Retail is all-in on XLE.

Among the biggest players in the business are UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Elevance Health.

The IEA has proposed the largest ever release of oil from its strategic reserves, with Bloomberg reporting around 300-400mln barrels to be released. 

Even after the sharp pullback from Monday’s highs in Asia trading, oil options are still pricing in large daily moves and call skew is highly elevated...

Short put delta positioning in the S&P 500 is now at historical extremes.

Trump responds: Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before...

The share of global web traffic generated by humans is shrinking, while bot activity is on the rise... 

Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland keeps surging ahead. Border control and sane energy policy may be in Europe’s future after all...

Europe’s economic “center of gravity” has shifted steadily east since 1950, moving from Cologne toward Munich...

Lawmakers from the Socialists and Democrats, Renew Europe, the Greens, and the Left opposed the measure...

APAC stocks traded higher as the recent easing of oil prices helped the region shrug off the lacklustre lead from Wall Street and reports of Iran beginning to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

"It's all building on the repositioning of tankers from the east to the west."

 

Given the precarious economic situation and the ever-rising national debts, the European Commission is pushing for a consolidation of debt issuance under Brussels’ control. The European Taxpayers’ Association is now warning against this increasing centralization of fiscal power.

Civic education should matter to every American.

"Footage from on the ground near the Southern..." 

Some experts argue modern classrooms and rigid expectations could be a mismatch for the way some brains are wired. 

Avalanche of conflicting words & reports concerning the younger Khamenei...

The enormous potential of nuclear fusion has the president's attention...