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12 Aug 2025

Donald Trump has extended a trade war truce with China for another 90 days, two US officials have said, just hours before his Tuesday deadline to steepen tariffs on the world’s biggest exporter.

Source: FT

12 Aug 2025

Watch out US CPI electricity today

Recent BBG article cites the recent 2x increase in electricity vs. broader inflation. Source: Bloomberg

12 Aug 2025

Almost everyone is all-in on the Mag7 stocks

169 surveyed fund managers with $413 billion in assets said in August that the 'Long Magnificent 7' is the most crowded trade. Professionals, foreigners, and retail investors are heavily invested in these stocks. Source: Global Markets Investor, BofA

11 Aug 2025

In case you missed it...

Russian Ruble is the best performing currency this year, up 42% against the U.S. Dollar Source: Barchart, BofA

11 Aug 2025

U.S. Treasury volatility falls to its lowest level since January 2022

No Fear left in the market! Source: Barchart

11 Aug 2025

Top 100 Bitcoin treasury companies hold almost 1 million Bitcoin

Source: Jason Ai. Williams @GoingParabolic

11 Aug 2025

The Silver Miners ETF $SIL closed at a decade high on Friday, reaching a critical breakout level. 👇

Source: Oliver Groß @minenergybiz

11 Aug 2025

Currency debasement is not a bug — it’s a feature of the fiat system.

Since Bretton Woods collapsed in 1971, not one of 152 countries has kept average inflation below 2%. Even Switzerland averaged 2.2%. Source: Global Markets Investors

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