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27 May 2026

Semiconductors index $SOX keeps marching higher without its general.

We have not seen such a wide divergence between SOX and hashtag#nvidia $NVDA in quite some time. Is NVDA quietly becoming the main funding source for the latest semis upside panic? Source: TME

26 May 2026

Only 60 million people on earth (1.6% of adults) have a net worth over $1 million.

Those 60M people hold 48% of all global wealth. The bottom 1.55 billion hold 0.6%. Source: UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 Frank Chaparro @fintechfrank

26 May 2026

If you invested $100,000 into Zoom $ZM at the peak of the pandemic hype in 2020, you would have less than $12,000 left today.

The stock crashed over -88%, eroding nearly $130 BILLION in market value as the work from home bubble collapsed. Source: Bull Theory

26 May 2026

US futures hit a new ALL TIME HIGH after Washington Post confirmed a US-Iran ceasefire framework for 60 days.

Dow Jones is up +0.91% hitting 51,211. S&P500 is up +0.95% hitting 7,569. Nasdaq is up +1.35% hitting 29,995. Russell is up +1.57% hitting 2,922. Source: Bull Theory

26 May 2026

TRUMP JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT LIST OF COUNTRIES REQUIRED TO JOIN THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AS THE PRICE OF ANY IRAN PEACE DEAL

A proposed geopolitical framework reportedly backed by Donald Trump would require nine Middle Eastern nations to simultaneously sign or support the Abraham Accords, with no exceptions allowed. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, and Jordan would all need to formally normalize relations with Israel, while the UAE and Bahrain would reinforce the coalition as existing members. Iran was reportedly offered the possibility to join under the condition of recognizing Israel, otherwise remaining isolated and in conflict. The proposal emphasizes that the agreement must happen collectively or fail entirely. Supporters see it as an attempt to reshape regional alliances, while critics view it as highly unrealistic given current tensions and political divisions. Source: Roland Carter

26 May 2026

The MSCI Emerging Markets index relative chart (vs. the US) looks very different if you take out TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix.

Source: Oxford Economics

26 May 2026

UBS’s balance sheet is bigger than Switzerland’s economy.

Source: @financialtimes

26 May 2026

DeepSeek is now up to 50x CHEAPER than OpenAI and Anthropic for AI tokens.

DeepSeek’s massive price cuts have made its AI token costs up to 50x cheaper than OpenAI and Anthropic, reshaping enterprise AI economics. Since hashtag#AI costs scale with token usage, companies running coding agents or reasoning-heavy models can spend millions—or even billions—annually. More advanced models consume huge hidden “reasoning” tokens, dramatically increasing compute costs. This is pushing firms toward cheaper, optimized models and tools, with companies like Microsoft and Uber already feeling budget pressure. The key competitive advantage in AI may shift from having the smartest model to delivering “good enough” AI at the lowest scalable cost. Source: Bull Theory

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