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11 Jul 2025

All-time Highs

S&P 500: All-time high NASDAQ: All-time high BITCOIN: All-time high GOLD: All-time high HOME PRICES: All-time high Time for the Fed to cut rates... Source: Geiger Capital

10 Jul 2025

To put $4 trillion in perspective...

Nvidia’s $NVDA market cap is now larger than the GDP of some huge countries Source: Blossom @meetblossomapp

10 Jul 2025

ARK Innovation ETF

- 19 consecutive months of net OUTFLOWS - SHORT INTEREST at new all-time highs - Price hitting new multi-year highs What if inflows start to come back and the shorts are forced to cover? Source chart: J-C Parets

10 Jul 2025

The charts below show the YTD change in the main metals and the sp500 through July 8th of each year since 1990.

While gold is up less than any of the other four metals this year, through yesterday's close, the only other year with a larger YTD gain was in 2016. The only other year it was up over 20% was in 2006 (22.3%). Platinum's 55.6% gain is easily a record through this point in the year. In fact, it's double the prior record of 27.8% that was reached in 2006 and 2008. The only other year that platinum gained more than 20% YTD through 7/8 was in 2000 (23.6%) and 2016 (23.4%). Silver and copper have both experienced 20%+ YTD gains through 7/8 more than gold and platinum. Silver had a larger YTD gain last year and has now had six 20%+ YTD gains since 1990. Copper's 41.2% gain this year ranks as the best since 2009 (53.1%) and is the seventh time that the commodity has rallied more than 20% YTD. While all four commodities have experienced other YTD gains of 25%+, this year is the first time all four have rallied 25%+ YTD through 7/8 in the same year. The only time they ever all simultaneously rallied 20%+ YTD was in 2006, and the only other year when all four were even up 10% YTD at this point in the year was in 2008. Other years since 1990 have seen big runs in the metals, but none of them have been quite like the 25%+ across the board gains in 2025. Source: Bespoke

10 Jul 2025

In case you missed it, BLOOMBERG TERMINAL IS NOW SHOWING BITCOIN PRICE IN MILLIONS 👀

Source: Vivek

10 Jul 2025

5-Year Returns — Priced in Bitcoin

(As of July 9, 2025) USD: −92% S&P 500: −83% Nasdaq 100: −82% Gold: −84% Crude Oil: −86% Median Home: −89% Avg. Wage: −89% Big Mac: −90% MSTR: +188%

10 Jul 2025

Amazing to see that Trump Tariffs 2.0 has caught up with Trump Tariffs 1.0 performance...

(This is the S&P 500 performance during the 2 Trump mandates) Source: Zerohedge

10 Jul 2025

The 9th of July was supposed to be a tricky day (expiration of the 90-day pause on global reciprocal tariffs).

Well, we saw record closing prices today for both $QQQ and $IBIT. Source: Bloomberg, Eric Balchunas

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