📈 Macro & Inflation Insights

  • Inflation rate at .86% seems unbelievable. 1
  • The wealth divide manifests in inflation; lower-income US households (bottom 40%) face higher annual inflation rates of ~3.1% compared to middle and top earners, per new Fed data. 27

₿ Crypto Market Outlook

  • The ‘Trampoline™️’ indicator, which previously called a $META bounce from $590 to $745, is now activated for $ETH at a critical range of $2,100-$2,200. Gotta hold that blue line. 4
  • Frequent trading, acting as market making for $BTC, is a powerful approach. Despite current market difficulties for many, volatility traders thrive, given significant current price fluctuations and strong options pricing. 7

💰 Commodities & ETF Trends

  • The 2x levered long-silver futures ETF, $AGQ, plunged -60% on Friday, its largest daily decline ever, wiping out nearly all of its +158% year-to-date rally through Thursday. 6
  • Silver and gold ETFs are seeing parabolic trading volumes; $SLV and $GLD both hit record daily volumes of ~$40 billion on Friday. 15
  • $AMZN secured US-mined copper from $RIO Johnson Camp mine for AWS data centers, marking its first such purchase in over a decade. AI’s surging power demand makes copper a hard constraint. 14
  • Global gold demand surged +40 tonnes YoY in 2025 to a record 5,002 tonnes, marking the 4th consecutive annual increase. Since 2021, demand has climbed +292 tonnes, and in USD terms, it leaped +45% YoY to an all-time high of $552 billion. 22

📊 Equity Market Analysis & Strategy

  • $NFLX is down 18 of the last 23 days, -38% from ATHs. If the $82.50 triple bottom breaks amid broader market weakness, expect the next support at $70, potentially overshooting to fill the $68.77 gap. I’d buy there. 10
  • Sound investment strategy favors strict trading discipline over precise predictions; avoid chasing highs and FOMO. Many quality stocks are at their 200-day moving average, a good entry point for dollar-cost averaging. Watching $SOFI, $PLTR, $HOOD next week. 13, 25
  • Seeing quiet cracks forming in the Semiconductors sector. 21

💡 AI & Tech Sector Insights

  • AI scaling presents a memory bottleneck; memory (teal line) remains flat as model size (purple line) grows exponentially. 11
  • From a Fox Business segment: $MU emerges as a “picks-and-shovels” play for “AI that remembers”; $SNDK rides the second-order storage wave; $RKLB builds end-to-end space logistics; $PL monetizes continuous Earth data; $ASTS commoditizes space. 19

🌍 Geopolitical & Global Economy

  • China is discreetly advancing its agenda while North America is preoccupied. 9
  • Observing a $7 trillion market wipeout. 20
  • US military deployments are likely negotiation pressure tactics, not preludes to prolonged conflicts. Unlikely Trump would engage troops in a protracted quagmire during an election year without a clear victory path. 30