 Oct 2023

''But the stock market is doing great!'' Well: are you sure? It all depends which index you are looking at

Source: Alfonso Peccatiello - The Macro Compass

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