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$38trn / Trade tensions up a notch with China, Russia / Crude up / U.S admin:more Eq stakes / CHF 2y -17bp...

  • Writer: Stéphan
    Stéphan
  • 1 day ago
  • 3 min read
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  • Markets : Trump vs Xi and Putin, got to take it day by day, TACO etc, 'hot' momentum stocks hammered last few days, from quantum, URA, nuclear, rare earths, metals, and Data Center buildout drama is getting a wellness check.. too hot and overbought !... (pretty wild swings, moves, up an down like a yoyo! trigger happy 'market'..)..Spanish debt to record highs, U.S debt surpasses $38 trillion, Brent jumped past $64 after the US slapped sanctions on Russia’s largest oil producers, Porsche reserve on EV, Roche raises guidance, TSLA (higher costs) and IBM (lower guidance) softer after earnings last night >>> quie volatile tape near highs, one sector or another's weakeness, credit worries, but so far nothing too dramatic really, that all said, if in doubt, buy a hedge or two #VIX , FXland deadly boring, CHF yields in neg territory and EURCHF 0.9250.. , market has little or no interest in FX, till it will have to.

  • WSJ says the administration is negotiating equity stakes—minimum $10M per firm— (pretty small?..MORE insiders..classic..)..in IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave, led by Commerce using reallocated CHIPS R&D funds. It mirrors recent federal equity moves (e.g., Intel grants-to-shares), tying support to taxpayer upside

  • Geopolitics : Trump says he’ll raise China’s Russian Oil purchases with Xi

  • Trade : U.S considers broad software curbs on China-WH (seems totally nuts.. will be TACO'ed..)

  • India unleashes Silver as Bank Collateral with 10:1 Gold-Silver Ratio, boosting Global Money Role

  • China’s rare earth exports dropped -31% MoM in September, to 4,000 tonnes, the lowest since February

  • BoE 's Bailey warned that the collapses of US firms First Brands and Tricolor could be "canaries in the coal mine" potentially signaling systemic risks >> we got PrimaLend yesterday filing for bankruptcy (auto lender)

  • The US military has already been outsourcing its wars for decades to mercenary companies. Now it's privatizing the land, infrastructure, & assets it owns, selling them to private equity firms. The oligarchy is stripping the copper out of the proverbial wire of the US government!!

  • Pete Hegseth gets rocked by CAREER DESTROYING news as "top military commanders" leak to the press that he has lost their "trust and respect" thanks to his "grandstanding" and ranting about "f*cking haircuts."

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