Category: 5 Things Daily
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Sell America? 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. U.S. Data Is Light. Noise Is Not There’s not much on the U.S. economic calendar today—pending home sales and construction spending—but the headline risk is loud. President Trump is…
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S&P 500 At Key Level – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Canada: CPI is cooling — but don’t get too comfortable Canadian CPI was released yesterday. Inflation came in at 2.1% for 2025, down from 2.4% in 2024 — the…
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Oil Sellers – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Silver Is Getting Crowded Silver trading ranges are getting wild. Volatility is rising fast, and many new buyers who’ve never looked at silver before are now jumping in. That…
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Fire Sale – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Silver: Volatility Is the Real Position It is very important to understand that silver is volatile — average daily ranges are now 5–7%, and this shouldn’t be taken lightly.…
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Inflation & Silver – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Inflation Cools, But the Pressure Isn’t Gone We now have some insight into U.S. consumer inflation. In December, the headline CPI came in at 2.7% year-over-year, in line with…
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Job Market Data – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. U.S. Jobs Are Rolling Over We just got more confirmation that the U.S. job market is starting to turn — and the trend is getting worse. Only 50,000 jobs…
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Volatility In Silver – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Silver: Too Much Noise, Too Much Volatility There’s a lot of noise around silver right now. Noise about rebalancing, noise around ETF selling, noise about India buying, China margins,…
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Euphoria – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. U.S. Jobs Data Is Cracking The ADP report says the U.S. added just 41,000 jobs. The JOLTS report came in lower than expected, with 7.15 million job openings —…
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Job Market – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. U.S. Jobs Data: The Real Test Starts Tomorrow Not much economic data today, but starting tomorrow, we get real color on the U.S. labor market. Economics 101: a weakening…
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Venezuelan Oil – 5 Things I am Watching Today
1. Back to Reality: Employment Data Takes Center Stage Not much economic data today, but this is the first real day back after the holidays. That alone matters—because people will…
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Last One Of 2025 – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Bank of Japan Raises Rates — Carry Trades Under Pressure The Bank of Japan raised rates. Japanese 10-year bond yields are now at their highest level since 1998. All…
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Canadian Banks – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Silver Hits an All-Time High — Volatility Rising Silver made an all-time high, with dip buyers stepping in aggressively overnight. There’s also a lot of noise around ETF buying.…
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Oil Breakdown – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. U.S. Jobs Data Confirms the Cracks We finally have official U.S. job numbers. In October, over 100K jobs were lost. In November, 64K jobs were added, versus 51K expected.…
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Market Showing Its Hands – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Inflation Surprise & Two Massive U.S. Data Days Ahead Canadian inflation came in lower than expected — a welcome data point. Tomorrow and Thursday are shaping up to be…
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Metals Surge – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Canada Surprises: Building Permits Jump Canadian building permits came in higher than expected. No major data is coming from the U.S. today. Next week, we get Canadian inflation and…