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Monthly series

Monthly Market Insight

Each month: a mechanical regime score, a buy/sell playbook from the ISM data, an equity read and a crypto read, plus a deep dive on whatever the market is actually arguing about. Reason in probabilities, show the triggers, keep the caveats attached.

The monthly set

Published every month
14 Sep 2026AI is a Bubble. This Isn’t the Pin.Deep dive
1. Regime Report15-signal composite score, and what flipped
2. PMI PlaybookISM read turned into buy / sell tilts
3. Equity TapeWhat the indicators say about stocks now
4. Crypto ReadBTC / ETH structure, levels and macro drivers
5. Deep DiveOne researched piece on a structural question
6. Track RecordOpen ideas re-marked honestly

September 2026 — current

1 paper
A cracked bubble marked AI bursting above a trading floor Deep dive · Sep 2026

AI is a Bubble. This Isn’t the Pin.

Everyone read Friday as the end of the AI trade. Run it through the numbers and it cuts the one cost line standing between these labs and a profit — and semis were already down 15.4% before any of it.

14 Sep · 10 min read

Regime report and playbook for September follow the FOMC decision on 16 Sep.

August 2026 — archived

4 papers
Composite regime score of +9 for August 2026 Regime · Aug 2026

The Monthly Regime Report — August 2026

ISM manufacturing hits a four-year high at 55.6, factory employment expands for the first time since January 2025, and the July selloff fully reverses. Score jumps to +9.

4 Aug · 7 min read
ISM Report On Business, August 2026 edition — manufacturing PMI 55.6 Playbook · Aug 2026

PMI Playbook — Buys & Sells

Manufacturing at a four-year high, factory employment expanding after 33 months. What’s good, what’s bad, what to watch — and the names each tilt points at.

5 Aug · 7 min read
A lit bomb marked with the yen symbol on burning bundles of dollars Deep dive · Aug 2026

The Yen Carry Trade: Ticking Time Bomb

The first joint US–Japan yen intervention since 2011. What the carry trade is, why an unwind hits US stocks, what the popular explanations get wrong, and how it gets defused.

7 Aug · 12 min read
A house of cards standing in front of a candlestick chart Deep dive · Aug 2026

The SpaceX House of Cards

Google booked $98bn of unrealised gains on Anthropic and SpaceX — 69% of its EPS. Those same two now pay SpaceX $26bn a year for compute. What the disclosed numbers actually support.

5 Aug · 13 min read

July 2026 — archived

7 papers
AI and quantum deep dive Deep dive

AI, Quantum and the Market

A $700bn+ capex cycle financed with debt, quantum's first real milestones, and what the evidence says about jobs and GDP.

30 Jul · 14 min read
Distance from the 52-week high across US equities Equities

The Equity Tape — Late July

QQQ deeply oversold, TLT at 52-week lows, and an honest account of what the regime score got wrong.

30 Jul · 9 min read
Crypto drawdowns from the 52-week high Crypto

Crypto's Deep Drawdown

BTC 49% off its high, ETH 62%. Why the ratio matters more than either price.

30 Jul · 8 min read
Commodities & tech

Silver, Software and Silicon — is $50 the line?

Silver has halved from its high, and data centres turn out to be ~4% of industrial demand. Plus the hardware-to-software rotation and the 2027 chip supply debate.

30 Jul · 12 min read
Regime · 6 Jul

The Monthly Regime Report — July 2026

Score slips to +6, still bullish. Labour flips bearish on the June payrolls miss; rates ease. See the equity tape paper for how this aged.

6 min read

June 2026

1 paper
Housing cracks first Macro

Housing Cracks First

In 2008 the tell wasn't the banks — it was housing. Why building permits are the one chart to watch.

4 min read

Full archive

DateReportType
7 Aug 2026The Yen Carry Trade: Ticking Time BombDeep dive
5 Aug 2026PMI Playbook — Buys & Sells, August 2026Playbook
5 Aug 2026The SpaceX House of CardsDeep dive
4 Aug 2026Monthly Regime Report — score +9, bullishRegime
30 Jul 2026AI, Quantum and the MarketDeep dive
30 Jul 2026The Equity Tape — Late July 2026Equities
30 Jul 2026Crypto's Deep DrawdownCrypto
30 Jul 2026Silver, Software and SiliconCommodities
30 Jul 2026Bull and Bear Cases — BTC, ETH, ZEC, NEAR, HYPECrypto
6 Jul 2026Monthly Regime Report — score +6, bullishRegime
Jul 2026Why You Can't Copy Someone Else's Trading BotEssay
Jun 2026Housing Cracks FirstMacro

New set published near the start of each month. Older months append here. Every past report keeps a permanent dated address, so nothing here stops working when the next month publishes.