Is the mania with us in the room right now?
Last time around... Nasdaq jumped 100% last six months ahead of peak, this is the tricky part. Source: Macrobond, TME
How to go long geopolitical risk...
Goldman's US Geopolitical Risk basket (composed of US-listed equities that are sensitive to geopolitical risk, diversified across 40% defense, 40% oil producers, and 20% oil tankers) has surged to start 2026... Source: zerohedge, Bloomberg
The Queen has been dethroned
Inverse Cramer officially beats out Pelosi for the top portfolio on Autopilot Source: Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker ♟ @pelositracker
Foreigners net bought more than $700 Billion worth of U.S. Stocks over the last 12 months, the largest inflow this century 🚨👀📈
Source: Barchart
More than 50% of consumers expect higher stock prices over the next 12 months, one of the highest readings in history 🚨📈🤯
Source: Barchart
Chinese Households now have available cash totaling 160 TRILLION Yuan, the equivalent of more than $22 Trillion USD 🚨📈🤑🥳
Source: Barchart, Financial Times
US oil stocks react to Venezuela:
1. Chevron, $CVX: +11% 2. Valero, $VLO: +11% 3. ConocoPhillips, $COP: +10% 4. Marathon, $MPC: +10% 5. Exxon Mobil, $XOM: +7% 6. Phillips 66, $PSX: +6% 7. Occidental Petroleum, $OXY: +4% 8. EOG Resources, $EOG: +4% 9. Devon Energy, $DVN: +4% 10. Kinder Morgan, $KMI: +3% These stocks have now added +$100 BILLION in market cap on the news President Maduro being captured by the US. US big oil has won again. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
⚠️Most of the Magnificent 7 stocks actually LAGGED the S&P 500 in 2025.
Out of the 7 Magnificent stocks, only Google, $GOOGL, and NVIDIA, $NVDA, outperformed the broader US stock market index last year with +66% and +39% gains, respectively. This means Microsoft, Meta, Tesla, Apple, and Amazon finished 2025 below the S&P 500. The Magnificent 7 are not so magnificent anymore. Will this continue? What do you think? Source: @charliebilello, Global Markets Investor
