Global Debt Hits Record High, Driven by China, US
SCMP: "Global debt climbed to a record high in 2025, rising at the fastest pace since the pandemic, with China and the United States accounting for a large share of the increase, according to a new report." https://t.co/GSQFwnXnb0
Global Growth Cools, Central Banks Pause; Short EUR/USD
Macro: global growth cools; central banks pause. Key factors: easing inflation, mixed earnings, USD strength. Risks: policy missteps, China slowdown. Trade: short EUR/USD. 📉 — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Bull Market Over: Avoid Dips, Stay Hedged
The Bull Market has ended - Do not buy the Dip - HDFC Bank vs SBI - Gold... https://t.co/bamrgqUR9n via @YouTube The Nifty broke key levels this week, further confirming the bearish case. We will go level by level and...
Tencent Embeds AI in Group Chats for Real-Time Fact‑checking
“Tencent is betting that AI spreads best when it rides on social habits, rather than treated as yet another ‘productivity’ app…Yuanbao is less a chatbot tab than an extra voice in the group chat: the friend you can @ to...
Rates Slip Even as Inflation Heat Rises
Why did rates and bond yields drop today despite a hot inflation report? #Labor over #inflation. #mortgagerates #realestate #chartdaddy
Finolex Cables Breakout Near Golden Crossover
Finolex Cables CMP:913 – Weekly TA - Strong breakout from consolidation with volume expansion. - Reclaimed key moving averages; trading above long-term average. - Near Golden Crossover, signaling possible trend shift. - RSI bullish; MACD positive crossover. Keep on watchlist Don't miss out, Join my free...
Malaysia’s Economy Faces Geopolitical Shock and Record IPO
Major news to track on February 27, 2026: 1. The Friday Power-Play: Malaysia's Economy in the Crosshairs A critical convergence of geopolitics and capital is reshaping Malaysia’s financial landscape this morning. From high-stakes Cabinet decisions on US tariffs to the largest...
FIIs Sell for 8th Month; Markets Driven Elsewhere
As the final data for the month flows in, FIIs ended up being sellers in FEB [nse data]. So much for all the talk of FIIs returning. This is now the 8th month of outflows. Do not read too much...
War Dept Flags Company Risk on X Before Notification
the Secretary of War announced a supply chain risk designation against an American company… on X… before telling the company https://t.co/u4gAaIwX2L
EU Targets Pre‑consumer Scrap in CBAM to Stop Evasion
EU proposes CBAM treatment for pre-consumer aluminium and steel scrap to curb circumvention and boost traceability. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/02/eu-cbam-pre-consumer-scrap-proposal.html
Strategic Low Pricing Sparks 94 Offers in Sacramento
There is a property with 94 offers in Sacramento County. This is an insane amount, but this isn't about the market. It's about pricing strategically low. The list price was $199K, the very lowest sales are $300K, and similar-sized flips...
Equal‑Weighted SPX Holds While Financials Remain Weak
Equal-weighted SPX is holding up despite the Software/Mag 7 decline now spreading to NVDA and to Banks. Resilient... but Financials have been drubbed this year. Here's @IBDinvestors @marketsurge new charts of $KBWB Banks- https://t.co/XW54gpjWXm I discuss Financials & when i...
February: Metals and Energy Surge While Stocks and Crypto Dive
February... Silver $SLV: +13% Energy $XLE: +10% Gold $GLD: +9% International Developed $VEA: +6% EM $IEMG: +6% Oil $USO: +3% Bonds $AGG: +2% S&P 500 $SPY: -1% Nasdaq 100 $QQQ: -2% Financials $XLF: -4% Mag 7 $MAGS: -7% Software $IGV: -10% Bitcoin $IBIT: -22% Fartcoin $FART: -31%
Markel Names Simon Wilson CEO Amid Productive Shift
Markel 2025 Shareholder Letter: "2025 was a year of productive change and recommitment in our largest business, Markel Insurance. Most notably, in March 2025, we promoted Simon Wilson to serve as CEO."
Private‑credit and AI Scare Trade Slashed Stocks, Volatility Ahead
1% from ATHs, pathetic, imagine when real vol shows up: Private-credit ‘cockroaches’ and the AI ‘scare trade’ hammered stocks in February. Here’s what else has investors shaken up. https://t.co/mzDqO7IsGo
New Global PMI Upswing Expected Through 2027
It’s been a while since I’ve seen so much focus on the ISM. Our work has over 15 individual series that lead this data (regressions don’t work well out of sample), between 6 and 18 months and another dozen that...
