The Floor Under $4,400 Gold Is Not Iran
Central banks bought a Q2 record 289 tonnes as prices fell. That structural bid is what matters now.
Central banks bought a Q2 record 289 tonnes as prices fell. That structural bid is what matters now.
Berkshire’s Q2 results confirm the cash is moving, but $365.5 billion still on the sideline tells a bigger story about where Abel is really headed.
The Adit Ventures case is a warning for pre-IPO funds promising access to SpaceX, Klarna, and the next blockbuster listing.
Gross margin doubled overnight. The $60B backlog is not revenue. And the balance sheet funding this order book is already stretched.
A $30B revenue run-rate, Samsung 2nm talks, and a job listing up to $485K just redrew the custom silicon map.
A $10B margin loan on private OpenAI shares, $40B of OpenAI bridge debt due March 2027, and a stock down sharply from its June peak. The leverage math is where this story lives now.
Record margins and a new $14B buyback, but guidance fell short of consensus and investors are fixating on one contract figure.
July’s job loss is bad. The revision cascade that brought the 12-month average to 34,000 is the real alarm.
AI traffic and orders tripled in Q2. The infrastructure underneath that number is what changes the long-term math.
The FCF drop is a tax timing story. The e-commerce ramp is the real verdict.