The Need To Breed
The Need To Breed By Russell Clark of Capital Flows and Asset Markets I like my sci-fi films. Tiktoks about the best sci-fi films of all times often recommend 2006 film Children of Men . I didn’t remember it as a truly great film when I first watched it – so decided to watch it […]
US Manufacturing Surveys Signal Stagnation, Employment Weak
US Manufacturing Surveys Signal Stagnation, Employment Weak According to S&P Global’s PMI survey, the US manufacturing sector moved deeper into contraction territory at the end of the third quarter of the year (dropping from 48.0 to 47.0 – the third straight monthly contraction in the soft data survey. ISM’s version of the Manufacturing PMI survey […]
Iran To ‘Imminently’ Launch Ballistic Missiles On Israel; White House Warns
Iran To ‘Imminently’ Launch Ballistic Missiles On Israel; White House Warns Axios is reporting that the White House has intelligence saying Iran imminently plans to carry out a missile attack on Israel in retaliation for the Friday killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. A senior White House has said, “The United States has indications that […]
Watch: Yemen’s Houthis Shoot Down Another $30 Million US Reaper Drone
Watch: Yemen’s Houthis Shoot Down Another $30 Million US Reaper Drone The Houthis have declared that they plan to intensify their ballistic missile attacks against Israel in light of the killing of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and the new Israeli military ground assault on Lebanon. The Shia rebel group of Yemen has also of late been […]
What You Need To Know About Today’s Vance–Walz Debate
What You Need To Know About Today’s Vance–Walz Debate The two vice presidential nominees – Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz – will face each other in a debate on Oct. 1, one month out from the 2024 election. Debate host CBS News announced on Aug. 15 that after proposing four […]
Dilution Fears: Boeing Considers $10 Billion In New Shares As Strikes Strain Liquidity
Dilution Fears: Boeing Considers $10 Billion In New Shares As Strikes Strain Liquidity Boeing shares are lower in premarket trading in New York after a Bloomberg report revealed the struggling aerospace giant, plagued with a multi-week strike by its union, will need to raise at least $10 billion through a new stock offering as cash reserves dwindle. People […]
S&P Futures Flat To Start Q4 After Hitting 43rd Record High On Monday; China Closed
S&P Futures Flat To Start Q4 After Hitting 43rd Record High On Monday; China Closed US equity futures are down a touch as we enter Q4 after trading overnight in a narrow range, with NDX leading and RTY lagging, a familiar pattern from the first half of the year. So far in 2024, S&P is […]
It Begins: US Port Strikes Erupt, First Shutdown In 50 Years Sparks Fears Of Supply Chain Crisis
It Begins: US Port Strikes Erupt, First Shutdown In 50 Years Sparks Fears Of Supply Chain Crisis More than 45,000 International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) members from over three dozen facilities across 14 Gulf and East Coast ports went on strike early Tuesday, marking the largest labor action at US ports in nearly 50 years. The […]
RIP “Real” Diamonds
RIP “Real” Diamonds The downturn in the diamond market is nothing short of breathtaking. It is driven mostly by a surge in low-cost lab-grown diamond supply, which is capturing a larger market share of the gem industry as cash-strapped consumers gravitate to artificial stones. Amy Wu, who worked for FTX Ventures until the crypto exchange blew up, recently joined Menlo Ventures, […]
Peter Schiff Exclusive: Gold To $26,000?
Peter Schiff Exclusive: Gold To $26,000? Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance In an exclusive hourlong conversation, Peter Schiff and I talk the current state of the U.S. economy, the stock market, the dollar and precious metals. We discuss: The recent surge in gold prices and whether it will hit $3,000 by the end of the year […]