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Korean stock market volatility is now higher than it was during both the Global Financial Crisis an the late 90s Asian financial crisis pic.twitter.com/a2hQ3a7WGP
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) July 16, 2026
This year:
The US stock market is up 11%
GDP growth is in the 2-3% range
Inflation sits at 3.5%
The 10 yr treasury yield is yielding 4.5%
Is this the most normal year possible for markets?
Everything is average
— Ben Carlson (@awealthofcs) July 15, 2026
Are you hearing the word “bubble” everywhere these days?
I counted every mention of “bubble” across hundreds of episodes from two of my favorite investing podcasts.
Can you see the trend?
🧵 pic.twitter.com/qzU54A2xDY— Zook (@zook_data) July 14, 2026
This chart ended in 2024. Here’s the updated one. pic.twitter.com/hbBMtU3xY0
— ₿rett (@brettmacro) July 18, 2026
This is almost hard to believe…
Disney spent ~$129B acquiring Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, ESPN, and Fox (~$182B in today’s dollars).
Throw in all their legacy assets and the entire company’s market cap is ~$169B.
— Jake (@EconomPic) July 16, 2026
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