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Tolga Gurol
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Consultant, Former Senior Analyst at Fidelity International
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“It was the climax of seven weeks of market convolutions, the last bumpy ride of illusion on its way to the rainbow’s end. Like a giant storm, it’s violence and intensity stunned even those who thought they saw some such disturbance looming on the horizon” - John Brooks Oct 1929
One Tier and Rubble Down Below - Hussman Funds
One of the striking things about bull markets is that they often end in confident exuberance, while simultaneously deteriorating from the inside. Internal divergences, the lowest prospective market re...
www.hussmanfunds.com
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Trump may yet impose a Ukraine deal – but it threatens to be a disaster for Kyiv
Trump may yet impose a Ukraine deal – but it threatens to be a disaster for Kyiv
Ukraine could be forced into an agreement but plan as it stands seems too bizarre for Zelenskyy to sell to his public
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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B of A, on hyperscaler capex:

“.. In September and October alone, debt issuance from three firms was larger than the preceding three years combined for big tech issuance.”

$ORCL $META
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market

39 of the Top 50 U.S. Metros have seen month-over-month housing price declines for the first time in history 🤯👀
September 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Retail Traders now account for more than 20% of total equity options volume, the most in history 🚨🚨
August 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Keeping good company.

"...Jeremy Grantham recounts getting fired by multiple clients in the runup to the dotcom crash of 2000. The billionaire investor took a position against the market in 1998, missing out on two years of earnings growth before the bubble eventually burst."

youtu.be/-t8maJNGJWU
Jeremy Grantham says he predicted the Dotcom Bubble too early
YouTube video by David Rubenstein
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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“.. strong, confident regimes are largely not in the habit of meeting protests with military force .. The Trump administration seems to have exactly one tool at its disposal — blunt force — and it’s clear that it has no plan for what happens when Americans do not fear being hit.”

@jamellebouie.net
Opinion | Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He’s Actually a Weak Man
He is still dangerous, though.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
June 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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“People tell me we are enormously resilient. I agree with that. I think this time is different. This time we have to get our act together and do it very quickly.” www.wsj.com/finance/jpmo...
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Predicts ‘Crack in the Bond Market,’ Citing U.S. Fiscal Mess
The bank executive cites U.S. fiscal mess and says America must “get our act together.”
www.wsj.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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May 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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“This deal doesn’t reverse Brexit. It doesn’t roll back the referendum. It simply tries to make the current arrangement less disastrous for the people and businesses who’ve been living with the fallout for the last eight years”

eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Farage looks furious, Twitter melts down: a Brexit Deal FAQ
Everything you need to know about the new Brexit Deal, why Farage hates it, and what’s next
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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“Child poverty is the biggest cause of social division in Britain today, a scar on our national conscience, and a stain on the soul of the country”

Gordon Brown

www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
A Labour government has taken millions of children out of poverty before. It can do so again.
www.newstatesman.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Bruce Springsteen releases digital downloads of his live anti-Trump speeches

www.foxnews.com/media/bruce-... #FoxNews
Bruce Springsteen releases digital downloads of his live anti-Trump speeches
Rock singer Bruce Springsteen released digital downloads of the live rants that he made against President Donald Trump during his Manchester concert last week.
www.foxnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Guide to the types of goods you'll most likely be paying higher prices for as retailers with 2-4% profit margins try to pass through tariffs of 10-30% on the one-third or more of their inventory that's sourced from foreign countries.

More elastic, high-end products may be safe.
May 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Here’s a preview of the coming clash with SCOTUS which has already confirmed noncitizens are entitled to due process. “Sudden deportation” violates the Constitution.
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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May 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Hak, Hukuk, Adalet ve VİCDAN
May 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM