Straight from the Desk

Syz the moment

Live feeds, charts, breaking stories, all day long.

26 Jan 2026

Might be a bit early to say if Truflation works but if it does, this looks pretty good. Here's why Truflation could the "anti-CPI" index disrupting economic forecasting

1. Goodbye Surveys, Hello Big Data 📡 The official CPI relies on manual surveys and "judgmental adjustments." Truflation uses 18 million+ data points in real-time. It scrapes e-commerce APIs, transit data, and housing aggregates every 24 hours. 2. The "45-Day Edge" 🏃💨 Traditional inflation data is a rearview mirror. Truflation acts as a leading indicator, often sniffing out price pivots 45 days before they hit government reports. 3. Censorship-Resistant Math ⛓️ Ever feel like the "official" numbers don't match your receipt? Truflation puts its data on-chain (via Chainlink). It’s immutable. No "seasonal adjustments" or political massaging—just pure, transparent code. 4. The Current Reality (Jan 2026) 📊 While headlines debate the latest "sticky" CPI prints, Truflation’s dashboard often shows a different story: Official CPI: Hovering around 2.3% Truflation: Currently tracking closer to 1.7% The Takeaway: In a world of high-frequency trading and instant supply chain shifts, "monthly" is the new "obsolete." By the way, hashtag#blockchain is the structural backbone of Truflation. While it collects data from traditional sources (like e-commerce sites and retailers), it uses blockchain to ensure that data is verifiable, transparent, and tamper-proof. The ecosystem has its own native token ($TRUF) which handles the "business" side of the data: - Staking: Node operators (the people running the computers that verify the data) must stake tokens as collateral to ensure they provide honest numbers. - Governance: Token holders can vote on things like which new data categories should be added or how the inflation formula should be weighted. - Payments: Users often pay in tokens to access premium, high-speed data streams Source chart: Bloomberg, RBC

26 Jan 2026

In case you missed it... This just happened: "Samsung increases NAND prices by 100%"

Estimates were 33-38% Q/Q growth - Trendforce This is an absolute shock. It's called the "Memory Supercycle" for a reason with $MU, Samsung, and SK Hynix + $SNDK. In simpler terms: That extra 65% increase (from 35% to 100%) is pure, added high-margin profit. If $MU guided for 68.0% gross margins Q2 2026, and we see a 100% NAND hike from 33-38% est, that could bring gross margin projections over 73-75%+. This is a blowout. Source: Serenity @aleabitoreddit

26 Jan 2026

Uranium miners closed at new all-time highs last week. Is the relative trend just getting started

$URA $URNM $SPY Source: Donovan Jackson @TheDonInvesting on X The chart report

26 Jan 2026

CoreWeave Behind the AI Hype, a Debt-Fueled Illusion

Nvidia is investing $2B in CoreWeave, deepening a partnership central to AI infrastructure expansion. CoreWeave plans to build over 5 GW of AI data centers by 2030 using Nvidia’s next-gen platforms. However, despite the hype, CoreWeave’s financials raise serious concerns: the company is losing money on every dollar of revenue, carries a massive working-capital deficit, holds over $10B in long-term debt, and relies on rapidly depreciating GPU assets. Facing weak demand, CoreWeave is increasingly using “compute-for-equity” deals—trading GPU capacity for startup equity at inflated valuations—effectively acting like an AI venture capitalist rather than a stable infrastructure provider. The business model depends on continued access to debt markets; if funding dries up, risks fall heavily on retail investors while early institutional players are likely already exiting.

23 Jan 2026

Gold would be ~$9,700 if it kept up with M2 To hit $40,000/oz, Gold would need to add about $246 Trillion in market cap from today's levels.

Source: Katusa Research @KatusaResearch

23 Jan 2026

ECB President Christine Lagarde: "Europe is going to do a big SWOT analysis and decide what do we need to do to be strong by ourselves."

Source chart : FT Source image: Reuters

23 Jan 2026

Countries joining Trump's peace board

Source: Rothmus @Rothmus on X

23 Jan 2026

Foreign ownership of US debt rises to an all-time high.

Source: Daniel Lacalle @dlacalle_IA Bloomberg

Thinking out loud

Sign up for our weekly email highlighting the most popular posts.

Follow us

Thinking out loud

Investing with intelligence

Our latest research, commentary and market outlooks