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20 Oct 2025

Interactive Brokers might be one of the most under-discussed growth stories of the last decade.

Total accounts are up nearly 20x since 2012. Interactive Brokers reported 79% operating margins for their latest quarter. 79%... Is there any company in the world with higher operating margins? Source: Fiscal.ai (formerly FinChat) @fiscal_ai

20 Oct 2025

Sudden burst of optimism that government shutdown will be resolved in next few days (Polymarket)

Source: zerohedge

20 Oct 2025

Only ~20% of active equity managers have outperformed their benchmarks this year.

Source: Bloomberg, Jefferies

20 Oct 2025

Technology continues to lead

Source: J.C. Parets

20 Oct 2025

Is the Buffett rule sounding the alarm?

Since the 1990s, global financial assets have grown from 75% to over 200% of world GDP. Source: HolgerZ, Goldman

20 Oct 2025

It's over for bitcoin

Source: Bitcoin magazine

20 Oct 2025

Retail investors bought nearly $2 BILLION of US stocks on Friday, Oct 10, following the market pullback.

This marks the BIGGEST buying day since the April 2025 sell-off and one of the largest on record. Mom-and-pop investors are still buying the dip. Source: Global Markets Investor, Vanda

20 Oct 2025

US-China: some "positive" comments by Trump on Fox News overnight

“I'm not looking to destroy China” “China’s President XI is a smart man who is open for a deal” TRUMP CONFIRMS HIS MEETING WITH XI IS STILL ON. HE SAYS THINGS COULD CHANGE QUICKLY.

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