Top 5 Charts of the Day – January 28th 2021

More than 800,000 new users joined r/wallstreetbets in the last 24 hours – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/w9ed80N9bD pic.twitter.com/YsuvVz0Eyv

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 28, 2021

The number of shares outstanding in the ProShares Ultra #VIX Short-Term Futures exchange-traded fund — a leveraged bet on a rise in U.S. equity volatility — has surged to a record, and the #ETF’s total assets have ballooned to $2.5 billion – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/MPbYxFD5w0

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 28, 2021

Calls of the wild. HT @JimReid35 pic.twitter.com/j5SJgNuHk5

— Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) January 28, 2021

Good luck stopping the squeezes pic.twitter.com/2fCq8qf1L0

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 28, 2021

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Labor Differential:

Jobs Plentiful minus Jobs Hard to Get has rolled over again, 8M low.

For now, the cycle peak was in Aug ‘19 & we’re still 42pts off the highs.

Here is the index today vs. the avg. trajectory over past 3 recessions. pic.twitter.com/puqZQfeLeG

— Julien Bittel, CFA (@BittelJulien) January 28, 2021