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24 Oct 2024

US ASKS G-7 TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN PALLADIUM, TITANIUM

Palladium will soar if this goes through: Russia makes 40% of the world's palladium

24 Oct 2024

Still no dip to buy...

The S&P 500 is in its longest stretch without a 1% daily move over the past 2.5 years. Quiet markets tend to be strong markets and strong markets tend to be quiet markets. Source: Willie Delwiche, CMT, CFA @WillieDelwiche on X

24 Oct 2024

BREAKING 🚨: Ethereum

$ETH falls to its lowest valuation against Bitcoin $BTC since April 2021 Source: Barchart

24 Oct 2024

Gold and stocks *both* with their best YTD performance in 25yrs this year.

Not really the sort of market action that is aligned with an aggressive easing cycle... h/t @thedailyshot thru Bob Elliott on X

24 Oct 2024

Emancipation from the West and the quest for multipolarity is one one of the megatrend we are currently following.

The BRICS Summit in Kazan is one illustration of this trend. Narandra Modi on X: "With fellow BRICS leaders at the Summit in Kazan, Russia. This Summit is special because we welcomed the new BRICS members. This forum has immense potential to make our planet better and more sustainable". The “BRICspansion” is part of a plan to “reshape global governance into a ‘multipolar’ world order that puts voices of the Global South at the center of the world agenda. This megatrend have important consequences on the geopolitocal, macro and markets side. Among them: - De-dollarization and lower demand for US Treasuries - Reshoring, friendshoring, nearshoring - From "just-in-time" inventory to "just-in-case" inventory - Higher demand for commodities including precious metals - Structurally higher inflation

24 Oct 2024

😱 The shocking chart of the day >>> Mag 7 political donations....one of these is not like the others...😱

Source: Meb Faber on X

24 Oct 2024

Never Forget 👇

Source: Barchart

23 Oct 2024

“Discipline or regret: the choice is yours”

Source: Nigel D'Souza @Nigel__DSouza

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