Happening Today: Trump Meeting With US Oil Execs From Exxon, Shell, Others, To Discuss Venezuela

teaser image
teaser image

Leaders from Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy and Hilcorp are expected to attend...


US Adds Only 50K Jobs In December, Missing Estimates, But Unemployment Rate Drops To 4.4%

teaser image
teaser image

This was a goldilocks report: neither too hot (with NFP missing) nor too cold (as unemp rate dropped), which leaves the Fed on autopilot and likely to cut at least 2 more times this year, absent any major changes.


The Offense in Defense Is Getting Crowded

teaser image
teaser image
Defense has logged 6 straight days of inflows — the 2nd longest streak since October (GS).

Supreme Court Skips Tariff Ruling

teaser image
teaser image

Next bite at the apple on Wednesday...


"World's Criminals On Notice": Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy Seizes Another Tanker In Caribbean

teaser image
teaser image

"The ghost fleets will not outrun justice." 


Estimate your earnings

oz

Calculate earnings


Meta Signs Massive Nuclear Energy Deal

teaser image
teaser image

The initial plan is to offtake over 2000 MW of power from nuclear power plants owned by Vistra energy in Ohio, assist with fast tracking two reactors from TerraPower, and send a pre-payment to Oklo for securing nuclear fuel and advancing the first stage of a project in Ohio.


Ukraine Hit With Oreshnik Hypersonic As Retaliation For Attempted 'Terror Attack' On Putin Residence

teaser image
teaser image

Kremlin charges the US & European allies with forming "axis of war"...


Futures Muted Ahead Of Two Key Events

teaser image
teaser image

“The market is hoping for the jobs data to land on the fairway. Too much job creation would hint the economy is getting hot while a number close to zero would point, in contrast, to a slump. Neither option is good.”


Lenders & Homebuilders Jump After Trump Unveils QE-Style $200B Mortgage Bond Buying Plan To Unfreeze Housing Market

teaser image
teaser image

"Trump's post about buying MBS and the potential impact on rates was the first piece of potentially good news for the builders..." 


Atlanta Fed Nearly Doubles Q4 Growth Estimate To 5.4% After Strong Data

teaser image
teaser image

Stronger economic data and delayed releases point to more robust U.S. growth momentum toward the end of the year...


Debasement & 'Running Hot': Top Goldman Macro Trader Says 2026 Is "All About The US, Stupid!"

teaser image
teaser image

A year where (as is often the case) the headline returns masked the volatility, pain, noise and churn from point to point...


Six Global Energy Trends Shaping The Middle East In 2026

teaser image
teaser image

Middle Eastern NOCs reinforced their role as a critical buffer in the global energy system through a consistent strategy of capacity expansion and cost reduction...


December Jobs Preview: The Rebound Continues

teaser image
teaser image

"This consumer-led expansion has been peculiar due to a lack of hiring as spending / growth accelerated higher. Now, do we see hiring return adding more support to a stronger than average aggregate consumer?"


Schhh — Shanghai Soaring

teaser image
teaser image
Remarkably, the latest China bull is still barely on the radar.

Did Gen-Z Just Get A Taste For Fancy Used-Watches

teaser image
teaser image

"The market for chunkier sports models from brands like Rolex has been on a roller coaster..." 


Wife Jailed After Caging, Starving & Boiling Husband With 60 Chihuahuas As Belgian Court Rejects Menopause Excuse

teaser image
teaser image

A Belgian judge was unimpressed by claims that early menopause explained months of extreme domestic abuse that left a 48-year-old man a "burned skeleton"...


Zerohedge store image

Four Investment Themes For 2026

teaser image
teaser image

...geopolitics (wars and rumors of war), artificial intelligence (AI) and tech generally, the so-called debasement trade, and American Renaissance.


teaser image
teaser image
US President Trump cancels a second attack on Venezuela, suggesting the two countries “are working well together”.

Woman Killed In Minneapolis Was "ICE Watch" Left-Wing Activist Trained To Resist Fed Agents: Report

teaser image
teaser image

"From my understanding, she was involved in social justice ... we are a tight-knit community..."


White House Mulls Payments Up To $100,000 Per Greenlander To Join US

teaser image
teaser image

They had gotten more serious in recent days...