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- 📊 UMich prelim Feb sentiment beat (57.3 vs 55.0 est; 56.4 prior) with 1Y inflation expectations cooling to 3.5% (from 4.0%)—a near-term “disinflation + growth resilience” combo that can reprice Fed-path risk today.
- 📊 Details: current conditions 58.3 (vs 53.7 est; 55.4 prior) while expectations 56.6 (vs 55.1 est; 57.0 prior); 5Y inflation expectations ticked up to 3.4% (vs 3.3% prior/est), keeping longer-run inflation credibility in focus.
- 📊 Catalyst stack is front-loaded: Fed’s Jefferson at 12:00 ET, US consumer credit at 15:00 ET, plus all-day Iran–US meeting headline risk; pre-open earnings cluster (notably $CNC, $MKTX, $CBOE, $PIPR) adds single-name volatility to a consolidation regime.
- 📊 🎯 Risk-off: China’s **8-agency** crackdown tightens the noose on digital-asset rails—banning **unapproved offshore issuance of RMB/CNY-linked stablecoins** and flagging **unapproved RWA tokenization** as an enforcement target.
- 📊 PBOC’s 2026-02-06 notice reiterates crypto-related activities as illegal financial activities, extends the posture to continued mining enforcement, and explicitly bars **financial institutions + non-bank payment firms** from providing **accounts/transfers/clearing** tied to crypto activity.
- 📊 Policy is framed around **monetary sovereignty** and restricting cross-border token issuance by onshore entities and their offshore units; adds headline risk across stablecoin issuers, exchanges/crypto services, and tokenization/RWA platforms (incl. broad baskets like the **Coinbase C50**).
- 📊 What to watch: follow-through on implementation/approval pathways for RMB-linked issuance offshore, and whether the RWA language signals broader restrictions beyond stablecoins. #Crypto #Stablecoins #ChinaRegulation $C50 #Crypto #Stablecoins #ChinaRegulation
- 📊 🎯 $RBLX +21% AH to $73.31 (from $60.6) as Q4 prints re-accelerating engagement/Bookings despite -$0.45 EPS and a ~$318M GAAP net loss. DAU 144M (+69% YoY) and Hours Engaged 35B (+88% YoY) drove Bookings ~$2.22B (+63% YoY) on Revenue ~$1.42B (~$1.415B); Q4 OCF $607M (+229% YoY) and FCF $307M
- 📊 (+155% YoY) underscore improving cash conversion even as ABPDAU $15.38 (-4% YoY) flags monetization pressure. Forward read-through: FY26 Bookings guide $8.28B–$8.55B and FY26 revenue $6.02B–$6.29B, with AI deployment (400+ models) + age verification (45% of DAU) framing both durability and
- 📊 near-term friction; note post-print whipsaw (initial ~-4% then +22%/+23%). Watch: follow-through in risk-on tape + options positioning ($RBLX 90c 02/20 at 0.57; $RBLX 70C 2/6) alongside $RDDT’s earnings surprise (EPS $1.24 vs $0.093; rev $725M vs $667M) and buyback support.
- 📊 🎯 Breadth is masking index pain: $SPY -1.99% vs $RSP +0.23% (and another tape where $SPY >-0.4% while $RSP >+0.4%) underscores rotation away from mega-cap tech/AI rather than indiscriminate de-risking. Cap-weighted pressure is concentrated: $GOOGL -5% premarket post-earnings; $SPY has
- 📊 broken/held below its 50DMA while $VIX risks another “spasm” into 10AM ET JOLTS. Risk-off pockets persist with after-hours $QQQ -1.4% and forced-selling signals across high-beta/alternatives ($IBIT -5.2%, $GLD -3.0%, $SLV -11.5%).
- 📊 History matters: this breadth-divergence setup has occurred 11x since 2003; $SPX was higher 12M later 91.7% of the time (+18.5% avg), with >70% of constituents rising even as the index fell. Watch: whether $SPX stabilizes vs its 50sma after the 3% / -222pt drop from the 7002 ATH, and if $RSP
- 📊 🎯 Stellantis ($STLA) in forced strategic reset: ~€22B (≈$26B) EV-related charges plus a 2026 dividend suspension are driving a sharp risk-off repricing (down ~-14% to ~-23%; Milan -14.4% and halted). The reset follows management’s overestimation of EV demand, including scrapping/scaling back EV
- 📊 programs and cancellations (incl. Ram 1500 BEV) and exiting the Canadian battery JV with LG Energy Solution; market focus is now shifting to profitability and cash durability. Guidance read-through is punitive: 2H25 preliminary net loss €19B–€21B on low single-digit operating margin, with €1.6B
- 📊 tariff costs flagged and a cited €6.5B cash hit—raising execution and capital return risk across legacy OEMs. What to watch: confirmation of cost-out and revised EV roadmap vs. further program cuts, plus any update to the 2H25 revenue frame (€78–80bn) as volatility remains elevated post-halt.
