Biden proposes capital gains tax to 44.6% / #NVDA #META back to 2y trend? / UBS AT1/ All eyes and ears on BoJ now tonight and U.S PCE tom

JPY crumbling as BoJ meets, will they walk the walk or just continue talking >>> results of meeting tomorrow morning very early + JPN CPI (tricky to navigate), META (which was priced to perfection..) lost about $250bn market cap after hours, Boeing & the likes of TSLA burning cash, PCE tomorrow morning as well
#META #NVDA too far too fast, back to 2y trend ? chart below the buy the dip crowd will no doubt hump in in short-term, but over time..
Biden propose increasing capital gains tax rates to 44.6%, highest since 1922

Gold is not yet back to its old highs in real terms (for that to happen, gold needs to rise 40%) and gold is inexpensive against other real assets such as equities/UBS
Home buying conditions (U.S) have fallen off a cliff Current levels have NEVER been seen since in the last 60+ years
China has issued its third once-a-decade policy opinions for the development of its capital markets. Goldman Sachs notes that the previous two releases of the policy document, in 2004 and 2014, ushered in periods of structural growth in Chinese equities
Bloomberg: "After years of fits and starts, Venezuela is setting the stage for one of the largest and most complex debt restructurings in decades — unwinding a $154 billion web of defaulted bonds, loans and legal judgments."
Russian Court Freezes JPMorgan Assets Under $440 Million Claim
UBS faces new lawsuit by Appaloosa over Credit Suisse $17 bln bond wipeout

Biden Capital Gains Rate Proposal: 44.6%? (forbes.com )

The source of the 44.6% rate is a footnote from the General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals, and it reads in relevant part: “A separate proposal would first raise the top ordinary rate to 39.6 percent … An additional proposal would increase the net investment income tax rate by 1.2 percentage points above $400,000 … Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends to 44.6 percent.”

China’s securities watchdog revising investment-fund laws to boost accountability, confidence in line with 9 guidelines (msn.com )

Dozens arrested in US as student protests over Gaza spread across country | US News | Sky News

Barclays profits tumble 12% as UK interest rates hit mortgage demand | Barclays | The Guardian

The Origins of the 2 Percent Inflation Target | Richmond Fed

It took over a decade to build internal consensus. Many considerations that shifted with the changing FOMC composition as well as economic conditions

Jamie Dimon is worried the US economy is headed back to the 1970s (yahoo.com )

Japan insurers to halve bond purchases, awaiting next BOJ hike - Nikkei Asia

Japan Airlines CEO Describes Weak Yen as a ‘Big Problem’ - Bloomberg

Anglo American mulls £31.1bn BHP offer in mining mega-deal (msn.com )

Louis Curran on X: "Anatomy of Capital Flight in China Over the past few days, people far smarter than me have been opining on whether China would devalue the RMB. I personally think China's Currency Ambitions ( are at the centre of every major policy decision for the last 10-15 years ) and there https://t.co/EiMCuC0hOl " / X (twitter.com )

Well put together by LC ! it's a different view from those looking for a CNH deval - well constructed points

Michael Pettis on X: "Bloomberg: "After years of fits and starts, Venezuela is setting the stage for one of the largest and most complex debt restructurings in decades — unwinding a $154 billion web of defaulted bonds, loans and legal judgments." https://t.co/MbKy19oggf " / X (twitter.com )