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1 Sep 2025

US consumer sentiment across income levels

An interesting perspective by Morning Consult. Source: Barchart

1 Sep 2025

A suspected Russian interference attack targeting the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

The Russian interference disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. Source: FT

1 Sep 2025

What a headline by The Telegraph...

Source: The Telegraph

1 Sep 2025

Hyperscaler growth is set to slow meaningfully over the next year

Will AI CapEx follow? Chart: Goldman Sachs thru Markets & Mayhem

29 Aug 2025

In case you missed it... silver hits highest closing price in almost 14 years 📈📈

Source: Barchart

29 Aug 2025

Credit spreads have rarely been this tight.

So why are investors in corporate bonds undeterred despite the significant tightening in risk spreads (chart below)? Two reasons: 1) Higher yields ("risk free" component + spreads 2) More and more investors see corporate bonds as less risky than sovereign bonds Source chart: Bloomberg

29 Aug 2025

JPMorgan analysts believe Bitcoin ($BTC) is trading below its fair value as its price volatility falls to historic lows, narrowing the asset's risk-adjusted gap with gold.

Volatility in Bitcoin has slid from nearly 60% earlier this year to roughly 30%, the lowest level on record. Analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said this dynamic implies a fair value near $126,000, a target they expect could be reached by year-end, according to The Block. A major driver of the decline in volatility has been corporate treasuries, which now hold over 6% of Bitcoin's total supply. JPMorgan compared the phenomenon to the post-2008 bond market, where central bank quantitative easing dampened swings by locking assets into balance sheets. Source: Yahoo Finance, Coindesk

29 Aug 2025

A new all-time-high for sp500 to commodities ratio

Source: Worldbank, Econovis

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