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7 Feb 2025

‼️US economy policy uncertainty is SPIKING:

This means economic environment will be challenging to predict and may impact investments and spending, as well as trigger more volatility in the markets. The index is only below the 2018 levels when the previous trade war took place. Source: Global Markets Investor

7 Feb 2025

Trump is going to launch a Bitcoin Plus ETF.

Safe to say first-ever POTUS ETF issuer. Source: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

6 Feb 2025

Trump 2.0 is definitively starting off differently.

The speed of announcements and changes has been staggering. JPM notes that Trump 1.0 started with asset managers' positioning much lighter than this go around. Source: JP Morgan, RBC

6 Feb 2025

Stock Market Sentiment: Fear Amidst Gains?

Despite trading in the green for two consecutive days and sitting just 1.1% away from all-time highs, market sentiment remains cautious. Fear still lingers. source : cnnsentiment

6 Feb 2025

Surprise surprise...

Source: Peter Malouk, Tax foundation

6 Feb 2025

Roughly 20,000 federal employees have accepted President Trump's buyout offer to leave their jobs and receive an 8-month severance.

The goal is to reduce the federal budget by removing unnecessary bureaucrats. Source: Wall Street Mav

6 Feb 2025

Cut cut cut...

ECB’s Wage Tracker Points to Steep Slowdown This Year - Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg

6 Feb 2025

2025 could be a great year for IPOS

9 potential IPOs for 2025 by WOLF Wolf Financial

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