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Legendary commodities trader Peter Brandt has revealed that he is considering selling a portion of his Bitcoin holdings to reallocate the capital into gold. He has predicted that the lustrous metal is currently on track to “gain substantially on Bitcoin.” A major reversal? The chart attached by Brandt shows Bitcoin’s massive outperformance against the traditional safe-haven asset. However, the price action has flattened out in recent years. There is now a distinct rounding bottom or “saucer” pattern. I am contemplating selling some of my Bitcoin and going to Gold with the money.Looks to me that Gold is going to gain…

GPW, formally known as Gielda Papierow Wartosciowych w Warszawie SA (ISIN PLGPW0000017), operates the primary securities exchange in Poland from its base in Warsaw. As the exchange operator, the company provides the core infrastructure for trading in equities, derivatives and other listed instruments, enabling domestic and international investors to participate in the Polish capital market. For investors, GPW is effectively the gateway through which many Polish corporates raise capital and maintain a public listing.Exchange operator at the center of Polish marketsGPW’s main activity is the operation and development of the regulated market for shares and other securities issued by Polish…

India has come a long way since its independence from colonial rule in 1947. It started as a mixed economy where elements of both capitalism and socialism coexisted uneasily. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, was a self-declared Fabian socialist who admired the Soviet Union. His daughter, Indira Gandhi, amended the constitution in 1976 and declared India to be a socialist country. She nationalized banks, insurance companies, mines and more. Gandhi tied Indian industry in chains. She imposed capacity constraints, price controls, foreign exchange control and red tape. India’s colonial-era bureaucracy now ran the commanding heights of the economy. Such measures…

Field Of Gold has been retired from racing after a bacterial lung infection ruled him out of a return to Group 1 competition this season, bringing the career of Europe’s champion three-year-old miler to an earlier-than-expected conclusion. Juddmonte confirmed the colt will recover fully but will instead be prepared for stud duties, where he will stand at the operation from 2027. The setback prevented Field Of Gold from taking his place in the Lockinge Stakes and the Queen Anne Stakes, two races that had been identified as major targets. Although the prognosis for a full recovery…

Not all that long ago, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) had the wind in its sails. The cryptocurrency reached an all-time high of $126,210 in October of last year, but has since plunged 53%. There isn’t one simple answer for the sell-off, but what’s clear is that investors have headed for the exits, in search of better places to put their money. The big question is whether Bitcoin will follow its past pattern of mass sell-offs, only to regain ground and surpass previous highs. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a…

Carl Pray, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, retired from Rutgers on January 1, 2026. Effective January 1, Carl Pray, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, retired from Rutgers University, concluding a remarkable 40-year career defined by scholarship, global engagement and service for the greater good. A member of the faculty since 1986, Pray made pathbreaking contributions to agricultural science and technology policy, with research spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America. Trained as an economic historian, he earned his doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania and brought a global…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

Bitcoin (BTC) options expiring July 8 have turned call-heavy, with traders positioning for higher prices. The expiry lands the same day the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its June meeting.Call volume has outpaced puts across the contracts. Glassnode says fading demand for downside protection could mark early optimism returning to the market.Bitcoin options open interest by strike price for the July 8 expiry, with max pain marked at $63,000. Source: DeribitCall Positioning Builds Into the ExpiryCall volume reached 6,258 contracts over 24 hours against 3,610 puts on Deribit as of this writing, delivering a put-call ratio of 0.58.Open interest leans…

Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in fixed income, equity, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With more than 1,300 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and over $1.4 trillion in assets under management as…

Children’s homes and care placements are not ordinary commodities. Yet Britain has allowed some of its most sensitive public services to become assets in private equity portfolios: bought, loaded with debt, restructured and sold, while the state continues to fund the contracts and vulnerable people carry the risk when things go wrong.Private equity’s role in public services is not notional. The year after Compass Community was sold by its owner, Graphite Capital, to another private equity group, Cap10, the poor state of some of its children’s homes was made plain by Ofsted reports. Inspectors who visited two homes in England…