Would you believe it? January 2025 is officially in the rearview mirror — and what a ride it was. Tech chaos, gold’s breakout (or was it?), a Fed decision, and a full-blown AI panic — and that was just in the last two weeks!
This week alone, we saw DeepSeek send shockwaves through Silicon Valley, Nvidia take a dive, and traders scramble to keep up. But if you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been all over it.
✅ Geof Smith called out the market’s volatility early in the week — and he wasn’t wrong. Tech earnings, a Fed meeting, and inflation concerns? Yeah, that’s a recipe for fireworks.
✅ I had my own little adventure trading SE (if by adventure you mean mild financial rollercoaster combined with slight panic). I technically made money, but let’s just say, I left some serious gains on the table. Lessons were learned.
✅ Speaking of lessons… I also told y’all a story about a bike crash that changed my life. Turns out, trading and biking have a lot in common—the most important rule? When you wipe out, you gotta get back up and keep going.
✅ AI had its “Sputnik Moment”—or did it? China’s DeepSeek sent AI stocks into a tailspin, but is this really the turning point for artificial intelligence… or just another overhyped headline?
And of course, we saw some absolute monster trades roll in this week. Graham, Chris, Nate, and Geof’s members were crushing it. Seriously, some of these wins were chef’s kiss 👨🍳💰.
We’ve got all that and more for you inside this week’s Roundup. Pour a coffee, grab a snack, and let’s get into it.
To your prosperity,
— Stephen Ground
Editor-in-Chief, ProsperityPub
