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Ceasefire back on, Lebanon key, Crude steady softer / S&P500 is now and AI index with 493 other companies

  • sc0172
  • 6 days ago
  • 3 min read

  • In the past, major technology companies typically bought back their own shares. “Now they are suddenly raising fresh equity and taking out loans on a massive scale,”...this IS a big change, which doesn't seem to bother Mr Market, so far anyway

  • Iran updates : Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will hold fire in Iran for now, vowing to respond with “great force” if Tehran strikes again. The PM said he told Trump that the Jewish state has a full right to self-defense. Oil edged lower,

  • Markets : OpenAI files for IPO, stocks rebound + yet more talks of ceasefire in Iran and a deal, SpaceX’s IPO is well oversubscribed, people familiar said, Morningstar values it at $65, since the War began on Feb 27th, the S&P 500 (black) is up 7.34%. But the S&P 500 without AI stocks (blue) is effectively unchanged (ALL about AI-see thread), BoJ set to hike on 15th June (all priced now), Steve Eisman is not a SpaceX fan either, it'll be fun that's for sure ! will watch for a far on this one..it's overvalued and not prepared to pay for 'future' parabolic growth on AI.., AND BIG TECHS typically bought back their own shares for years, “Now they are suddenly raising fresh equity and taking out loans on a massive scale,” ..

  • #KOSPI Analysts warn KOSPI could fall another 20% as foreign investors flee the country in the face of domestic and international inflation. In short, the country’s intentional manipulation of memory markets with Taiwan are risking destroying the global economy by record high inflation

  • #Oil When the day comes, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will be extraordinary: restarting about 10,000 oil wells, pumping roughly 15% of the world’s production. When it happens, it would go quicker than many think: weeks, not months

  • The Fight to Break China’s Rare-Earth Dominance Moves to a New Front in Brazil. Brazil holds the world’s second-largest reserves and wants to become a processor of critical minerals, but it refuses to choose sides between Washington and Beijing. (WSJ)


NZZ : (couldn't agree more, BEWARE!!..)... In the past, major technology companies typically bought back their own shares. “Now they are suddenly raising fresh equity and taking out loans on a massive scale,”...When companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, or SpaceX raise hundreds of billions of dollars in capital through their IPOs, this drains even more liquidity from the rest of the stock market.

At the same time, the U.S. government is stimulating the economy through massive new borrowing and the issuance of government bonds with very short maturities, and is also obtaining the necessary liquidity for this on the financial markets.

In the next twelve to eighteen months, we’re also facing a so-called “debt wall”: $80 trillion in loans that companies and governments took out at near-zero interest rates during the pandemic now need to be refinanced. “That’s almost twice as much as in normal times and requires additional liquidity,”






























 
 
 

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