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23 Jun 2025

In case you missed it... here's another potential source of inflation

Source: Charlie Bilello

23 Jun 2025

Who is right?

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23 Jun 2025

GS: China Is the Main Destination of Strait of Hormuz Oil Flows

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

23 Jun 2025

⚠️True US Dollar bear markets are usually 20-40%:

1970s (-30%) - End of Bretton Woods (USD delinked from gold) 1980s (-40%) - Plaza Accord (G7 nations devalued USD to reduce trade deficits) 2000s (-30%) - Post-9/11 policy shifts, Fed rate cuts The US Dollar is down 9% YTD.

23 Jun 2025

MIGA (Make Iran Great Again)

Source: Not Jerome Powell

23 Jun 2025

⚠️Middle East oil shipping costs are SPIKING:

Persian Gulf-Japan tanker rates hit $55k/day, the highest in over a year, while East Africa routes hit $40k, a multi-month peak. Costs doubled in 2 weeks amid the Israel-Iran conflict.

20 Jun 2025

The US fiscal deficit is projected to hit a MASSIVE 9% of GDP by 2034.

Such deficits have never occurred outside of major crises and wars. This projection also assumes no recession and lower interest rates than currently. Source: BofA, Global Markets Investor, Moody's

20 Jun 2025

Happy Friday

Source: Vala Afshar

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