This week's edition unpacks the growing disconnect between U.S. economic resilience and waning faith in its institutions, as capital flows strategically reposition amid geopolitical risk and a shifting global landscape. We examine how AI is accelerating this recalibration, and whether Wells Fargo’s ambitious pivot signals a controlled descent or a more chaotic fragmentation of the financial system.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Dollar Strength & Global Capital Flows
9:10 - Commodity & Energy Transition Dynamics
14:11 - Trade Policy & Tariff Impacts
17:20 - AI & Economic Transformation
20:29 - Geopolitical Risk & Energy Security
23:00 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Global LPG Conversations Could Ethane's Boom be Stalling (Argus Media)
Stocks Seek Cautious Recovery as Tariff Uncertainty Lingers (Bloomberg Surveillance)
What's holding back Europe's hydrogen ambitions (Energy Evolution)
Macro Matters US Rates Outlook With Goldman's Marshall (FICC Focus)
Jared Sleeper on Which Software Companies Will Survive the SaaSpocalypse (Odd Lots)
A16Z's David George on How Private and Public Markets Fused Into One (Odd Lots)
Jamee Moudud on the Intellectual Roots of Zohranomics (Odd Lots)
Introducing 'Behind the Money' Can Wells Fargo make it in investment banking (Unhedged)

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