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4 Dec 2023

Global Money Market Funds All-Time High 🚨:

A record high $8.3 Trillion is parked in global money market funds according to Goldman Sachs. $5.73 Trillion of this are U.S. based funds. As global central banks cut rates, could this capital find its way back into equities? Source: Barchart

4 Dec 2023

Some investors are worried about VIX index being too low, i.e markets are too complacent

The chart below is a good reminder that a "low VIX" is a normal part of bull markets. Investors seem to always forget this. Source: Mark Ungewitter, Ryan Detrick

1 Dec 2023

This month will go down as one of the best ever for the S&P 500

Did you know that after previous months that gained >8% continued strong returns were common? Higher a year later 90% of the time and up 15.8% on average. Source: Ryan Detrick

1 Dec 2023

Global Stocks post a gain of almost 9% during November, their best month in 3 years

Source: Barchart

1 Dec 2023

November was truly a month of "bad news" being "good news" for stocks...

'Hard' data (red line) hits a 14-month low as S&P 500 surge back near record highs. Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

1 Dec 2023

Cathie Wood's Ark innovation ETF $ARKK just had its best month in HISTORY relative to the Nasdaq 100

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

1 Dec 2023

As of the end of October, investor's sentiment index was almost at maximum fear

But November turns out to instead be among one of the greatest months in stock market history. Source: J-C Parets

1 Dec 2023

Massive change over the past 5 weeks when it comes to what the market is pricing from FED

Source: TME, Bloomberg

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