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30 Jun 2025

In May, US personal income dropped by 0.4%, the first month-over-month decline in almost 4 years.

Source: Steven Rattner @SteveRattner

30 Jun 2025

Nvidia $NVDA MOAT IS PROTECTED BY THREE KEY PILLARS

• CUDA lock-in -- decades of ecosystem depth and unmatched developer tooling • Supply chain control -- co-designed with $TSM, early access to HBM3E, and vertical coordination • Inference dominance -- where most AI workloads are headed, and where NVIDIA leads on both efficiency and software Source: Futurum Equities @FuturumEquities

30 Jun 2025

Current SP500 bull market vs. history by Grant Hawkridge on X

The S&P 500 is up 72.6% over 678 trading days since the 2022 low, below the average bull market gain of 153.7% over 1,145 days. We’re now in year 3, a phase that’s historically flat and choppy. This bull isn’t young, but it’s not stretched either. History still favors more upside… just not in a straight line.

30 Jun 2025

Why the Social Security math doesn’t work anymore: Why the Social Security math doesn’t work anymore:

When Social Security first started paying benefits in 1940, there were 159 workers putting money in for every 1 person taking money out. The ratio today is less than 3 to 1. Source: Peter Mallouk

30 Jun 2025

BYD Entering Major Support Zone

Since the May high, BYD (1211 HK) has consolidated more than 20%! The stock is now entering a major support zone between 103-123. Additionally, BYD is back at the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement, which places it in the discount zone. Keep an eye on the price action over the next few days for potential developments. Source: Bloomberg

30 Jun 2025

Here’s how the Nasdaq is tracking at 645 days since the release of ChatGPT versus the release of Netscape in December 1994.

Source: Bespoke @bespokeinvest

30 Jun 2025

10 year returns of more than 2,000%

Bitcoin: +44,369% Nvidia: +31,323% AMD: +5,722% Shopify: +3,680% Broadcom: +2,478% Comfort Systems: +2,365% Axon Enterprise: 2,339% Texas Pacific Land: +2,310% MicroStrategy: +2,108%

30 Jun 2025

WHO RUNS THE OIL WORLD?

The US isn’t just flipping burgers - it's pumping 22.7 million barrels of oil a day, more than double Saudi Arabia or Russia. That’s 22% of the world’s supply. Saudi Arabia and Russia trail with 10.7 and 10.5 million barrels/day. Canada’s in 4th (6.0), followed by China (5.3), Iran (4.7), Iraq (4.5), and Brazil (4.3). Total world production? 102.8 million barrels a day. Which means the U.S. alone is doing over a fifth of the heavy lifting. Source: Statista thru Evan on X

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