Market News: | Google $GOOG ( ▼ 0.63% ) , Microsoft $MSFT ( ▼ 0.63% ) , Meta $META ( ▼ 2.82% ) , Amazon $AMZN ( ▼ 2.2% ) , Apple $AAPL ( ▼ 5.0% ) : Big Tech leadership in US stock market breaking down? Gold bounces back from near one-week low, US inflation data in focus Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation Munich Security Conference takes place February 13-15, Rubio warns of defining moment, comes in wake of moves by Trump to upend global order Trump plans to roll back some tariffs on steel and aluminum goods, aluminum declines US Taiwan finalize deal to cut tariffs, boost purchases of US goods EU plans to deepen single market in March, accelerate capital markets union From Anthropic to xAI—The AI Arms Race Is Heating Up. Meet the Next Contender* (ad)
| | Let's be real, this was not a quiet week. Gold swung wildly and bounces back. | Big Tech leadership is under pressure. Anthropic is now worth more than Goldman Sachs. | A three-day tech selloff quietly reshuffled billions in investor money. And two major trade developments changed the math for entire sectors. | Grab a coffee. Here's everything that mattered. | | | | | Precious Metals Moves | | Key Points: | Thursday's 3% fall was about raising cash, not a change in gold's long-term story. Gold is still up 70%, silver up 160% over the year. Watch today's CPI number
| Thursday was ugly for gold. Prices dropped more than 3%, dragging spot gold below $5,000/oz for the first time in nearly a week. Silver fell even harder, down 11% in a single session. By Friday morning, gold bounces back to around $4,983. | Silver steadied around $76 on Friday but was still set to decline for the third straight week, following another widespread selloff on Thursday as volatility returned. | No single headline caused it. What happened was a broad selloff across stocks, crypto, and commodities, the kind that hits when investors get scared and need to raise cash fast. | Markets are watching today's CPI data closely. If January's numbers come in hotter than expected, the Federal Reserve stays on hold longer, and that tends to weigh on gold in the short term. Stronger-than-expected jobs data earlier this week has already pushed rate-cut expectations from June to July. | But zoom out for a second. Gold is still up roughly 70% over the past year. Silver is up around 160%. Short-term volatility around key levels like $5,000 is just part of the territory now. | How are you playing gold right now? | |
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| | | | | | Anthropic Just Raised $30 Billion | | Key Points: | Sovereign wealth funds are in Anthropic and OpenAI are essentially in a race: for capital, talent, and enterprise customers This competition is accelerating timelines across the entire AI sector.
| On Wednesday, Anthropic closed a $30 billion funding round. Its valuation? $380 billion. Six months ago, it was worth $183 billion. A year before that, $18 billion. That kind of growth is like a rocket. | Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC led the round. Abu Dhabi's MGX came in. Coatue, D.E. Shaw, and Founders Fund all participated. When government wealth funds start writing checks this size for private AI companies, it's worth paying attention. | But the market isn't questioning the growth. It's asking a harder question: when do all these billions of dollars start turning into profit? | That's the tension driving tech right now. And it's a fair one. |
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| | | | | | The "Great Rotation" | | Key Points: | Small caps outperforming is a healthy sign. It means investors believe the broader economy is doing fine. This isn't a tech collapse. The rotation is about rebalancing, not retreating. Financials and industrials are seeing real inflows.
| Three consecutive days of selling in tech names triggered something analysts have been watching for: a "Great Rotation." Money moved out of high-growth tech and into value stocks, financials, and industrials. Small cap stocks quietly outperformed large caps for the first time in months. | This doesn't mean panic-selling your tech holdings. Google Cloud just grew 48% YoY. Meta had a solid week. But if your portfolio is heavily concentrated in large-cap growth names, it's worth asking whether some exposure to value or industrials might smooth out the ride ahead. |
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| | | | | | US-Taiwan Deal Signed. Aluminum Tariffs Rollback |  | U.S. President Donald Trump (REUTERS) |
| Key Points: | The Taiwan deal is $84B in locked-in purchases. Energy, LNG, aerospace, and industrial suppliers are all directly in line to benefit through 2029 Tariff rollbacks signal political pressure is building
| The U.S. and Taiwan formalized a trade deal. Taiwan commits to buying more than $84 billion in American goods through 2029, including $44 billion in LNG and crude oil, $15 billion in aircraft and engines, and $25 billion in grid, marine, and industrial equipment. In return, U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese imports get capped at 15%. Taiwan's tariffs on American beef, dairy, and corn come down immediately. | Trump is planning to scale back some steel and aluminum tariffs imposed last summer. Aluminum prices dipped on the news. The rollback is driven partly by affordability concerns heading into midterms. | Trade policy is still moving. Any supply chain assumptions your portfolio is built on from 12 months ago are worth a second look. |
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| | | | | | "The Old World Is Gone" | | Key Points: | Defense spending is rising across Europe €10 trillion in idle European savings could start moving. Von der Leyen plans to unlock €10 trillion in idle bank savings for investment
| The Munich Security Conference opened Friday with a record 70 world leaders in attendance. The theme: "Under Destruction." Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed in with a blunt message: "The old world is gone." | Shifting U.S. relationships with NATO allies, evolving tariff regimes, and new alliances forming in the Gulf are real variables that ripple into markets. European defense spending is rising, and that matters directly for industrials and defense contractors. When governments feel less protected, they spend more on their own security. | German Chancellor Merz called for Europe to build deeper ties beyond U.S. dependency. EU Commission President von der Leyen announced a plan to deepen the EU single market in March, potentially unlocking €10 trillion in idle bank savings for investment. That's not a small number. | Here's the investor reality check: geopolitical uncertainty typically pushes money toward hard assets. It's partly a bet that the world is becoming less predictable. |
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| | | | | | Bitcoin Drop | | Key Points: | Crypto is still a risk asset, not a hedge. This week proved it again A 15% drop is normal in crypto terms. Bitcoin has dropped 30%, 40%, 80% before and recovered Silver vs. Bitcoin tells a story. Silver is physical, limited, and globally recognized. Bitcoin is digital, limited, and still maturing. Both had bad weeks
| Bitcoin briefly fell nearly $61,000 this week, a 15% drop that came alongside the broader tech and risk asset selloff. MicroStrategy, the publicly traded company that holds more Bitcoin than any other, fell nearly 15% on the week. | Bitcoin has experienced a volatile, partial rebound, hovering around $67,000, after dipping around $61,000. Despite the recovery, the price remains roughly 47–48% below its October 2025 high of over $126,000, with analysts warning of continued bearish pressure, potential further drops to $50,000. | For anyone who's been in crypto for more than a year, this kind of move is uncomfortable. But here's what this week confirmed: crypto still trades like a risk asset, not a safe haven. When markets got nervous, Bitcoin fell alongside stocks, not alongside gold. | If you're holding crypto as a hedge against uncertainty, this week was a reminder that the correlation doesn't always work the way you'd hope. |
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| | Bottom Line | Gold's drop was scary, not a signal, it's still up 70% this year. | AI is spending like there's no tomorrow ($650B in 2026), but the market is starting to ask when the bills come due. | Money rotated out of big tech into value stocks and small caps—quietly, but it happened. The Taiwan trade deal put $84B in real commitments on the table for energy and aerospace. | Geopolitics just got messier in Munich, which historically is good news for hard assets. | Stay balanced. Stay focused. | | Disclaimer: This analysis is for educational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Always do your own research before making investment decisions.
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