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Warm-Up
- NEW CTP for IBIT
- Under/Over - Looks like the OVER
- Presidential PARDONS and A King's EVICTION
- All Excited - Making headway on the Deficit !
Markets
- DJIA hits new ATH - after big moves last week - Buyers stepped in (again)
- NASDAQ - lagging as AI trade is questioned
- THEREFORE - what is happening is a simple rotation again - ALL IN!
Just back from a wedding in NJ - Did some Apple picking, hot cider and donuts!
Pardon Me...
- President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin.
- Several others (20+) were pardoned as well including some that plead guilty.
Over the Pond
- King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said.
- After the king’s rare move, which follows years of shameful scandals, he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will have to vacate his Royal Lodge mansion near Windsor Castle.
Debt
- The U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet.
- It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic — the U.S. hit $37 trillion in gross national debt in August this year.
- “During his first eight months in office, President Trump has reduced the deficit by $350 billion compared to the same period in 2024 by cutting spending and boosting revenue,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement, adding that t
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