"The perfidious lust for unbridled power..."

Oversold Metals, Dollar Comeback And Crowded Systematics.

“The decision reflects Blue Origin’s commitment to the nation’s goal of returning to the Moon and establishing a permanent, sustained lunar presence...”

This is cliché narcissism-on-parade, of course, and is now so completely institutionalized in the pop culture industries...

...the Asia close/European open saw dip-buyers emerge across every asset-class... less systematic selling.

Strong ISM Manufacturing PMI report; BLS delays JOLTS (Dec) and NFP (Jan) reports due this week amid partial government shutdown; US and India reach trade agreement, US to cut tariffs to 18%, Indian to slash tariffs to zero; Eight OPEC+ members agreed on Sunday to maintain the pause in oil output hikes in March; Trump launches USD 12bln mineral stockpile to counter China; Zelensky expects new round of trilateral talks this week; NVDA reportedly halted plan to invest USD 100bln in OpenAI; Fitch rates ORCL's senior notes offering 'BBB' with outlook stable.

"A grievous abuse of our public trust..."

On Friday, January 30, 2026, the world learned (or rediscovered) just how grotesquely rigged the paper gold and silver markets truly are...

"The move is intended to optimize resources and maximize revenue..." 

Surging U.S. economic surprises just exposed late dollar shorts.

More snow is forecast in some areas in the coming days...

"We have 18,000 people on the company's payroll who code - using the AI techniques..." 

“How about everybody drop the politics for a couple of hours...”

"There's some light at the end of the tunnel for the winter-weary East Coast." 

 

Devon Energy and Coterra Energy announced on Monday a definitive agreement to merge and create a premier shale operator in an all-stock transaction, implying a combined enterprise value of about $58 billion.  

Rightward lurch in Latin America continues strong amid rise in narco-crime...

Though it still seems unlikely at this stage, if the reserve status of the dollar was genuinely threatened it would dramatically reduce the freedom to manoeuvre of US policy makers grappling with that “unsustainable” fiscal trajectory.

From pressure campaign to huge breakthrough...

“You don’t have to be a genius... just don’t be a schmuck.”

“Due to the partial federal government shutdown, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will suspend data collection, processing, and dissemination.”