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• Wall Street closed its fourth consecutive winning month with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting new record highs.

  • The core PCE index, rose 0.4% for January, matching forecasts hinting rate cuts as early as June.

  • Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said the path to the central bank’s 2% inflation goal will be “bumpy.” BUT

  • “They’ve come in higher than people hoped, but if you look over the long arc, the line is still going down,” he said.

• Bitcoin surged past $62,000 yesterday, turbo-charged by ETF adoptance and the upcoming halving.

• Legendary investor Ray Dalio thinks the U.S. stock market “doesn't look very bubbly”, despite recent rallies.

• The U.S. government shutdown has been delayed until March 8.

• A potential ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict is at risk after pure chaos, reactionary IDF gunfire, and out-of-control food aid trucks left over 100 Palestinians dead.

Crisis averted … temporarily.

📈 Trends you need to know

Ideas, trends, and analysis

• Seven Quantum computing stocks to put you in a super-position.

• AI is driving a bubble that won't burst.

• Citi pitched its "Super 7" global stocks, affordable and ready for growth.

• 9 million boomer homes will hit the market over the next decade.

• Alphabet's woke AI fumble has created a buy opportunity.

• Three contenders ready to dethrone Nvidia.

🌍 Global Perspectives

• 🇮🇳 India's economy soared to an 8.4% growth rate in the October-December quarter.

• 🇳🇬 Nigeria detained two Binance executives intensifying its war on crypto.

• 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 The US announced an investigation into Chinese tech in cars over national security risks.

• 🇮🇹 Why Italy became the oldest country in Europe

📊 Income

• Investing $500 monthly in the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF could yield $27,000 annually after 30 years.

• Seven dividend stocks with potential for both income and capital gains.

• Salesforce's first-ever dividend signals confidence in sustained growth.

• Hormel Foods, a Dividend King, now trades at a once-in-a-decade valuation after a 45% drop.

📊 Crypto

• Dogebonk and Bonk surged by 34% and 54% respectively over the past 24 hours.

• Despite a 23% gain, Bitcoin options traders remain cautious.

• A supply crunch is driving Bitcoin's price up.

• Bank of America and Wells Fargo begin offering spot Bitcoin ETFs.

• Solana's price surged over 20% as traders rotated profits from Bitcoin and Ether into the altcoin.

• JPMorgan predicted a drop to $42,000 for Bitcoin post-April halving.

🧠 Errata

• The IRS is chasing 125,000 high-income earners who haven't filed tax returns since 2017.

  • Investment tip: betting against the IRS is always a losing position.

• The T Phone uses AI to create app interfaces on the fly.

• Florida homeowners are desperate to sell.

• Genetically modified pigs could be the key to cheap organ transplants.

• Daniel Gwynn was exonerated after 30 years on death row.

That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know.

Cheers,

Wyatt