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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Friday, July 10, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Friday, July 10, 2026 China exported a million cars in June and Europe is taking it personally EU surplus in autos (including battery imports) down 40-50% since 2023. China's auto exports hit a
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Thursday, July 9, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Thursday, July 9, 2026 The economy refuses to pick a lane and semis are cheap until they aren't June existing home sales down 2.4% month-over-month. A wave of US economic data
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Tech corrects, oil spikes, and the Fed settles nothing so at least your Tuesday has company Software ETF IGV up 15% from 5/27 to 6/1. Nasdaq-linked equities including software
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Wednesday, May 20, 2026 The largest oil supply loss in history happened and markets shrugged because NVIDIA reports Wednesday A new Setser-Tordoir paper argues China's undervalued currency and exploding auto exports have become
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Friday, May 1, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Friday, May 1, 2026 Your portfolio hit a new high and so did the price of driving to work Jet Fuel up 80% since the start of the Iran war. The Iran war and threatened closure
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Thursday, April 30, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Thursday, April 30, 2026 Inflation hit 3.5% and the S&P hit 7,200 on the same day because markets contain multitudes and also gasoline US gas prices up 44% last nine weeks. US
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Tuesday, April 28, 2026 The UAE quit OPEC+ and oil hit $111 but sure the S&P made new highs Gold down 1.35% on the day. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Thursday, April 23, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Thursday, April 23, 2026 The Fed hoarded duration and semiconductors forgot how to lose so naturally the Strait of Hormuz caught fire Analysts and economists debate the Federal Reserve's outsized duration holdings relative to
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Oil hits $100 and the Gulf needs a bailout but sure let's talk about retail sales Brent crude surged back above $100 after JD Vance cancelled his Islamabad trip amid
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Iran closes a strait and Netflix doubles its profits so at least someone's shipping is going fine Gold down 0.47% on the day. Analysts are debating whether gold could
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Friday, April 17, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Friday, April 17, 2026 The war ended, oil cratered, stocks hit all-time highs, and gold somehow won the week anyway Gold up 1.74% on the day. The Strait of Hormuz has reopened following a
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Personal Stakes Personal Stakes · Macro Brief Thursday, April 16, 2026 Macro Musings · Daily Briefing · Thursday, April 16, 2026 Oil prices found the one strait they can't narrow and your mortgage found seven basis points it could Paper Brent market up >4% today. The closure of the Strait