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18 Aug 2025

Last week we have see an interesting sector / size /style rotation within us equities.

The chart below - courtesy of Edward Jones - shows weekly returns for various indexes following the CPI release. Lagging segments of the market appeared to receive a boost from rising expectations of rate cuts. Source: Edward Jones

18 Aug 2025

The average professional fund manager allocation toward crypto is 0.3% of AUM.

75% of Fund Managers have ZERO allocation. BofA's Hartnett: "Raise Allocations To Gold And Crypto Because Yield Curve Control Is Coming" Source: BofA

18 Aug 2025

Citizenship: Land vs. Blood

This map shows most of the world ties citizenship to bloodline, locking millions out unless their parents qualify. Only a handful of countries offer citizenship by birthplace, instantly granting nationality to anyone born on their soil. Source: @TheRabbitHole84 thru Mario Nawfal

18 Aug 2025

$RSP (Equal Weight S&P 500) vs $SPY (S&P 500 Worst relative performance since the Global Financial Crisis.

Source: Trend Spider

18 Aug 2025

85% of bonds in the world are trading at less than 5% yield

Source: Apollo

18 Aug 2025

Putting things into perspective...

Future estimates show $AMD vs. $NVDA revenue growth is worlds apart: $AMD expected to add: +$7B in 2025 +$7B in 2026 +$7B in 2027 $NVDA expected to add: +$71B in 2025 +$55B in 2026 +$45B in 2027 $NVDA is adding an AMD-sized company every single year! Source: @gainify_io

18 Aug 2025

Salesforce in a Good Spot!

Salesforce (CRM) has been consolidating since December 2024 and is now down 38%. The stock is back in the major swing support zone between 212-273. Last week was particularly interesting, with a break below the April lows creating a liquidity grab and a reversal, forming a Hammer candle. Source: Bloomberg

18 Aug 2025

Fund management is a rough business... especially when you try to beat the sp500

Source: Invest in Assets

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