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13 May 2025

The S&P500 is flat on the year and less than 5% away from new all-time highs.

Congrats to those who stuck with their plan. Source: Ryan Detrick, CMT

13 May 2025

US 30-Year Treasury Yield jumps to 4.89%, sitting near the highest levels of the last 18 years

Will the rise of bond yield start to hurt the equity market's recovery? What is the pain threshold? Source: Barchart

13 May 2025

The S&P 500 just sprinted through 200-day moving average as Wall Street cheers the rollback of tariffs.

Skeptical strategists saw that level as a potential ceiling on the market rebound Source. Bloomberg, HolgerZ

13 May 2025

Strategy $MSTR, a Bitcoin treasury company, is accumulating Bitcoin at a faster rate than total miner output, giving the supply-capped asset a -2.33% annual deflation rate

According to CryptoQuant CEO and market analyst Ki Young Ju. 🟩 “Their 555,000 BTC is illiquid with no plans to sell,” the analyst wrote in a May 10 X post. 🟩“Strategy's holdings alone mean a -2.23% annual deflation rate — likely higher with other stable institutional holders,” Ju continued. 🟩Additionally, Strategy acts as a bridge between Bitcoin and traditional financial (TradFi) markets by funneling funds from TradFi investors into Bitcoin through selling corporate debt and equity, which the company uses to finance more BTC purchases. According to Michael Saylor, over 13,000 institutions hold Strategy stock directly in their portfolios. ➡️ Bitcoin investors continue to watch the company and its effect on Bitcoin market dynamics. Strategy leads the charge toward institutional adoption of Bitcoin, further restricting the supply of available coins and raising BTC prices, while dampening volatility. Source: zerohedge, cryptoquant, cointelegraph.com

13 May 2025

Only three times in history has the S&P 500 been down at least 15% YTD and moved back to positive by the end of the year.

Could this year will be number four? Source: Ryan Detrick

13 May 2025

IPO Watch: eToro's U.S. IPO sees strong demand, with order books oversubscribed ahead of pricing $ETOR

@seekingalpha @WallStHorizon thru Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

12 May 2025

The US and China have agreed on a deal to help resolve the trade war raging between the world’s two largest economies, top Trump administration officials announced Sunday.

Details of the deal, struck during negotiations in Switzerland over the weekend, were not revealed, but officials teased that more information will be shared on Monday. Source: Karli Bonne on X

12 May 2025

The largest trade deficits and surpluses with the US

Source: Markets & Mayhem @Mayhem4Markets

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