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26 Feb 2025

🚨BREAKING: UKRAINE AGREES TO U.S. MINERALS DEAL AFTER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DROPS $500B DEMAND

Kyiv has finalized a minerals deal with Washington, securing joint development of Ukraine’s oil, gas, and mineral resources—but only after the Trump administration dropped its toughest demands, including a $500 billion revenue claim. The deal establishes a fund where Ukraine will contribute 50% of proceeds from future mineral monetization, but it does not include the security guarantees Kyiv originally sought. With Zelenskyy expected to visit the White House for a signing ceremony, this deal marks a major shift in U.S.-Ukraine relations under Trump. Source: Financial Times thru Mario Nawfal on X

26 Feb 2025

2025 rate cut odds:

from just ONE 2 weeks ago to MORE THAN TWO now... Source: zerohedge

26 Feb 2025

More Year 1 seasonality...

March-August pretty solid, on average. SPX 1929-2021 Suttmeier BofA. Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 @MikeZaccardi

26 Feb 2025

Uranium reserves by country.

Source: Rick Rule Rhetoric

26 Feb 2025

Bitcoin under $90k...

here's a compilation of the best crypto liquidation memes on X

26 Feb 2025

It's the liquidity stupid...

Bitcoin $BTC is finally catching up with the drop of liquidity (with a 10 weeks lag). The good news is that Global M2 is accelerating again (but due to the lag risk assets should resume uptrend later on - all other things being equal of course...) Source: Bloomberg, Joe Consorti

26 Feb 2025

The Trump 1.0 put was on equities $SPY

Will the Trump 2.0 put be on us treasuries $TLT ??? Source: Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital on X, Bloomberg

26 Feb 2025

MAGNIFICENT 7 ENTERS CORRECTION TERRITORY

The equal weight Magnificent 7 index is now down 10% off its most recent All Time Highs the technical definition of a Correction - Bloomberg (Magnificent 7 = Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Tesla) Source: Bloomberg, Evan

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