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3 Feb 2025

60 years of Gold and Silver price spikes.

Source: Rick Rule Rhetoric @RickRuleRulz

3 Feb 2025

The PaxGold stablecoin is tradeable 24/7. On the back of Trump's Tariff announcement, it went parabolic trading above $3,000 at some point...

PAX Gold (PAXG) is a commodity-backed, gold stablecoin issued by Paxos. Each token is backed by 1 fine troy ounce of gold kept in Brink’s vaults managed by Paxos. Source: kucoin

3 Feb 2025

Bitcoin and tariffs

Source: @kebeissiletter

3 Feb 2025

US growth is not a miracle, it is fully DEBT driven:

It took a MASSIVE $2.2 trillion in public debt to create $570 billion in GDP growth in 2024 (before revisions). In other words, it took $3.9 of debt to generate $1 of economic growth. Source: Global Markets Investor

3 Feb 2025

Market valuations are at their highest levels in history, when taking into account multiple methodologies

Source: MacroEdge Vision @MacroEdgeVision

31 Jan 2025

Gold is at all time highs

Source: Martin M on X

31 Jan 2025

Apple Slides After iPhone Sales Miss, China Revenues Unexpectedly Tumble

The one - very big - fly in the ointment was the usual suspect: China, where revenues unexpectedly tumbled, sliding a whopping 11%, and badly missing estimates of a $21.57BN print Greater China rev. $18.51 billion, -11% y/y, estimate $21.57 billion Source: zerohedge.com

31 Jan 2025

OpenAI is in early talks to raise a large funding round at a $340 billion valuation,

more than doubling what it was worth in October, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.

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