Mid-Day Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

• Volume Running -5.1% Below 100-Day Average 
• Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 14.6 -.3
• 10 Sectors Declining, 1 Sector Rising
• 21.1% of Issues Advancing, 77.3% Declining 
• TRIN/Arms .68 -33.3% 
  
• Non-Block Money Flow -$253.8M
  
• 96 New 52-Week Highs, 8 New Lows
• 53.4% (-2.3%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
• Average 14-Day RSI 65.5 -2.6

Other:

• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 73.7% +.8%
• Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 248.9 -.4%
  
• Morgan Stanley Growth vs Value Index 167.7 +.84%
• CNN Fear & Greed Index 76.0 (EXTREME GREED) -2.0
• Polymarket: US-EU Trade Agreement by July 9th 40.0% +13.0 percentage points
• Polymarket:  Which Countries Will the US Agree to Tariff Agreements with Before August: India 79.0% -6.0 percentage points, Canada 70% +1.0 percentage point
• 1-Day Vix 9.7 -34.0%
  
• Vix 17.7 +1.2%
  
• Total Put/Call .87 -25.6%

Monday Watch

Around X:

• @Business

• The Trump administration’s country-by-country tariffs will take effect Aug. 1, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said, signaling some breathing room for US trading partners ahead of a July 9 deadline previously set by the president.
• US trading partners scrambled to finalize trade deals or lobby for extra time as President Donald Trump said he’s notifying about a dozen countries on Monday of the new tariff levels. 
• South Korean and US trade officials have discussed extending the July 9 deadline for trade deals in a last-minute bid to avert sweeping tariffs from President Donald Trump. 
• In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s July 9 tariffs deadline, equity investors having flashbacks of Liberation Day showed little concern. 
• Prime Minister Mark Carney said a new oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast is “highly likely” to be proposed as a nation-building project. 
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura. 
• Japanese workers’ real wages dropped by the most since September 2023 as inflation continued to outpace salary growth. 
• OPEC+ has announced a surprise increase in oil production, which is expected to lead to a surplus later this year and put pressure on prices for producers.
• Here’s the latest news and analysis on the oil market.
• Here's what you need to know to start your day. 
• Get up to speed on what's moving global markets.

• @ZeroHedge 

• What Prevents Trump From Implementing The "Chainsaw" Approach Like Milei?
• Tchir: The Risk For Stocks Is That The Administration Decides It Was Correct All Along On Tariffs.
• Zelensky's Latest Call With Trump Was 'Most Productive' He's Ever Had. 
• Tropical Storm Chantal Makes Landfall - All Eyes On Possible NYC Path.
• Thailand to Offer US More Trade Concessions to Avert 36% Tariff: BBG.
• Carlson Teases Interview With Iran's President: 'God-Given Right To All Information Americans Can Gather'. 
• 300% Increase In American Investors Defrauded By 'Pump'n'Dump' Stock Fraud: FBI. 
• 'Fact Checkers' Claim NY Mayoral Candidate's "Seize The Means Of Production" Remark Isn't Communist. 
• Trump comments on Musk starting a political party. 
• Retail Buying And Participation Blow Away All Records In H1 2025. (graph)  
• To Make America Great Again, Start Here.
• Texas Floods Kill 50; Search Ongoing For Dozens Of Missing Campers.
• Which Countries Invest In The US The Most?   
• UBS Finds "Chilling Opportunity" In Data Center Cooling.
• Jaguar Sales Plummet By 97.5% After Awful They/Them Rebrand.
• France's Fiscal Reckoning: Is The Eurozone's Second Giant Next In Line?  
• US Reassesses Relations With Colombia As Crime And Cocaine Surge Under Leftist Regime. 
• CNN Stunned As Majority Of Americans Back Trump's Mass Deportation Plan
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• Zohran Mamdani's father believes: The Allies and Nazis had the same goal Abraham Lincoln was Hitler's inspiration White people are the oppressors, America is the root of all evil BLM is the resistance. Blah blah blah. Another wealthy leftist who hates America. Now we know who Zohran gets it from. (video)

• @CNBC 

• Bessent: Tariffs will 'boomerang' back to April levels by Aug. 1 for countries without deals.

