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Freight rates & copper / #VXN#NASDAQ #SPX500 key levels ahead of huge earnings week FOMC, BoE & BoJ



  • #NASDAQ held that 18900 level last week, #SPX500 5450 big weekly level, below 50dma but still above the 100dma levels >>> huge reporting week coming up  + FOMC (moving closer to a cut) + #MSFT on Wed, BoE and BoJ on Friday (U.S payrolls as well) >>> equally important for the #carry trade, #USDJPY big week in Japan, where officials from the MoF been saying to markets that the levels of USDJPY are wrong given rates path on both sides

  • Tech stress last week was last seen in late October 2023. Back then VIX was at 21+

  • Copper price action last 2months says global slowdown is material, and yet.. Container freight rates on the Shanghai - Europe route have rallied recently as world trade growth slightly improves and due to supply constraints. 70% fewer ships are traveling through the Suez Canal due to the geopolitical situation in the Middle East. The route around South Africa takes 10 days longer and ties up ~30% of additional freight capacity.

  • Bill Ackman slashes fundraising target for US fund IPO by as much as 90%

  • OpenAI's Apple deal could be a bigger threat to Google than SearchGPT

  • Trump says he'll make a national Bitcoin reserve, says he who hated it while back

  • Italy PM Meloni vows to 'relaunch' ties with China

  • BofA says cooling economy will crack Big Tech rally even more

  • US Federal debt just hit another record and is $2.5 billion from reaching $35trn for the first time in history. Since 2019, US Federal debt has skyrocketed by $13trn

 
















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