The Daily Shot Brief – August 18th, 2021

Greetings,

 

United States: The Treasury market has been pricing in the debt ceiling risk. A technical default could occur in about three months when the US Treasury exhausts its sources of liquidity. Investors demand higher yields on T-bills maturing after that point.

Source: @TheTerminal, Bloomberg Finance L.P.

 

Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin miners are experiencing greater revenue as blockchain’s hashrate recovers from July lows. The hashrate refers to the total combined computational power that is being used to mine and process transactions.

Source: Glassnode Read full article

 

Equities: What do US companies see as the greatest threats to sales?

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence

 

Global Developments: Dry bulk shipping costs continue to surge.

Source: Daily Shot

 

China: Investors remain concerned about the Evergrande situation.

Source: @WSJ Read full article

 

Here is the maturity profile of the company’s debt.

Source: @business Read full article

 

Food for Thought: Marketing dollars earned by baseball stars:

Source: Forbes Read full article

Edited by Devon Lall

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