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9 Jan 2025

BREAKING: Prediction markets now see inflation rising as high as 4.1% in 2025.

Heading into 2025, expectations showed the inflation rate peaking at 3.6% in 2025. Prediction markets are saying inflation is back. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

9 Jan 2025

YELLEN: "FISCAL POLICY NEEDS TO BE PUT ON A SUSTAINABLE COURSE"

As a reminder, Mrs Yellen was Fed vice chair and chair from 2010 to 2018 and has been treasury secretary since 2021. On an aggregate basis, she has been directly overseeing and presiding over a $15 TRILLION increase in US debt... Source: www.zerohedge.com

8 Jan 2025

Probably nothing

Source: Bianco Research L.L.C.

8 Jan 2025

Should we get prepared for a choppy quarter???

The S&P 500 has gained ~1.0% on average in the first quarter after a US presidential election since 1950. It also historically comes with elevated volatility as market swings widen to both directions. On average, the first year of a new presidential cycle has seen an 8.2% average return. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, J-C Parets

8 Jan 2025

Believe it or not, retail ETF gold flows continued to be negative on a net basis last year.

Source: Bloomberg, The Methodical Investor

8 Jan 2025

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $20 billion FOREIGN investment to build new data centers ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, according to CNBC.

Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties, is pledging “at least” that amount, the president-elect said at his Florida home Mar-a-Lago. “They may go double, or even somewhat more than double, that amount of money,” Trump said of Sajwani’s company. The “first phase” of the plan will take place in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, Trump said. Source: Stocktwits, CNBC

8 Jan 2025

$JPM JPMorgan is preparing to tell all its employees to return to the office 5 days a week

according to Bloomberg

8 Jan 2025

U.S. Dollar vs. World Currencies in 2024

Source: Barchart, Visual Capitalist, Voronoi

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