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AI Valuation Shock, Inflation Spike, Oil Drops & More – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Anthropic’s IPO Valuation Keeps Shrinking The Anthropic IPO is coming up, and if you’ve been tracking it, you’ll see there’s been a significant decline from what everybody thought Anthropic…
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Oil Drops, Market’s Temperature, Gold Fights Back & More – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Oil Loses Its War Premium and Tests a Key Level Oil prices continue to decline. WTI and Brent currently trading at their 200-day moving average. Brent is below $93,…
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Canada Job Losses, U.S. Hiring Surges, and the AI Mania Unwinds – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Canada Loses Jobs for a Third Straight Month This morning, we got the latest jobs numbers from Canada. Statistics Canada reported a loss of 4,700 jobs, while economists were…
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Midterm Shock, Market Soars, Gold Jumps, Oil Drops – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. The Midterms: When the Noise Gets It Wrong…Initially At Least Last night, Republicans lost the U.S. congressional races in a very big way. Embarrassing on all fronts possible. Going…
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Tech Drags, Midterms Loom, Gold Cracks $4,000 & More – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Midterms Day: What Could It Mean for Markets? It’s congressional election day in the U.S. Polls suggest Democrats are likely to gain some seats, and that could affect the…
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Gold Breaks $4,000, Stocks Bounce, and Jobs Data On Friday— 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Jobs Friday, Times Two There’s no major economic data today, but keep in mind that on Friday, we get employment numbers from both Canada and the U.S. Right now,…
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Tech Stocks Get Wrecked, Gold Breaks $4,000, Oil Hits $104 — 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. The Tech Wreck Is Here And We Saw It Coming There’s a tech wreck happening, and it’s pretty bad out there. We don’t want this to sound like a…
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BoC Hikes, War Drums Get Louder, AI Money Games, U.S. Dollar – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. The Bank of Canada Hikes and Hints at More This morning, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points. That wasn’t the surprising part. The statement…
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Eve Of Rate Announcements, Boring Stocks Win, Dollar Jumps, Yields Drop – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Eve Of Rate Announcements: BoC Hike, Fed Hold? It’s the eve of rate decisions from the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve. The Bank of Canada is expected…
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Anthropic’s IPO, Bank Of Canada Rate Hike, Gold At Key Level – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Anthropic Files to Go Public: Will Investors Sell the News? This morning, we learned that Anthropic has filed its S-1, essentially the filing required to go public. There are…
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Brent Hits $110, French Yields Spike, Stocks Test Critical Support – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Data Sites Weirdly Down The fact that several websites where you’d normally get economic data, including FRED yesterday and, this morning, Statistics Canada, aren’t working is very interesting. There…
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The AI Trade Is Cracking, Gold Is Coiling, Bitcoin Eyeing $100k? – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. AI Trade Under The Microscope There are a lot of concerns around the AI trade, and valuations are being questioned. If you own AI stocks, you’ve got to be…
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AI Stocks Get Reality Check, $161 Billion Flow Into Canada, No Nukes – 5 Things I am Watching Today
1. Foreign Money Pours Into Canada It’s a slow data day today. This morning, we got Canadian housing starts and Canada’s international transactions in securities. Housing starts came in stronger…
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AI Stocks Take A Hit, Oil Jumps & Producers’ Inflation Spikes – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Producer Prices Jump 1.3% in a Single Month This morning, the U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) was reported. Month over month, producer prices increased 1.3%. Between January and September…
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Bank Stocks Drop, Dollar Spike, High Inflation – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Bank Stocks Are Getting Hammered: Are They Telling Something? Over the past three months, Goldman Sachs stock has dropped more than 22%. Bank of America is down today (on…

