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6 Oct 2025

It seems that Russell 2000 small & mid caps ETF $IWM is joining the breakout party...

Source: Trend Spider

6 Oct 2025

Since 2000, dollar is down 82% against gold

Source: Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop on X

6 Oct 2025

Japan 40Y yield back to all time highs

Source: zerohedge

6 Oct 2025

France changes its Prime Ministers more often than some people buy new underwear...

Source: Connexion VisActu

6 Oct 2025

France bond risk hits Nine-Month high amid fears over government - Bloomberg

France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis. Lecornu, France’s fifth PM in less than two years, had his work cut out to convince the country — and investors — that he could unite a fractious and divided parliament enough to get a 2026 budget over the line. With the prospect of a state budget being passed now in doubt, French markets reacted strongly to the news, with the yield on the 30-year government bond, or OAT, hitting a one-month high of 4.44% before retreating slightly. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond rose to a 10-day high of 3.599%. Meanwhile, France’s CAC 40 index slumped 2.0% and the euro fell 0.7% against the dollar - CNBC

6 Oct 2025

LATEST: December has an 86.3% of another rates cut.

That would make it 2 rates cuts before 2026. Source: Cointelegraph, CME Fed Watch

6 Oct 2025

Key Upcoming Events This Week:

Tuesday - NY Fed Inflation Expectations data Wednesday - Fed meeting minutes release Thursday - Fed Chair Powell speech Friday - MI Consumer Sentiment & Expectations data, September Jobs Report (if govt shutdown ends) Source: investing.com

6 Oct 2025

Debasement Trade propels Gold, Silver and Bitcoin as investors flock to the perceived safety of real assets while pulling away from major currencies.

The Yen tumbled on Monday as pro-stimulus lawmaker Sanae Takaichi was set to become Japan’s next PM. The dollar, which has weakened about 30% against Bitcoin this year, remains under pressure as the US government shutdown drags on. The euro has its own problems w/fresh political uncertainty brewing in France. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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