BREAKING: Gold futures have climbed above $4,500 per ounce for the first time ever, marking a gain of more than +70% year-to-date.

The metal is now poised for its strongest annual performance since 1979.

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The US unemployment rate appears poised to move higher:

- Heavy truck sales in the US have fallen to 5.1 million over the past 12 months, marking the lowest level since 2020.
- Excluding the pandemic period, this represents the weakest level in 8 years.
- Over the last 18 months, annual truck sales have dropped by approximately 1.1 million.
- Historically, such declines have served as a leading indicator of rising unemployment in prior economic cycles.
- Based on this pattern, the unemployment rate could increase by at least 1.0 percentage point within the next 6 months.

Overall, downward pressure on the labor market is intensifying.

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BREAKING: Spot gold has climbed above $4,500 per ounce for the first time in history.

The metal’s market value now stands at $31.5 trillion, nearly seven times the size of Nvidia.

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Shocking statistic of the day:

Interest expenses on U.S. public debt could rise to as much as $2.2 trillion over the next decade.

That would represent a 127% increase compared with the $970 billion recorded in FY2025.

The government is expected to borrow roughly $2 trillion annually during this period, driving interest payments higher as overall debt expands.

Consequently, at least 50% of the funds borrowed each year will be dedicated solely to servicing existing debt.

The U.S. is heading down an unsustainable fiscal trajectory.

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BREAKING: The S&P 500 has recorded its highest closing level ever, finishing at 6,910—marking a +43% gain since the April 2025 low.

The “Santa Rally” remains firmly in play.

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Such a divergence has rarely been witnessed in markets:

In 2024 and 2025, investors anticipated that implied correlations among individual S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 stocks would decline to their lowest levels in at least 23 years.

A low implied correlation indicates that most stocks are expected to move independently rather than track the broader market’s direction.

Put differently, even if major indices rise, many individual stocks may not experience comparable gains.

Looking ahead to 2026, the market projects an average single-stock correlation within the S&P 500 of roughly 23%—the lowest reading in 23 years.

This underscores a highly concentrated market, where a small cluster of mega-cap stocks continues to drive overall performance.

The market has never been this concentrated.

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BREAKING: The probability of the Federal Reserve pausing rate cuts in January 2026 has climbed to a new peak of 86%, according to Polymarket.

Fed Chair Powell is preparing to halt rate cuts once more, even as core inflation falls to its lowest level since March 2021.

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BREAKING: President Trump stated that anyone who disagrees with him will “never” become Federal Reserve Chairman.

He also remarked that he wants his new Fed Chair to lower interest rates when the market is performing well.

Own assets.

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BREAKING: Silver has extended its rally to a record $71 per ounce, marking a year-to-date gain of nearly +150%.

This is, quite literally, one of the most historic runs ever seen in the precious metals market.

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BREAKING: Nvidia ($NVDA) climbed past $190.00 in overnight trading following the announcement of a $20 billion licensing agreement with Groq.

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Absolute chaos in silver

At 6:20 PM ET, just 20 minutes after futures opened, silver spiked to a record $83.75, up +6%.

By 7:30 PM ET, it plunged to $75.15, wiping out -10% in just 70 minutes.

Brace for a wild week ahead.

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US housing market sees both buyers and sellers pulling back:

- Homebuyers fell to 1,425,100 in November, the 2nd-lowest in 12+ years.
- For context, the pandemic low was 1,379,487 in April 2020.
- Buyer numbers have been trending down since 2021.
- Sellers dropped to 1,954,870, the lowest since Feb 2025, marking a 6th straight monthly decline.
- Sellers now outnumber buyers by 37.2%, the 4th-highest gap in 12+ years.
- In Nov 2021, the gap was 36.6%, near the market bottom.

Housing activity is seizing up.

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Is the Japanese Yen poised to weaken further?

The yield spread between the 10-year U.S. Treasury note and the Japanese 10-year Government Bond has narrowed to 2.09 percentage points, its lowest level since March 2022.

Over the past 12 months, this gap has contracted by -1.41 percentage points.

This shift reflects a decline of -0.42 percentage points in the 10-year Treasury yield, now at 4.16%, alongside a sharp rise of +0.99 percentage points in the Japanese 10-year yield, which has reached 2.07%—its highest level since 1997.

Historically, the USD/JPY exchange rate has closely tracked the 10-year yield differential between U.S. and Japanese bonds.

However, last June this correlation broke down, as the U.S. Dollar continued to strengthen against the Yen despite the narrowing spread.

This divergence indicates growing investor concern over Japan’s substantial debt burden and the rising cost of servicing that debt as interest rates climb.

The rapid escalation in debt costs is becoming impossible to overlook.

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🇻🇪 It seems that a new war has started: The US has launched an attack on Venezuela.

At such moments, the markets traditionally react negatively, volatility increases, demand for defensive assets strengthens, and risky instruments are the first to come under pressure.

Capital, as a rule, does not wait for political formulations and anticipates the worst-case scenarios in advance.

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BREAKING: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has imposed an official ban on all commercial flights through Venezuelan airspace, citing “ongoing military activity” following strikes on the nation’s capital.

Venezuela has officially declared a state of emergency.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 What just happened is being wildly underestimated.

Venezuela sits on the largest proven oil reserves on Earth, roughly 300 billion barrels.

According to statements from Donald Trump, the United States is now effectively overseeing Venezuela, with major U.S. oil companies moving in to operate on the ground.

If that framing holds, control over the world’s largest oil reserve has shifted into U.S. hands.

That’s not a policy tweak. That’s a structural change in global energy power.

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BREAKING: President Trump announces that the US is going to "run Venezuela" until a "safe, proper and judicious transition" can take place.

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BREAKING: President Trump says the US is going to be "very much involved" in Venezuela's oil industry going forward.

Trump says China is "going to get oil, we are going to allow people to get oil."

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BREAKING: President Trump says the US will be "selling large amounts of oil" pumped from Venezuela.

Trump also says US oil companies will be "reimbursed" for spending billions to build new infrastructure in Venezuela.

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