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10 Feb 2025

Jevons' Paradox in action: The initial response to the "DeepFreak" suggests companies are spending more, not less.

Cloud Capex is projected to grow 40% in 2025, according to @MeliusResearch Source: Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner

10 Feb 2025

*TRUMP: WILL ANNOUNCE 25% TARIFFS ON STEEL, ALUMINUM MONDAY The largest exporter of steel & aluminum to the US? canada followed by mexico

What happened to the 30 day moratorium on tariffs from Canada & Mexico? Source: Vic_Turbendian

10 Feb 2025

BREAKING: Beginning Monday, China will implement tariffs of up to 15% on $14 billion in U.S. exports, including LNG, coal, crude oil, farm equipment, and select vehicles.

Looks like China is fighting back against Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese imports that he announced last week... Source: Financial Times

10 Feb 2025

Monday and Friday have been quite bad for stocks so far in 2025.

The other three days have been solid. Source: Ryan Detrick, Carson

10 Feb 2025

China's retaliatory tariff will hit the United States today.

Here is how the U.S Corporations and consumers will be impacted. Source: Unicus @UnicusResearch

10 Feb 2025

Gold has been truly one of the GREATEST assets over the last few years, widely outperforming the S&P 500:

🔴 1-year performance: Gold +41% S&P 500 +21% 🔴 3-year: Gold +59% S&P 500 +34% 🔴 5-year: Gold +84% S&P 500 +80% Source. Global Markets Investor

7 Feb 2025

Valuation of Public Companies with Market Caps Over $10B

The gap between European and U.S. equities continues to widen. While U.S. stocks trade at historically high valuations, their European counterparts lag significantly behind. source: A.Arouet

7 Feb 2025

The US economy has been driven by a massive DEBT BUBBLE: In 2024, to generate 1 unit of GDP growth it took $3.8 of national debt...

In Q4 alone, it took $5.8 of debt to create $1 of economic growth. If not for the huge debt, the US economy would have been in a recession. Source: Global Markets Investor

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