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Warm-Up
- CTP Cup - We have a winner!
- Kitchen Cabinets rejoice!
- Buffett is retired (kind of)
- ALL TIME HIGHS - DJIA Leading so far in 2026

Markets
- LOVE HOSTILE TAKEOVERS?
- Upgrades all around the AI trade again...
- January Effect
- Defense and Oil Related!
- Calling BS on Venezuela economic plans

Doctor Copper
- Copper surpassed $13,000 a ton for the first time due to a renewed rush to ship metal to the US.
- The rally has been underpinned by the ongoing threat of import tariffs from President Donald Trump, causing US copper prices to trade at a premium to those on the London Metal Exchange.
- The market has been driven by uncertainty over future US tariff policy, with analysts warning that the rest of the world could run short of copper due to low inventories outside the US.
- Huge inventory build due to uncertainty

Copper Chart

Following up on that...Some Questions
- Isn't the massive inventory build we are seeing due to uncertainly?
- Lots bought before tariffs went into effect - then tariffs reduced...
- Will there be a hangover from a the pull-forward like we have seen in the past?

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