The Daily Shot Brief – February 15th, 2019

Greetings,

 

The United States: Home sales should strengthen.

Source: Longview Economics

 

The Eurozone: This fascinating chart compares the relative popularity of Italy’s populist parties with the 10-year Italian government bond spread.

Source: Longview Economics

Equities: There has been quite a bit of hype about the possibility of an earnings recession. Is it overblown?

Source: Arbor Research & Trading

 

Credit: These two charts show ABS and CMBS yearly issuance.

Source: Barclays Research

 

Emerging Markets: This chart shows EM debt yields for both local- and hard-currency bonds.

Source: @blackrock

 


Food for Thought: The journey from millionaire to billionaire:

Source: @VisualCap

 

 

Edited by Joseph Cohen


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