They go home. The news doesn't.

Every Friday at 4 PM Eastern, the people running billion dollar accounts on Wall Street physically leave the market.

Fund managers, bank traders, analysts. Gone until Monday.

That's not a rumor. It's just how their week works.

Meanwhile, news keeps breaking on hundreds of smaller companies all weekend long, and almost nobody with real institutional money is watching to react to it.

Millionaire trader Tim Sykes calls that gap the Weekend Gap, and it's the entire reason he can place a trade Friday afternoon, close his laptop, and check the result Monday morning.

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BREAKING NEWS

😂 What If The Best Investing Strategy Is Doing The Opposite?

Here's a funny one: one of the top-performing portfolios on Autopilot, an investing app, is literally called “Inverse Cramer.” Yes, someone actually built a portfolio around doing the opposite of Jim Cramer.

For anyone unfamiliar, Jim Cramer is the longtime CNBC host of Mad Money, where he regularly gives his opinions on stocks - including which ones he likes and which ones he doesn't. Over the years, some of his calls have famously gone the opposite way, turning his stock picks into an internet meme. The joke got so big that people started joking about doing the exact opposite of whatever Cramer said.

And eventually, someone took the joke seriously enough to turn it into an actual investment portfolio.

•  😂 177.6% gain: In the Autopilot rankings, Inverse Cramer gained 177.6% over three years, beating Pelosi Tracker+ at 146.6% and Calacanis Tracker at 118.0%.

• 🔄 It's not that simple: Inverse Cramer isn't literally “Cramer says BUY → SELL.” It follows a specific strategy based on Cramer's public recommendations.

• ⚠️ Don't copy it blindly: A strategy that crushed it over the last three years could perform very differently going forward.

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The Munch Take: Honestly, I just love how ridiculous this is. Somewhere along the way, someone looked at Jim Cramer, watched him make stock calls, and thought, “You know what? Let's do the exact opposite.” And then they turned it into a real portfolio. The funniest part? It actually ended up near the top of the leaderboard. The fact that you can use a company like Autopilot to automatically connect this portfolio to yours is yet another example of how the world of investing is quickly changing.

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CHART OF THE DAY

🛢️ The Canadian Dollar Is Getting A Boost From Oil

The loonie is having a nice little comeback. The Canadian dollar climbed to a two-month high against the U.S. dollar, with USD/CAD briefly hitting around 1.3916 on August 11 - its strongest level since June 10.

The big reason? Oil is climbing. Canada is a major oil exporter, so higher crude prices can boost export revenues and support the Canadian dollar. The loonie also got some help after U.S. inflation eased to 3.4% in July from 3.5% in June, matching economists' expectations and taking some pressure off the Federal Reserve to keep rates higher.

But oil isn't the only thing helping. Canada's economy just delivered a surprisingly strong jobs report, adding 75,100 jobs in July versus expectations for just 16,500. Unemployment also dropped to 6.4%, its lowest level since July 2024, giving the loonie another reason to stay strong.

Here's A Breakdown:

• 🛢️ Oil is helping: Higher crude prices are supporting Canada's export outlook and giving the commodity-linked loonie a boost.

• 🇨🇦 Canada's economy is showing strength: A monster July jobs gain of 75,100 and a 6.4% unemployment rate suggest the Canadian economy has more momentum than investors expected.

• 🇺🇸 The U.S. dollar is under pressure: U.S. July inflation cooled to 3.4%, putting less pressure on the Fed to raise rates and weakening the U.S. dollar.

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The Munch Take: Don't look at the loonie's bounce and just call it an oil story. Three things are pushing the same direction right now, stronger oil, a monster Canadian jobs report and cooler US inflation taking the wind out of the dollar. When three tailwinds line up at once, a currency can move fast. But here's the catch worth remembering: the same three forces can flip just as quickly. Oil reverses, one hot US inflation print, or a hawkish Fed, and this comeback stalls. A rally built on three things is strong until one of them cracks. Watch 1.40. If USD/CAD stays below that level, it could be a sign that the loonie's comeback is more than just a short-term bounce. If it quickly climbs back above 1.40, the comeback could lose steam.

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