In a world profligate with risks and uncertainty, gold serves as an unimpeachable asset, insulated from the financial system and outside the clutches of governments who will increasingly be tempted to debase their currencies to inflate away their colossal debt loads...

There’s a lot of unfinished business going into the last full trading week of the year.

"Time's up!"

"Nick Reiner previously spoke publicly about his long battle with drug addiction and periods of homelessness." 

There’s plenty to keep traders and investors occupied this week, with a torrent of data and as well as ECB, BOE and BOJ policy rate announcements.

“Chile will be free from crime again, free from anguish, free from fear” 

In retrospect, we should all have known better. That’s not how markets work. Only rarely does an Artificial Superintelligence give investors extraordinary profits without inflicting ungodly pain...

“All plans must be based on facts, aiming for solid, genuine growth without exaggeration, and promoting high-quality, sustainable development...”

"We are now firmly back into a good is bad/bad is good regime"

"Another Lina Khan special..." 

Goldman's cyclicals/defensives pair trade basket is now up 14 of 15 sessions - after Friday's drop - taking consumer discretionary/retail along with it.

What is unfolding across the West is the dire consequence of nation-killing open border policies ... 

The arrests include aliens with criminal histories, including those convicted of murder, kidnapping, sexual assaults, and other violent crimes. 

Markets are superorganisms, drawing strength from every participant willing to play. They are humanity’s first form of Artificial Superintelligence. As such, markets manage to outwit even the geniuses amongst us.

Using stablecoins allows customers to fund accounts directly from cryptocurrency wallets rather than bank accounts...

The offenders are a 50-year-old and 24-year-old male, who are father and son.

Nationwide, 30% of workers, about 45.2 million people, earn less than $20 per hour...