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9 Oct 2025

A correlation breakdown:

Private equity stocks (Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, Carlyle) dropped 14.5% in just 3 weeks, while at the same time the S&P 500 just hit another high. What does it mean? Source: Jeff Weniger, Refinitiv

2 Oct 2025

OpenAI valuation soars to $500bn, topping Musk’s SpaceX

Current and former OpenAI employees sold ~$6.6bn of stock to investors at a $500bn valuation, boosting the US company’s price tag well past its previous $300bn level. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

18 Sep 2025

While everyone is moving away from humans towards ai, hedge fund giant de shaw is doing the opposite and launching its first ever fund run by humans, not ai.

DE Shaw is raising as much as $5 Billion in its first Hedge Fund run by humans. The D.E. Shaw Cogence Fund will trade stocks and credit. Source: Bloomberg, Nishant Kumar @nishantkumar07, Gurgavin

12 Sep 2025

Meme stocks continue to power higher since early-April lows, alongside other retail trader favorites; while classically-defensive baskets bring up the rear

Source: Liz Ann Sonders, Bloomberg

11 Sep 2025

Should we consider this as a leading indicator?

Sotheby’s revenue from commissions and fees on sales fell -18% Profit before tax at Sotheby’s Holdings UK fell -21% Source: The Coastal Journal

11 Sep 2025

Hope you all kept your kids' Pokemon cards...

Source: WSJ

27 Aug 2025

Time to say goodbye to Uber jobs?

Source: Michel A.Arouet

30 Jul 2025

Cattle Price jumps to new all-time 🚨📈🐮

Source: Barchart

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