The increased costs will do more than raise prices at the pump...setting back Trump's “affordability” agenda.

"They have missiles for the Patriots, but hundreds or thousands of Shaheds cannot be intercepted with Patriot missiles. It is too costly." 

Oil volatility just hit 121. Markets are pricing oil shock risk — not peace.

Volatility is surging everywhere. But Europe is once again the main sucker.

California’s elected Democrats can’t move beyond pandering...

The US Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now...

IEA members agree to 400mln barrel release; US CPI meets expectations in February, PCE components come in hot;  FBI reportedly warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks; US Interior Secretary Burgum said we will see US oil companies announce that they have increased production in response to price signals; US 10yr auction shows improvement from recent auctions but still weak vs averages; ECB's Kazimir says a rate hike on Iran may be closer than thought; US is to announce new section 301 trade probes on Wednesday; ORCL earnings beat.

"This is not about people, it’s about process..."

Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast...

“We want the authority over staking nodes to be highly distributed, and the first step to doing this is to make it easy,” said Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin...

Will he land a Trump endorsement?

"Each member will release oil at a time frame appropriate for each member state" which is a slippery way of saying the release won't come nearly as fast as it is required. 

About a dozen states have provided the data voluntarily. Although some of the lawsuits have been dismissed, criminal proceedings have yielded results.

Overall this was a solid auction, despite the large intraday selloff and despite the tail, and suggests that unlike other asset classes, the bond market is certainly not concerned about runaway cost-push inflation in the months to come.

"You can't even buy fertilizer right now and I think that's the bigger concern for this coming..." 

Silver is losing momentum. And CTA downside convexity could accelerate a larger selloff.

Critics slam risky Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement trial as potential ecological disaster...

We are currently in "an exceedingly fluid trading environment..."