• @WSJ 

• Exclusive: Oracle is the latest tech giant to offer the Trump administration a significant discount on its services.
• Meet the startups that are trying to understand artificial-intelligence chatbots and help companies sell online in an era when most consumers use AI for search. 

• @FoxNews

• President @realDonaldTrump calls it "ridiculous" to start a third party after
  @elonmusk launches the "America Party." (video)
• President @realDonaldTrump says his administration is working "very closely" with Texas amid the devastating flash floods. 
• Dick Eastland, the camp director and co-owner of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, reportedly died while trying to save young campers during catastrophic flooding. 
• Johnson says megabill will be 'jet fuel' for economy; teases 2 future bills within next year.
• Iran at 'decision point' after Trump strikes on nuclear program, says US NATO ambassador. 

• @GatewayPundit

• Congress trades stocks because the system is rigged. The STOCK Act was supposed to stop insider deals, but it’s a joke—$200 fines for late disclosures while politicians like Pelosi and Tuberville rack up triple-digit returns. They write the rules, then exploit them. The ETHICS Act to ban trading has been buried by both parties for years. Real reform? They’ll never vote away their golden ticket. Washington’s not broken—it’s a well-oiled grift machine. Cut the corruption, not the checks. See which lawmakers profit while ethics bills gather dust: 
• Fighter Jets Intercept 11th Aircraft Near Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club Over Fourth of July Weekend.
• Trump-Hating Billionaire Mark Cuban and Sellout Anthony Scaramucci Signal Interest in Joining Elon Musk’s New “America Party”.
• WATCH: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Delivers a Brutal Reality Check to Elon Musk as Tesla CEO Looks to Sabotage GOP with Formation of New Political Party.
• Deep State Election Trickery not being forgiven nor forgotten.  
• Major Investment Firm Pulls Support from Tesla, Postpones ETF Launch After Elon Musk Launches New Political Party
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• @MarioNawful  

• BREAKING - FBI: "EPSTEIN WASN’T MURDERED, THERE'S NO CLIENT LIST". Yep, just a regular ol’ convicted sex offender billionaire who died in jail under totally normal, not-at-all-suspicious circumstances. Apparently, the FBI and the Justice Department think Epstein didn’t blackmail anyone, didn’t keep a shady list of VIPs, and totally wasn’t murdered. Nothing to see here, folks… except that nobody is buying it.
• CHINA’S BUILDING A “SPY SCHOOL” NEXT TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND. London's getting a giant new Chinese embassy with room for 200 spies and actual underground “spy dungeons,” and that’s not a movie plot. It’s going up near top-secret data centers and money central, and parts of it are already marked “do not inspect.” Critics say it’s not a cultural center, it’s a “campus for spies with dorms,” and Labour’s just handing over the keys.

• @C_3C_3

• 2020: No arrests. Covid: No arrests. Butler: No arrests. Epstein: No arrests. Autopen: No arrests. Benghazi: No arrests. January 6: No arrests. DOGE Findings: No arrests. Russia Collusion: No arrests: Etc. This is why we don’t trust DC and won’t until people pay.

• @ScottPresler

• I’m Vehemently Opposed to the Creation of a Third Party!!! Let me preface this by saying I support both President Trump & Elon Musk. I think I speak for many — hopefully — that we wish both “dads” can come to an agreement & work together for successful 2026 midterm elections. It is also important to note that, while having a Republican White House, House, & Senate, we must be cognizant that — even w/ a majority — it still proves a challenge to get *every* single thing Republicans want in budget bills. Arguments Against a Third Party: (list)

• @officer_Lew

• JUST IN: “If Republicans lose the House in 2026 — which the creation of a third party is likely to do — there will be no budget for DHS & to deport criminal illegal aliens. We will likely lose 2028 & there goes control over the Census. The border opens up again & it was all for naught.” -@ScottPresler.

