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19 Feb 2025

➡️ US large BANKRUPTCIES are accelerating:

There were 70 US bankruptcy filings in January, in line with the largest monthly number since the 2020 CRISIS. This comes after bankruptcies hit 694 in 2024, the most in 14 YEARS. Bankruptcies are rising as if there is a crisis. Source: Global Markets Investor

19 Feb 2025

We're currently witnessing the longest period of U.S. equity outperformance in history.

But there's a cycle to everything, and international diversification is perhaps more important today than ever before. Source: Peter Mabrouk

19 Feb 2025

Trump’s Tariff "cheat sheet"

Source: Bloomberg

19 Feb 2025

U.S. has the largest Gold Reserves in the World by far,

in fact it has more than Russia, China, Switzerland, India, and Japan combined. Source: Bloomberg

18 Feb 2025

The composition of revenue for the U.S. government has evolved significantly over the decades.

Individual income % taxes represent the largest share (49% in 2024). Payroll taxes, which support programs like Social Security, contributes to 35% of federal revenue. Corporate income taxes have decreased as a percentage of total revenue, falling from 21% in 1964 to a mere 11% in 2024. This decline reflects shifts in tax policies and economic conditions. Other revenue sources, including excise taxes, tariffs, and miscellaneous receipts, remain relatively minor. Source: vizualitiks, CBO

18 Feb 2025

Update: The US Government claims it has almost 5000 tons of Gold

but Fort Knox US Gold Reserve has not been audited since 1974, almost 50 years ago... No one has seen any of it. Source: US Homeland Security News @defense_civil25

18 Feb 2025

The 2nd largest pension fund in the US now owns nearly $100 million bitcoin via MSTR

Source: The Bitcoin Historian on X

17 Feb 2025

Germany 10-year bond yields rise as tensions between Europe and the US, highlighted at the Munich Security Conference, make investors nervous.

There is speculation that European leaders meeting in Paris today may agree to increase defense spending to strengthen the continent’s security. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

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