"...head-smacking craziness in the American stock market..."

'Brace For Rampant Inflation': Hedge Fund Billionaire Stunned At "Market Craziness", Sees "Trouble Ahead"

"<a href="mailto:F@ck">F@ck</a> JPM"

GoFundMe Campaign Seeks $15,000 For Silver Short Squeeze Billboards

The gold market, which has slumped to below $1,800 per ounce, must think Powell’s bluffing.  This is a mistake...Powell’s pursuit of inflation is as serious as a von Havenstein heart attack.

Jerome 'Von Havenstein': Inflation... Or Bust!

"...warmth is expected to expand widespread across the central and easter US..."

"Early Spring, Winter Is Over?" - New Weather Models Suggest Warmer Weather Nears 

...policymakers are playing with matches and Thursday is an example of what happens when investors smell smoke.

Powell's Plan Has A Blind Spot And It Means Market Violence

Meanwhile in the US... "Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines appeared to generate a weaker immune response to the strain identified in South Africa."

Russian Trials Find Sputnik V Performs "Very Well" Against Virus Variants

White House condemns "Russian aggression" to mark 7th anniversary since crisis, saying "the Ukrainian people faced down sniper fire and enforcers in riot gear on the Maidan..."

Biden Says US Will "Never" Accept Russia's Annexation Of Crimea

"if mainland China’s carbon emissions were to also follow Taiwan and South Korea’s experience, they would increase significantly over the coming decade..."

"No Solution Without Beijing": China Accounts For 30% Of Global CO2 Emmission 

“...continuing the practice of new administrations, President Biden and the Department of Justice have begun the transition process for the U.S. Attorneys.”

John Durham Resigns As US Attorney, Will Continue Role as Special Counsel

"...cumulatively and slowly, the US is seeing more states reach that combined level of vaccinations + infections approach what is seen as herd immunity.”

These 7 States Are On The Verge Of Herd Immunity

"There’s an emerging view that Biden is doing the same thing as Trump—that while the words are different, MBS is still getting a pass in the end."

"Letting A Murderer Walk": Leading Dems Outraged MbS Gets 'Free Pass' From Biden

To put it bluntly, the Fed is walking into a trap where at some point, they will get forced into deciding between rescuing the bond market or the stock market...

Despite The Fed, The Bond Market Is Hiking Rates

"Eventually, of course, the party ends, and many business 'emperors' are found to have no clothes..."

"Eventually, The Party Ends" - Buffett Releases Annual Letter, Repurchases Record $25BN In BRK Stock

Did you happen to notice the big news in Bitcoin the other day? ... It was settling, once and for all, the argument that central planners and oligarchs aren’t omnipotent...

Bitcoin Un-'Tether'-ed

"The bill includes some big-ticket items..."

House Dems Pass Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Package 

"The risks that these returning jihadis and terrorists potentially present could be potentially quite extensive..."

ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Not Allowed To Return To UK: Top Court

11.9% of global billionaires are women...

These Are The 50 Richest Women In The World In 2021

"The Royal Navy bomb disposal team who worked through the night to establish a walled mitigation structure."

2,600 Homes Evacuated After Unexploded WW2 Bomb Found In Exeter 

...urges EU wide implementation now, warning that sooner or later Google and Apple will get involved...

Merkel: EU Leaders "Have All Agreed That We Need Vaccine Passports"

There is a specific Trumpian agenda, with which he is alone associated, that is becoming the issues agenda of the conservative movement and the party base, if not the party elites...