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📉 Moody's Downgrade Reaction

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Andrew O'Connell, CFA, FRM
May 19, 2025
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Team,

We survived the Moody’s downgrade! Keep putting one foot in front of the other. HAGE!🍻

-Andrew

I will be out of office getting married/on my honeymoon from 5/30 → 6/6 🤵🏽

Market Update 📊

Mixed performance across the board👇

Mixed market breadth 👇

GC Gold futures rallied on the Moody’s downgrade. US Bond futures ZN & ZB closed off their morning lows, but finished in negative territory nonetheless 👇

GDX Gold Miners outperformed → Risk off 👇

Index Performance May 📈

Portfolio progress is highly dependent on the market environment

News & Econ Data🌎

  • Exploring Psychedelic Medicine Is A 'Top Priority' For Trump Administration, FDA Commissioner Says: "This is one of our top priorities at the FDA—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 5/20👇

US Investing Championship Record🏆

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

USIC 2024: +254.0%

USIC 2023: +103.5%

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