1. Around the market grounds…
The S&P 500 has recovered all the losses since the First Fed rate hike back in March 2022. Insiders and the retail flows have been helping. Retail investors purchased $1.5 billion worth of single stocks in the week ended Tuesday, an all-time record according to Evans.
Source: Barchart (Date range: April 2022 – June 2023)
Source: Thomson Reuters (Date range: June 2022 – June 2023)
Weekly retail order flow
Source: Evans
Companies mentioned are illustrative only and not a recommendation to buy or sell any particular security.
2. Oil search…
Chinese imports of Malaysian oil hit a fresh all-time high in May. But this amount is well above what the country actually pumps. In reality they are rebranding Iranian crude.
Source: Bloomberg
3. You can’t escape the AI machine…
SocGen’s AI indicator news flow is only going one way.
Hewlett Packard released an interesting datapoint on their exposure to AI. They have seen AI related orders increase to $1.6bn, from $800m when they last reported their 2Q result on 30 May, aka 2x in 3 weeks! This has largely been due to strong demand from Hyperscalers.
And we got an interesting update from S3 Global Opportunities Fund holding Weyerhaeuser on how even a timber REIT is using AI. It is helping them with tree mapping, water identification and timber inventory.
Source: Evans
Source: Weyerhaeuser
Companies mentioned are illustrative only and not a recommendation to buy or sell any particular security.