Software Gains, Hardware Falters: Go Long NFLX, Short NVDA
JPM: Software (IGV) — Sentiment +10% | Net flows +1.5z | ETF volume +4z (1yr lookback) Semis (SMH) — Sentiment -7% | Net flows -0.3z | ETF volume +1z I call that "green shoots" and made for a great $NFLX long, $NVDA short...
SPW Outpaces SPX as Rotation Fuels Broadening Theme
Interesting week $SPW > $SPX again - broadening theme. Picked up a little $SNPS in the software deluge. But rotation still the story as economic data continues to be good - claims, PMIs, retail EPS. Watch the turn in housing....
Gold Hits Record 8-Month Streak as S&P Falters
The S&P 500 is headed for its first RED month since April 2025. Meanwhile, GOLD is headed for its 8th consecutive GREEN month. That’s gold’s longest winning streak in history. BUY GOLD, WEAR DIAMONDS. https://t.co/sNJYx0tj3z
Current Chop Mirrors 2014‑15 Pattern, Not 2024‑25 Rally
A lot of people have been comparing the action since late October to the topping process from December 2024 to February 2025 but this comparison is false because the current structure has taken much longer to develop. This is more...
Export Controls Force TSMC to Set Performance Limits
This is an example of a key player in the semiconductor industry being put in a difficult position by ill-conceived export controls that put the burden on TSMC to determine performance parameters. A thread. 🧵
Widening Stops Amid Market Highs and Failed Breakouts
Market near highs. Trading feels terrible. Breakouts fail. Shorts don’t follow through. Violent rotation. 2015 “umbrella top” vibes. In today’s video: • Why I’m widening stops • Key SPY / QQQ levels • How I cut 6,000 stocks → 7 Process in a tough tape. https://t.co/xgyifTpUe1
Next Week’s Trading Outlook: Key Markets, Themes, Risks
I discuss market conditions, key markets to watch, core themes and top global macro event risk (including #NFPs) for next week's trading in this week ahead video: https://t.co/lp8DLESugk https://t.co/0HVj5C19GQ
Dragonfly Premium Top10 Gains 58.9bp Weekly, +8.08% YTD
Dragonfly Capital Premium Top10 added 58.9bp on the week using 50% of capital. YTD +8.08% https://t.co/WLKiAGN5LF
Lawmakers Push Tax Reforms to Curb Investor Housing Advantage
Lawmakers eye tax changes to tackle institutional investors in housing: Semafor "this is not a free market for the American family, because investors… have special tax write-offs… that aren’t available to single families" -Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. https://t.co/4JRvuFhZMv
Live at 5 PM: 20–30 Charts in 20 Minutes
Going live at 5pm EST ALL GAS NO BRAKES | Ep. 8 20 Charts in 20 Minutes *Might be like 30 charts in 20 Minutes to be honest... https://t.co/SPjwNgI1wH
Palantir Inherits Anthropic’s AI Gap, Lacks Replacement
This isn’t just an Anthropic problem anymore… it’s a Palantir problem, and theres no like-for-like replacement ready Claude powers their most sensitive classified work
Inverted H&S Signals $PBJ Upside To
I cover this chart in the Update tomorrow My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, jelly, potato chips and banana slices $PBJ Continuation inverted H&S (they do exist skeptics) Target 1X at 58.7, 2X at 68 https://t.co/gDeM5nTRIY Best deal on the street https://t.co/nIjAT6ZSAA
S&P 500 Holds Above 100‑Day Moving Average
$SPX - Ladies and gentlemen: aaaaand stilllll above the 100 day MA: the S&P 500. Wake me up when it closes below it. https://t.co/OU2yiK3lZm
AAOI Spikes on Strong Catalyst Gap Amid Record Volume
$AAOI this is a bucking bronco but strong catalyst gap on the highest volume in multiple years https://t.co/76sNLp8x9O
Duolingo's $400M Buyback Counters Heavy Short Interest
Duolingo bears are having a great day, but there is an interesting near term set up: 1) 25% of Duolingo float is shorted ($1.2b). 2) Duolingo just launched a $400m buyback program. That adds up to $1.6 billion to be bought sooner...
Funds Snap up Record CBOT Wheat, Futures Rise 3%
📈Funds bought a massive amount of CBOT wheat in the week ended Feb. 24. Net buying neared 51,000 futures & options contracts, the third most for any week on record. Funds were net short 17.3k contracts as of Feb. 24, but...