- 🔬 Rising tail-risk for Mexico-exposed assets: reported US signals of potential unilateral action against cartels + expanding tariff threats are increasing cross-border disruption risk on an immediate horizon (confidence: MEDIUM). Context (why it matters + source quality): Secondary reporting (NYT
- 🔬 opinion link not accessible) indicates Trump privately urged to “start now hitting land” (early Jan, per KJZZ/regional public radio—medium credibility) and that US military training for ground operations in Mexico was reported in November (Le Monde—high credibility).
- 🔬 Mexico appears to be using tactical concessions as a pressure-release valve: 37 cartel members were transferred to the US in late January (reported as the 3rd large transfer under Sheinbaum). Separately, an executive order dated Jan 29 reportedly threatened tariffs on countries shipping oil to
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- 📊 🎯 Asia risk-off deepens: South Korea led the selloff with KOSPI -3.86% (≈-4%), a 5% drop in KOSPI 200 futures triggering a Korea Exchange “sidecar” and a 5-minute program-trading halt. Tech/semis were the epicenter on “AI disruption worries” + chip weakness: $Samsung -5.6%, $SKHynix -5.4%;
- 📊 $SoftBank -6% after $Arm sales disappointed. Cross-asset pressure echoed in Gold -1%, Silver ~-10%, Bitcoin -3%, Ethereum -2.5%. Flows/positioning underscore stress: foreign investors net sold 4.99tn KRW ($3.4B) of KOSPI constituents (record), institutions sold 2.07tn KRW ($1.41B); March
- 📊 futures cumulative net sell 5.9265tn KRW with near-ATM put demand and calls noted around 760. Watch: KOSPI futures support at 742.25/742.5; follow-through risk rises if volatility stays at a YTD high and selling persists into the cash/derivatives close.
- 🔬 HRW flags 2025 as a “tipping point” in US democratic erosion—shifting investor risk from episodic policy noise to persistent rule‑of‑law variance (medium confidence; immediate horizon). Why it matters: Human Rights Watch (high-credibility human-rights documentation; advocacy lens) and Brennan
- 🔬 Center (high-credibility legal analysis) emphasize accelerating executive-power expansion alongside weakened checks (muted Congressional oversight, alleged court-order defiance). Measurable external confidence shock: NATO-allied approval of the US reportedly fell to **21% in 2026** (Bush
- 🔬 Center—reputable perception metric). Operational signal: HRW reports **“hundreds”** of ICE raids described as “unnecessarily violent and abusive” (non-standardized count; treat as directional). What to watch / actionable implications: - **Rule-of-law dispersion risk:** Higher variance in
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- Nothin' to worry about, software about to bounce anytime now. 🤷♂️
- 📊 🎯 Risk-off tape with macro timing risk: government shutdown disruption has shifted focus to a compressed BLS calendar (CPI moved to Friday), while alternative inflation gauges print far below official CPI. Crypto/commodities led downside: BTC $71,336 (-6.21%), ETH $2,118 (-6.27%); WTI $63.98
- 📊 (-1.78%), Brent $68.22 (-1.79%), Gold $4,905 (-0.93%); US10Y 4.269% (-0.21%). Truflation daily CPI 1.01% YoY vs BLS Dec CPI 2.7% (claimed 45–72 day lead), keeping the disinflation narrative contested. Single-name volatility: $BE beat (EPS $0.45 vs $0.30; rev $777.68M vs $645.32M) and guided
- 📊 above (FY EPS $1.41 vs $1.12; rev $3.20B vs $2.58B), stock $136.09 (-4.2%) reg / $151.32 (+10.95%) AH. $BLSH adjusted rev $92.5M vs $87.9M but GAAP EPS -$3.73 vs -$0.81; tape chatter points to support around the $26 area. Watch: JOLTS today 10am (Dec openings trend down); NFP Wed Feb 11 8:30am;
