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Patterns in Play

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Good morning, everyone. Well, this promises to be an interesting week. Tons of economic data and even more tons of earnings reports.

Of course, given 2023’s legacy, we approach the new week with all green equity futures. Just about the only red on anyone’s screen isn’t even related to equities, but crypto. From mid-June to mid-July, Bitcoin shot up 25% based on the latest Reason To Buy This Thing, which was that institutions were cobbling together funds so ordinary people could lose their money on it. Well, the thrill is gone, and BTC has eroded from around $31k to $29k in the past few days.

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