The United States now has a low tolerance for European weakness because the administration in Washington sees that as an emerging threat to the US’s own security...

Dimon described Combs as “one of the greatest investors and leaders I’ve known”...

Hard to argue we’re trading negative sentiment anymore... The “run it hot” narrative picked up last week...

Another bill that was approved aims to solve inefficiencies in the Tax Court structure regarding pre-trial discovery documents...

Yields up, Fed cuts…a 1990s-style disconnect is back.

"His people love it, but he [Zelensky] hasn't. Russia’s fine with it."

The market is not positioned for higher US yields, leaving any further selloff in Treasuries exposed to an overhang of longs closing out.

No issues at Fukushima and Higashidori nuclear plants

Asia’s AI Plays Are Waking Up…

It's a busy week for both economic news and central banks, with all roads pointing to Wednesday’s FOMC, where overwhelming consensus is for the Fed to deliver a final and third 25bps rate cut for 2025.

Farmers have expressed rising frustration over the slow pace of Chinese purchases

In the new model, they assign roughly $55 per share of value to autos, $40 to energy, $145 to Network Services, $125 to robotaxis and $60 to humanoids, adding up to the $425 target.

Biggest China outflows just as China is catching bids.

"State-by-state AI regulation would drag this industry into a halt..."

A successful deal would be IBM’s largest in years, furthering its pivot toward AI...

. “We expect Powell to emphasize that the hurdle for further cuts in early 2026 is high, signaling a near-term pause. This guidance will be key to maintaining credibility.”

Flávio Bolsonaro’s announcement that he’ll run for president next year, with the backing of his father Jair Bolsonaro - the jailed former president barred from holding office - spooked markets Friday...

...low implied volatility and firmer prompt spreads signal a better balanced or slightly tighter near-term market, rather than one braced for a sudden collapse...

The Fed will need to buy at least... $25b/mto reverse the reserve over drain, for at least the first 6 months.

...these symptoms - narrative delegitimization, institutional fracturing, and crisis fabrication - raise concerns of a partisan bid to subvert democratic mandates.