France’s credit rating has been downgraded to A+ from AA at Scope, adding fresh pressure to an already fragile setup.

...the midterm election is a struggle session testing whether our country wants to be sane or insane.

"There's an additional likelihood of further price increases in the Great Lakes. Gas: OH is at *high* risk of largest jump, WI..."

...interesting timing...

¡Viva la Independencia!

One of the suspects used more than $1 million to launch a high-end restaurant and nightclub in Inglewood...

AI costs are falling. Cybersecurity costs are exploding. The hidden bill could reach $430 billion.

80% of American startups use Chinese base models...

"Talks between the two companies have been underway since earlier this year..." 

"First, FSD uptake is increasingly relevant..." 

The K-shaped economy is real, and it is old. What changed isn’t the shape of the economy; it’s just that the media found a narrative that gets lots of clicks and views, and we let headlines do our thinking for us...

General Motors shares fell 5% this morning, their steepest intraday decline since June. 

“The BOJ had another chance to go big and they missed it, same as July. If they really wanted to boost the yen, they should have hiked more than expected and then intervene massively.”

Long end supply/demand imbalances are still front and centre.. the Fed hiking rates does not solve the concern around fiscal sustainability...   

Watching out Samsung and Sandisk...

“I am not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great power rival, only with better manners…we are pursuing resilience so that no one, no one, can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms.”

IAEA chief urges "maximum military restraint to prevent the risk of a nuclear accident"...

 

 

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Defies Trump amid immense pressure, after US side already scaled back joint exercises...

Tighter financial conditions in the US and globally should soon start weighing on the ISM, posing a headwind for stocks.