Lots portfolio moves in past 2 weeks, after a break, will write annual portfolio review getting into more detail soon. Stay tuned. For now, in short: -Sold 12.5% AKO1L at €1.8 -Bought back $INTC at $37.1 -Add $KSPI at $79 -Bought Nordic Corp Bond Fund,~5% -Sold $EVO at 622 SEK

Dallas FED survey on oil market.

Lingering pessimism, uncertainty further weigh on oil and gas activity

Activity in the oil and gas sector edged lower in fourth quarter 2025, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

"I have an uneasy feeling about the reason that China continues to stockpile crude oil to the tune of about a million barrels per day. Could it be a prelude to an invasion of Taiwan?" Same brother, same.

Madara Cosmetics $MDARA management said they have something exciting to announce in H1 webinar I assumed it was new markets. b2b subscription based service for hotels was not in my bingo card. Interesting if they get traction in this segment, but gotta compliment the move.

Annual Nasdaq-100 index ($NDX) changes. Added: -Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($ALNY) -Ferrovial SE ($FER) -Insmed Incorporated ($INSM) -Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. ($MPWR) -Seagate Technology Holdings plc ($STX) -Western Digital Corp. ($WDC) Removed: -Biogen Inc. ($BIIB) -CDW Corporation ($CDW) -GlobalFoundries Inc. ($GFS) -Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($LULU) -ON Semiconductor Corporation ($ON) -The Trade Desk, Inc. ($TTD).

Radio Paradise served this wonderful cover of one of most recognizable Tears of Fears songs "Head over Heels" by Japanese Breakfast. New indie artist for me. Way more collected, chill version. #GLMusicDiscovery #indie

Glassnode: The aggregated size of Bitcoin treasuries held by public and private companies has grown from 197K BTC to 1.08M BTC, a ~448% increase since January 2023. Corporate balance sheets are becoming an increasingly significant pillar of demand for BTC. Price is noise.

Occasionally visit Clouded Judgement for newest stats, comps, but title on this one caught my eye. Startup space getting irrational on compensation expectations. All in the space of that 1% w/ purcashing power.

Clouded Judgement 12.5.25 - Monopoly Money

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies.

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” - Robert Frost

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US INTEREST RATE FUTURES PRICE IN 78% CHANCE OF PAUSE IN JANUARY MEETING VS 70% BEFORE FED RATE CUT -LSEG FUTURES IMPLY TRADERS SEE FED POLICY RATE AT 3.1% AT END-2026 AFTER FED RATE CUT, LITTLE CHANGED FROM LEVELS JUST BEFORE -LSEG Assuming traders still price independent FED for next year. Mistake imo. QE starts in 2 days. My outlook: party on into year end, volatility starts Q1 w/ bootlicker Hasset as FED chair: -Rates down -10Y up -Gold up -Stocks up -Dollar down

META’S ZUCKERBERG PLANS UP TO 30% CUTS FOR METAVERSE EFFORTS They should also change the name to reflect the recent "focus" and capex. #facebook

26'Q1 shaping up to be more volatile. Cuts vs renewed US dollar (fed independence) credibility. Whitehouse sketching plans to veto FED presidents, vigilantes warning about Hasset doing Trump's bidding (duh). #FED #SP500

Wiki founder Wales: "level of trust in Musk is extremely low, because he says wild things all the time. When he attacks us, people donate more money[..]. That's not my favorite way of raising money, but the truth is a lot of people are responding very negatively to that behavior"

Trump Accounts to start July 4 next year United States President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the so-called Trump Accounts, the investment accounts for children under 18, will become available from July 4 next year. Block mentioned in Investor day they are working with trump administration on this. $XYZ

Increased $ALAB at $146.09, on Amazon Trainium + NVLink scare. Also announced today: "Astera Labs Expands Connectivity Portfolio with Custom Solution" From recent calls, they have 26' revenue pretty much locked in; any product roadmaps drive 27-28' imo. https://asteralabs.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/astera-labs-expands-connectivity-portfolio-custom-solutions

Silvano Fashion Group (SFG1T) reported Q3 in last allowed minute. Fucking Corporate Governance. All shit, except: Market Cap: 41.4M Cash & Term Deposits: 45.4M Cash flow positive, 20% net profit margin on slowly contracting revenues https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G664A_AX0AAICnR?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G664y9WWAAAQetB?format=png&name=small

Long overdue: EU PARLIAMENT AGREES ON RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA MINIMUM AGES

Eurostat: Between 2004 and 2024, household real income per capita in the EU grew by 22%.📈🏡 Largest growth in household real income per capita in: 🇷🇴Romania (134%) 🇱🇹Lithuania (95%) 🇬🇷Greece and 🇮🇹Italy registered decreases (-5% and -4%, respectively).

US vs China Energy generation capacity and annual generation. Overwhelming. From Bridgewater associates letter. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G6dLrXuXUAEapYI?format=jpg&name=medium

German writer Eduard Fuchs trashing US press in 1912 (!) "We will note that the sensational and gossip press is all without exception "very loyal and patriotic." It is usually the more patriotic the more disgusting it is in order to gain the confidence of the authorities. Nowadays there are gossip newspapers in all the major cities of the world, and in America the whole press is like that."