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14 Mar 2025

Gold trades above $3k for first time ever:

$3,000.40 (futs for now, spot shortly) Source: zerohedge, Bloomberg

14 Mar 2025

The stagflation trade is proving to be a rare winner as the stock market rout continues.

The Goldman L/S Stagflation basket—which benefits from rising commodity & healthcare stocks while betting against consumer discretionary and chip stocks—has gained nearly 18% in 2025. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

14 Mar 2025

The S&P 500 fell 1.4% to a 6mth low, down 10.1% from recent high and so in correction territory.

First 10%+ drawdown since 2023. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

13 Mar 2025

Mag 7 valuation premium now the lowest in 8 years

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA, Goldman Sachs

13 Mar 2025

Out of 56 SP500 $SPX 10% corrections since 1928, 22 became bear markets and 34 recovered...

Source: Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) @SpecialSitsNews

13 Mar 2025

No matter what happens in this world, the markets will always reach all-time highs every single time.

Keep investing. $SPY Source: StockWhale @thestockwhale

12 Mar 2025

The seven most influential names in the market are testing a 1.5 year uptrend.

Source: TrendSpider

12 Mar 2025

Monday was the worst day of the year for the S&P 500 at -2.7%.

It turns out even the best years usually have a bad day. @Ryan Detrick found 22 times >20% for the year and the average worst day in those years was -3.5%. 1997 had a 6.9% worst day and still gained 31% for the year in fact. Source: Carson

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