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Interest Coverage Ratios Impact Stock Returns
July 12, 2024
As the Fed lifted rates off zero, traders began to differentiate between companies with high interest coverage ratios and those with low interest coverage ratios.
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The Rise of Retail Traders
July 12, 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, retail traders accounted for more equity volume than quant funds, HFTs, and banks.
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Measures of Stock Market Concentration
July 12, 2024
Many measures show the stock market is more concentrated, or top-heavy, than at any time in history.
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Liquidity Measures Worth Watching
July 12, 2024
Several liquidity charts worth watching as the Fed's reverse repo facility continues to be drained
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Updating DeFi Yields vs. TradFi Yields
July 12, 2024
The rate one can get for lending out stablecoins on Defi protocols can often be substantially higher than Treasury rates. In the past few months, however, this margin has dwindled.
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Tracking S&P 500 Buybacks
July 12, 2024
Buybacks offer companies a way to increase shareholder value without issuing a taxable dividend. Tech stocks have dominated the list of biggest buybacks in recent years.
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A Long-Term Look at Retirement Assets
July 12, 2024
A long-term look at retirement assets
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Weekly Research Recap
July 12, 2024
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
Focused Research
Inflation Watch – A Deflationary Month
July 11, 2024
Headline CPI posted its first deflationary month in four years. Supercore inflation, a measure closely watched by the Fed, fell for the second month in a row. The markets have further cemented their expectation for a September rate cut.
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Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
July 11, 2024
Today's topics include Powell's comments, concern over liquidity premiums, a year of records for the S&P 500, eyes on bank earnings, the AI hype is drawing skeptics, not-so stressful tests, passive investing & bubbles, home insurance costs rise, and clawing back back-taxes