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6 Nov 2024

US Election Cheat sheet

Source: Marc Lehman @markflowchatter

5 Nov 2024

Traders have built the largest long US Equity Futures position in history, now worth more than $300 Billion

Source: Stocktwits

4 Nov 2024

It doesn’t matter who becomes president. The trend is clear:

More debt creation, more money printing Source: Seek Wiser, Quinten | 048.eth

4 Nov 2024

😱 US JOB MARKET IS MUCH WEAKER THAN IT SEEMS 😱

Since January 2023, the number of jobs have been revised DOWN by A MASSIVE 471,000, the most since the 2008 Financial Crisis. Monthly nonfarm payrolls have been revised DOWNWARD in 14 out of the last 21 months. Source: Global Markets Investor

1 Nov 2024

US employment numbers are out... and what a miss... 😱

🚨 It is indeed a confusing US jobs report with ugly headline numbers. US economy added just 12k jobs, according to Establishment Survey, far below consensus forecast of +100k and down from +223k in September. 🚨 Private payrolls were negative 28k, below the Street’s +70k forecast and down from +192k in September. 🌪 August was revised down by 81,000, from +159,000 to +78,000, 🌪 September was revised down by 31,000, from +254,000 to +223,000 👉 Odds of a 25 bps Fed cut next week increase per SOFR. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

29 Oct 2024

US equities Bull markets go on longer than many of us think they will.

Source: Carson, RBC

29 Oct 2024

U.S. Dollar dominates global payment network swift

Source: Statista

28 Oct 2024

🚨US FEDERAL DEBT IS SKYROCKETING🚨

The US public debt just hit another RECORD of $35.8 TRILLION. In less than a month, the total debt SPIKED by $700 BILLION. This is $23 BILLION A DAY. To make things worse, these forecasts assume lower interest rates over the next year... Source: Global Markets Investor

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