Pakistan’s “Open War” Claim Masks Limited Cross‑border Strikes
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared his country to be in “open war” with Afghanistan on Friday, following a series of cross-border strikes between the two neighbors. The reality is more muted. While the Pakistani military is currently conducting strikes against...
Asana CEO Spends Billions Selling Meta for $1B Asana Stake
Asana CEO has purchased over $1B of Asana stock since they went public 🤯 Asana market cap today is only $1.7B. The purchases were funded by selling his Meta stock... He lost several billion dollars from selling Meta and buying Asana... >>https://t.co/cRAFDwGz2b https://t.co/ltv5Z71gZq
International Small Caps Outperform US, Matching 2016 Returns
International vs US small caps.. nice rounded bottom favoring $VSS Same return back to late 2016 https://t.co/mkK1YD3ZSt
S&P Laggards Signal Weak Macro Confidence, Cockroach Stocks Rise
$GS $AXP $WFC $MS among the S&P 500 laggards today.. $UAL $DAL also not yielding any macro confidence $KKR $APO $SYF pointing to cockroaches @stockcharts https://t.co/MKUY5hJmse
Zero Fees and User‑Friendly Design: My Investment Essentials
My 2 non-negotiable when choosing a platform to invest: - £0 platform fees - easy to navigate app/website
Significant XLF Selling Spike Mirrors $GS Trend
Related to the $GS post, subset of selling in XLF in the last 30 days. https://t.co/iuSWLKwbpm
Most S&P 500 Sector ETFs Jump over 5.7% in February
The majority of S&P 500 sector ETFs were +5.7% or more in February @Koyfincharts https://t.co/003sR1VAW7
Most S&P
Story of the month.. 8/11 S&P 500 sector ETFs up today.. Financials, Tech, Discretionary down @Koyfincharts https://t.co/9XD507Xfoo
Gold Hits Record High, Extends 7‑Month Streak
Gold $GLD just another record monthly high.. by a mile. 7-month winning streak... +9% in February https://t.co/K0ucOz3DnD
U.S. Critical Mineral Imports Surge, Few Nations Dominate
America’s net import reliance for critical minerals in 2025, along with the primary countries supplying them between 2021 and 2024 https://t.co/89QwEHKe16 via @visualcap
AVGO Below 299.60 Signals Decline Toward 235
$AVGO - Reports on Wednesday. Given what we saw from all big tech stocks so far the most bullish reaction would be a post earnings spike but not to a new ATH or even close to it. On the other...
Contrarian Insight: Cap Spending Crowds Out Hyperscaler Buybacks
Come on, Scott - some of us brought up that the gargantuan cap spending will crowd out buybacks of hyperscalers several months ago.... this is not new, its just a narrative to fit the lower stock prices. This is why...
Goldman Sachs Slides 7.7%, Drags DJIA Down 367 Points
$GS -7.7%, worst day since last April... a gap fill from early December.. @stockcharts Shaving 367pts off the DJIA today https://t.co/4SjytU6GL2
NVDA's Strong Earnings Can't Stop Stock Slide
Two days after strong $NVDA earnings, the stock continues to slide, which begs the question: Will fundamentals ever be enough? https://t.co/IJF2dA07mR
AUD/USD's Six-Week Rally Meets Multi-Year High Test
Australian Dollar Outlook: AUD/USD 6-Week Winning Streak Faces Major Test at Multi-year Highs https://t.co/OQ8pT6aY7y $AUDUSD Daily & 240min Charts https://t.co/v6yDD2nwcL
US Ignores China AI Threat to Corporate Profits
Notable IMO b/c thus far this sell-off narrative seems to be focused solely on how US AI could disrupt the US. No one seems to be worried yet about what happens to US corporate profits if China AI disrupts the US. If...
Weekend Read: AI, Cloud Outages, Solar Milestones
Today's Edition is out, packed with goodies that you can read over the weekend: 615: Nvidia Q4, Ben Evans on AI Economics, Meta + Google TPUs, China Solar at 1TW/Year, Anthropic vs DoD, AWS Outages, METR, Sora, and Marty Supreme https://t.co/m8aYjFz1jo
Corn Insurance Falls, Soybean Coverage Rises in 2026
🇺🇸2026 U.S. insurance guarantees: Corn: $4.62 per bushel (down 2% from last year) Soybeans: $11.09 per bushel (up 5% from last year) https://t.co/QFcJ5xrOCI