Jason Zweig on reasons to not allocate 100% to stocks:
Source: Brian Feroldi
The US National Debt is currently at $36.6T or $323K per taxpayer
source : usdebtclock.org
264 of the S&P 500’s constituents, or a little over 52% of the index, are actually still up in 2025.
The star of the S&P 500 Class of Q1 so far is CVS HealthCVS $65.81 (2.74%), which has jumped 45% since the start of the year, closely followed by Philip Morris InternationalPM $153.14 (-0.58%) and Super Micro, which is doing the absolute bare minimum to remain on the market. Uber also joins the all-star lineup, ahead of Meta, which is the best of the Big Tech stocks, evading the pain of peers Amazon (-7%), Nvidia (-14%), and Tesla (-33%), which are all down. But the one company that’s down deepest in the trenches is UGG and Hoka shoe company DeckersDECK $136.40 (1.67%), which never recovered from getting stomped after its underwhelming Q3 update. Source: Chartr
US immigration
Source:: Robin Brooks
Europe's high-debt countries - like France, Italy and Spain - cheer Germany's fiscal expansion.
They're not doing that out of the goodness of their hearts. Germany now can't possibly say no to more joint EU debt issuance. A win for high-debt countries and their muddle through... Source: Robin Brooks
⚠️The famous Trade War Cycle is back in full swing...
Source: Global Markets Investor
Another big move today
US dollar around the start of Trump 1.0 and 2.0
US economic data related to the CONSUMER has surprised to the DOWNSIDE by the most in over 2 years.
This comes as Americans pulled back on spending due to deteriorating labor market conditions and high inflation. 🚨Spending reflects 2/3 of the US GDP. Source: Global Markets Investor, Goldman Sachs
