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22 Aug 2025

Nancy Pelosi's stock portfolio

Source: Sam Badawi @samsolid57, Carbon Finance

22 Aug 2025

Eye-opening chart, while earnings of Magnificent 7 have had an unprecedented run, earnings of S&P 493 have been more or less stagnant since 2020.

Is the US economy really so strong? Source: Michel A.Arouet, Bloomberg

22 Aug 2025

Shorting the market is not an easy sport...

Below S&P 500 returns following Michael Burry’s stock market warnings... Source: Peter Mallouk

22 Aug 2025

A friendly reminder of bitcoin seasonality

Source: Ryan Rasmussen @RasterlyRock, Bitwise Asset Management

22 Aug 2025

September rate cut odds have plunged to 57% on Polymarket over the past few days—did Powell’s speech leak?

Source: Tom @TradingThomas3

22 Aug 2025

Meanwhile... A new all-time high for the Borsa Istanbul 100 Index

Source: Augur Infinity

22 Aug 2025

According to Ark Invest, Robotaxis could generate $34 Trillion in Enterprise Value by 2030

Tesla's $TSLA market cap is only $1.05 Trillion right now Source: Barchart, Ark Invest

22 Aug 2025

The economic slump in Germany worsened in Q2.

GDP fell by 0.3% in Q2 QoQ, worse than the initial estimate of -0.1%, mainly due to a sharp drop in capital investment, which declined 1.4%. Consumer spending rose by 0.1% QoQ, contributed less than previously thought, while government spending rose 0.8% QoQ. The size of the German economy is currently still slightly below its 2019 level, ING's @carstenbrzeski has calculated: "It looks increasingly unlikely that any substantial recovery will materialise before 2026," he says. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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