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17 Feb 2026

AI disrupting toilets next

Source: Bloomberg

16 Feb 2026

THE WORLD RUNS THROUGH 8 STRAITS

Here are the key chokepoints: • Malacca ~25% of global traded goods • Hormuz ~25% of global oil, ~⅓ of LNG • Singapore ~50% of global seaborne trade • Gibraltar Atlantic ↔ Mediterranean • Bosphorus Black Sea outlet • Magellan Atlantic ↔ Pacific backup • Bering Arctic gateway • Bass Australian passage These are pressure points. Close Hormuz... Oil spikes. Disrupt Malacca... Asia freezes. Block Bosphorus... Black Sea trade halts. Geopolitics isn’t abstract. It’s maritime geometry. Source: Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli on X

16 Feb 2026

hey, capex is good. It will pay off” consider the historical record

Source: Peter Berezin @PeterBerezinBCA

16 Feb 2026

AI Risk Is Dominating Conference Calls as Investors Dump Stocks

Source: Bloomberg

16 Feb 2026

A Stock Market Doom Loop Is Hitting Everything That Touche AI

Source: Bloomberg

16 Feb 2026

Bitcoin $BTC has repeatedly shown an uncanny ability to move in the opposite direction of what the prevailing narrative would suggest.

Source: Beth Kindig @Beth_Kindig

16 Feb 2026

~$9.6 trillion of U.S. marketable government debt will mature over the next 12 months, the most ever.

That’s roughly 1/3 of ALL outstanding public debt that needs to be refinanced. Most of it was originally issued when rates were near zero. Now it refinances at 4–5%. The math: even a 2% average rate increase on $9.6T = ~$192B in added annual interest costs alone. For context, net interest on U.S. debt is already on pace to exceed $1 trillion/year in 2026, more than the defense budget. The largest refinancing wall in history is here. Source: @NoLimitGains on X

16 Feb 2026

US equities market broadening in a few pics.

“Old economy” and interest-rates sensitive sectors have been outperforming lately Note there are also parts of the economy which are LESS subject to AI-disruption Source: Bloomberg, RBC

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