wmiddelkoop:

RT @AtlasPulse: Asian gold ETF flows surge. Overwhelmingly China with a little from Japan.

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RT @gazanotice: 🚨Breaking: The moment the Israeli warplanes bombed the tents of displaced Palestinians in Mawasi khan Younis southern Gaza Strip.

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RT @Barchart: S&P 500 coming in for a test of its 200-week moving average 🚨 This has held as support for the last 15 years with the lone exception of a wick down during the Covid scare. Circle 4700 as a critically important level to watch for the $SPX ✅

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RT @zerohedge: *US READY TO RECOGNIZE CRIMEA AS RUSSIA'S IN UKRAINE PEACE DEAL

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RT @xIsraelExposedx: 'Israel couldn't fight a war for a single day, without US backing' - Jeffrey Sachs

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The US understands the UK once ruled the World

Top 10 Biggest Economics in the World based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) - ShanghaiPanda

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Oops

The collapse in demand in Miami's housing market is breathtaking.

Sales are down 50% from pandemic peak, and are 30% below the long-term average for March.

There's a narrative building in Florida that somehow Miami won't be impacted by this housing downturn.

And that narrative is likely wrong. - Nick Gerli

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Like interest rates breaking out in 2022, after a 40-year downtrend

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Worse than 2008

Credit card defaults are at RECORD levels

This is HIGHER than even the 2008 Financial Crisis

A thread 🧵 - Bravos Research

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Euro breakout after a 17-year pattern

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It's Official

Deutsche Bank says Chinese clients are selling US Treasuries for European debt, Japanese debt, and #Gold.

In the TIC Net Sales data mainland China has sold a significant amount of all securities including long-term treasuries (>1y)

⁦@SantiagoAuFund⁩ is in shambles 😂 - 🤠 Weimar Silver Baron 🤠

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Trump & Powell

REPORTER: Powell says he won't leave even if you ask him to

TRUMP: Oh, he'll leave. If I ask him to he'll be out of there ... I'm not happy with him. If I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast. Believe me.

REPORTER: Are you trying to remove him?

TRUMP: Yeah, next question. - unusual_whales

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Ray Dalio: We have a breakdown of the monetary order

JUST IN: Billionaire Ray Dalio: “I’m worried about something worse than a recession… we have something that is much more profound, we have a breaking down of the monetary order.” - unusual_whales

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About to start the next leg up imho

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Bitcoin, another beautiful chart

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Rio de Janeiro chosen to host BRICS Summit on July 6–7 gov.br/mre/en/contact-us/pre…

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Says it all ..

The equity market is currently near its most concentrated level in 100 years, per Goldman Sachs, $GS: - unusual_whales

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The longer the base ... the higher the chase

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In March 2020, during the Covid Crash this bottom was retested and confirmed

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In early 2016, junior miners reached the bottom (while I also bought out my partner)

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12 years explaining the bottom was in ;-)

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AI meme

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RT @great_martis: GOLD

Major channel break.

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RT @zhongzheng228:

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The White House on Friday said it will fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand critical minerals production mining.com/web/trump-to-fast…

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RT @wmhuo168: The dollar just lost a round in the global currency war. While the West slept, China’s CIPS cleared more cross-border payments than SWIFT. April 16 may be remembered as the day the tide turned.

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RT @ThHappyHawaiian: “How much silver exists in the ground compared to gold?”

“Roughly 19-1”

“So how much silver do they mine each year compared to gold?”

“About 7-1”

“How much is available in stockpiles?”

“More like 3-1”

“So what’s the price of gold compared to silver?”

“102-1”

“Oh, ok cool”

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RT @Kanthan2030: “Nvidia has been in China for the last 30 years. And we will be in China for the next 30 years”

— Nvidia President, CEO and founder, Jensen Huang

There’s no decoupling, regardless of what haters in America say.

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With Moos

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We chose skiing

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Skiing or Sunbathing? 🇨🇭

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Lauterbrunnen today

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We can confirm 😇

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Varoufakis: China is building its own Bretton Woods system within BRICS

🇨🇳🇺🇸 Former Greek FM Varoufakis hits the nail on the head:
Trump wants a “Plaza Accord 2.0” to crush China like the US crushed Japan in 1985.

But China ≠ Japan.
Beijing isn’t a vassal, there’s no US military on its soil — and China is building its own Bretton Woods system within BRICS:
A multipolar trade & currency network to recycle yuan surpluses and end dollar hegemony. 🌏💴🧱 - 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦

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Body Language

What the ...

