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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 28m

The gold price action at this point is simple: Asset managers, reserve managers and pension managers around the world have concluded the US has become less reliable, and they hold too many $. Given the dearth of alternatives, managers are slowly diversifying into gold. But the gold market is tiny.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 12h

Gold the anti-Trump asset. Ironic.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 21h

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral
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Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 22h

haha

Dow @dow.bsky.social · 22h

Fresh interview. ICYMI
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Timothy Graf on X: "ICYMI, last week’s pod with @mark_dow was #gold...which was one of, like, 85 topics we covered in this tour de force. It also broke every download record we have, so you know it’s good. Thanks for that, Mark. @BehavioralMacro" / X

ICYMI, last week’s pod with @mark_dow was #gold...which was one of, like, 85 topics we covered in this tour de force. It also broke every download record we have, so you know it’s good. Thanks for that, Mark. @BehavioralMacro

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 1d

The frog of war

Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 1d

Look at what they have to face

Person dressed in a silly looking frog costume at a protest.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 1d

Even a very small amount of diversification out of the dollar and dollar assets can represent massive inflows for the markets these funds flow to. This is a point that I think doesn't get enough attention. After all, this game is about flows and absorption elasticities.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 1d

the tacos de cachete at tacos los hermanos in lone pine came in a close 2nd.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 1d

tikki chana, dal makhani and naan.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 1d

Comfort food for Punjabi truck drivers in the Central Valley fully lived up to its promise.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Nikkei rallies massively on the back of a higher discount rate

Blurry TV Headlines @blurrytvheadlines.numbergoup.com · 2d

JAPAN 40-YEAR BOND YIELD RISES 14 BASIS POINTS TO 3.52%

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 2d

Pup got her swim in tho

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 2d

GM

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 4d

Weekend

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Shishiqiushi @shishiqiushi.bsky.social · 5d

Whenever someone says something was a "zirp phenomenon" they have no idea what they are talking about

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 5d

Live shot of the gold market. $GC_F $GLD

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 6d

The dogs of the dow enjoy ample liquidity

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 7d

Bengals. IYKYK.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 10d

Cody’s having his best day ever. Just like tomorrow.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 11d

Weekend.

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 12d

J’enpoche, donc je suis…

…en prison

CNN @cnn.com · 13d

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing.
https://cnn.it/42bCbv5

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 12d

It's all fun and games until gold goes red

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13d

Corruption.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 14d

THE DAILY: President Trump and his inner circle are making millions of $$ from agreements that intersect with America’s national security interests, a NYT investigation found.

Eric Lipton explains why these conflicts of interest are unlike anything we’ve seen before

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/p...

The U.A.E. Got A.I. Chips. Trump’s Inner Circle Got Crypto Riches.

www.nytimes.com

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 13d

Wait. What?

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 13d

My old assistant, whenever I was about to click on “post”

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