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13 Mar 2025

The resilience of the yellow metal shines through as Gold reaches an All-Time High

Comparatively, other assets have experienced drawdowns from their respective All-Time Highs: - Berkshire $BRKB: -4% - Gold Miners $GDX: -4% - S&P 500 $SPY: -8% - Oil & Gas $XLE: -9% - NDX $QQQ: -12% - Transports $IYT: -15% - Mag7 $MAGS: -18% - Software $CLOU: -18% - Bitcoin $XBT: -22% - Banks $KRE: -22% - SOX AI $SOXX: -24% - Home Builders $ITB: -25% - ARK $ARKK: -68% Data Source: Lawrence McDonald

13 Mar 2025

Ferrari, which spun out from Fiat seven years before Porsche went public, has raced ahead in the (nearly) 10 years since it hit the market.

Unlike its German rival, the Prancing Horse has kept investors enamoured with measuredly infrequent supercar drops, impressive delivery figures, a loyal customer base, and (unlike other luxury titans) its relatively low exposure to China — though even “relatively low” can still be too high. Ferrari shares were up 760% from its 2015 IPO at Tuesday’s close. Source: Chartr

13 Mar 2025

No matter what happens in this world, the markets will always reach all-time highs every single time.

Keep investing. $SPY Source: StockWhale @thestockwhale

13 Mar 2025

DOGE has had no impact

Deficit in 2025 is bigger than 2024, 2023… Source: The Long View @HayekAndKeynes

13 Mar 2025

February inflation data is out…

• PPI 3.2% YoY, (Est. 3.3%) • PPI 0% MoM, (Est. 0.3%) • PPI Core 3.4% YoY, (Est. 3.5%) • PPI Core -0.1% MoM, (Est. 0.3%)

12 Mar 2025

Bonds don't love the cooler-than-expected February CPI report

Weakness in airfares may not show up in the PCE, the Fed's preferred gauge, which pulls that price data from the PPI And still-firmer goods prices could lead to core PCE, for a change, running higher than core CPI Source: Nick Timiraos @NickTimiraos

12 Mar 2025

The US dollar is off to its worst start of the year in decades.

Source: The Daily Shot

12 Mar 2025

US inflation comes in lower than forecast:

Headline CPI slows to 2.8% in Feb from 3% in Jan, smallest since Nov2024, Core CPI cools to 3.1%, lowest since Apr2021. Housing inflation cools; airfares and pump prices drop. BUT: Inflation data doesn’t yet reflect tariff impact. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

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