Monday, Feb 9 2026, 12:05 UTC time
😊 📋 Wall St futures slip\n
✅ Context: Markets turn cautious as uncertainty around AI sector valuations persists ahead of key US jobs and inflation releases. Traders are trimming risk, sending futures slightly lower overnight.
😐 🔖 Macro focus — US jobs & inflation\n
✅ Why it matters: Upcoming US employment and CPI data could sway Fed rate expectations and dollar direction. Stronger-than-expected prints would bolster rate-hike resilience, supporting the USD and pressuring equities; softer prints could ease yields and lift risk assets.
📈 📌 Implications for FX & markets\n
✅ FX view: Dollar likely to remain volatile—bid if data shows hot labor/inflation, softening if data disappoints. Safe-haven flows (USD, JPY, CHF) may pick up on risk-off. Equity tech/AI stocks are most sensitive to shifts in risk sentiment and growth expectations.
💡 🔖 Trading takeaway\n
✅ Strategy: Reduce directional exposure into the prints, monitor real-time jobs/CPI surprises, and watch US 2‑10y yield moves for cues on USD strength and equity risk appetite.
😊 📋 Wall St futures slip\n
✅ Context: Markets turn cautious as uncertainty around AI sector valuations persists ahead of key US jobs and inflation releases. Traders are trimming risk, sending futures slightly lower overnight.
😐 🔖 Macro focus — US jobs & inflation\n
✅ Why it matters: Upcoming US employment and CPI data could sway Fed rate expectations and dollar direction. Stronger-than-expected prints would bolster rate-hike resilience, supporting the USD and pressuring equities; softer prints could ease yields and lift risk assets.
📈 📌 Implications for FX & markets\n
✅ FX view: Dollar likely to remain volatile—bid if data shows hot labor/inflation, softening if data disappoints. Safe-haven flows (USD, JPY, CHF) may pick up on risk-off. Equity tech/AI stocks are most sensitive to shifts in risk sentiment and growth expectations.
💡 🔖 Trading takeaway\n
✅ Strategy: Reduce directional exposure into the prints, monitor real-time jobs/CPI surprises, and watch US 2‑10y yield moves for cues on USD strength and equity risk appetite.
#Gold demand is about to set a new all-time high
Meanwhile, gold production is growing at 1% annually
Meanwhile, gold production is growing at 1% annually
🇨🇭 Global One SI - Prompt
$ONDS Ondas will be the next neoprime. They’re perfectly procuring one of the most comprehensive and exciting portfolios that I’ve ever seen for a defence company, and it all works under one unified system⬇️ _____ Optimus - Fully autonomous Intelligence…
Ondas $ONDS subsidiary 4M Defense has secured a demining contract worth over $30M in Israel to clear 741 acres along the Syrian border.
The project uses autonomous robotics and AI to deliver one of the nation’s largest-ever land reclamation efforts.
The project uses autonomous robotics and AI to deliver one of the nation’s largest-ever land reclamation efforts.
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🇨🇭 Global One SI - Prompt
Cipher Mining $CIFR through Black Pearl Compute LLC plans to raise $2B via senior secured notes due 2031 for qualified investors. Proceeds will fund the Texas Black Pearl facility, reimburse prior equity, and cover fees, with notes secured by assets and completion…
Morgan Stanley has initiated coverage of $CIFR Cipher Mining with an Overweight rating and a $38 price target.
Analyst highlights the potential for a REIT-style valuation for Bitcoin-to-data center conversions with stable long-term cash flows.
Analyst highlights the potential for a REIT-style valuation for Bitcoin-to-data center conversions with stable long-term cash flows.
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🇨🇭 Global One SI - Prompt
Oracle $ORCL announced plans to raise $45B to $50B in calendar 2026 through a mix of equity and debt financing. The capital will support expansion of its cloud and AI infrastructure while maintaining an investment grade balance sheet.
DA Davidson has upgraded $ORCL Oracle to a Buy rating while maintaining a $180 price target.
Analyst believes a revamped OpenAI will remove a major overhang on the stock and restore confidence in Oracle’s AI-driven growth narrative.
Analyst believes a revamped OpenAI will remove a major overhang on the stock and restore confidence in Oracle’s AI-driven growth narrative.
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The S&P is in trouble
- Korean retail investors are now the largest foreign buyers of US equities
- They account for 11% of foreign net US equity purchases in 2025
Meanwhile the Korean won is at crisis levels
last seen during the GFC and the Asian currency crisis
To stop capital outflows, Korea introduced an unusual policy.
- Incentivize investors to sell US equities
- Exempt capital gains tax only if proceeds are reinvested domestically for ≥1 yr
The goal is simple: Keep capital at home and support the won.
This could put meaningful selling pressure on US equities.
In response, Trump slapped a 25% tariff on Korean goods.
You are free to buy US equities.
Selling them is another story.
No surprise emerging markets are outperforming the US.
- Korean retail investors are now the largest foreign buyers of US equities
- They account for 11% of foreign net US equity purchases in 2025
Meanwhile the Korean won is at crisis levels
last seen during the GFC and the Asian currency crisis
To stop capital outflows, Korea introduced an unusual policy.
- Incentivize investors to sell US equities
- Exempt capital gains tax only if proceeds are reinvested domestically for ≥1 yr
The goal is simple: Keep capital at home and support the won.
This could put meaningful selling pressure on US equities.
In response, Trump slapped a 25% tariff on Korean goods.
You are free to buy US equities.
Selling them is another story.
No surprise emerging markets are outperforming the US.
