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13 Jan 2026

Long EM. Short US large caps.

Is the Dalio playbook about to break out? Source: Trend Spider

9 Jan 2026

VIX seasonality is about to kick in right here...

Source: Equity clock, The Market Ear

9 Jan 2026

The defense squeeze

European aero and defense index, SXPARO, has surged by some 13% YTD. The squeeze has been absolutely huge since the start of the week, with RSI now trading at 80! Source: The Market Ear, LSEG Workspace

8 Jan 2026

President Trump says he is banning dividends and buybacks for Defense companies.

📉 $LMT | $RTX | $NOC | $GD Source: Trend Spider

8 Jan 2026

President Trump announces steps to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

"People live in homes, not corporations." Blackstone shares are tumbling. Source: Brew markets

7 Jan 2026

From Mag7 to Lag7...

Mag7 stocks have significantly lagged the rest of the market in 2026 so far... The S&P 493 is up 2.5% YTD, Mag7 -0.6%... Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg

7 Jan 2026

Nvidia CEO said yesterday that the “Memory Bottleneck is Severe”

SK Hynix ($330B) $MU ($355B) Samsung ($595B). Wait and see the look on everyone’s face when they find out the entire AI buildout will be bottlenecked by the tiny $AXTI ($1B) after the China’s new export controls. Source: Serenity @aleabitoreddit

6 Jan 2026

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

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