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17 Feb 2026

Wow Hedgefunds are smashing the buy button on Asian stocks.

These are the biggest inflows in years. 🤑 International markets continue to see a lot of interest. Markets & Mayhem @Mayhem4Markets Via @GoldmanSachs

17 Feb 2026

Banks and insurers might be longs as structural beneficiaries in the AI era.

Back office tasks get automated and margins improve. Software has a large opportunity to improve efficiency as well. Source: Greg @GS_CapSF

17 Feb 2026

AI disrupting toilets next

Source: Bloomberg

16 Feb 2026

THE WORLD RUNS THROUGH 8 STRAITS

Here are the key chokepoints: • Malacca ~25% of global traded goods • Hormuz ~25% of global oil, ~⅓ of LNG • Singapore ~50% of global seaborne trade • Gibraltar Atlantic ↔ Mediterranean • Bosphorus Black Sea outlet • Magellan Atlantic ↔ Pacific backup • Bering Arctic gateway • Bass Australian passage These are pressure points. Close Hormuz... Oil spikes. Disrupt Malacca... Asia freezes. Block Bosphorus... Black Sea trade halts. Geopolitics isn’t abstract. It’s maritime geometry. Source: Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli on X

16 Feb 2026

hey, capex is good. It will pay off” consider the historical record

Source: Peter Berezin @PeterBerezinBCA

16 Feb 2026

AI Risk Is Dominating Conference Calls as Investors Dump Stocks

Source: Bloomberg

16 Feb 2026

A Stock Market Doom Loop Is Hitting Everything That Touche AI

Source: Bloomberg

16 Feb 2026

Bitcoin $BTC has repeatedly shown an uncanny ability to move in the opposite direction of what the prevailing narrative would suggest.

Source: Beth Kindig @Beth_Kindig

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