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26 Aug 2025

The 69% decline in the $VIX over the last 20 weeks is the biggest volatility crash in history.

Source: Charlie Bilello

26 Aug 2025

"Buy the Dip" Trading Strategy is having its best return in more than 30 years

Source: Barchart

26 Aug 2025

➡️ Trump administration military leaders are “thinking about” whether the U.S. should acquire equity stakes in top defense contractors, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

➡️ Lockheed Martin, which makes most of its revenue from federal contracts, is “basically an arm of the U.S. government,” he said. ➡️ Lutnick’s remarks on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” came days after the U.S. government acquired 10% of Intel stock in a roughly $9 billion deal. Source: CNBC

26 Aug 2025

What a time to be alive...

How Weapons of Mass Destruction Became Popular With ESG Investors The deadliest weapons ever manufactured are becoming a regular feature of Europe’s nearly $9 trillion ESG fund industry. Source: Bloomberg

26 Aug 2025

France has done nothing to stabilize its fiscal deficit & debt/GDP.

It already has the highest tax burden in Europe. These higher taxes would throttle growth potential even more. With its political paralysis it won’t cut spending neither. Next confidence vote is coming. And OAT spreads seem to start reflecting that. Source: Michel A.Arouet, INSEE

26 Aug 2025

Prime Minister Bayrou is calling for a confidence vote, risking another collapse of the French government.

OAT-Bund spread keeps widening Source: Blokland Research

26 Aug 2025

Have analysts become too bullish on the S&P 500 ???

Source: Markets & Mayhem

26 Aug 2025

Based on futures market positioning, hedge funds and asset managers have been missing the rally

Source: Trend labs

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