
Vincent Daniel
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Vincent Daniel
@VD718
Co-founder of Seawolf Capital- Binghamton University Alum- Mets, Jets and Value Investing Go Hand in Hand


Ken Griffin went home on a Friday "fairly depressed" after watching AI agents at Citadel do work that used to take teams of PhDs in finance months to complete. Done in days. His words: "These are not mid-tier white collar jobs. These are extraordinarily high skilled jobs being automated by agentic AI." This is the head of one of the most successful hedge funds in history saying the people he pays seven figures to analyze markets and structure deals are being replaced by software that works in hours instead of months. Not theoretically. In his own office. Right now. The Coatue deck we covered earlier this week called agents "the biggest unlock" in AI. Griffin just confirmed it from the buy side. The shift from copilots to agents is not a future event. It is already happening at the highest levels of finance.

Copper Heavily Reliant on a Rising Stock Market Copper appears increasingly dependent on the US stock market to keep going up for the metal not to go down. My graphic featuring the per-pound price of copper on the same scale as the S&P 500 (divided by 1,000) may suggest what's driving: US stocks. At about $6.30 on May 15, the metal reached a new high but has lagged behind beta, particularly since 2023. A primary reason may be deflationary forces in China, the world's largest consumer of copper. Falling 10-year government bond yields in Beijing share same-chart syndrome with the ratio of the metal vs. the S&P 500. If copper were to catch up to the SPX, it would be closer to $7.30, but what to expect if beta backs up? The implication seems clear and is why we view copper as a top commodity that needs equities to keep gaining. Full report on the Bloomberg here: blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/t… {BI COMD} #copper #stockmarket @BBGIntelligence



CNBC panelists bearish on Agnico Eagle and the last one chimes in that they “don’t buy things that don’t cash flow” Impressive 🤦♂️ $AEM $GDX

We (@Seawolfcap @VD718) reunited w/@CarterBWorth for another edition of "Bourbon & Charts". Some interesting takeaways as the "Chart Master" did his thing. We took ticker requests from whatarewedoingonthedesk.substack.com & then the bourbon kicked in: $SOXX $NVDA $XRT $CCJ $PCT $CF $FLUT $GLD $SLV $XOM $NKE $CVNA and more....



Never bet against the American consumer









OUT NOW - @ed_fin on historic squeeze in shipping: -Why tanker rates soar 2-10x+ on Iran War🛢️ -Strait re-opening = "feeding frenzy"; if not "crisis"⚓️ -Routes/vessels/stocks best poised 🚢 Apple🔊shorturl.at/IFwJ5 Spotify📽️shorturl.at/RqUgE

We had a fun time writing this one. Always a song or movie in our heads that relates to something in the markets and this one has both...@Seawolfcap @VD718 whatarewedoingonthedesk.substack.com/p/private-cred…


The wait is over. The 2026 MLB season begins today










