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19 Feb 2024

We're currently witnessing the longest period of U.S. equity outperformance in history.

But there's a cycle to everything, and international diversification is perhaps more important today than ever before. Source: Peter Mallouk

16 Feb 2024

US Inflation – Where It Is And Isn’t

Source : Yahoo Finance

16 Feb 2024

What is the exposure of German banks to us commercial real estate?

According to Moody's, Aareal Bank & Deutsche Pfandbriefbank have the largest exposure compared w/their capital levels. The shares of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, which is the most shorted in Germany, have recently lost a quarter of their value. In case of Deutsche Bank, there is a gap between banks' exposure to US specialized lending and exposure to banks' US CRE book as DB engages to a material extent in other asset-based or project lending that would also qualify as specialised lending, according to Moody's. Source: Dekabank, HolgerZ

15 Feb 2024

The US equity market is rivalling 2000 and 1929 in terms of being its most concentrated in history, DB has calculated.

The top 5 stocks Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet & Amazon account for 25% of mkt cap of the S&P 500. source : holgerz

15 Feb 2024

India is one of the few markets that is outperforming the US rather handily

Source: Bloomberg

13 Feb 2024

Jamie Dimon believes U.S. debt is the ‘most predictable crisis’ in history

And experts say it could cost Americans their homes, spending power and national security - Fortune Source: Markets & Mayhem

13 Feb 2024

On CRE

Source: Bloomberg

12 Feb 2024

The U.S. Dollar is currently used in more than 48% of international payment transactions, the highest level in more than a decade.

USD isn’t going away anytime soon 🇺🇸. Source: Barchart, Macrobond

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