Say it until you believe it:

I do not need to win the next trade.

I do not need to recover today.

I only need to follow my rules.

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⚠️ Key Events This Week

Inflation is back in focus this week, with CPI and PPI followed by fresh consumer spending data on Friday.

🔴 Wednesday
● OPEC Monthly Report
● July CPI Inflation data

CPI is the main event of the week and could shift expectations around the Fed. OPEC’s report will give an updated view on the oil market.

🔴 Thursday
● July PPI Inflation data

Another inflation read, this time tracking price pressures at the producer level.

🔴 Friday
● July Retail Sales
● August MI Consumer Sentiment

Retail sales will show how consumer spending is holding up, while sentiment gives a read on how households view the economy.

Main focus: Wednesday’s CPI.

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Four major Japanese life insurance companies now hold unrealized bond losses totaling 15 trillion yen ($96 billion), 7% higher than three months ago.

Yields on Japanese government bonds have surged, crashing the value of older low-yield bonds.

The yield on 30-year Japanese bonds exceeded 4% in May, marking a record high.

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US artificial intelligence companies have $3 trillion in hidden debts to intermediaries who invested pension funds and insurance companies' money.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump demands reparations from Iran.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says Iran should be held responsible for the "damages and death" caused in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza.

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You can beat 99% of people.

If you can master the shame of rejection.

The boredom of repetition and….

The pain of feedback.

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Japanese two-year bond yields have reached 1.615%, the highest since March 1995. Despite yen interventions and falling oil prices, the bond market trades as if a crisis is looming in Japan.

To support the yen, Japan is selling US Treasury securities, posing a risk to the dollar.

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⚡️ JUST IN: US forces fire on Panama-flagged ship attempting to break American blockade of Iranian ports.

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Israeli Prime Minister covered his iPhone camera, distrusting Apple.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says Iran privately agrees to a deal but refuses to admit it publicly.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until its conditions are met.

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💎 Synthetic Diamonds Disrupt Natural Diamond Market

The natural diamond market is collapsing as synthetic stones become mass commodities. Like pearls a century ago, diamonds are losing elite status.

Lab-grown diamonds will be widely available with minimal markups as production costs fall. A diamond bracelet that cost $1 million two decades ago now sells for the price of a used Rolex.

Natural and lab-grown diamonds are nearly identical. Attempts to differentiate them with expensive equipment won’t change their everyday similarity.

Buyers still pay a premium for natural diamonds, but prices have dropped by 50% in real terms over four years. This was limited by a 20% production cut, from 120 million to 98 million carats, to support prices amid market divergence.

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Five years of boring compounding beats one year of trying to get there in three months.

Nobody wants to hear that.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Iran will join BRICS' new development bank soon.

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Michael Burry claims Palantir (PLTR) shares will drop over 99% to below $1.

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⚡️ JUST IN: IRGC warns that if the US uses a nuclear bomb on Iran, American military bases worldwide will be seized.

They added, "Today, things are different than World War II."

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⚡️ JUST IN: U.S. CPI rose 3.4% year-over-year, matching estimates, while core CPI increased 2.5% as expected.

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Claude AI has started watermarking its content, with the mark remaining after copying and pasting. This aims to combat AI use in writing theses, dissertations, and books.

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👍 Anthropic Prepares for Major IPO This Fall

Anthropic is holding investor meetings ahead of a potential IPO scheduled for September-October, which could become the largest IPO in history. Its valuation before the IPO stands at $965 billion. Meanwhile, OpenAI is expected to go public later, possibly only next year.

CEO Dario Amodei downplays concerns about competition from China, stating users prefer the most powerful models and Chinese developments lag by several months. The chance of an IPO before October 31 has risen from 38% to 63%.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says Iran's IRGC is decimated and fleeing, calling it "the bully of the Middle East no longer."

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