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pic.twitter.com/XPHihSJ9sJ — Francois Trahan, M²SD (@FrancoisTrahan) August 13, 2024 The market doesn't care about macro until it does and then all hell breaks loose. Of course, I remind my readers that credit markets lead the stockmarket typically and we have yet to see a credit crisis emerge (yet being the operative word).
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