The former NBA player was ejected from a Chicago Sky game following a confrontation with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud on Aug. 23...

This is the level where macro markets could enter a cross-asset vol vortex where there would be very few places to hide...

"Investors are engaged, but not necessarily enthusiastic." 

Bitcoin is trading with gold... something it does when investors lose confidence in the dollar...

Beijing retains a kill switch inside US defense, aerospace, semiconductor, and energy supply chains... 

Oleksandr Poklad survives after drone slammed into precisely where director's office is located, Zelensky says.

"Industrial economy either grinds to a halt or consumers about to be hit with the biggest energy pass through in history." 

The fiscal concerns, buyback shenanigans and inflation worries preoccupying the market have made it to the ears of retail traders...

...but there are no signs of inflationary wage-growth in any of today's data.

The long awaited robotaxi launch provided limited details on pricing, availability and expansion...

Norway's fund proposal is more portfolio engineering than a geopolitical "dump America" move (for now)...

The Russian leader said contact between Kyiv and Moscow was ongoing between their respective intelligence agencies...

So far this is indeed a "bad news is good news" kind of report. 

Nationwide marches, corrosive attacks on soldiers, and an NGO in the frame...

Something interesting is happening inside the plumbing of the global financial system.

"Dare to think outside existing frameworks..."

However the European Commission statement itself suggests otherwise, with non-committal language...