Risk appetite is running out of room to absorb oil’s gains...

One year after Beijing cut the world off from vital rare earth minerals, the West is breaking China’s chokehold as Lynas starts commercial production of samarium, the mineral which had been refined almost exclusively in China.

...bitcoin has gone mainstream, with growing adoption signaling the early stages of a broader shift in the global financial system.

We suspect those 450 KPMG employees are not thrilled with Hegseth right now.

In a demo, a Unitree G1 pushed cargo onto a belt beside a Japan Airlines plane, signaling early coordination...

Real progress is being made in nuclear, but difficult problems still exist...

US stocks ended mixed, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 the sole gainer, while the small-cap Russell 2000 lagged amid a deluge of earnings, US data, Middle East rhetoric and the latest FOMC meeting.

It won't be much longer. And they'll all be vaporized at once.

Everyone added length late. Nobody bought downside. Oil is squeezing into it.

The two also discussed ideas for resolving the Iran war...

The company now expects to spend between $125 and $145 billion on capex this year, an increase of $10 billion from just three months ago. 

Lost buying power & currency collapse always hits everyday people the hardest.

Schumer's preferred candidates are losing - badly - and the people doing the damage are members of his own party...

A solid quarter from Amazon, but not quite strong enough...

...despite CapEx coming in slightly below expectations....

Fed holds rates as expected; Hawkish dissent emerges on Fed easing bias; Powell to remain on board until investigation is well and truly over; Trump reportedly tells officials to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran; Trump rejects Iran proposal; US CENTCOM has reportedly prepared a plan for a "short and powerful" wave of strikes against Iran; OPEC+ likely to agree to oil output hike at Sunday meeting without UAE; UAE'S Fujairah port oil inventories have fall further; US Durable Goods top forecasts; US Housing Starts drop more than expected; BoC holds rates as expected; EIA shows surprise crude draw; Softer-than-expected Aussie CPI; STX earnings & guidance beats.

...the Street wanted to see the capital being deployed... 

Climate extremists are part of a larger sickness infecting America...