Pentagon Releases New Defense Strategy: 4 Things To Know

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The 34-page Pentagon document offers specific steps the military will take to support Trump’s broader security and foreign policy strategy.


Europe's Achilles Heel: Too Much Momentum

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Two years without a >7% drawdown, record foreign inflows, peak HF positioning - Europe's momentum trade looks increasingly stretched.

EU Launches New Probe Into Musk's AI Chatbot Grok

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EU's Grok investigation comes shortly after Europe plans to launch its own X-like social media platform called "W," a... 


Erosion Of Freedom In The EU: From Censorship To Centralized Power

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Together with its main pillars Berlin and Paris, the Brussels-based EU Commission is pushing forward the systematic construction of a censorship apparatus to suppress its own failures from public debate.


Where Are The Robotaxis

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"We continue to believe that Uber & Lyft will operate as an asset-light third-party (3P) marketplace for AV fleet operators..." 


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Three Lessons From Venezuela's Economic Collapse

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Policy choices turned an oil-rich democracy into a petrostate, then into an authoritarian economy where repression followed redistribution...


Global Energy Transition Threatened By Critical Transformer Shortages

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The United States and Europe are both facing critical transformer shortages and aging and inadequate grid infrastructure, and the threat that this shortage poses to energy security is already being felt through historic blackouts


Déjà Vu Is Back: Fading Momentum, Massive Systematic Longs, Serious Downside Convexity

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CTAs could sell up to $154 billion and vol control could add another $48bn of unwinds in a down market next week (BofA)

Democrat Schumer threatens a partial government shutdown; USD/JPY extends below 154 on double intervention risks - Newsquawk US Market Open

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US Senate Minority Leader Schumer threatened a partial government shutdown over DHS funding following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday.

Only 15 Trading Sessions Into 2026 And Even Goldman's Top Trader Says It's "Felt Like A Whole Lot More"

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...reading this broadening as a healthy signal for US equities and expect it to continue.


Short Vol, Long Leverage, Buy the Dip — A Recipe for Disaster

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Asset managers are running the biggest VIX shorts in a decade, hedge fund leverage is at record highs, and retail just logged one of the largest dip-buying days of the year.

Left-Wing Activists Run Shadow Police Force On Signal To Target ICE In Minneapolis

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"This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis. It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities." 


Brussels Discipline Machine: How von der Leyen Survived, And Parliament Paid The Price

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Ursula von der Leyen has survived yet another no-confidence vote, but the real story is how the EPP leadership enforced unity through threats and internal sanctions. As conservative opposition grows, party discipline in Brussels is increasingly replacing democratic debate. 


Venezuela Continues To Top Global Inflation Forecasts In 2026

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Global inflation is projected to ease from 4.2% in 2025 to 3.7% in 2026...


Ethereum Prepares For Quantum Era With New Security Team And Funding

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Ethereum developers to launch biweekly sessions on quantum-resistant transactions as Foundation commits $2 million in new funding to harden core cryptography...


Visualizing Life Expectancy In The World's Largest Economies

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Despite living in the world’s largest economy (and spending the most of healthcare), Americans have shorter life expectancies than residents of many other wealthy nations...


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The EU's Green Crackdown Threatens European Industry Amid Deindustrialization

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If this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos delivered one clear message, it was this: the U.S. delegation led by President Donald Trump gave Europe’s climate-socialist economic transformation a red card.


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APAC stocks were mostly subdued amid Japanese intervention concerns and US President Trump's latest tariff threat against Canada; Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Canada if it makes a trade deal with China.

America Can't Secure Its Future On Imported Minerals

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America can’t defend its jets, grid, or future by outsourcing critical minerals; responsible domestic mining is a national security imperative, not an environmental indulgence...


China's Sacked Top General Accused Of Leaking Nuclear Secrets To US: Report

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Xi's new purge "represents the total annihilation of the high command."