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21 Dec 2023

Between 2:00 and 4:00 PM ET today, the S&P 500 erased ~$600 billion of market cap

To put this in perspective, the S&P 500 added ~$600 billion of market cap over the last week. The index was up for 10 straight days but erased 5 of those daily gains in 2 hours. The volatility index, $VIX, spiked ~10% in a matter of minutes. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

20 Dec 2023

Assets Explained Simply

by Brian Feroldi

19 Dec 2023

Total return indexes - the long view

Source. Compounding Quality

18 Dec 2023

Markets are full risk-on since November 9th

The Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 have underperformed the equal weighted indices. They got beat up pretty badly by the Russell 2000 and have been left in the dust by Regional Banks and $ARKK (Ark Invest Innovation ETF). Source: Peter Tchir of Academy Securities

18 Dec 2023

The Magnificent 7 have a higher weighting in the MSCI World Index than all of the stocks in the UK, China, France and Japan combined

Source: MSCI AllSpring Global Investments

18 Dec 2023

Quartr just created this infographic that illustrates the 12 largest luxury companies by market cap

Four fun facts: → $LVMH's market cap is 50% larger than the bottom 10 companies *combined*. → $RMS is by far the largest single-brand company on the list, 3.5x the size of $RACE for example. → Despite owning 10+ brands including iconic maisons such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, and Bottega Veneta, $KER's revenue is "only" ~€20B, compared to Hermès' >€13B. → Tiffany & Co. got acquired by LVMH during the pandemic at a $16B valuation, which would place them at #7 on this list. Source: Quartr Activate to view larger image,

15 Dec 2023

Believe it or not...

On December 14, the GDPNow model nowcast of real GDP growth in Q4 2023 is 2.6%.

15 Dec 2023

Goldman Trader: Are $6 Trillion In Money-Market Funds About To Flood The Stock Market

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