Japan's chief negotiator in the "50-minute trade talks" in the Oval Office. (White House photo) - Ken Moriyasu

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Glad I never took one .. and executed Plan B

It's official Covid-19 was created by gain-of-function research at the WIV.
A furin cleavage site and HIV-1 proteins were added to enhance pathogenicity and transmissibility in humans.
Modified RNA coding for this gain-of-function toxic protein was injected into 5.5 bn people. - Gerardo Moscatelli

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Wow

MIT just created the most advanced spy technology in history.

Their mini insects can administer 600-volt shocks and survive drops from buildings.

The Pentagon has already started testing them.

But what scientists want to use them for will blow your mind: - Gaurab Chakrabarti

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RT @zerohedge: A Chinese Deflationary Tsunami Is Headed For Europe zerohedge.com/economics/chin…

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RT @Sorenthek: Japan Pulling Out

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RT @buccocapital: Lutnick and Bessent snuck into the Oval Office and got Trump to tweet that tariffs were paused while Navarro was distracted

Total clown show, but great content!

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RT @RonStoeferle: That's a sad chart

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RT @AdameMedia: 71% of goods on Amazon come from China.

Amazon is screwed.

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RT @TheHumanoidHub: The humanoid robot half-marathon in Beijing just started!

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Reuters

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Even PIMCO is warning about the status of the dollar, as the World's Reserve Currency

BREAKING NEWS

U.S. BOND GIANT PIMCO WARNS U.S. DOLLAR’S RESERVE CURRENCY STATUS IS NOT GUARANTEED

The world is starting to become awake. - Gold Telegraph ⚡

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The US Dollar lost 10% after the start of Trump 2

Could drop quite a bit more after breaking 100

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Great inter-market analysis ...

Thursday 🧵

Gold is very overbought and approaching an interim peak.

(I thought so too at $3000, but the analysis doesn't change)

Let's evaluate how this peak compares to other historical peaks and make some very important distinctions.

Let's Go! - Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA ⛏⛏

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What a beauty ..

A 12-year bottoming pattern for junior miners has finally been completed #GDXJ (junior gold miners)

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“The Resolution Copper mine is vital to securing America’s energy future and infrastructure needs with a domestic supply of copper and other critical minerals” mining.com/web/us-forest-ser…

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Gap will be closed

.. just like the window of opportunity :-)

Miners are trailing gold. When will we see a catch-up? - In Gold We Trust

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'one the biggest economic blunders in history'

Probably one the biggest economic blunders in history.

$500 million in 15 days means $12 billion a year in additional tax revenue.

Literal trillions in wealth destroyed, interest on the debt increased, the dollar weakened, businesses wiped out all over the world, literally every single country in the world antagonized... all for raising a yearly amount of taxes that can fund the US military budget for just 4 days. - Arnaud Bertrand

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Commodities, priced lower than ever

(in real money terms)

Natural resource assets have never been more undervalued, in my view.
 
Most commodity prices are trading near historical lows when measured against gold.
 
We're at the early stage of recognizing that the monetary issues we face can't be resolved unless nations begin to meaningfully accumulate gold.
 
The next phase comes when policymakers are compelled to slash interest rates at any cost in order to manage their growing debt burden.
 
That could mean firing Fed officials, introducing new frameworks to force rates lower, pressuring banks to absorb more Treasuries, or agreeing on deals with foreign central banks to buy US debt.
 
There’s virtually no limit to how extreme these policies could become.
 
The key point, however, is that once rates are artificially suppressed, it is highly unlikely that gold alone will benefit — as we are currently experiencing.
 
This phase of the cycle is likely to ignite a broader rally across the commodity space.
 
And we’re getting closer to that point in my view. - Otavio (Tavi) Costa

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'If you give money to someone extorting you, they'll just come back to extort you again'

This Japanese MP (whose name is Shinji Oguma) absolutely nails it, and reflects what pretty all countries in Asia are thinking: twitter.com/charise_lee/status/191…

"When Japan negotiates with what [Trump] is saying it's akin to being extorted by a delinquent.

If Japan gives in, thinking it's a negotiation or a deal, and compromises on its position, it sets a bad precedent as a customary practice.

If you give money to someone extorting you, they'll just come back to extort you again." - Arnaud Bertrand

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'In an interview with The Telegraph, the Chancellor takes a stand against Donald Trump’s attempts to isolate Beijing'

Paywall telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

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- Gold is quietly being re-monetized -

Gold is quietly being re-monetized—and most people don’t see it.
Here’s what’s happening, why it matters, and why it’s not priced in.

This is for anyone who understands markets, but not the monetary architecture behind them.

