Here's a stat that should make every options trader uncomfortable:

According to CNBC, 97% of options traders lose money.

But here's what's really shocking...

It's not because options are too risky. It's not because the market is rigged. It's not even because they're using bad strategies.

It's because they're using TOO MANY strategies.

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BREAKING NEWS

💰 Trump Wants To Lower Your Capital Gains Tax

Investors, this one's worth understanding. Per Bloomberg, President Trump is considering a push to cut capital gains taxes. Two ideas are on the table, and both could put money back in investors' pockets.

Idea #1: Indexing Gains To Inflation. Right now, you're taxed on your entire profit, even the part that's just inflation. Say you bought a stock for $100,000 and sold it years later for $200,000. Today you owe tax on the full $100,000 gain. But if inflation over that period was 20%, indexing would raise your "cost" to $120,000, so you'd only be taxed on the $80,000 real gain. AKA you keep more of your money.

Idea #2: A Bigger Home Exemption. Trump is also reportedly interested in exempting home sales of $2 million or less from capital gains taxes entirely, way up from today's $500,000 exemption for married couples.

Here's the reality check, because the headlines will oversell this:

• 🏛️ It’s talk, not law: There’s no bill or formal proposal yet. Most of these changes would need Congress to approve them,

• 🗳️ Could be a midterm strategy: Trump may be pitching tax cuts to win voter support ahead of the November elections.

• 💸 More pressure on the debt: The plan could reduce tax revenue by hundreds of billions of dollars, adding pressure to an already nearly $40 trillion national debt.

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The Munch Take: I like the idea. If inflation eats part of your “profit,” taxing you on that inflation-adjusted gain makes sense. If this ever becomes law, it could be a nice tailwind for long-term investors. But for now, it’s still just an idea, so don’t change your portfolio based on a tax cut that hasn't happened yet. My wife heard “capital gains tax cut” and immediately asked what we were buying. I said, “Nothing.” She said, “Then what's the point of a tax cut?” Honestly, I had no good answer.

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CHART OF THE DAY

💎 Diamonds Aren't So Rare Anymore

Here's some good news if you're going to propose to someone: diamonds just got a LOT cheaper.

Diamond prices have fallen to their lowest levels this century. Natural diamonds are down roughly 25–30% from their 2022 peak, while lab-grown diamonds have crashed 70%+ since 2020.

And the reason is pretty simple: we figured out how to make them.

A lab-grown diamond isn't a fake diamond. It's chemically the same as a mined one - same carbon, same hardness, same sparkle. The big difference? A natural diamond takes billions of years to form underground, while a lab-grown one can be produced in roughly two weeks. Companies in India and China started producing them at scale, flooding the market with supply and pushing prices lower.

🤔 Why shoppers are switching?

• 💰 Much cheaper: A 1-carat lab-grown diamond can cost under $1,000, while a comparable mined diamond can cost $4,000 or more.

• 🧪 Same sparkle: Lab-grown diamonds are chemically the same as mined diamonds - making the price gap hard for shoppers to ignore.

• 💍 Lab-grown exploded: They went from just 5% of diamond sales in 2019 to a huge share of engagement-ring purchases today.

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The Munch Take: The bigger lesson here isn't about diamonds — it's about what happens when something stops being rare. Lab-grown diamonds have basically turned scarcity into something we can manufacture, and prices are reacting accordingly. For anyone planning to pop the question, that's good news: you can potentially get a much bigger rock without blowing up your budget. My wife asked if her diamond had lost value. I said, “A little.” She stared at me for 10 seconds. I have since decided that some questions don't need an honest answer.

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