Global Markets Soar, Gold Hits Record After China Vows Fiscal Policy Bonanza, Micron Surges
Global Markets Soar, Gold Hits Record After China Vows Fiscal Policy Bonanza, Micron Surges Global stocks are soaring after China pledged fiscal stimulus even as traders raised their bets on interest-rate cuts by major central banks (the two are contradictory but who cares). Futures on the S&P 500 climbed 0.8% as US-listed China stocks soared […]
China Goes “All Out”As Xi Vows Fiscal Stimulus To Save Private Economy, Stabilize Real Estate And Boost Stock Markets
China Goes “All Out”As Xi Vows Fiscal Stimulus To Save Private Economy, Stabilize Real Estate And Boost Stock Markets Yesterday, when describing the latest round of monetary stimulus out of Beijing, we said that “China is not done stimulating” and boy were we right. Global markets are sharply higher (again) on Thursday, fueled by hopes […]
Port Of New York-New Jersey Details Strike Operations Plan
Port Of New York-New Jersey Details Strike Operations Plan By Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves The second-busiest U.S. ocean container port urged shippers to wind down cargo business less than a week before a strike deadline set by union dockworkers. Strike preparations are underway at the Port of New York-New Jersey, Port Director Bethann Rooney said […]
Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Startup Oklo Signs Agreement With Dept. Of Energy For Next Phase Of Siting In Idaho
Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Startup Oklo Signs Agreement With Dept. Of Energy For Next Phase Of Siting In Idaho Sam Altman-backed Nuclear SMR company Oklo announced this morning it had finalized an agreement with the Department of Energy to advance the next phase of sitting at the Idaho National Lab. “This key step paves the way […]
Millionaire Home Renters: The Start Of A Multi-Income Bracket Trend
Millionaire Home Renters: The Start Of A Multi-Income Bracket Trend Authored by Jack Ryan & John Tamny via RealClearMarkets, “We steadily began to realize the magnitude of the task ahead of us, not even in terms of financial resources, but just time and effort and coordination. The hour that we can save a day, it’s […]
Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Praises “Make America Healthy Again”
Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Praises “Make America Healthy Again” Former CDC Director Robert Redfield, who served during the Trump administration, wrote an editorial in Newsweek praising President Trump’s decision to join forces with Robert Kennedy Jr. to “make America healthy again.” “We know chronic disease is more than 75 percent of the country’s $4 trillion annual […]
Qatar Becomes 1st Arab State To Join US Visa Waiver Program Despite Warm Hamas Ties
Qatar Becomes 1st Arab State To Join US Visa Waiver Program Despite Warm Hamas Ties Via Middle East Eye The US has said it will waive visa requirements for citizens of Qatar, making the gas-rich Gulf state the first Arab country, and only the second Muslim-majority country, to join a network of states with expedited travel to the […]
These Are The Most Dangerous Migration Routes
These Are The Most Dangerous Migration Routes Between 2014 and September 25, 2024, more than 30,000 people either died or went missing in the Western, Central and Eastern Mediterranean according to data by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Even with the numbers of missing and dead migrants increasing across major migration routes in Africa and […]
US To Sanction Former Georgian Leader Over Opposition To NATO Membership
US To Sanction Former Georgian Leader Over Opposition To NATO Membership Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, Washington is preparing sanctions against former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili over his opposition to Tbilisi joining the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union. A senior US official told American state media, Voice of America, that […]
World’s Top Financial Centers Grow More Diverse
World’s Top Financial Centers Grow More Diverse Established financial centers have lost some of their shine in the past decade, according to the Global Financial Centres Index by UK research initiative Long Finance, which has been ranking cities for the competitiveness of their financial industries since 2007. Especially London, whose competitiveness was impacted by Brexit, has lost points, […]