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15 Sep 2023

All S&P 500 gains this year came from the AI boom/mania, all other stocks are flat reflecting concerns about global economic slowdown

Source: Michael A. Arouet

12 Sep 2023

Steack-flation...Cattle Futures have once again closed at an all-time high. Steaks are going to be getting expensive!

Source: Barchart

11 Sep 2023

Comparing the market capitalization of Big Tech stocks to the GDP of nations, Apple and Microsoft emerge as giants. They would rank 8th and 9th respectively if they were countries

$AAPL $MSFT $GOOGL $AMZN $NVDA $TSLA $META Source: Beth Kindig

8 Sep 2023

Bloomberg's Dollar Spot Index is on track for its 8th consecutive green week, its longest winning streak in history (with data going back to 2005)

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

8 Sep 2023

As Goldman's Brian Garrett noted yesterday, it has been 91 days since the sp500 suffered a 1.5% loss or greater in a day...

That's unusual - it has happened only 5 times in the last 15 years. As we have discussed recently, Sep + Oct are seasonally-volatile months... Source: Goldman Sachs

6 Sep 2023

Over the last 15 years, the S&P 500 ($SPY) has gained over 360% vs. a 58% increase for the MSCI World ex-US ETF ($ACWX) and just 33% for the Emerging Markets ETF ($EEM)

This is the longest cycle of US outperformance that we’ve ever seen. Source: Charlie Bilello

6 Sep 2023

Can it last?

$TSLA 👇Albert Bridge Capital thru Michel A. Arouet

4 Sep 2023

95% of investors underperform the market

Source: JP Morgan

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