The California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral primaries are among the most closely watched races today. 

"We are increasingly confident in the trajectory of the business." 

Feels more like money rotating around crowded themes than fresh risk coming in...

When is enough, enough?

KOSPI VIX: 74. Investors still can't get enough.

Bizarro data reporting continues: April saw the biggest monthly increase in professional and business services by a huge margin, even as quits collapsed to a 6 year low. 

"Explosions in the city. Air defense forces are working! Stay in shelters!"

...a wall of supply threatens buybacks...

“Tencent’s move potentially shifts the China AI story from model development to real consumer distribution.. if WeChat can integrate an AI agent into a platform with around 1.4 billion users, that gives investors a clearer path to usage, engagement and eventually monetization.” 

AI has the potential to reshape inflation dynamics, growth expectations, interest rates, and financial stability simultaneously, making economic data harder to interpret and monetary policymaking considerably more difficult.

"William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac..."

"When you're out of something, it's it. That's it. It's over... it's instantaneous."

China tech is the APAC version of IGV, says JPM. The breakout has started. The crowd still isn't there.

...there are two Kevin Warshes... Which one we are to get we will soon find out...

"We may be approaching the point where optimism around the long-term positive impact of the AI buildout is going to crash against a wall of higher yields, higher inflation and lower growth”

A move to a $1 trillion market cap would imply more than a fivefold increase... 

Vickrum Singh Digwa, 23, received a life sentence with a 21-year minimum on Monday for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak...

NOAA forecasts 8 to 14 named storms in the Atlantic Ocean this season (average is 14)...