• @RedpillDrifter

• Texas gives out weather modification permits and licenses. Research: Texas Weather Modification act of 1967. (pic)

• @matt_vanswol

• #BREAKING: Texas Parks and Wildlife have released footage from a helicopter of the Guadalupe River after the flooding... ...I have no words. The footage coming out of Texas looks so much like what happened here during Hurricane Helene. So awful. (video)

• @HustleBitch_

• This is what happened after cloud seeding triggered massive flooding in Dubai. The UAE tried to force rain and drowned their own city in the process. One week after they modified the weather, areas were still flooded. (video)
• "My name is Augustus Doricko. I'm the CEO and founder of Rainmaker. We're a cloud seeding company that is enhancing precipitation via advanced radar and also drones." (video)

• @MJTruthUltra

• Clearly, patriots do not have control of these dangerous weapons of mass destruction. President Trump has patriots in all the key agencies… so why are these events still occurring? When RFK Jr was asked about Chemtrails, he said he doesn’t know who’s doing it… he “thinks” DARPA is responsible. How do we not know who precisely is spraying our skies and manipulating the weather? And why can’t we stop it? (video)

• @ExxAlerts

• BREAKING: Video emerges of home being completely SWEPT AWAY WITH PEOPLE INSIDE. In Kerrville, Texas. (video)

• @DravenDon

• Multiple States: Nine U.S. states currently conduct cloud seeding operations, authorized by state governments or water management agencies to increase precipitation, particularly in drought-prone areas. These states include California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. For example: Idaho: The Idaho Water Resource Board authorizes cloud seeding from November 1 to April 30 to enhance snowpack, a critical water source. Operations use aircraft and ground-based generators with silver iodide.

• @Liz_Churchill10

• Former CIA’s John Brennan, admits on video that ‘Geo-engineering’ is deliberately real. (video)

OpenVAERS: 

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 1,025,775 Reports(+454 from prior report) Through May 30th, 2025.

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.

Night Trading 

• Asian equity indices are -.5% to +.25% on average. 
• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 72.75 unch.. 
• China Sovereign CDS 47.75 -1.5 basis points.
• China Iron Ore Spot 95.8 USD/Metric Tonne -.1%.
• Polymarket: US-EU Trade Agreement by July 9th 27.0% -4.0 percentage points. 
• Polymarket:  Which Countries Will the US Agree to Tariff Agreements with Before August: India 85.0% +28.0 percentage points, Canada 69% +16.0 percentage points 

• Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 9.03 +.08%.
• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 37.16 -.07%.
• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 74.1 +1.4%.
• US 10-Year Yield 4.33% -2.0 basis points.
• Volatility Index(VIX) futures 20.3 +.9%.
• Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.09%. 
• S&P 500 futures -.42%. 
• NASDAQ 100 futures -.51%.

Morning Preview Links

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly lower, weighed down by commodity and financial shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly lower and to rally into the afternoon, finishing mixed.  The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the day.

Today's Headlines

Around X:

• @Business

• French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said Europe must shore up its tariff barriers to counter Chinese imports that risk harming the continent’s industrial economy.
• Hamas said it is ready to “immediately” start negotiations with Israel on a proposal by US President Donald Trump for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.
• Western nations are racing to break their dependence on China for critical minerals. An aging smelter in Australia could be a test case in how much governments are willing to spend to catch up. 
• Foxconn reported 15.8% growth in quarterly sales on robust demand for AI servers and iPhones.
• Europe will be able to withstand the European Commission's proposed ban on Russian gas imports from 2028, the head of TotalEnergies told BFM Business television.
• President Javier Milei is counting on a shale-oil boom in Argentina to cement his libertarian economic reforms.
• The euro cannot quickly supplant the dollar as the anchor of the world’s financial system, European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said. 
• The US Secret Service's Global Investigative Operations Center is using digital tools and patience to trace and seize fraudulent cryptocurrency assets worldwide.
• Tropical Storm Chantal has formed off the southeast US coast, with tropical storm warnings issued for portions of the Carolinas. 
• Leveraging home sensors and AI, Whisker Labs has developed new ways to rapidly track electricity flows to detect grid faults — leaving some power providers trailing. 
• What happened in the global economy this week — in charts.  

