🚨BREAKING: Bitcoin surpasses the Great British Pound (GBT) to become the 5th largest currency in the world 🌎!
Source: BrianDeMint
Feast on Small Caps?
The "Thanksgiving/Santa Claus rally trade" starts next Tuesday. Based on historical data, the S&P 500 up 79.73% of times since 1950. Average return is 2.58%. Since 19790, the Russell 2,000 is up 77.78% of times during this period, with an average return of 3.34%. We are supposed to enter the 3 months of the year: Santa Claus Rally + January effect. Source: Jeffrey A. Hirsch @AlmanacTrader
As highlighted by Andrea Lisi, CFA on X, market participants and policymakers have not fully understood the heavy toll artificial intelligence will take on our Electrical grid.
As shown on the chart below, a single Google search query typically uses about 0.3 watt-hours (Wh) of electricity. On the other hand, each ChatGPT query is estimated to consume around 2.9 watt-hours of electricity, which means 9.66 times more energy than a Google query! To run AI at scale, both the private and public sectors will have to invest a significant amount of money to strengthen the electricity grid.
As a reminder... From April to October 2018, the US announced tariffs on half of all imports from China at 25%.
The Yuan fell 10% in an almost full offset. Turkey and Argentina had their own crises at the time and were blowing up constantly. But all of EM got hammered. Brazil was down 11%... History doesn't repeat but often rhymes... Source: Robin Brook, Bloomberg
Inflation expectations have diverged from crude oil prices.
Source: The Daily Shot
US GOVERNMENT BORROWING EXPLODED IN OCTOBER
US budget deficit hit a STAGGERING $257.5 BILLION in October. This is up nearly 400% year-over-year versus $66.6 BILLION last year. This was also the 2nd highest deficit in the entire US history. Source: Global Markets Investor
JUST NOW FROM THE WSJ: Donald Trump will be meeting privately with Coinbase $COIN CEO Brian Armstrong to discuss cabinet appointments.
The President of the USA speaking to the CEO of a major crypto exchange to figure out who are the best people to put in position of power that make decisions around crypto? This could be one of the most amazing four years of innovation for crypto with an entire White House ready to support the ecosystem. Source: Anit on X
#foodforthought
Source: Limitless Life
