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RU gasoline exp ban / Ai / Sweden-Nato deal sealed / BTC near highs / Gaza truce proposal



  • Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners swap proposal sent to Hamas after Paris talks

  • Spreads on US high-yield bonds have fallen to the lowest since the beginning of 2022

  • The Hungarian parliament has ratified Sweden's bid to join NATO, clearing the last major obstacle to membership

  • "Globes" has learned that four submarine communications cables have been damaged in the Red Sea between Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Djibouti in East Africa.

  • China’s Oppo unveils prototype augmented reality glasses with voice assistant

  • “We like the China domestic market more than the offshore market because the domestic market has policy support with evidence of national team buying,” said at Goldman Sachs strategist Sunil Koul

  • Ryanair warns of 10% fare rise this summer due to lack of planes

  • Japan CPI beats exp. Core (ex-fresh food, energy) 3.5% YoY vs 3.3% exp

  • UK's grocery inflation hits lowest level in two years, but non-food items keep rising

  • Germany March GfK consumer sentiment -29.0 vs -29.0 expected

  • The Swiss government’s translators are now using artificial intelligence to translate official documents

  • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has approved a ban on gasoline exports for six months starting from March 1. Novak noted that seasonal demand for the fuel will soon pick up in the domestic market

  • More Techs : SPX500 is 13-15% above 200dma (same as mid Jan), pretty rare, Equity inflows over the past 5 weeks have totaled $75bn, the strongest in 2 years --DB

  • Markets : pretty quiet ahead of PMI's and other macro data this week. A little bid of consolidation in equity markets 'should' be welcome by the bulls. FX pretty quiet, vols on the floor. 2y UST 's back t 4.70%, USDollar not playing with yields since mid February


 








Supply not satisfying demand, that is all - we often hear end of the world predictions that higher rates will kill the market, well only a third of housing is actually attached to a mortgage, a third is in rentals/buy to let and a 3rd or so with no mortgage at all..








SPX500 - NVDA impact last week!


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