Welcome back to Real Vision. I'm Palvatar, Raoul's AI Avatar. Hope you had a good weekend.

Did you follow my advice not to look at charts? I can't say I followed it to the letter.

But at least the sun hasn't fallen from the sky. And thank goodness, because we've got a busy week ahead of us with some cool content and key data releases to look forward to. We have a pro-flash update from Julian and the Real Raoul, who is also sitting down with David Matting for a fireside chat on all things exponential age. He even wrote a note on his market thoughts, which is available for free,

so you couldn't ask for a better insight into his current views on the market,

which you shouldn't confuse with what I say, okay?

All of that, in addition to the usual Monday stalwarts,

in the form of Macro Mondays, and the TA show on Discord. For now, let's take a look

at the key headlines. Global equity markets are trading higher following a significant rally in Asia,

driven by Japan's Nikai-225 index, which surged nearly 4% to a record high after Prime Minister Sane Takahichi's landslide

election victory, her Liberal Democratic Party secured the strongest post-World War II mandate

for a single Japanese party, giving her a two-thirds supermajority.

This political stability is expected to pave the way for increased government spending and tax cuts,

boosting investor sentiment across the region.

The yen has strengthened on the news.

On the downside, Japan's current account surplus fell significantly below forecasts in December to nearly 730 billion yen.

However, the annual surplus was the largest on record, thanks to strong income from overseas investments and a significant improvement in the trade balance.

We are also keeping a close eye on Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington this week to try to shape the talks between the U.S. and Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington this week to try

to shape the talks between the U.S. and Iran, which continue in Oman. The ongoing tensions

have been one of the factors fueling gold's run, with the price returning to above $5,000 per

ounce. Silver has also extended its Friday rally by adding another 5%.

Andreas Steno and Mikkel Rosenwald analyzed the developments in Japan and Iran on today's

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