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24 Mar 2025

White paper outlines more than 101 million Indians diagnosed with diabetes and 136 million with pre-diabetes.

Total diabetes treatment cost is projected to hit $12.8 billion by 2030, it said urging government action to curb hashtag#India's growing burden. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eG_dSUDa

24 Mar 2025

The army of retail investors is fighting the US stock market:

Mom-and-pop investors have bought US equities for 7 days STRAIGHT ending Wednesday. Individuals have sold stocks on net only in 7 trading sessions out of 52 in 2025. Is the army of retail investors going to win? Source: Global Markets Investor @GlobalMktObserv

24 Mar 2025

US tariffs on April 2nd: Will it be not as bad as expected?

A “Trump put” ahead? Some articles caught a lot of bullish notice this weekend. S&P Futures are going UP this morning Source: Bloomberg, WSJ

24 Mar 2025

BREAKING 🚨: Federal Reserve lost $77.6 Billion last year and has now lost a combined $192 Billion over the last 2 years

Source: WSJ

24 Mar 2025

How Top Economies Stack Their Reserves...

Gold account for 75% of US reserves, the largest share among major economies. China holds the world's biggest reserves - but only 5.5% is gold... Source: Brad Moseley

24 Mar 2025

This is one of the longer periods of time that the dollar and sp500 have lost value in tandem over the past few decades.

Source: FT https://lnkd.in/ev-fwEtA

21 Mar 2025

$4.5 Trillion set to expire for today's options expiration. The majority of that are puts!

source: barchart

21 Mar 2025

Swiss Watch Exports Dip Again in February

After a brief rebound in January, the downward trend for Swiss watch exports resumed last month. According to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, overall exports fell 8.2%, with 102,000 fewer watches shipped . The decline was broad-based across key markets and price segments: Mid-range watches (CHF 500–3,000): -15.4% High-end watches (> CHF 3,000): -7.3% Entry-level watches (< CHF 200): The only category to post a positive result. source : swissinfo

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