...the META story last week was a mini catalyst to accelerate the rotation but positioning + leverage created the set up...

The container shipping market is being driven by geopolitics, rates, and network reshuffling, but freight-rate volatility and adjustments by carriers to protect schedules and pricing has supplanted Middle East disruptions as top-level concerns.

"We must reset Xbox."

New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill that will direct the state's Board of Public Utilities (PUC) to establish a dedicated data center tariff for facilities with a capacity of 50MW or more, in an attempt to shield other ratepayers from cost increases tied to new builds.

Greenfield police say officers stopped a wanted semi-truck on Interstate 70 and recovered nearly $2.9 million worth of tungsten oxide powder allegedly stolen in Pennsylvania...

Saudi Aramco will lower Arab Light oil for next month by $11 a barrel to a $1.50 discount over the regional benchmark. The last two times it sold the grade at a discount were during price wars in 2020 and 2015...

Things in Ankara set to be awkward...

When Momentum has had these strong 3-month returns we usually see the factor underperforming in the subsequent months...

"...consumer-facing companies are nevertheless reporting that further price falls should help stimulate sales in the months ahead, providing a ray of hope for both the growth and inflation outlooks.”

The week after payrolls is usually a quieter affair but there's plenty of global events even if the US calendar is light.

...a lot of the market’s willingness to take out 60 basis points of rate hikes rests on the oil price remaining benign...

The ‘oil market’ is splitting into ‘oil markets’ with terms over pricing and access being determined by which geopolitical camp you happen to sit in, and a series of quid pro quos informing the deal that each party gets.

... must "make money with fewer cars."

For years Saylor pledged to never sell...

“Central bank communication could also move markets, although in the absence of significant new developments we would not expect a major shift in tone.”

Seoul National University professor Hwang Chul-sung called Chinese semiconductors "the biggest future threat to Korea."

With earnings upgrades fading, the market will lose this significant tailwind in the second half...