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๐Ÿ“‰ Moody's Downgrade Reaction

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May 19, 2025
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Team,

We survived the Moodyโ€™s downgrade! Keep putting one foot in front of the other. HAGE!๐Ÿป

-Andrew

I will be out of office getting married/on my honeymoon from 5/30 โ†’ 6/6 ๐Ÿคต๐Ÿฝ

Market Update ๐Ÿ“Š

Mixed performance across the board๐Ÿ‘‡

Mixed market breadth ๐Ÿ‘‡

GC Gold futures rallied on the Moodyโ€™s downgrade. US Bond futures ZN & ZB closed off their morning lows, but finished in negative territory nonetheless ๐Ÿ‘‡

GDX Gold Miners outperformed โ†’ Risk off ๐Ÿ‘‡

Index Performance May ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Portfolio progress is highly dependent on the market environment

News & Econ Data๐ŸŒŽ

  • Exploring Psychedelic Medicine Is A 'Top Priority' For Trump Administration, FDA Commissioner Says: "This is one of our top priorities at the FDAโ€”to listen to doctors, to listen to patients and to make sure we don't get in the way with red tape." -- MM

  • CHINA SAYS U.S UNDERMINES CONCENSUS REACHED IN GENEVA TALKS || CHINA ASKS U.S TO "CORRECT WRONGDOINGS"

German & Canadian inflation data incoming 5/20๐Ÿ‘‡

US Investing Championship Record๐Ÿ†

USIC 2025 YTD (4/30): +33.0%

USIC 2024: +254.0%

USIC 2023: +103.5%

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