Straight from the Desk

Syz the moment

Live feeds, charts, breaking stories, all day long.

17 Jan 2025

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says that AI can draft 95% of an S1 IPO prospectus “in minutes” (a job that used to require a 6-person team multiple weeks).

“The last 5% now matters because the rest is now a commodity,” per Solomon. Source: Bearly AI on X

17 Jan 2025

President Trump official portrait is out.

Between 2017 and 2025, the body language looks different...

17 Jan 2025

Bullish sentiment is through the roof: US households, mutual funds, pension funds, and foreign investors' financial asset allocations in US stocks hit a record 54%.

Since the 2009 low, this percentage has DOUBLED, exceeding the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak of 51%. On the other hand, allocation to debt instruments like bonds has dropped by 9 percentage points to an all-time low of 18%. At the same time, cash allocation has fallen to 13%, near the lowest on record. Investors are all-in on stocks.

17 Jan 2025

The Market Cap of the largest 50 stocks relative to GDP is at 110%, the highest level in history, surpassing the peak of the Dot Com Bubble and the Global Financial Crisis...

Source: Barchart

17 Jan 2025

BREAKING: Donald Trump to designate crypto as a national priority, including the consideration of a "national Bitcoin stockpile"

— Bloomberg

17 Jan 2025

Apple $AAPL stock just closed the day down by 4% its worst day since August 5th

Source: Blossom on X

17 Jan 2025

What Buffett Looks For and What to Avoid:

Source: The Investing for Beginners Podcast @IFB_podcast on X

17 Jan 2025

Diamonds vs. Gold

Source: Bloomberg

Thinking out loud

Sign up for our weekly email highlighting the most popular posts.

Follow us

Thinking out loud

Investing with intelligence

Our latest research, commentary and market outlooks