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21 Apr 2025

Beijing has warned it will retaliate against countries that negotiate trade deals with the US “at the expense of China’s interests”

The statement by the commerce ministry, which was responding to reports that US President Donald Trump’s administration planned to use trade talks with multiple countries to try to isolate China, called on them to instead join Beijing to “resist unilateral bullying”. “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests,” the ministry said on Monday. “If this happens, China will never accept it and will resolutely take countermeasures in a reciprocal manner.” China has become the focus of Trump’s trade war after the US president paused a wave of unilateral “reciprocal” tariffs on most countries but left levies on Chinese goods as high as 145 per cent in place. Beijing has retaliated, imposing its own tariffs of 125 per cent on US goods.

21 Apr 2025

Is it a memecoin?

- 36 trillion supply - No supply cap - 1 node - 25% of supply minted in the last 6 months - 1% of holders own 30% - Backed by the U.S. government Source: Not Jerome Powell on X

21 Apr 2025

Long term investing

Source: Dividend Growth Investors

18 Apr 2025

An unbalanced world...

▶️ Share of Global Consumption... US: 29% Eurozone: 13% China: 12% ▶️Share of Global Manufacturing... China: 32% US: 15% Eurozone: 13% Source: Charlie Bilello, Deutsche Bank

18 Apr 2025

Hermes $RMS Q1 2025

"Despite a high comparison basis in the first quarter, the group achieved solid growth in sales, thanks to the trust of its customers and the commitment of the teams, whom I thank warmly." – Axel Dumas, CEO Revenue growth by business line: Source: Quartr

18 Apr 2025

$ASML CFO on the potential impact of tariffs:

—Tariffs could impact ASML across 4 critical supply chain categories —Actively working to mitigate tariff-related risks across its ecosystem —Timing & magnitude of Tariff-induced demand shocks are still too early to quantify Source: The Transcript @TheTranscript

18 Apr 2025

Trump’s handling of the economy is not very popular

Source: @jason on X

18 Apr 2025

It took 38 years for gold to rise from $35/oz to $1,000/oz. Then it took 12 years to rise from $1,000/oz to $2,000/oz in 2020.

It only took 4 years to go from $2,000 ~~~> $3,000 Source: CEO Technician, Bloomberg

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