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Gearing Up For A Busy Week : It Typically Doesn’t Get Any Bigger Than This.
Image Source: Pexels MARKETSThe stock market maintained its upward momentum as it kicked off a pivotal week filled with earnings releases and economic updates.On Monday, all three major U.S. indexes posted modest gains. Tesla stock notably continued its rebound, reaching its highest level since March 1, following CEO Elon Musk’s success in China, and the company […]
10yr/Mortgage Ratio Implies Market Rise Coming
Image Source: Unsplash “Davidson” submits:Looking at the long-term relationship between the 10yr Treasury vs 30yr Mortgage rates which are generally considered in lockstep, shows they tend to track closely with Mtg rates on average 1.75% higher (labeled as the ~1.75% Benchmark in the chart). The history from Aug 1976 thru Aug 1987 (large bracket) is a […]
Web3 gaming startup GFAL raises $3.2 million from Supercell, Mitch Lasky
Web3 gaming startup GFAL has closed a $3.2 million seed funding round with investors including Supercell and Mitch Lasky. This builds on $4.4 million GFAL raised in 2023 from token presales.According to the announcement, the funding will expand GFAL’s team and accelerate production plans, building on the soft launch of the mobile game Elemental Raiders […]
S&P 500 Earnings Dashboard 24Q1 – Monday, April 29
Image Source: Pexels S&P 500 Aggregate Estimates and Revisions The 24Q1 Y/Y adjusted blended earnings growth estimate is 8.7%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is 8.6%. Please note that the 24Q1 year-over-year growth rate for Bristol Myers Squibb reflects an approximate $12 billion one-time charge related to its acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics. […]
Treasury Publishes Borrowing Estimates For Q3 Which Sneak Below The Median Estimate
Image Source: Pexels Ahead of today’s big event – the Treasury borrowing estimates publication – we said that contrary to hyperbolic expectations of $300BN in revised Q2 funding needs and a whopping $1.2 trillion in Q3, the most likely range of Q2 and Q3 borrowing estimates is as follows: a ranges of $120bn to $240bn for Q2, and $650bn […]
EigenLayer unveils EIGEN token with an airdrop set to May 10
Restaking protocol EigenLayer revealed its EIGEN token today, which will be airdropped to users who staked Ether (ETH) in its layer until March 15. Users who staked Ether (ETH) in EigenLayer can start claiming their tokens on May 10, with 5% of EIGEN’s supply destined for this first ‘stakedrop’, as labeled by Eigen Foundation, the […]
Demystifying Private Equity Valuations
Image Source: Pexels Private markets have long been viewed by institutional investors as a key component of a well-diversified portfolio. The benefits of these strategies are clear: long-term outperformance over public markets, with increasingly important diversification benefits as the universe of publicly traded stocks continues to shrink and performance becomes increasingly concentrated to a handful of mega-cap tech companies. […]
How Should We Make Housing More “Affordable”?
Image Source: Unsplash The OC Register reports that a California judge has struck down a new law allowing as many as four units on a single lot: “The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring access to affordable housing is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair,” SB 9 states. “Therefore, … (this law applies) to […]
The New Era Of Fiscal Dominance – A Lot Of Painful Changes
Image Source: Pexels In order to succeed, it’s critical to understand the rules you’re playing by.And the rules for investing may have recently changed.There’s a good argument to be made that we are now in an era of fiscal dominance. Today’s guest, one of the smarter you’ll get the chance to hear from, is certainly making […]
Do You Really Want To Sell In May And Go Away?
Image Source: Unsplash It’s time to sell in May and go away! Or is it?Calendar anecdotes are not ironclad rules. Seasonal factors can play a role in your trading success, but your odds may only be slightly better than a flip of a coin. This is especially true when you’re trading options.Options are contain only two […]
