The Daily Shot Brief – May 20th, 2025

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The United States: According to Deutsche Bank, the US has the largest negative net international investment position in the world. This is driven by substantial foreign ownership of US assets amid high valuation of the dollar assets and the dollar itself.

Source: Deutsche Bank Research

 

Europe: Germany’s transition from a net electricity exporter to a net importer closely followed the completion of its nuclear phaseout, while France’s exports surged after recovering from widespread nuclear outages.

Source: @DanielKral1

 

Asia-Pacific: South Korea’s household credit growth appears to be stabilizing.

Source: TheDailyShot

 

Commodities: The largest gold ETF is seeing some outflows.

Source: TheDailyShot

 

Equities: The Nasdaq’s trajectory following the release of ChatGPT continues to mirror the post-Netscape pattern, with similar gains through the first 617 days.

Source: @bespokeinvest

 

Rates: The X-date is projected to fall in late August or early September.

Source: Goldman Sachs; @MikeZaccardi

 

Food for Thought: Most in-demand AI job skills in the US in 2024 by number of postings:

Source: Visual Capitalist   Read full article  

Edited by Abraham Lent

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