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Interesting to see that DeepSeek is owned by a hedgefund …
Did they short nvidia before announcing the world - through a paper authored by their lab - that the DeepSeek-R1 model outperforms cutting-edge models such as OpenAI’s o1 and Meta’s Llama AI models across multiple benchmarks?
CBOE Volatility Index $VIX dropped to its lowest level this year, even with stocks declining on Friday
No fear left in the market except by Bears. Today might be another story… Source: Barchart
The S&P 500 reached a record $54.3 trillion in market cap last week, adding $1.1 trillion in 1 week.
Since the August low, the index's market cap is up a massive $8.5 trillion. Furthermore, the index has added $12.4 trillion in value since the beginning of 2024. The S&P 500 has added 78% of Europe's market cap and DOUBLE the size of the Japanese market in 1 year. As a result, the US market cap to GDP ratio has reached an all-time high of 209%. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
Gold is shining: Gold's global market cap to world GDP ratio reached a RECORD 16.7% in 2024.
This ratio has doubled in 10 years and quadrupled since 2001. Nominally, gold’s market value sits near an all-time high of ~$18.5 trillion. This comes as gold as posted an average annual return of +9.5% since 2000, making it one of the best performing major asset classes this century. Since the start of 2024, gold prices have hit 41 all-time highs and are up +33%. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
An important remainder ahead of Trump inauguration:
"Don't let your politics get in the way of your investing. The market finds a way forward, regardless of who is in power. The market soared under both Trump and Biden, as it has under most presidents" - Peter Mallouk
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