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8 Jul 2025

Great chart by Otavio (Tavi) Costa which summarizes very well what the Treasury market it currently trying to tell us:

▶️ Front end of the curve (short-term rates): the growing influence of the "shadow Fed chair" on short-term rates ▶️ Long end of the curve (30Y): The mounting fiscal disarray It seems that risk assets and store of values are the main beneficiaries of this backdrop. Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa

8 Jul 2025

Handy tariff "state of play" sheet from BBG.

Source: Neil Sethi @neilksethi

7 Jul 2025

The world's biggest tourism economies last year.

Source: Civixplorer

7 Jul 2025

Stocks as a share of household assets

Source: zerohedge @zerohedge

7 Jul 2025

Here are a nicely written summary on Elon's "America party"

Source: Mario Nawfal on X

7 Jul 2025

$JPM JPMorgan has outperformed 5 of the Magnificent 7 over the last 5 years.

Source: Koyfin

7 Jul 2025

Does this chart signal a breakdown in the dollar, or is it preparing the ground for one of the most violent reversals in recent history?

$DXY is testing the lower bound of a multi-decade ascending channel, a level that has repeatedly marked inflection. Source: barchart

7 Jul 2025

Value and growth are now even YTD

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

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