Michael Burry has had a sensational 2024 so far.
His fund is up 39%. Over the last 8 years he has also managed to provide returns of 345% compared to 110% for the S&P 500...! He only holds 10 companies. Source: @MMMTwealth
😱 The shocking chart of the day: US PUBLIC DEBT GROWTH HAS BEEN MASSIVE 😱
In 2008, the US federal debt was $9.4 trillion while the US GDP was $14.7T with the debt-to-GDP ratio at 64%. Now, the public debt is $35.7 TRILLION (Total US debt added another $345 billion between Sept 27 and October 1st...) and the US GDP is $29.0 TRILLION with the debt-to-GDP ratio at 122%... What is the pain thresold for the bond market ??? Source: Global Markets Investor, FRED
A soft landing of the US economy is our CORE scenario.
But we are well aware of the tail risk (hard landing and no landing). As a remainder, in 2007, Yellen talked about a soft landing 6 weeks before the recession began...
🔥US STOCK MARKET DOMINANCE KEEPS GROWING🔥
The American stock market accounts for nearly 50% of global market capitalization. It has reached a MASSIVE $55 trillion, or ~200% of US GDP, the most on record. This is almost TRIPLE the value of the Asian and European exchanges. Source: Global Markets Investor, The Daily Shot
The US Money Supply grew 2.2% over the last year, the biggest YoY increase since September 2022.
The return of money printing? Source: Charlie Bilello
US stocks recorded only small gains yesterday as investors were cold feet by weak consumer confidence numbers
*U.S. SEPTEMBER CB CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SINKS TO 103.0; EST. 105.5; PREV. 108.7 *THIS WAS THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE MAY 2023 Source: www.investing.com
Top Donor Contributions to Donald Trump & Kamala Harris as of September 2024.
Google & Microsoft very disproportionately donate to the Democratic Party. Between them, they control close to 100% of web browsers and search. Any bias? Source: @TheRabbitHole84
AMERICANS CURRENT VALUE OF STOCK MARKET INVESTMENTS IS SKYROCKETING
The median amount of US consumers' stock market investments hit $237,000. The value has DOUBLED in 1 year. Such a spike has never been seen before. Source: Global Markets Investor
