Two decades after Iraq, how much has changed?

Americans accumulate about $398,000 in credit card debt over their adult lifetimes, on average... but it varies significantly by state.

...the Singularity isn’t a moment. It’s a ratchet. A step-function. Each click forward is a discrete phase transition that fundamentally reorganizes the relationship between human cognition and machine capability. And each step comes faster than the last...

"An equity market decline matching the most severe oil supply shocks in recent decades would reduce the S&P 500 level by 19% from current levels to 5400, bringing the P/E multiple to 16x."

Professionally and financially, the cost was substantial.

Why so much Florida action?! Like, come on homies.

The annual gathering of China’s lawmakers ended without any big stimulus surprise, which means the key to ending the nation’s persistent deflation trend may now depend on what happens in the Strait of Hormuz...

The large reactor monopoly might be over before it even began...

For decades, we were told to ignore any of the strange reports that we were hearing about Antarctica...

...geopolitical hedges are working and should be considered...

Democrat-run chaos on Chicago’s transit system finally faces a reckoning...

"I am guardedly optimistic..."

US conducted strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub and 'wiped out' military targets but left oil infrastructure intact.

Energy prices are the dictator of all macro asset prices right now...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it would be a “big year” for China-U.S. relations. While he did not confirm the state visit, Wang said that “the agenda of high-level exchange is already on the table.”

“Unfortunately, some state leaders [decisions], with potentially disastrous consequences not just for their residents, but also our national security.

We are not yet at peak pessimism.

Those investors and others have already paid the U.S. Treasury about $2.5 billion...