Wall Street is paying less attention to the Magnificent 7:
Monthly mentions of the "Magnificent Seven" across news stories on the Bloomberg terminal are down to ~1,400, near the lowest since Q4 2023.
This marks a -70% decline from the Q1 2024 peak of ~4,300 mentions, which came shortly after the term was introduced in 2023.
A similar pattern occurred with the "FANG" and later "FAANG" labels, originally referring to Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google before Apple was added.
Monthly mentions of "FANG" and "FAANG" surged to a record ~2,800 in Q4 2018.
Subsequently, they dropped -82%, to just ~500 mentions by early 2020.
Investor attention has shifted away from the Mag 7.
Hedge funds are rapidly unwinding their bearish Yen bets following US-Japan FX intervention:
Leveraged funds cut their net short Yen positions by -74,440 contracts, to 63,600 contracts, over the 5 weeks ending August 4th, according to CFTC data.
This was one of the sharpest reductions in short positioning since the 2008 Financial Crisis.
At the end of June, leveraged funds held 138,000 net short contracts, the largest short position since 2007.
This comes as Japanese authorities purchased ~$85 billion worth of Yen between July 30th and 31st to prop up the currency, the largest 2-day currency intervention since 2011, when Japan intervened in the aftermath of the tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
This also marked the first coordinated action between Japan and the US in 15 years, after the Yen weakened to its lowest since 1986.
Historic intervention is changing FX market dynamics.
BREAKING: President Trump has been floating the idea privately to senior aides that he's willing to "walk away" from the Iran War without a nuclear deal should Iran fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, per WSJ.
Details include:
1. This objective reportedly became "more difficult" yesterday when Iran insisted on its highest price yet for reopening the Strait of Hormuz
2. Iran is now seeking billions of dollars in US payments, the removal of US troops from the region, among other things to reopen Hormuz
3. US officials said Trump is patient and expected to ride out the latest developments as long as gas prices remain where they are
4. Trump has reportedly told senior aides that Iran is likely unable to revive its nuclear work during his presidency
The Iran War negotiations are becoming increasingly complicated.
BREAKING: The US economy unexpectedly loses -23,000 jobs in July, well below expectations of +85,000.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, below expectations of 4.2%.
June's jobs number was also revised down by -37,000 jobs.
This marks the 3rd biggest monthly job loss since the pandemic in 2020.