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14 Apr 2025

This is a fascinating chart for anyone looking at the gold-to-silver ratio in a historical context - courtesy of Otavio (Tavi) Costa.

Over the past 125 years, the ratio has only spent brief moments above the 100 level — extremes like this tend not to persist for long... Source: Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital

14 Apr 2025

Mag7 stocks trade at the cheapest in more than 2 years

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @MikeZaccardi

10 Apr 2025

CBOE Volatility Index $VIX drops by more than 35%, its largest decline in history

Source: Barchart

10 Apr 2025

If you went on vacation on Thursday and just got back, you are up 1%

Source: zerohedge

10 Apr 2025

Macro volatility, market volatility and... sell-side volatility...

Goldman Sachs’ research department publishing these two headlines 73 minutes apart. Source. litquidity @litcapital

10 Apr 2025

The S&P 500 was up 9.5% today, the 3rd biggest 1-day gain since 1950.

What has happened in the past following the biggest 1-day gains? Stocks moved substantially higher over the next 1, 3, 5 years every time. Source: Charlie Bilello

10 Apr 2025

7 Finance Books

Source: Compounding Dividends @CompoundingW

10 Apr 2025

Should we call this insider information ???

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