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The Daily Shot is a graphical, no-hype global financial and economic newsletter (see sample: thedailyshot.com/the-daily-shot…).
- The S&P 500 is experiencing the strongest YTD performance of the 21st century.
- US federal interest payments now exceed the defense budget.
- The US banking system dumped almost $110 billion of MBS bonds into the market during the last week of March.
- The S&P 500 equity risk premium is nearing zero for the first time in over two decades.
- The Evergande credit contagion is spreading, with bonds of China's other leveraged developers tumbling.
- US construction spending on data centers accelerates.
- The S&P 500 equity risk premium hit the lowest level in two decades, which will be a headwind for longer-term returns.
- Get ready for more mass protests around the world. Global food prices are up 40% from a year ago.
- Container shipping costs are down nearly 80% from a year ago.
- The median value of US households’ stock portfolios surged to $250k this month.