• @Zerohedge 

• Texas Floods Kill 24; Search Underway For Missing Girls From Summer Camp. 
• Victor Davis Hanson Dismantles "Experts" Who Keep Getting Trump Wrong.
• Europe being Europe. Consensus estimates now project STOXX 600 y/y EPS to be flat in Q2. Zero growth! 
• Hamas Submits 'Positive Response' To US-Backed Ceasefire As Pressure Mounts On Netanyahu.
• "The Struggle To Get 'Normal' Again Is Epic... And Harsh...".
• OPEC+ Boosts Output More Than Expected In Quest To Snuff Shale.
• Americans Must Oppose The Establishment Of An East Asian NATO.
• This Is The Income A Family Needs To Be Middle Class, By State.
• French Left-Wing MPs Introduce Amendment To "Reduce" Coverage Of Migrant Crime Stories.   
• MUST READ: “John Brennan was my boss.” He and Jim Comey “deserve to rot in prison, along with anyone in the Obama White House or Clinton campaign who colluded with them.” 
• The Spiderweb & The Lion: Subversive Infiltration And US National Security. 

• @BarronsOnline

• Had bullish commentary on (AMRZ), (AAPL) and (META).

• @IGSquawk 

• Weekend markets update: #DAX 23752 -0.05% #DOW 44538 +0.04% #NASDAQ 22695 +0.03% #FTSE 8797 +0.02% #ASX 8615 +0.01% #GBPUSD 13648 -0.02% #EURUSD 11778 -0.01% #GOLD 3337 +0.02% #USOIL 6564 -0.36% #TSLA 31530 +0.03%.

• Polymarket

• US-EU Trade Agreement by July 9. 28% Chance.
• 50% Tariff Goes into Effect on EU by July 9. 8% Chance. 

• @WSJ

• Trump’s tax bill landed on a $40,000 SALT deduction cap. Here’s what to know.
• Why would someone who emigrated to the U.S. from a poor country champion ideas that keep poor countries poor? The rise of Ugandan-born Indian-American socialist Zohran Mamdani raises the question, writes @dhume.
• What President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ means for renewable-energy companies.
• A new crop of startups are betting on the rapid demise of traditional Google search. 
• Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been preparing for decades for a clash with the U.S., taking lessons from Soviet failures. 
• Whether to loosen the government’s ultratight controls on marijuana is among the matters President Trump inherited from Joe Biden. Trump should end the dangerous social experiment, writes @CharlesFLehman. 

• @CNBC

• Gen Z and millennials embrace health and wellness. These stocks could benefit.
• The tech sector still has legs in the second half, and Deepwater's Gene Munster likes these names.
• Morgan Stanley says buy these five stocks that are set to rally.
• From mustard makeovers to beef tallow, six food and beverage trends that could take over.  

• @LauraLoomer

• I warned you about Zohran Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani. Before he even won the Democrat nomination, pro-Hamas jihadist Linda Sarsour @lsarsour gave his campaign a max donation. She runs a group funded by Neo Philanthropy to get radical Muslims elected in America, and she proudly calls Siraj Wahhaj her mentor. Wahhaj was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His son ran a jihadi compound in New Mexico where he trained kids to commit terrorist attacks. These are the people who are backing Mamdani. This is who’s trying to take over New York City. Oh, and guess where Siraj Wahhaj’s mosque is located where he’s an imam? New York City. (video)

• @FoxNews 

• TRAGEDY IN TEXAS: @realDonaldTrump vows support for victims of the deadly flash floods, promising federal aid and offering prayers for impacted families. (pic)
• WATCH LIVE: DHS Sec Noem speaks amid frantic search for missing girls after flood. (video)
• NY Times addresses backlash over report on NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani's college application.
• Democrats project doom and gloom, not celebration, with July 4 messages.
• Republicans praise 'big, beautiful bill’s' work requirement for Medicaid: ‘We’ve got to get back to work’.

