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July 2025

Three Bullet Thursday
one article 📰 + one podcast 🎧 + one song 🎵
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🏭 Still Pretending Manufacturing = Jobs
We actually manufacture a lot in the U.S. - it just doesn't nee a lot of workers...
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Sector Sunday 📊
SP500 ↑+0.3% | 5 out of 11 sectors up, last 10-days
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Jun 🌎 Temp. Anomaly: +0.98°C (🟠 ↑ 0.05°C/yr)
June 2025 global temperatures were about +0.98°C warmer than 1901 - 2000 base period averages; June temperature anomalies increased by ↑+0.05°C / year…
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Forecast Friday 📈
15 Day Forecast: 🐂SP500 ▲+0.5% | 🅱️BTC ▲+1.0% | 🏛️10Yr Treasury Yld ▲+0.4% | 🚨VIX Volatility ▼-1.2% | ⚜️Gold ▲+0.3% (as of 7/10/25)
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⬆️ GDP Nowcast: Q2, 2025: +1.5%
Growth is looking sub-par for Q2
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Decoupling Health Insurance & Employment🩺✂️💼
Tying health insurance to employment was never a grand design — just a WWII workaround that stuck. Decoupling health insurance from work is a good…
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