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Yen gets binned as gold hits 4k and disp...

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Today, a look at the weakest equity market session in the US in the last few weeks, with at least one key AI story triggering a bit of unease, while Tesla news disappointed. But macro was the headline stealer yesterday as the Japanese yen was thrashed across the board and gold soared above $4,000 for the first time. Also: today is crunch time for whether France can kick the political can to the 2027 election, the dispersion trade is getting wild and deserves our attention, speculative froth is downright insane in some single names and more. Today's pod is hosted by Saxo Global Head of Macro Strategy John J. Hardy.

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