Futures Rebound After Thursday Rout As Rate Cut Expectations Fade
Futures Rebound After Thursday Rout As Rate Cut Expectations Fade After Thursday’s rout, which saw the overbought S&P first hit an all time high before traders suddenly dumped everything (following hotter than expected PMI and Initial claims reports has further delayed expectations for the Fed’s first rate hike ostensibly to December) to buy Nvidia, whose […]
SpaceX Reportedly Plans “Liquidity Round” For Insiders At $200 Billion Valuation
SpaceX Reportedly Plans “Liquidity Round” For Insiders At $200 Billion Valuation Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly discussing with investors and insiders to sell existing shares, potentially valuing the company at nearly $200 billion. SpaceX leads the world in rocket launches as the space race lifts off, and its Starlink subsidiary dominates the market for space-based […]
Many Americans Say They Will Never Retire
Many Americans Say They Will Never Retire Via AntoniusAquinas.com, A recent AARP poll provides further evidence of the deterioration of American living standards, especially for those approaching retirement age. The study contradicts what most policy makers have believed to be a “soft landing” for the economy after two years of rampant inflation. “More than one […]
Watch: US Deploys Anti-Air Defense System On Gaza Aid Pier
Watch: US Deploys Anti-Air Defense System On Gaza Aid Pier Israeli media has reported that two American soldiers were injured Thursday in an accident which occurred while working on the Gaza humanitarian pier. “Two U.S. soldiers sustained light injuries on Thursday during a work accident near the temporary floating pier in Gaza,” i24 News said. There […]
Loose Talk About The End Of Everything: VDH
Loose Talk About The End Of Everything: VDH Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, After a recent summit between new partners China and Russia, General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin issued an odd one-sentence communique: “There can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be […]
The Start Of De-Dollarization: China’s Move Away From The USD
The Start Of De-Dollarization: China’s Move Away From The USD Since 2010, the majority of China’s cross-border payments, like those of many countries, had been settled in U.S. dollars (USD). As of the first quarter of 2023, that’s no longer the case. As Visual Capitalist’s Julian Wendling shows in the grrahic below, from the Hinrich Foundation, […]
Reality Check Looms For Rosy European Growth Expectations
Reality Check Looms For Rosy European Growth Expectations By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and analyst After a massive wave of optimism on European markets, the expected economic improvement that has buoyed stocks now has to be delivered. The uptrend is still intact for the Stoxx 600 but signs of overheating have cooled markets, […]
Ukraine Enforces Desperate Conscription Laws As Russian Troops Close In On Kharkiv
Ukraine Enforces Desperate Conscription Laws As Russian Troops Close In On Kharkiv Ukraine is now enforcing a new mobilization law which is being called ‘divisive’ among many Ukrainian citizens and some political leaders. The law requires men ages 18-60 to carry their military paperwork at all times to be presented to authorities on demand. It […]
Overreporting COVID-19 As An Underlying Cause Of Death Inflated Mortality Numbers During Pandemic: Analysis
Overreporting COVID-19 As An Underlying Cause Of Death Inflated Mortality Numbers During Pandemic: Analysis Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new analysis suggests COVID-19 was reported more frequently than it should have been as an underlying cause of death, inflating COVID-19 mortality numbers and attributing deaths from other causes […]
“Hybrid Pressure”: Russian Proposal To Change Baltic Sea Border Briefly Appears Online
“Hybrid Pressure”: Russian Proposal To Change Baltic Sea Border Briefly Appears Online Russia just gave its Baltic neighbors a big scare this week, after a new draft decree appeared on a government website published by the defense ministry which proposed redrawing 100+ year old borders around Russian islands in the Gulf of Finland as well as […]