1. Hated Stock Rally…Highest Short Interest Since 2018
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2. U.S. 5x Number of AI Funded Companies vs. China
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3. ChatGPT Traffic Passes Wikipedia
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4. Stock by Stock Mag 7 Rally
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5. Silver Clear Breakout
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6. Tesla -10% Correction this Week
7. REITS Most Hated Sector…Contra Play?
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8. Buffett Stock Approaching 200-Day
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9. BRICS Summit in Brazil this Summer
Not A Motley Crew-Zerohedge: While the Leaders’ Summit is an annual event, it does not occur at the same time each year. The exact date depends on the schedules of the leaders themselves as well as seasonal conditions in the host country. The overall leadership of BRICS+ is a rotating presidency among Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Last year, the summit was held in Russia in October with President Putin as host.
This year Brazil has the rotating presidency and the summit will be in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 – 7, 2025. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is host. All of the founding BRICS leaders are expected to attend including Lula da Silva (Brazil), Vladimir Putin (Russia), Narendra Modi (India), Xi Jinping (China) and Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa), along with many others.
A brief comparison of the combined resources of the first five BRICS members with the resources of the G7 (U.S., UK, Germany, Italy, France, Japan and Canada) is instructive.
In terms of population, the BRICS have 3.3 billion people compared to 0.8 billion in the G7. The total land area is 39.7 km2 for BRICS versus 21.7kn2 for the G7.
Real annual growth in GDP is about 5% for the BRICS versus 2% in the G7. Nominal GDP for the G7 leads the BRICS by $45.3 trillion (43.7% of global output) compared to $26.7 trillion (28.7% of global output). But when purchasing power parity accounting is used, the BRICS lead G7 $51.6 trillion to $48 trillion.
The point is not that the BRICS are overtaking the G7 across the board – they’re not. The point is that the BRICS are a powerful group demographically and economically and not a motley collection of what were once called third-world countries.
10. Mark Cuban Following Henry Hazlitt on Basic Economics….New Technology Creates More Jobs Long-Term Always. Every Tech Revolution Sees Predictions of 20% Unemployment
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