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🚀 Wall Street is calling for another year of double-digit gains in 2026 — even as investors stress over Big Tech’s massive spending plans and whispers of an AI bubble. 📈📊 Banks are basically saying: the rally isn’t done yet. Deutsche Bank the more bullish and BofA more restrictive... 🤖💸 AI fears? Mega-cap capex? Not enough to derail the bull case (for now). #Stocks #WallStreet #AI #Tech #Investing #Markets #2026Ready

3️⃣ This is the first signal of a global repricing of “safe assets.” 🔔 Gold rising while ETF flows are negative ≠ bullish sentiment. It’s structural demand from entities that never sell. That’s why price jumps even with weak marginal flows. And here’s the truth no one says out loud: 🔥 This is the opening move of a multi-year sovereign accumulation cycle. Not months. Not market cycles. Years. This is how nations prepare for: • currency stress • geopolitical fracture • reserve system evolution People think gold is up because inflation is sticky. ❌ Wrong. 🥇 Gold is up because trust is breaking. Sovereigns are front-running the breakdown of the old system. Retail and ETFs will join much later — at much higher prices. This is a world-money story. And we are still early. 🚀 #Gold #Macro #FX #Dollar #BRICS #Geopolitics #MonetarySystem #Investing #Commodities

2️⃣ A multipolar liquidity war is forming. 🌍⚔️ Gold isn’t bought for returns. It’s bought for leverage — influence in negotiations when global credit becomes unstable. Sovereigns don’t “love shiny rocks.” They see the bond-based global order fraying… and they need something outside the system to anchor balance sheets. Gold is the only asset big and liquid enough for that role. #Geopolitics #Gold

⚡️ This isn’t a gold chart. It’s a sovereign fear chart. When central banks buy 5× more gold while private investors are selling, the market hierarchy flips upside down. This only happens when states are preparing for something markets haven’t priced yet. 👀 Here’s what jumps out 👇

1️⃣ Central banks are quietly hedging the dollar system. Not abandoning it… Hedging its weaponization. After the Russia reserve freeze, every sovereign learned the same lesson: 💬 FX reserves aren’t “yours.” They’re permissions. 🥇 Gold is not a permission. Gold is an escape hatch. This is the biggest monetary shift since 1971 — and almost nobody realizes it. #DeDollarization

🇺🇸 US Market Vol Briefing US equities sold off ahead of NVDA earnings + delayed labor data. SPX -1%, breaking below its 50-day MA after 138 sessions above it. Small caps underperform as rate-cut odds fall (55% ➡️ 45%). #SPX #Rates #Markets 10/ Fixed-strike vols jumped at the open ⬆️ Strong demand in the 1–3m bucket, while the term structure flattened sharply. • Nov25: +3.95 (22.15v) • Dec25: +0.9v (17.95v) #VolSurface #Skew Morning vol pop was notable given the absence of catalysts. As selling intensified, skew demand picked up and the curve flattened further. 10d SPX realized sits at 15.3v. #Skew #Volatility Gamma positioning ⛓️ Market makers were locally neutral, but turn shorter gamma on the downside, amplifying realized moves. Desk favored short-term riskies for asymmetric payoff. #Gamma #Options Flows stayed light relative to the price action. One notable clip: 5mm vega seller in Dec26. #Vega #optionsflow Thursday = big day 📆🔥 NVDA reports Wednesday after close (market pricing ~7.7% move). Friday’s SPX straddle → 2.01% (≈ $134). Today’s → 89bps (≈ $60). #NVDA #NFP #Straddle

🦅 3️⃣ Fed Minutes — Wednesday The FOMC is more divided than at any time in recent years. Chair Powell reiterated: “a December cut is not a foregone conclusion.” A hawkish tone or inflation sensitivity could push cut expectations lower. #Fed #FOMC #inflation

If instead growth data softens, markets will quickly return to pricing a December rate cut as base case. Rates could move meaningfully this week as uncertainty around the Fed path stays high. #bonds #rates #FOMC

Markets stabilized on Friday, but investors remain cautious. With November performance under pressure (avg global L/S funds -0.6% MTD), attention turns to three major risk events this week that will shape how risk trades into year-end. #markets #macro #investing

Other notes 🧠 • 1990s tech bubble ≠ today — podcast dives in. • Short-dated gamma (<1M) looks attractive when available. • Healthcare & Financials lead the current rotation out of tech. • Japan seen as best-performing DM for the next decade. #options #rotation #Japan

🇺🇸 Big US week ahead: • NVDA earnings — new chapter for the AI infrastructure story? • Retail heavyweights HD, WMT to report • FOMC minutes + multiple Fed speakers • The most unusual payrolls report in a while (missing Sept data) #NVDA #retail #Fed

This week’s market mood: cautious clients, heavy trading, AI capex in focus, and fatter tails 👇 📍 London wrap-up: client sentiment turned cautious last week. Questions making the rounds — • What if the Fed holds steady? • Is there any juice left in the AI trade? • Should we worry about the credit angle? • Retail investors stretched? • Could BTC weakness spill into equities? #markets #Fed #AI