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"That Is Going To Build Into A Massive Problem": Sunday Night Thoughts From Goldman's Commodity Desk

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"I am concerned about the scale of the Open Interest (OI) in the options market…. If we look at the move in the vols that have happened over this week, they have been enormous… I do not think that option position has cleared…." - Goldman on Nat Gas


Rep. Darrell Issa Ends Reelection Bid After California Redistricting

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His decision comes four months after his congressional district was redrawn to favor Democrats.


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Central bank headlines still move gold today. But a new global gold capital market is emerging that could change who really drives demand.

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Oil surges as key producers cut output; G7 to discuss release of emergency reserves - Newsquawk EU Market Open

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APAC stocks sold off heavily with global markets rattled after the Iran war entered a second week with no signs of abating; US equity futures extended on their post-NFP declines.

Price Controls Arrive: South Korea, Taiwan Impose Fuel Price Cap

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⁠Lee said in the ​government would "swifly implement ​and ⁠boldly impement" a maximum price ⁠system ​on ​petroleum products.


Insurance Companies Crushed As Private Credit Contagion Spills Over

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"The market narrative centers on life insurers as a conduit for private credit risk and on the growing web of ownership and distribution ties between insurers and alternative asset managers."



'Small Price To Pay': Trump Says Surging Oil Prices Will 'Drop Rapidly' Once Iran Nuke Threat Over

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...with $5 gas imminent, he better be right!


Hartnett: US Politics Dictate March De-escalation To Iran War

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"Trump approval on economy (40%) & inflation (36%) back at lows (Chart 2), must reverse 45% jump in US oil prices, 15% jump in gasoline prices"- Hartnett


'Everything You Knew About The Market Flipped This Week': Top Goldman Trader

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...the quantum of things to be nervous about continue to increase and the largest problem in my mind is that none of them have a clear off-ramp...


Credit - A Little Bit Louder Now

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If the credit risk is already mispriced too aggressively, then we have nothing to fear. If we haven’t reached that stage, then we have a lot to fear, which is what my concerns about...


Goldman Flows Guru Warns Relatively Calm Index Belies 'Fragile' Market With 'Poor Tolerance For Bad News'

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Until that gap closes... it argues for respecting downside convexity even if the index itself hasn’t fully cracked yet...


'10 Sigma': Goldman's Hedge Fund Honcho 'Level Sets' After Extraordinary Week

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...this shock may ultimately fade like others before it. But not until positioning de-crowds or leadership re-accelerates...


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US President Trump said Iran would be hit very hard on Saturday; Iran picked Khamenei's son as the new Supreme Leader, while Iran's President instructed the military not to attack any country not striking Iran, allthough strikes continued against Arab Gulf neighbours.

Deutsche Bank Warns Energy Shock "Existential Threat" To Airlines, May Force Some To Ground Fleets

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"The last time we witnessed this phenomenon was in 2005 when crack spreads of as high as..." 


China Sidesteps Solar Targets In New Five-Year Plan

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China now faces a different set of challenges for both its power network and industrial economy. 


New York Millionaire's Club Says They're Happy Paying Higher Taxes Under Mamdani

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“I’ve gotten tax cut after tax cut after tax cut. And I never needed any of them,” the Disney heiress told Bloomberg.


GLP-1 Feud Ends: NOVO, HIMS Join Forces (Again) To Sell Obesity Drugs

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FYI: HIMS' float is 39.65% short, or 81 million shares


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Stablecoins And The Rebasement Of The Dollar

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It’s not its destruction, but the digitization of dollar dominance...


James Woods 'Done' With Republican Party Over 'Uniparty Traitors'

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"Somebody must have some serious dossier on this guy..."


Naked 'Private Credit' Swimmers Exposed, Payrolls Plunge As Trump Sparks Week Of "Total, Global F**king Chaos"

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...biggest weekly spike in oil prices...ever!


The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk

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Did the AI capex bubble just burst while Iran and private credit already have the market volatile?