⚔ Geopolitics risk-on · 3–10 years
A what‑if from the future

What if Magnet recycling ends rare-earth dependence?

Scaled NdFeB magnet recycling and substitution chemistries cut Western reliance on Chinese rare earths structurally, deflating the heavy-REE scarcity trade.

31%
our model probability
over 3–10 years
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 31% · 90% range 10–52% · 11 analogues · measured class deflation 98% in 10 yr · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — deflation ≈0.3895/yr → 98% in 10 yr98%
Analyst prior · editorial share 26% of the class25%
Pooled · weight 65%32%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)32%
Published31%

The class rate is measured from our dated, sourced event library (decade-normalized Poisson — the full table is public at base_rates.json). The variant’s share within its class is the analyst’s editorial call, published so you can audit it. A wider range means thinner precedent. Full recipe: methodology · scored at Reality Check.

The butterfly cascade

How this trigger trickles across markets, left → right — the root shock, its first‑order moves, then the ripple effects. Drag any node; tap a market for its real price history.

Resolution timeline — how this probability is moving

Our model's odds (gold) over time vs the crowd's (Polymarket, blue), from the past toward the 3–10 years horizon. Each dot is a real macro event that nudged the probability — green pushed it up, red pushed it down. Tap a dot for the source. The gold path is an illustrative reconstruction anchored to today's estimate — real dated events, not a live re-estimate history.

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What it would mean

If this plays out, it is a risk-on shock. Scaled NdFeB magnet recycling and substitution chemistries cut Western reliance on Chinese rare earths structurally, deflating the heavy-REE scarcity trade. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — Clean-energy abundance ▲ · Industrial demand ▲ · Risk appetite ▲ · Trade tension ▼ — which propagate through our causal graph to the markets below.

If it happens — the markets it would move

Biggest moves first. Projected moves are cascade-model priors; hist A–B% = what comparable past events actually did (measured abnormal returns), and model prior · unmeasured marks markets with no analogue backing yet. Tap any market for its price history.

MarketClassProjected move
1Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +1.2%
hist +0.61–+1.19% · other way -1.3% (n=8)
2Semiconductors SMHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.8%
hist -0.12–+1.39% · other way +0.29% (n=7)
3Energy sector XLEon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.8%
hist -1.39–+0.5% · other way -0.56% (n=7)
4Tech sector XLK 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.8%
hist +0.27–+0.83% · other way -0.46% (n=7)
5Nvidia NVDAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.7%
hist +0.44–+0.75% · other way -1.34% (n=7)
6TSMC TSMon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.7%
hist -0.54–+1.53% · other way -1.99% (n=7)
7Brent crude BRENTon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -0.7%
hist -2.06–+0.8% · other way -1.49% (n=7)
8ExxonMobil XOM 📈 chartEquity▼ -0.6%
hist -1.61–+0.54% · other way +1.72% (n=12)
9WTI crude CLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▼ -0.6%
hist -2.47–+1.69% · other way -3.11% (n=7)
10Alibaba BABAon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.6%
hist -0.84–+1.87% · other way -6.04% (n=6)
11Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.5%
hist -2.57–+2.87% · other way -4.76% (n=3)
12MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.6%
hist -15.08–+18.4% · other way +7.77% (n=7)
13Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +0.5%
model prior · unmeasured
14AMD AMDon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.5%
hist +0.27–+0.53% · other way -2.07% (n=9)

Probable recommendation

If the scenario above plays out, the probable cross‑asset positioning → a scenario‑conditional read, not personalized investment advice
For a common-man portfolio: A typical stock-heavy portfolio should benefit. Stay invested; you can lean modestly into the beneficiaries below.
Also moves (not yet on Hyperliquid): Tech sector +0.8% · ExxonMobil -0.6% · Chinese yuan +0.4% · Freeport (copper) +0.4% · United Airlines +0.4% · Chevron -0.3%

Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did

Across 11 analogous events (overlap‑weighted), as abnormal returns — market beta stripped, so it's the event's own effect, not the market backdrop. Shown at 20 days (persistent) and 5 days (immediate); ↺ fades = the two horizons disagree. Confidence = consistency × sample × significance.

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AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
DAL DALLONG+7.4% · 5d +0.8%78%8 0.50✓ matches cascade
Volatility VIXSHORT-6.4% · 5d -6.3%82%10 0.47✓ matches cascade
QCOM QCOMSHORT-4.4% · 5d -1.7%78%8 0.40⚠ differs
MRVL MRVLLONG+1.6% · 5d +3.2%78%8 0.34✓ matches cascade
EURUSD EURUSDSHORT-0.0% · 5d +0.5% ↺ fades67%8 0.30⚠ differs
BRENT BRENTSHORT-1.6% · 5d -5.6%67%8 0.27✓ matches cascade
ASML ASMLSHORT-4.4% · 5d -2.9%67%8 0.26⚠ differs
Bitcoin BTCLONG+12.6% · 5d -3.1% ↺ fades64%6 0.24✓ matches cascade
INTC INTCLONG+1.7% · 5d +2.0%64%10 0.21✓ matches cascade
ETH ETHLONG+4.4% · 5d -4.9% ↺ fades64%6 0.20✓ matches cascade
XLE XLELONG+1.0% · 5d -0.8% ↺ fades61%8 0.19⚠ differs
FCX FCXLONG+4.9% · 5d +0.9%61%8 0.19✓ matches cascade
XCU XCUSHORT-0.9% · 5d -0.6%61%8 0.19⚠ differs
Gold XAULONG+1.6% · 5d +0.2%61%8 0.19·

Methodology. Probability and impact are anchored to history and scored against what actually happens — wins and losses, in public, at Reality Check. Crowd odds live from Polymarket & Kalshi. By Vikas Singh, Quantitative Strategist. Updated 2026-07-03.