It’s Shorts Weather
A basket of 50 heavily-shorted stocks tracked by Goldman Sachs with market caps of at least $1 billion apiece is down 3.2% on the day as of 1:30 p.m. ET, undoing what had been a very strong start to the year. source : gs, bloomberg
BREAKING: Prediction markets now see inflation rising as high as 4.1% in 2025.
Heading into 2025, expectations showed the inflation rate peaking at 3.6% in 2025. Prediction markets are saying inflation is back. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
U.S. Dollar vs. World Currencies in 2024
Source: Barchart, Visual Capitalist, Voronoi
Howard Marks, Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital and one of the world's most respected value investors, is cautioning about froth in the market and believes we are due for either:
1) a large correction in the market OR 2) 10-year returns of between +2 and -2% Source: Barchart
US CORPORATE INSIDERS BUYING HAS RARELY BEEN SO LOW
US executives' buys of their companies stocks dropped to near the lowest on record. This coincides with insiders selling the most stocks ever. Are they saying that stocks are expensive? Source: Sentimentrader and Bloomberg data thru Global Markets Investor
A brief history of asset bubbles.
Source: @thedailyshot, Lance Roberts @LanceRoberts
The $VIX spiked 74% higher yesterday, the 2nd biggest 1-day % increase in history
Volatility is back. Source Charlie Bilello
🚨FROM THE MOST EUPHORIC MARKET IN HISTORY TO A COMPLETE BLOODBATH IN 2 HOURS🚨
US stocks, Gold and Bitcoin massacred after the Fed cut rates by 0.25% and expect fewer cuts in 2025 and 2026 due to inflation concerns. VIX and US dollar spiked. Performance yesterday: S&P 500 -3.0% - biggest drop since March 2020 CRASH Nasdaq -3.6% Russell 2000 -4.7% Dow Jones -2.6% Bitcoin -5.5% Bank Index -4.2% VIX +54% front mth futures VIX +17% Gold -2.2% Silver -3.3% WTI Crude Oil -0.9% Source: Bloomberg, Global Markets Investor
