1. Retail Investor Flow Jumped 60% from 2024 to 2025
Retail Flows Hit Record Highs
Here’s the part that should make Wall Street nervous: retail isn’t just maintaining presence, it’s accelerating. JPMorgan data shows that retail flows in 2025 jumped 60% from 2024 levels and are running 17% higher than the 2021 meme stock peak.
Retail investors are now over 20% of the total U.S. trading volume. Retail has now become a bigger force in the market than institutional long only and hedge funds.
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2. IGV Software ETF -30% from Highs ….Right on 200-Week Moving Average
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3. Worst Performing Software Stocks-Bespoke
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4. History of Consumer Staple Rally vs. Tech
“Due to the AI disruption fear in Service Businesses, Legal tools, Consulting and Advertising -we are seeing rotation into Consumer Staples and Cyclicals that are less threatened by AI” Noted JonesTrading’s Mike O’Rourke. Yesterday the Defensive sector XLP was up +2%, while tech sector XLK was down -2% – “This only happened in 2000-2001 dot-com bust & January 2025 (before Trump tariffs crash)” noted Twits.
5. $227 Million Out of Bitcoin ETFS….IBIT Breaks Below April 2025 Levels
WSJ-$227 Million in Net Withdraws from Bitcoin ETFs Ending Jan 28Th
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/the-vibe-in-the-crypto-market-right-now-stay-alive-9f3ee79c
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6. 44% of Bitcoin Supply is Now Negative Returns
BTC supply in profit. “44% of Bitcoin supply is now underwater.”
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7. Fidelity Launched Dollar Backed Stablecoin in Direct Competition with CRCL…..CRCL -35% Year to Date
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8. Solar ETF +70% 12 Months Despite Trump and Silver Prices
9. 10-20% of Solar Manufacturing Cost is Silver
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10. More trouble than it’s worth-Seth’s Blog
This is the hallmark of projects that turn out to be worth doing.
The trouble might be a symptom that we’re onto something that others don’t care enough to do.
And the things that are obviously worth doing are probably already being done.