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According to technical models, hashtag#silver $SLV should’ve stopped about 47 trendlines ago...
Source: Trend Spider
Hear that sound? Over $20 trillion in market cap quietly breaking down to new 4-month lows relative to the S&P500.
Source: J-C Parets
% of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit an all-time high of 6.65%
Source: Barchart
"Winner Winner": $CRML's Record-Breaking Day
Critical Metals $CRML, which controls one of the largest rare earth deposits in the world (also in Greenland), just soared more than 32% yesterday for one of its best days in history Source: Barchart
Average customer account size at Robinhood vs peers
The Sovereignty Trap: By offshoring industry to China for higher margins, the West traded its independence for cheap labor; China now controls the minerals essential for Defense, EVs, and tech. Resource vs. Currency: The ability to print money is irrelevant if China refuses to sell the raw materials required for survival and industry. The Great Rebuild: To regain independence, Western nations are aggressively reshoring industry, stockpiling minerals, and rebuilding infrastructure. The Irony of Tech: Building the "New Economy" (Silicon Valley, AI, Green Tech) is impossible without massive amounts of "Old Economy" materials like copper, lithium, and steel. Source: Topdown charts, LSEG, Lukas Ekwueme @ekwufinance
Speculators Are Positioning For A Fiscally Dominant World
In 2026, the global financial landscape is shifting from central bank independence to Fiscal Dominance, where political spending needs now dictate interest rate policy. To hedge against this, "smart money" is fleeing the US Dollar and Treasury bonds fearing structural inflation and pivoting into hard assets like gold and copper. This trend is confirmed by current Commitment of Traders (COT) data, showing record institutional positioning in precious metals as a final shield against currency debasement. Source: zerohedge, Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist
Largest stock market in the world at the time
not always U-S-A... Source: Meb Faber
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