Gold at five thousand and counting, the ultimate “freedom asset” rising on the fumes of fear and the ashes of trust.

Geopolitical chaos has become the new bull market - panic is the new yield curve.

The Fed still plays its favorite metaverse game: Powell Simulator 2026, where one joystick controls “independence” and the other quietly obeys election season whispers.

Investors pretend to “monitor data” while actually watching the spectacle of confidence data tracking public delusion levels.

Meanwhile, the dollar flexes between “strong” and “gradually dying,” like a fitness influencer on their seventh detox.