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Three Charts That Have Our Attention

If you are curious about what’s going on in the market or economy, we’d like to share some charts / graphics that we think are insightful.

Big Bets on A.I. Big Tech investment spending is accelerating at an extraordinary pace, with Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft projected to collectively spend a record 610 billion dollars in 2026, up roughly 70 percent year over year and nearly triple 2024 levels. The scale of this AI infrastructure buildout is unprecedented, with each company on track to spend nearly as much in a single year as they did in the prior two combined.

Market Average Earned Through Extremes. The market’s long term average return may look smooth on paper, but the journey to get there is anything but steady. Most years are meaningfully above or below average, which is a reminder that volatility is not an exception to long term investing, it is the price of admission.

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​Rising Cost of America’s Debt. Interest payments on US public debt held by foreign investors have surged to record levels, more than doubling since 2020 as higher rates and larger borrowing collide. With overseas holders now owning over 9 trillion dollars of Treasuries, the federal government is paying dramatically more in interest than in prior decades, underscoring how expensive persistent deficits have become.

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