Asian nations have NEVER owned so many US assets:
The 11 largest Asian countries have accumulated $4.7 TRILLION of US stocks and bonds over the last 28 years. Their total investments in the US reached $7.5tn. ➡️ Will they bring the money back home? Source: Global Markets Investor, zerohedge, Bloomberg
Did they give us covid 2.0 ???
Source: Trend Spider
French-Italian 10y spread dropped below 25 bp this morning.
It was 115 bp at the start of last year… En route to zero? Source: Stephane Deo on X, Eleva Capital, Bloomberg
Bullish for the nuclear power sector and uranium producers
Source: Markets & Mayhem
Portugal might bring back enhanced tax incentives, just for Golden Visa investors.
A 20% flat tax on local income. 0% on foreign income. Basically NHR 1.0… but gated behind a Golden Visa. If this passes, will demand explode? Source: Alessandro Palombo, Forbes
Gold's share of global reserves reached 23% in Q2 2025, the highest level in 30 years.
Over the last 6 years, the percentage has DOUBLED. At the same time, the US Dollar's share of international reserves has declined 10 percentage points, to 44%, the lowest since 1993 (dee left-hand scale). By comparison, the Euro's share has decreased 2 percentage points, to 16%, the lowest in 22 years. Gold is quickly replacing fiat currencies as a reserve currency. Keep watching gold.
BREAKING: Volatility
CBOE Volatility Index has plummeted 63% over the last 9 weeks, the largest volatility crush in history Source: Barchart
Silver about to surpass gold as best performing asset YTD
Source: zerohedge
