The Daily Shot Brief – October 24th, 2024

Greetings,

 

The United States: Existing home sales remained at multi-year lows in September.

Source: The Daily Shot

 

Emerging Markets: EM index correlations to China’s CSI 300 Index have collapsed.

Source: PGM Global  

 

Equities: Short interest in the US equity market has steadily declined throughout this month.

Source: Goldman Sachs; @SteamroomTrader  

 

Commodities: Here is the evolution of the Brent skew in recent days.

Source: @TheTerminal, Bloomberg Finance L.P.  

 

Canada: The BoC delivered a 50 bps rate cut.

Source: The Daily Shot
Source: Reuters   Read full article  

 

The Canadian economy is more sensitive to interest rates than the US, given its elevated household leverage.

Source: MRB Partners  

 

Global Developments: Bloomberg’s US dollar index is up 3% month-to-date.

Source: The Daily Shot

 

Food for Thought: Defense spending as a percentage of GDP in Europe for 2022 and 2024:

Source: Alpine Macro  

Edited by William Villacis

Contact the Daily Shot Editor: Brief@DailyShotResearch.com




 

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