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My Investing Muse (19Jan2026) Layoffs, Bankruptcy & Closure news Big Tech is quietly moving jobs overseas. 52% of tech and banking professionals say their companies will increase hiring in India in 2026. 38% say those hires are replacing US jobs. 93% of employees at global firms expect India's headcount to keep expanding. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, eBay… the shift is real. This is not globalisation. It is workforce offshoring in plain sight. - IB Times CITIGROUP Layoffs -- They are done with participation trophies. Jane Fraser: “We are not graded on effort. We are judged on results.” This week: 1,000 jobs cut. Target: 20,000+ total. - X user Amanda Goodall My Final Thoughts War threats against Iran and Greenland remain unresolved despite diplomatic efforts, heightening global con

News and my thoughts from the past week (19Jan2026)TRUMP THREATENS TARIFFS OVER GREENLAND "I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security." - ClashReportBig Banks Are Secretly Part-Owners of Super-Risky Loan Funds And That Increases The Risk Of A 2008 Type Crisis with Private Credit - X user Kristen ShaughnessyBREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just CONFIRMED, we’re bleeding AT LEAST $600 BILLION in FRAUDULENT spending EVERY SINGLE YEAR! Elon Musk says that’s the LOW END! - X user Gunther EaglemanTomorrow, in an unprecedented move, President Trump is expected to announce an "emergency power auction" that would force technology giants to pay for new power plants. The initiative is expected to construct $15 BILLION wor

Market Outlook of S&P500 (19Jan2026) Technical Analysis Overview MACD Indicator The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator has completed a top crossover, which implies a bearish outlook. Moving Averages The price action, as depicted by the candlesticks, is currently situated above both the 50-day and 200-day moving average (MA) lines. This positioning indicates a bullish trend in both the short-term and long-term outlooks. Furthermore, both the 50 MA and the 200 MA are trending upward, reinforcing the positive trend. Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) The three Exponential Moving Averages (EMA) lines are showing a bullish outlook as they continue to fan upwards. Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) The Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) currently registers at 0.11 and is also trending upward

Earnings Calendar (19Jan2026) Procter & Gamble (PG): Stock and Financial Performance Overview Stock Price Performance and Analyst Sentiment Over the past year, Procter & Gamble’s stock price has declined by 7.9%, reflecting a steady downward trend in its one-year chart. Technical analysis currently offers a “Neutral” outlook, while analyst sentiment remains positive, issuing a “Buy” recommendation. The consensus price target is $165.68, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. With a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of approximately 21, PG is considered fairly valued in comparison to the consumer staples industry average P/E of 21.8. 10-Year Financial Performance PG has demonstrated steady financial growth over the past decade. Revenue increased from $65.2 billion in 2016 to $84.

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases for January 2026 (week of 19Jan2026) Martin Luther King Jr. Day In the coming week, the United States will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 19. As a result, it will be a public holiday, and financial markets in the U.S. will be closed in observance. Key Economic Releases in China On the same day, China is scheduled to release its year-on-year Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results for the fourth quarter. The forecast for this period stands at 4.4%, compared to the previous quarter’s figure of 4.8%. Monitoring these results will be important, as they may influence global market sentiment. Significant U.S. Events and Data Releases On January 21, attention will turn to the United States as President Trump is set to deliver a speech. This

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases for January 2026 (week of 19Jan2026) Martin Luther King Jr. Day In the coming week, the United States will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 19. As a result, it will be a public holiday, and financial markets in the U.S. will be closed in observance. Key Economic Releases in China On the same day, China is scheduled to release its year-on-year Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results for the fourth quarter. The forecast for this period stands at 4.4%, compared to the previous quarter’s figure of 4.8%. Monitoring these results will be important, as they may influence global market sentiment. Significant U.S. Events and Data Releases On January 21, attention will turn to the United States as President Trump is set to deliver a speech. This

China's 2025 trade surplus reached a record $1.19 trillion, up 20% from 2024, with exports to the EU rising 8.4% while imports fell 0.4%, boosting the bilateral surplus by 18.1%; the surge with Germany was extreme at 108%, now comprising nearly a third of China's EU surplus, as verified by official customs data. U.S. tariffs under Trump reduced bilateral trade—exports to the U.S. dropped 20%, imports 14.6%—prompting China to redirect subsidized goods like EVs and solar panels to Europe, exploiting open markets and undervalued currency to undercut local producers. Germany's auto sector, reliant on China for sales, faces deindustrialization risks from this influx, mirroring broader EU vulnerabilities; a 2025 IMF report notes such overcapacity could erode 2-3% of EU manufacturing output ann

Here’s a clear summary of the latest CPI report (Consumer Price Index – December 2025) from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) official release: CPI details from official BLS website Summary by ChatGPT: 🧾 Headline Inflation (All Items) Monthly change: CPI-U (all items) rose 0.3 % in December 2025 (seasonally adjusted). Annual change: Up 2.7 % over the past 12 months (not seasonally adjusted), the same annual increase as in November. 📊 Core Inflation (Excluding Food & Energy) Core CPI increased 0.2 % in December and is up 2.6 % over the year. 🍎 Food and Energy Food prices: rose 3.1 % year-over-year, with food at home and food away from home both contributing. Energy index: up 2.3 % annually. 🔍 Major Contributors Shelter costs were the largest monthly contributor, increasing 0.4

My Investing Muse (05Jan2026) Layoffs, Bankruptcy & Closure news My Final Thoughts Venezuela and Greenland: Emerging Tensions It takes more than Delta Force to get the Venezuelan oil - dilution, extracting, blending, transporting, storing, sour and more. Investments are needed for hardware, software, skilled labour, maintenance, infrastructure, supply chain, management and more. Remember Afghanistan & Iran? As of 2026, Venezuela’s rare earth output is zero, with no significant processing capacity due to political instability and lack of infrastructure. Reserves in the Orinoco Arc are estimated at 300,000+ metric tons, worth $200B+. Improvements: Foreign investment (e.g., U.S. partnerships), infrastructure upgrades, eco-friendly mining tech, and political stability post-Maduro could

News and my thoughts from the past week (12Jan2026) China has 34 nuclear reactors under construction. The USA has no large nuclear reactors under construction. No power expansion means no AI expansion - X user Jason Smith. We can print money, but we cannot print energy. Collectively, the amount of Billionaire wealth that has left California in the last month is now in excess of $700B. That means the $2T of California wealth they expected to tax is now down to $1.3T and falling quickly. I would not be surprised if 2026 ended with less than $1T of billionaire wealth in California and decades and hundreds of lawsuits. - Chamath Palihapitiya Without being able to charge rates adequate enough to cover losses and to earn an adequate return on equity, credit card lenders will cancel cards for mil