What we have in operation here is a form of vampiric capitalism, an entire industry that has colonized our health and bodies in the interest of wealth extraction even though its products do not work and actually make us more sick...

"The Middle East remains a powder keg, but in terms of oil production, it has yet to explode..."

REAR VIEW: Fed's Bostic said if disinflation process resumes, Fed could pull cuts forward; Brainard expects steady progress on inflation; INTC reveals new AI chip; FAA investigates claims by BA whistleblower; BoJ said to consider raising its inflation forecast; GOOG expands in-house chip efforts and announces slew of Cloud deals; Poor 3yr note auction.

The common denominator for these disasters is the embrace of left-wing "theory"...

FedSpeak saves the day late-on...

Vatican states that modern gender ideology is aimed at "eliminating the basis of family"...

The New York Times has published a strange article... with regard to inflation: “Don’t worry, be happy.”

Houthi hand-me-downs?

All of this at a time when rates are ticking up, commods are rallying, geopolitics feel very shaky and a large swathe of the world are about to vote on new leaders...

"I blame myself for Lindsey Graham, because the only reason he won is because I endorsed him!"

"Lightfoot will get to work right away..."

"Like many unfortunate things, the rise of advocacy took off with Donald Trump..."

"Every day, I'm surprised by how fast power consumption is growing..."

The first coupon auction of the week and the month is in the history books and boy, was it ugly: maybe it was nerves ahead of tomorrow's CPI, maybe it was the realization that there is a lot more where this came from. A LOT more.

Many schools in Brazil reportedly use the company to provide internet access to their citizens.

The Feb. 3 derailment triggered officials to initiate a 'controlled' release and burn of various chemicals.

Chasing gold here is a late trade...

As the Democratic Party has shifted away from its traditional base of working-class and middle-class Americans, to an increased reliance on college professors, students, and highly educated but low-paid professions, such as social workers, a new policy has risen to prominence: student loan forgiveness. 

The totality path for the S&P500 is up a little more to down a lot... and extreme 'asymmetry' in bond CTAs...

“Since Watergate, the Department of Justice has held the view that a former President may face criminal prosecution, and Independent and Special Counsels have operated from that same understanding...”