Here’s a good example of how percentages can definitely tell a different story than absolute values. Anyone ready to invest in South Sudan?

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Here’s a good example of how percentages can definitely tell a different story than absolute values. Anyone ready to invest in South Sudan?

The grand experiment Michael Saylor has executed with his company Strategy (MSTR) is looking pretty shaky. The company is basically a giant Bitcoin holding company, and the BTC falls 25% (totally conceivable) all of his profits will be zeroed out. Interestingly, whereas MSTR and BTC used to be arm-in-arm, they are becoming increasingly divergent.

Just a few charts to highlight the shallow selloff and subsequent strength we’ve witnessed over the past month with respect to precious metals; silver in particular had a banner day on Wednesday:

The market is ungodly boring right now, so I will simply share with you my eight favorite short positions right now, since, frankly, I have nothing else to talk about! As usual, click on any of them for a bigger view.

