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S&P 500 – Percentage of Stocks with Upward Sloping 200-Day Average This chart suggests that the U.S. stock market’s internal trend is improving. Image: Strategas

Developed Country Policy Rates Above the United States Look for the mistake: the number of countries with a policy rate above the U.S. is zero. Image: Bianco Research

Total Allocated Exchange Reserves by Currency The U.S. dollar represents 61% of all central bank foreign reserves. And the total value of all currencies held in foreign exchange reserves is almost $11 trillion. Image: howmuch.net

President Trump Tweets Contribute to Volatility On days when President Trump tweets more than usual, the U.S. stock market tends to fall on average by 9bp. Image: BofA Merrill Lynch

Conference Board CEO Confidence Chart showing that CEOs in the U.S. remain pessimistic about current economic conditions. Image: Morgan Stanley Research

Falling Real Yields Allow Zombie Companies to Live On The cost of extended monetary easing: the percentage of zombie companies continues to rise as U.S. 10-year real yields fall. Image: Arbor Research & Trading LLC

Dividend Yield of S&P 500 Components Yields on equities seem competitive vs. U.S. Treasuries, but equity risk does not disappear because a company pays a dividend. Image: Bespoke Investment Group

Buybacks Are the Source of the Rally in the Stock Market since 2009 But as trade tensions and economic slowdown worry U.S. firms, stock buybacks declined last quarter. Image: Deutsche Bank Global Research

S&P 500 Dividend Yield and 30-Year Treasury Bond Are U.S. equities a “buy”? The dividend yield of the S&P 500 Index is now higher than the yield from a 30-year Treasury bond. This is a rare phenomenon. But the equity risk does not disappear because a company pays a dividend. Image: Bloomberg

The World’s Biggest Importers The U.S. is the largest importer in the world, followed by China and Germany. You may also like “The World’s Biggest Exporters.” Image: howmuch.net