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20 Jun 2025

The next Fed Chair is going to be the biggest dove the world has ever seen...

Source: Spencer Hakimian on X

20 Jun 2025

Central banks continue to DUMP the US Dollar for Gold:

95% of central banks expect global gold reserves to rise in the next year, according to a World Gold Council survey. A record 43% plan to boost their holdings. 73% expect USD reserves to decline over the next 5 years. Source: Global Markets Investor, Yahoo Finance

17 Jun 2025

US households own WAY more stocks than in other major markets: US household allocation to equities sits at ~49%.

Source: @GlobalMktObserv

17 Jun 2025

According to Bank of America's Fund Manager Survey, investors are more underweight on the US dollar than at any point in the past 20 years.

Source: @Schuldensuehner @BankofAmerica

17 Jun 2025

30-Year Treasury Bonds have now lost almost half their value over the last 5 years 📉

Source: Barchart

17 Jun 2025

⚠️Japanese insurers' unrealized LOSSES are HUGE: Biggest 📷 insurers’ paper losses on their domestic bond holdings hit a record ¥8.5 TRILLION ($60B) in Q1. Nippon Life, the largest 📷 👇

Source: @GlobalMktObserv

17 Jun 2025

Portfolio Management made simple

Source: X, @alifarhat79

17 Jun 2025

Gold is now the second-most important reserve asset for central banks

Source: ECB, MKS-PAMP, FT

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