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Today Warren Buffett turns 92. He’s lived through world wars, depressions and crashes and is still investing in the stock market while eating Dairy Queen.
Prices as of 4 pm EST, 8/29/22; % YTD
MARKET UPDATE Heavy vacation schedules this week
- Yesterday was the 3rd slowest volume day year to date
- News is also quite slow
Markets are bouncing off the 100-day moving average
- NASDAQ has fallen 5% in 2 trading days since Powell’s Jackson Hole speech
10yr 3.1%
QE Program
- Fed’s will ramp up plan to reduce their $9 trillion portfolio
- Fed will boost amount of Treasuries and mortgaged-backed-securities that it will let mature
Crude 94.5 -2%
- Natural Gas in Europe is lower for a second day
- The EU is preparing to intervene to bring prices lower
- European Commission President is expected to speak today about emergency steps
China
- China sets October 16 as opening day for the National Congress
- Xi Jinping is expected to be granted a third 5-year term
Earnings
- Best Buy (NYSE: BBY): comps -14.7% for the quarter, guiding the year -11%
CRYPTO UPDATE Digital asset flows
- $27 million in outflows last week
- 3rd consecutive week of minor outflows (total $46 million)
- Volumes remain low
- Seasonality
Volatility ahead
- Open interest leverage ratio for Bitcoin and Ethereum at all-time highs
- Degree of leverage relative to market size
- Higher price sensitivity
- Higher risk of market squeeze
These are the tickers dominating the news headlines:
data from Swaggy Stocks
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