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4 Jan 2024

🚨BRICS DOUBLES OVERNIGHT Yesterday, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Iran are officially members of BRICS.

They join Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as a formidable economic powerhouse, representing 29% of global GDP and 43% of global oil production. Although tensions exist between member states such as China and India, BRICS is a growing challenge to the G7. President Xi: “I wish to extend a warm welcome to leaders of new BRICS members.” Source: IMF, Reuters, China Daily, Mario Nawfal

4 Jan 2024

2023's most popular search terms

Source: Markets & Mayhem, github.com

4 Jan 2024

Copper demand and projected demand

By Robert Friedland

4 Jan 2024

The Growth of New Car Prices in the U.S.

Source: Visual Capitalist

4 Jan 2024

Watch prices

Source: www.watchcharts.com

22 Dec 2023

mindset

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22 Dec 2023

Buffett. Lynch. Munger. Fischer.

All of these investing legends use checklists. Source: Brian Feroldi

21 Dec 2023

investigative journalist Kit Klarenberg noticied that The Washington Post quietly deleted a prominent tab from its Masthead

What was a long featured "War in Ukraine" tab, which had been there from the start of the war going back to Feb. 2022 has disappeared... An Internet Archive search and review of all Washington Post frontpages shows the tab was there throughout all of 2022. It was also present through most of 2023, until very recently. Ironically just yesterday Ukraine's President Zelensky again complained that the world's focus has been taken off supporting his country's struggle due in large part to the events in Israel and Gaza. Source: www.zerohedge.com

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