Frontrunning: February 20

  • Dollar extends recovery as traders eye Treasury auction (Reuters)
  • Gas Tax Increase Would Hit Trump States Hardest, Koch Groups Say (BBG)
  • House Republicans Take First Step to Tackle Opioid Crisis (WSJ)
  • Trump Defiant Despite Mueller’s Warning Shot on Russia Meddling (BBG)
  • Florida school staff members to return this week after mass shooting that killed 17 (Reuters)
  • Feb 20, 2018 8:20 AM

Frontrunning: February 19

  • Russian Curler Fails Drug Test, Authorities Explore Sabotage Possibility (WSJ)
  • Here’s Who Is Winning in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (BBG)
  • U.S. Oil Exports Go Up a Gear as Supertanker Sets Sail for China (BBG)
  • Iranian Airline Bought U.S. Jet Parts Through Front Firms (WSJ)
  • One CEO Says Dalio Will Lose on European Bank ‘Big Short’ (BBG)
  • Feb 19, 2018 9:02 AM

Russian Meddling: Gagging On The Irony

"If the citizenry cannot replace a kleptocratic authoritarian government and/or limit the power of the financial Aristocracy at the ballot box, the nation is a democracy in name only."

  • Feb 19, 2018 8:45 AM

Peter Thiel "Makes A Killing" With Massive Vol-Spike Bet

While Thiel is best known for venture investments like those in Facebook and PayPal, it was his macro strategy that positioned him to make a killing on last week’s spike in market volatility... and Termination Event in XIV.

  • Feb 16, 2018 11:55 PM

Is New Zealand A Doomsday Preppers' Paradise?

New Zealand represents something different: A sparsely populated island with plenty of resources - essentially clay for wealthy capitalists to mold a new society from the ashes of the old after the collapse sets in...

  • Feb 16, 2018 7:35 PM

Frontrunning: February 15

  • Global Stocks Power Ahead, Unfazed by U.S. Inflation (WSJ)
  • Florida community seeks answers after 17 killed (Reuters)
  • Hedge fund Bridgewater makes $22 billion bet against European firms (Reuters)
  • Number of crypto hedge funds soars amid bitcoin volatility (Reuters)
  • Publishers Warm to Google’s Ad Blocker—but Cautiously (WSJ)
  • Feb 15, 2018 8:12 AM