We have succumbed to the illusory belief that "the powers behind the curtain" can--and will--always save us from a market crash and "real recession"...

Hawley: "Now it’s time to declare victory."

Oh dude...

After Affleck previously warned about the risks artificial intelligence poses to Hollywood...

‘No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it never did,’ the White House press secretary says.

More AI-nuclear partnerships as the U.S. rushes to cut off foreign fuel dependence... 

'Slippage...'

Oil chaos is pushing inflation back into focus. And once inflation credibility is lost, it’s extremely hard to regain, just ask the 1970s.

Remember what the CIA Deputy Director said about killing Russians in Syria?...The Kremlin surely does.

VIX is spiking. Geopolitics is exploding. Gold is doing… nothing.

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, while he added all US bases should immediately be closed in the region and those bases should be attacked. 

"Be first, be smarter, or cheat..."

SB 749 is a blatant, unconstitutional attack on the people of Virginia and a direct violation of our God given right to keep and bear arms...

In the short-run, the market is likely to require a large risk premium to generate precautionary demand destruction to hedge against stocks reaching critical levels in a risk scenario with longer disruptions.

"Sentiment is constrained by long-term AI fears, current competitive pressures, revenue deceleration, and margin headwinds from AI investments" 

Not good. 

We live at a time when millions upon millions of us feel deeply unsettled...

New Iranian Supreme Leader says Strait of Hormuz should remain closed, calls for US bases in the region to be attacked; Fuel tankers struck in the Gulf; Trump stands ground on stopping "evil Empire, Iran"; Trump admin is reportedly set to suspend the Jones Act to curb oil price increases; Iran Deputy FM reportedly says we're not laying mines in Hormuz Strait; US is to release 172mln barrels of crude from strategic petroleum reserve; Iran says it gives permission for Indian oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; US Initial Jobless Claims unchanged W/W, Continued Claims rise; USTR Greer says US is initiating Section 301 investigation into 16 trading partners.