The West and the East are at it again in the South China Sea 🫠 Both sides have deployed bombers. The West wants to add another $20 billion in arms sales to the island, while the East says passing it would affect Trump's visit to China. It looks like the defense industry has good prospects this year. With $11 trillion in U.S. debt hard to roll over at low cost, this can only lead to high volatility in the stock market. Looking at the index level, the stock market turned downward on January 21st, and the U.S.-Philippines military exercises also started on January 21st and will last for 70 days.