/1 - @mcm_ct_usa

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A Global Rebalancing Is Well Underway as Investors Sell Off U.S. Bonds barrons.com/articles/foreign…

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Rich Americans opening Swiss bank accounts fearing U.S. risks cnbc.com/2025/04/18/rich-ame…

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Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US … apnews.com/article/dollar-tr…

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As tariffs darken the economic outlook, Trump sizes up Powell as a scapegoat cnn.com/2025/04/18/politics/…

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RT @ClaudiaBryan01: PASSENGER STABBED TRYING TO FIGHT PLANE HIJACKER

A domestic flight from San Pedro was hijacked by a passenger on board. The aircraft continues to move along the coast of Belize.

We are not sure what is the motive of the hijacker but we do now that one man was stabbed several times after he tried to fight off the hijacker. #BelizeNewsNetwork #BNN

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RT @CommodityFund: 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐁 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘

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Deze groep ondernemers liet zich op initiatief van Pim van Rijswijk gezamenlijk inspireren voor een eigen "Plan B", op het gebied van fiscaliteit, communicatie en investeren.

Willem Middelkoop besprak hoe zijn "4x25% Wet van Willem", een beleggingsportfeuille met onder meer goud, vastgoed, bitcoin, cash en (grondstof)aandelen, de ideale spreiding biedt tijdens deze roerige financieel-economische tijden.

Ons team met Nicolas Rosheuvel, Maximiliaan Verbeeten en Casper Sintenie stond tientallen ondernemers te woord over macro-economische ontwikkelingen, grondstoffen en de ondergewaardeerde mijnbouwsector.

Heeft u ons gemist? Neem gerust nog eens contact op.

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MVO-pagina: mvo2025.nl

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RT @Zaphod2042: Something truly post-apocalyptic about seeing an A380 being scrapped...

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RT @TimothyDooner: Not good @hellbenthagen

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RT @RnaudBertrand: This might be the biggest sign of the failure of Trump's tariffs yet.

The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index is probably the best metric to understand if the U.S. is "bringing manufacturing back home".

And it's absolutely cratering: -26.4, one of the lowest readings in memory.

Which makes sense: to manufacture stuff, you need inputs, which often come from imports. In fact according to the US National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) a whopping 56% (!) of goods imported to the U.S. are manufacturing inputs (nam.org/issues/trade/). You get rid of those, or tariff them so they dry up, and the result is that you destroy American manufacturing.

U.S PHILADELPHIA FED MANUFACTURING INDEX (APR) ACTUAL: -26.4 VS 12.5 PREVIOUS; EST 2.2 - First Squawk

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RT @VrntPerception: Replying to @FreightAlley: Heavy truck sales nosediving

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Collapse in cargo/trucking

Many truckers I've spoken with don't realize how quickly container volumes have collapsed.

Starting in May, port freight out of California will be almost eliminated.

Its going to be a bloodbath in dray, followed by intermodal, and then a collapse in I-20 & I-40 trucking. - Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️

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Bizar

Trump: “We won that decision 9-0 in the Supreme Court and if you listen to the news, you wouldn't know that.”

Trump lost the case with all nine SCOTUS justices ruling against him. - The Bulwark

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“The breakdown in international cooperation in the last few years has led to gold staying permanently high [..] There is a bigger geopolitical bid in the market.”

HSBC’s James Steel

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RT @SpencerHakimian: Chinese purchases of American oil are down -90% Y/Y, while Chinese purchases of Canadian oil are up +700% Y/Y.

That’s a $20B annual loss for the United States at $60/barrel.

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RT @GoedWeerGeniete: Paris is easily my favorite African city. It almost feels European.

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RT @badcharts1: I know, gold bulls don't want to read this right now...

But even during bull markets, gold had these corrections:

Dec 1974 to Aug 1976, drop over 48%.
Mar 2008 to Oct 2008, drop over 33%.
Aug 2020 to Sep 2022, drop over 22%.

Same setup now with price historically stretched.

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RT @aviationbrk: Authorities in Belize shoot dead a man believed to have hijacked a Tropic Air flight on Thursday.

The small passenger aircraft was reportedly mid-flight when Taylor allegedly brandished a knife, sparking panic among passengers and crew.

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RT @Belizean: Plane hijacking in Belize ends with hero passenger shooting American hijacker dead as plane runs out of fuel on landing Commissioner of Police says.

