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29 May 2025

The TACO trade is the new Trump trade

TACO = "Trump Always Chickens Out." Source: Wall St Engine @wallstengine

29 May 2025

Elon Musk is formally stepping down from his role in the Trump administration after just five months

ending a tumultuous period during which he oversaw cost-cutting by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (source: FT) 👉 It's no coincidence that he's leaving DOGE as of the end of May. After 130 days at the DOGE, the billionaire would have had to go before Congress to publish his accounts and fulfill his obligations of control and transparency...

28 May 2025

Elon Musk expressed dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s giant tax bill, which the US House narrowly passed last week, saying it undercut his efforts to slash government spending

Source: zerohedge, Bloomberg

28 May 2025

$TSLA vs. $BYD

Battle of EV giants Battle of valuations US vs. China The first 10 years of EV were all about a revolutionary company, Tesla, that basically created the market. Could the next 10 are all about the rise (and shine) of BYD? Source: Oraclum capital on X

27 May 2025

This is what American exceptionalism looks like.

There are 1,873 billion dollar companies in the US. Japan is a distant second with 404 billion dollar companies. Followed by India with 348. Source: Visual Capitalist

27 May 2025

Some of their first business cards.

Source: Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman

27 May 2025

Interesting.. We were told people in the US were going to stop traveling, summer vacations were over, something like that...

Source: Eric Balchunas

23 May 2025

Poland standard of living will surpass Japan this year.

Free market, hard work and entrepreneurial spirit do pay off. Congratulations Poland.

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