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9 Sep 2025

As Fed rate cuts odds increase, stocks and bonds continue to be bid together...

Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg

9 Sep 2025

⚠️ The United States (US) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will publish the 2025 preliminary benchmark revision to the Establishment Survey Data on Tuesday, September 9

The preliminary revision will cover the 12-month period through March 2025 before the final benchmark revision is reported within the employment report of February 2026. The chart below puts the revisions in perspective: ➡️ 2024 just delivered the biggest downward benchmark revision since 2008 nearly -800k jobs erased. ➡️ That’s exactly why the BLS revision matters: if 2025 takes another -550k to -950k hit, it won’t just mark back-to-back historic revisions. ➡️ It will prove the labor market was overstated for years, not months. Source: StockMarket.News, zerohedge

9 Sep 2025

BREAKING 🚨: Turkey

Turkish Lira has plunged more than 96% against the U.S. Dollar since 2010. Source: Barchart

8 Sep 2025

What a year for ETFs ‼️

ETFs crack $800b in YTD flows, that's a $5b/day pace. That puts them on pace to hit about $1.2T this year, a new record. Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

8 Sep 2025

If you are in the manufacturing industry, do you produce in the U.S. or in the U.K.?

Source: Michel A.Arouet

8 Sep 2025

"The Ukraine war and the weaponization of the dollar was the straw that broke the camel's back"

Source: zerohedge

8 Sep 2025

Buybacks are inflating earnings per share

By shrinking share counts, companies make profits look stronger on paper even when most firms show flat or declining growth. The top 10 companies are the only ones delivering real growth. Indexes keep climbing because of them, while the S&P 490 and the broader economy remain weak. This is one of the disconnect driving the market. Source: StockMarket.news

8 Sep 2025

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that he is “confident” that President Donald Trump’s tariff plan “will win” at the Supreme Court

But he warned his agency would be forced to issue massive refunds if the high court rules against it. If the tariffs are struck down, he said, “we would have to give a refund on about half the tariffs, which would be terrible for the Treasury,” according to an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He added, however, that “if the court says it, we’d have to do it.” Source: CNBC

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