BlackRock Credit Fund Hit With 19% Markdown As Loans Go Bad

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"This decline is primarily driven by issuer-specific developments during the quarter..." 


"The Discombobulator": Trump Admits Secret Weapon Used In US Operation To Capture Maduro

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"I’m not allowed to talk about it..."


Carney Cracks: Canada Has 'No Intention' Of Pursuing Free Trade Deal With China After Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs

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"What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that have developed in the last couple of years..."


Europe Wants AI. It Can’t Plug It In.

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While demand for AI and cloud infrastructure is set to surge, high energy costs, grid bottlenecks, and long connection timelines are slowing Europe’s ability to scale.

Minnesota Business Owner Claims ICE Will Start 'Putting People In Ovens'

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Claims ICE is “kidnapping family members and friends to send them to concentration camps...


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EU Luxury: Tactical Bottom or Re-Rating Hangover?

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Goldman says buy the dip ahead of LVMH. Morgan Stanley says the re-rating is unwinding. Same charts, very different conclusions.

Nvidia Ramps Up CoreWeave Investment, Another $2 Billion To Accelerate AI Factories Buildout

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"Demand for AI continues to grow exponentially..." 

 


"Gold's Rally Is About Trust": Socgen Sees Gold Over $6,000 As Precious Metals Soar Overnight

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...the options market is “positioning for more than just a short-term price jump, consistent with gold carrying a geopolitical and confidence premium,”


Futures Rebound From Session Low Amid FX Mayhem As Earning Avalanche, Govt Shutdown Loom

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"The bigger signal is policy coordination. If markets interpret coordination as a willingness to tolerate easier global dollar conditions, especially alongside a dovish Fed reaction function, that could reinforce short-term dollar downside."


Core Durable Goods Orders Rise For 8th Straight Month

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...strongest annual growth since June 2022.


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..." 


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...


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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)

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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.