Gold extends slide, selling off for 5 of the past 7 days, and dropping below the 50DMA amid lull in Chinese retail/ETF buying,
as the tariff truce eases fears of sharp currency devaluations for now. Source: zerohedge
The post-liberation day rebound is almost as fast as the covid bounce.
Only difference is this time the Fed did not inject several trillion Source: zerohedge
Total Put/Call Ratio is now at 0.62, the lowest level since December 2020
Bulls are out in full force Source: Barchart
Hedge fund capitulated with second biggest short covering panic on record during Monday melt-up 🚀
On Monday, the Goldman Prime Brokerage Global equities book saw the second largest notional net buying in 5 years (+4.3 sigma), driven by short covers and to a lesser extent long buys (1.6 to 1). All regions were net bought, led by North America and to a lesser extent Europe (both led by short covers). Goldman HF Prime report shows that hedge funds net bought US equities at the fastest pace since Apr 9th (+4.0 sigma one-year), driven by short covers and long buys (1.5 to 1). Single Stocks / Macro Products were both net bought and made up 53% / 47% of the total notional net buying, led by short covers / long buys, respectively. Source: Goldman, zerohedge
"History does not repeat itself but often rhymes" - Mark Twain
On the back of lower than expected inflation CPI report yesterday, the S&P 500 joined the Nasdaq 100 in the green year-to-date, erasing all of the April pullback. The S&P 500 Trump Tariffs 2.0 line is catching up with the Trump Tariffs 1.0 one... Source: zerohedge
After a 22% rally from the April 7 lows, the S&P 500 is now up on the year.
One of the biggest short-term comebacks in market history. $SPX Source: Charlie Bilello
Capital light businesses outperform over time
Source: Invest In Assets 📈 @InvestInAssets, Goldman
ChatGPT still leads, Gemini rises
40% of U.S. consumers have used a Gen AI tool in the past 30 days. Most used: 1. ChatGPT - 46% 2. Google Gemini - 37% 3. Microsoft Copilot - 25% Which AI tool do you use most? Source: The Future investors
