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31 May 2024

Money Rules

Source: @moneyinspiring

29 May 2024

Be patient

Source: Trung Phan

28 May 2024

As highlighted by Tavi Costa, this is one of the reasons China is enhancing teh quality of its international reserves and accumulating gold:

China’s macro imbalances are increasing pressure on its monetary system to devalue. Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital

28 May 2024

One step at a time.

Source: Psyche Wizzard

23 May 2024

The implications of an aging population for investment strategies

Source: Bloomberg

21 May 2024

Are large cap stocks losing popularity?

The number of large-cap US long-only funds has decreased by ~40% in 10 years, to its lowest level in decades. Since 2013, the number of large cap funds has declined from ~570 to ~340, according to Bank of America. In addition, active mutual funds have been consistently underperforming the market. More than 90% of actively-managed equity funds underperformed their benchmark in over the last 20 years. In 2023 alone, 60% of all active large-cap US equity funds underperformed the S&P 500. Source: Bank of America, The Kobeissi Letter

15 May 2024

Are investors too complacent?

May Fund Manager Survey (FMS) sentiment is at the most bullish level since Nov’21, BofA says. The average cash level of FMS investors fell to 4.0% of AUM from 4.2%, the lowest level since Jun’21. Source: BofA, HolgerZ

8 May 2024

The US consumer (risk) in one chart: credit card debt at record high, personal savings rate record low

Source: www.zerohedge.com

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