The Shanghai Futures Exchange is experiencing massive silver draws.
- SHFE silver vaults were drawn down by ~10%
- This comes after a draw of ~15% on Friday
- ~10 more draws like this and all their silver is gone
While paper shorts are depressing prices, physical buyers are using low prices to buy all the #silver they can.
- SHFE silver vaults were drawn down by ~10%
- This comes after a draw of ~15% on Friday
- ~10 more draws like this and all their silver is gone
While paper shorts are depressing prices, physical buyers are using low prices to buy all the #silver they can.
#Gold supply–demand model is broken
Major gold discoveries are collapsing.
- 1990–2000 avg: ~170 discoveries
- 2000–2012 avg: ~130 discoveries
- 2012–2024 avg: ~37 discoveries
Despite much higher gold prices, major discoveries are down ~60% vs the 2000–2012 period. In 2023–2024, there were 0 major discoveries... this has never happened before.
It takes:
- ~12 yrs from discovery to production
- ~16 yrs from exploration to production
That means very few major deposits will enter production in the coming years.
Even discoveries made today would not produce before ~2042.
At the same time, central banks are remonetizing gold through record purchases.
We are still early.
Major gold discoveries are collapsing.
- 1990–2000 avg: ~170 discoveries
- 2000–2012 avg: ~130 discoveries
- 2012–2024 avg: ~37 discoveries
Despite much higher gold prices, major discoveries are down ~60% vs the 2000–2012 period. In 2023–2024, there were 0 major discoveries... this has never happened before.
It takes:
- ~12 yrs from discovery to production
- ~16 yrs from exploration to production
That means very few major deposits will enter production in the coming years.
Even discoveries made today would not produce before ~2042.
At the same time, central banks are remonetizing gold through record purchases.
We are still early.
🚨What’s really driving power demand to 2030
• Industry ⚙️
Electrification of steel, chemicals, mining.
Still the biggest volume driver.
• Buildings 🏢
Cooling, appliances, urbanisation.
Quietly massive. Structurally locked in.
• Data centres & AI 🧠⚡
Small base. Explosive growth post-2025.
Power, not chips, is the bottleneck.
• Heat pumps 🔥➡️⚡
Policy-driven shift from gas to power.
Europe and Asia lead.
• Transport (EVs) 🚗
Becomes material after 2025.
Adds convexity, not bulk.
This is a permanent reset of the energy system around electricity.
#energy #power #AI #datacenters #electrification
• Industry ⚙️
Electrification of steel, chemicals, mining.
Still the biggest volume driver.
• Buildings 🏢
Cooling, appliances, urbanisation.
Quietly massive. Structurally locked in.
• Data centres & AI 🧠⚡
Small base. Explosive growth post-2025.
Power, not chips, is the bottleneck.
• Heat pumps 🔥➡️⚡
Policy-driven shift from gas to power.
Europe and Asia lead.
• Transport (EVs) 🚗
Becomes material after 2025.
Adds convexity, not bulk.
This is a permanent reset of the energy system around electricity.
#energy #power #AI #datacenters #electrification
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Rick Rule: #Copper is the next bull market
- Copper offers the best risk/reward setup
- 7% of global copper supply has vanished
- In a market already in structural deficit
“The copper price has a coiled spring aspect to it”
At the same time, it is getting increasingly harder to find new copper deposits.
- Grades are lower
- Mines are deeper
- Risks are rising
As a result, exploration and mine development costs are surging.
#Copper has a bright future
- Copper offers the best risk/reward setup
- 7% of global copper supply has vanished
- In a market already in structural deficit
“The copper price has a coiled spring aspect to it”
At the same time, it is getting increasingly harder to find new copper deposits.
- Grades are lower
- Mines are deeper
- Risks are rising
As a result, exploration and mine development costs are surging.
#Copper has a bright future
The AI revolution is running into physical limits
By 2030:
- ~40% of AI data centers are expected to use onsite power generation
- Up 3x from 1 yr ago
- 27% are expected to run fully on onsite generation
- Up 27x from 1 yr ago
And this trend is accelerating.
The real question isn’t demand for AI....
It’s who supplies the power.
- Gas turbines are sold out through 2030
- Nuclear plants take ~10 yrs to build
- Solar + BESS cannot fully run AI data centers
- Diesel generators are one of the few near-term options
Power remains the true bottleneck.
By 2030:
- ~40% of AI data centers are expected to use onsite power generation
- Up 3x from 1 yr ago
- 27% are expected to run fully on onsite generation
- Up 27x from 1 yr ago
And this trend is accelerating.
The real question isn’t demand for AI....
It’s who supplies the power.
- Gas turbines are sold out through 2030
- Nuclear plants take ~10 yrs to build
- Solar + BESS cannot fully run AI data centers
- Diesel generators are one of the few near-term options
Power remains the true bottleneck.
#TETHER
Tether reports $137B in reserves, much of it in U.S. Treasuries
Tether is large enough to rank among the top 20 global holders of U.S. debt.
The company operates outside U.S. banking regulation, was barred from doing business in New York in 2021, and recently moved its headquarters to El Salvador for a more crypto-friendly framework.
Tether publishes reserve attestations, never full independent audits.
Tether reports $137B in reserves, much of it in U.S. Treasuries
Tether is large enough to rank among the top 20 global holders of U.S. debt.
The company operates outside U.S. banking regulation, was barred from doing business in New York in 2021, and recently moved its headquarters to El Salvador for a more crypto-friendly framework.
Tether publishes reserve attestations, never full independent audits.