Strong US Economy, Rates Mayhem, S&P 500 Plunges: TBL Weekly #124
Good morning Readers!
It hasn’t been easy to focus with flames engulfing our headquarter city, so this update arrives a day late. In the first full week of trading in 2025, the economy made a huge showing and expectations of further easing have basically disappeared. Stocks tumbled in response to higher yields, and bitcoin suffered in the wake but continues to hold $93,000. In order to address all that is happening in financial markets, here are the lenses through which we will dissect the latest:
TBL Liquidity 2.0: remodeled (now with a 77% correlation with the S&P 500 and a 73% correlation with Bitcoin).
International Markets
US Rates
US Economy
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So, without further ado, grab a coffee, and let’s dive in!
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