U.S. companies will have to start telling the public about their climate risks
The SEC voted Wednesday to impose climate-disclosure requirements that will be significantly softer than those it proposed in March 2022 after the agency received thousands of comment letters and numerous litigation threats over the plan. In the biggest change, the regulator won’t force companies to quantify pollution from their supply chains or customers, known as Scope 3 emissions. Additionally, firms will face a higher bar for when they need to reveal more direct carbon footprints in their regulatory filings, which are known as Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. source : Bloomberg
Japan's Nikkei smashes 40,000 barrier as Asia markets track Wall Street gains
Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
Total Put/Call Ratio drops to 0.74, the lowest level since December 28, 2021 👀 Retail continues to YOLO calls
Source: barchart
Long large cap-growth relative to small cap value 12-month relative performance hit extreme level
Source: BofA
The SP500 has now traded green in both January and February
When that has occurred (data going back to 1950), the $SPX finished the rest of the year higher 27/28 times with the final 10 months being higher 26/28 times. Seems pretty good for Bulls! 🐂 Source: barchart, H/T Ryan Detrick
One billion obese in the world according to a large study published today by British medical journal The Lancet
The study showed an acceleration of the epidemic in low-income countries. Even more worrying, in 30 years, the obesity rate among children and adolescents has quadrupled and doubled among adults. NovoNordisk and Eli Lilly the two main pharma companies in the weight loss race
New York Community Bank $NYCB crashed 20% in after hours trading citing "material weakness in internal controls."
The weakness is reportedly related to loan review resulting from ineffective oversight and risk assessment. NYCB is the same bank that acquired the collapse Signature Bank during the regional bank crisis. This comes just weeks after the bank posted an unexpected $260 million loss in Q4 2023. The stock is now at its lowest level since 1997. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
Since inception, Bitcoin ETFs have seen +$7.4BN flows while Gold ETFs have seen $2.9BN outflows...
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