Joe Biden wanted a monument. What he’s getting is a mausoleum nobody wants to build...

... with Maduro backed into a corner, things could still escalate. 

The real purpose might be to prevent the US from reaching a deal with Russia per point 14 of its leaked 28-point peace framework...

"Ultimately, the trend is lower for oil, with it likely to persist unless there's a pick-up in global industrial activity, a bigger supply shock, or - most likely - intervention from OPEC to support prices,"

Trump claims "we're closer now than we have been."

Been raking it in especially over last years of war in Ukraine...

The December VIX option expiration this morning and the larger monthly expiration Friday is hitting just as the S&P 500 is at a pivotal level...

"More specifically, with lower- and middle-income consumers continuing..." 

...if private credit is saying 'no mas', then no way the AI cycle will be completed...

With AI driving up demand for compute, Earth-based data centers appear to be encountering certain structural bottlenecks...

This betrays a shortage of physical silver more acute than for gold, which is likely behind its recent significant outperformance...

The Trump administration really wants the rest of the (Western?) world to embrace American-made artificial intelligence and technology.

"I would expect more volatility because investors are differentiating more and they are not just playing one sector"

Markets would treat a Kevin Warsh nomination as Fed chair as a tilt toward a more hawkish, rule-oriented regime, especially relative to the current Jerome Powell framework or the Kevin Hassett alternative

"That could theoretically include an initial public offering."

The entire global financial system rests on trust: on the absolute stability of its core pillars, institutions like Euroclear...

We're so back. 

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agreement sets the ‘framework for tremendous steps to be made.’