...up 4% from last year.

Christian artists rage over ‘spiritless’ machine music...

The warning underscores the hurdles facing any deal in coming weeks...

As Bloomberg puts it, the latest Fed Beige Book underlined a ‘deepening K-shaped split’. The very wealthy are still spending; everyone else is struggling. That split is now evident all over. AI firms are booming; most aren’t.

Precious Panic – Everyone who said "I’ll buy the dip" is now chasing the breakout.

“many of the suspects… are in this country illegally...”

Stocks are likely to underperform while momentum is weak, reducing the possibility of a strong rally into year end...

“The principle of merit used to get into Harvard is abandoned once there.”

The factor shakeout, the reset in Mag 7 positioning, the breadth improvement, the cooling in vol panic, the systematic de-risking already absorbed, and the early signs of real AI-driven productivity...

Inspection-and-repair process to take months -- will this be curtains for the MD-11? 

Witkoff will travel to Moscow next week to discuss the potential deal with Putin...

Miners have the support of strong fundamentals and an increasingly favorable macro-economic backdrop...

“Why are you blaming Biden?! [for the DC National Guard attack]”

South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy...

A survey finds that 70% of those shoppers plan to take advantage of Black Friday discounts...

...and we're off.

"Some market participants will take advantage of possible differences in prices. The majority will pause trading for risk reasons until the issues are resolved, otherwise losses are possible."

"It's past time DHSgov stops playing pretend and finally raises the terrorism threat level in this country. We have more than 10,000 Islamist terrorist.." 

Connecticut leads the nation, where you’d need to earn more than $1.05 million to join the top 1% by income...

Inflation breakevens are falling, but this is as much about lower oil prices rather than a steep decline in CPI...