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Commodity Update (Dutch)

𝐈𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫:

👉Goud door de $3.300/oz
👉Onrust rondom Trump-tarieven
👉Sterke inflow naar goudfondsen

Link: linkedin.com/pulse/goud-door… - Commodity Discovery Fund

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Digital versus real Gold

🚨🇨🇳 BREAKING: CHINA just SOLD 15,000 BITCOIN, opting to instead buy RECORD amounts of GOLD - Legitimate Targets

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Mad Max Country

Man fires over 20 shots at a truck. America is turning into something else - I Post Forbidden Videos

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We sold most at a $4 bln valuation

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RT @KobeissiLetter: BREAKING: U.S. officials are planning to use negotiations with 70+ nations to ask them to disallow China to ship goods…

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With us or against U$

The cat is finally out of the bag confirming what many observers and analysts have been buzzing about for some time

Several sources confirmed the existence of the document to the Irish newspaper The Irish Times. It was circulated after a meeting between Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris and US Trade Minister Howard Lutnick in Washington last week.

The briefing states that the United States wants to decouple from China and that any country that wants to conclude a trade deal with President Trump will also have to distance itself from China

irishtimes.com/politics/2025…

ad.nl/economie/gelekt-docume… - StarBoySAR 🇭🇰 🇨🇳 🥭

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The 1 in 20 epidemic

"The Autism Epidemic Is Running Rampant" - RFK Jr Addresses Latest CDC Report Showing 1-In-20 Boys Diagnosed zerohedge.com/medical/autism… - zerohedge

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Says it All

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Yellow Twitter

BREAKING: Elon Musk reportedly asked Tiffany Fong via direct message if she was interested in having children with him, she later leaked this information causing him to unfollow her. -WSJ. - Dominic Michael Tripi

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Dutch Gov: Cash will never disappear #DutchMedia

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Bitcoin will now probably decouple from Tech/Nasdaq #adding

Bitcoin > $85,000 as dollar and risk continue to slide. Regime shift? - zerohedge

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RT @TaviCosta: There goes the euro again.

I can't stress this enough:

The US dollar is at a critical turning point, in my view.

We're on the verge of entering negative territory in the 10-year rolling performance of the DXY index.

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RT @zerohedge: Powell asked if the Fed will intervene if the stock market plummets?

Powell: "No, with an exclamation"

Stock market plummets

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Uncorrelated

*S&P 500 WIDENS DECLINE TO 3%, NASDAQ 100 DOWN 4.2%

And gold making new record highs every minute - zerohedge

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Swap Lines versus The Dollar Reset

Powell asked about global dollar funding squeeze: "we have swap lines" - zerohedge

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Dollar (Index)

.. about to fall a bit further imho ..

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RT @timdouwsma: Vanavond VIBESTALK! 20.00 Met niemand minder dan @wmiddelkoop 🙏🏻❤️✨ #vibestalk

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RT @vitrupo: Eric Schmidt says intelligence is about to decouple from us.

“The computers are now doing self-improvement.. They don’t have to listen to us anymore.”

Within six years: a mind smarter than the sum of humans -- scaled, recursive, free. We have no language for what’s coming.

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RT @KobeissiLetter: BREAKING: U.S. officials are planning to use negotiations with 70+ nations to ask them to disallow China to ship goods through their countries, per WSJ.

The U.S. is reportedly attempting to "isolate" China.

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RT @DeItaone: 🚨 U.S. OFFICIALS PLAN TO USE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MORE THAN 70 NATIONS TO ASK THEM TO DISALLOW CHINA TO SHIP GOODS THROUGH THEIR…

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RT @zerohedge: Gold just hit $3333.

This is very bad news for any central banks that have rehypothecated gold.

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RT @DeItaone: 🚨 U.S. OFFICIALS PLAN TO USE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MORE THAN 70 NATIONS TO ASK THEM TO DISALLOW CHINA TO SHIP GOODS THROUGH THEIR COUNTRIES-WSJ

🚨 U.S. PLANS TO USE TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS TO ISOLATE CHINA-WSJ - *Walter Bloomberg

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MSM & Gold

Gold is up $50-$100 per day for at least a week

Not one journalist reached out to ask why ..

How different during the bull run of 2011

It’s almost humorous that as gold is going parabolic ( up $100 just today alone) , none of the mainstream business publications are mentioning it. Not the FT, nor Bloomberg, or CNBC…As I have been saying for years, giving gold any mention runs counter to the narrative that all is well with the financial/monetary system. - Frank Giustra

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Message to Self

In 2016, Yousuke Yukimatsu was diagnosed with brain cancer, on that same day he quit his job as a construction worker to become a DJ.

His Boiler Room set, which was uploaded two months ago, has nearly 9,000,000 views - Dudes Posting Their W’s

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New 90 min interview (Dutch)

Let’s gooo ! youtu.be/Db-xBaUa1lg?si=2w-S… @wmiddelkoop - Tim Douwsma

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