Greetings,
United States: First, the 30-year mortgage rate is now above 4.5%
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Mortg-Rate2203180439.png)
Commodities: Here is the world’s commodity import exposure to Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CO-World-exposure-to-RU2203180439.png)
Energy: Crude oil is rebounding.
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EN-Brent2203180439.png)
On the other hand, Russian crude oil discount to Brent continues to widen, attracting some buyers.
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EN-Rurals2203180439.png)
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EN-India-ST2203180439.png)
Equities: Fund managers increasingly prefer large-cap stocks.
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EQ-FMS-bullish-large-v-small2203180439.png)
Credit: Leveraged loan prices appear to have stabilized as equities rebounded.
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CR-Loan-prices-stabilize-w-EQ2203180439.png)
Food for Thought: Lastly, here are the amount of artificial intelligence research papers published per year by selected countries.
![The Daily Shot Brief – March 18th, 2022](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/VTT-AI-research-papers2203180439.png)
Edited by Alexander Bowers
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