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French inflation ⏬ / GOOG, AMD softer / JOLTS softer / FOMC presser focus later on



  • Spanish, Belgian and (other) farmers joining French and German protests

  • US job openings rise in December to highest level in 3 months, FOMC presser is key later on tonight, all ears on J Pow

  • Alphabet reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for the fourth quarter, but ad revenue trailed analysts’ projections, AMD’s AI revenue forecast gets a massive boost — but apparently not enough for the stock >>> a case of too much priced in the shares?..

  • Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink — and is recovering well

  • U.S Home Prices hit another all-time high in November while affordability remains near record lows - another rather odd 'chart/Thread below

  • French inflation sliding.. at 3.4% from a year ago, slowing from 4.1% in Dec, that’s less than the 3.6% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey

  • Saxo : One thing is certain: Japanese investors will think twice before buying USTs - 10y USTs hedged against JPY offer -1.45% in yield

  • JPM : Concentration Risk among the top 10 stocks is rising and is approaching levels last seen during the peak of the Dot Com Bubble

  • Markets : a slight peak/bearish 'very short-term' QQQ candle yesterday on charts after GOOD and AMD's reports, NVDA is the only Magnificent 7 stock seeing an increase in earnings revisions. (thread) FXland asleep, rates pretty quiet, JGB's got chinned earlier on BoJ comments , recovered on softer JPN data. All about J Powell presser tonight


 



and yet there has been a not insignificant amount of news similar to this UPS lays off 12,000 after pay raises, falling revenue (qz.com)




Lagarde Comments Suggest ECB Rate Cut In March Unlikely - ECB President Lagarde said the ECB is data dependent and it needs more data especially wage data to determine their next move. The next euro area Q3 labor cost index will be released on March 19. That means a rate cut from the ECB is unlikely on March 13. (Leo He, UBS Knowledge Network)


Cut almost fully priced in for June 2024







#Botley solar - why is it called a 'farm' ??


Great ! another #Brexit bonus







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