• @GatewayPundit 

• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Bill to Ban Weather Modification Chemicals in Bold Push Against Geoengineering. 
• Report: European Union to Sanction Israel Next Week Over Gaza War.
• RINO Rep. Don Bacon Says He Is Retiring Because Congress Is Time-Consuming: “I Don’t Want to Do 14-Hour Days and DC 4 Days a Week Anymore”.
• Free Speech under Massive Attack in Germany: Police Raids, Violent Attacks, Antifa Threaten to CAPSIZE Cruise Ship Rented by Conservatives.
• DOGE Team Terminates 256 Wasteful Contracts Worth $14.3 Billion – Including $850k USAID Contract for “Resilience Adviser” in Somalia. 
• The Biggest Exodus of Wealth Is Happening in a Western Nation, And the US Should Take Note. 
• Feds Breeding Billions of Flies, Planning to Dump Them on Texas and Mexico.
• Every Newborn in America to Receive $1,000 Investment Account After President Trump Signs ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. 

• @MarketWatch 

• Investors traded a record $6.6 trillion worth of stock in the first half of 2025.

• @WallStreetApes

• HUGE Marjorie Taylor Greene is introducing a bill to BAN spraying our skies with toxic chemicals. Weather Modification will finally be BANNED. It’s not a ‘conspiracy theory.’ In this clip they’re showing you exactly how it works, custom installed switches in the planes and then showing the chemicals being activated and sprayed into the air and we wonder why we have a chronic disease epidemic in America between this, vaccines and our toxic chemical in our foods RFK Jr promised to make it a priority to STOP this. (video)

• @BGatesIsaPsycho

• Remember when the conspiracy theorists tried telling you they were manipulating the weather by spraying stuff in the sky all day long? And we showed you a few million clips of it happening? Now the Weather is going crazy everywhere? Go figure. (video)

• @nicksortor

• HORRIFYING: The number of missing in the Texas floods is currently UNKNOWN, and could dramatically increase. This is an RV park near Kerrville that was filled to the brim with campers for July 4th weekend, and it’s all been swept away. RVs are caught up in trees way down the river. For that reason, authorities say they’re having a tough time determining the number of missing people. Just awful. (video)
• BREAKING: HUNDREDS of National Guard troops are being deployed to assist with Search and Rescue operations in Central Texas amid catastrophic flooding. MANY roads are impassable. Rescue helicopters are having a tough time flying due to continued inclement weather. PRAY. Please. This is getting worse. (video)

• @MrAndyNgo

• I hope people don't forget this. (graph)

• @KobeissiLetter

• BREAKING: Elon Musk officially forms the "America Party" to challenge both Republicans and Democrats.
• The "buy the dip" strategy has been remarkably effective this year: The cumulative return from buying the Nasdaq 100 after a down day has been ~32% year-to-date, the highest in 5 years. At this pace, 2025 is on track to record the best year for this strategy since at least 1985. This has even outperformed the returns seen during the Dot-Com Bubble years of 1998 and 1999. By comparison, the return at this point last year was just ~5%. This comes as the Nasdaq 100 has been down in 51 out of 124 trading days so far this year. Volatility is a trading opportunity. (graph) 

• @HealthRanger

• Highly suspicious weather pattern during Texas flooding: (video)

• @realstewpeters

• How in the hell does a river rise 26 FEET in just 45 min? (video)

• @averytomascowx

• New info out of Ingram, TX is hard to stomach. This is video from the back of Howdy's Bar and Chill restaurant. There is usually a large RV park here, closer to the Guadalupe River. It was all swept away with families reportedly still in their campers. (video)

• @FinanceLancelot

• Coinbase $COIN Conor Grogan believes an $8 billion Bitcoin whale wallet has been compromised. If confirmed, this will be the largest Bitcoin heist in history.

OpenVAERS: 

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 1,025,775 Reports(+454 from prior report) Through May 30th, 2025. 

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.