U.S., China Reach Agreement To Lower Tariffs In 90-Day Cool-Off Period

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"We have reached an agreement on a 90-day pause and substantially moved down the tariff levels — both sides, on the reciprocal tariffs..."


Financial Media's Tariff Incontinence: A Retrospective

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Remember just one month ago when the media was acting like tariffs were a guarantee of 100 years of famine, plague and pestilence?


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Something is shifting under the surface of the global economy. Shipping traffic is thinning out. Ports are quieter than they should be.

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Republicans Push $1.3 Billion Bill To Refill The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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“This bill would claw back money headed for green boondoggles..."


Iran Rejects 'Unacceptable' US Demand To Dismantle Nuclear Sites

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"Iran will not give up its peaceful nuclear rights," says Pezeshkian.


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Still Living In Interesting Times

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The world remains in a geopolitical flux as the architecture hammered out at Bretton Woods appears to be breathing its last and Great States vie to shape the emerging global order


Israeli-American Captive Edan Alexander Freed By Hamas After Trump Diplomacy

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584 days...


Judge Allows CIA To Fire Doctor Who Helped Enforce Military COVID Mandate

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LOOMERED...


"The Trade That Nobody Wanted" Is Playing-Out In Realtime; Nomura

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...this is effectively the hard reset and unwind of “U.S. Stagflation” and “Global Growth Shock” -trades over the past few months


Pope Leo Calls For Peace In Ukraine, Gaza While Warning Of WW3 That Is 'Fought Piecemeal'

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"Never again war!" he said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.


Trump Targets Big Pharma: Slashes Drug Prices With 'Most Favored Nation' Rule, Aims To Cut Out Middlemen

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Trump warned that, if necessary, his administration would launch investigations... 


Apple May Hike iPhone Prices For First Time Since 2017

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"These circumstances have led Apple to look at what supply-chain insiders described as the least-bad choice: raising..." 


Affirm Your Kid's Chosen Gender Or Lose Custody? Colorado's Chilling New Bill

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Check out the chart...


Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales And Nonstop Fed Speakers

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The market will be distracted but it is a busy week ahead, with the CPI report on Tuesday, the retail sales report on Thursday, and the University of Michigan report on Friday. 


Indian Stocks Log Best Day In 4 Years As Ceasefire With Pakistan Holds, Airports Reopen

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"We thank President Trump for his leadership & proactive role for peace in the region."


China's Keynesian Model Is Crumbling. It Needs a Trade Deal, Fast...

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China has learnt that it cannot endure a trade war and cannot substitute the US consumer, the richest and largest market, with European or Latin American consumers...


Were April Tariff Policies Just A Bad Dream?

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Good luck. I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief as things “normalize”...


Gold's Glow Fades: Support Levels in Focus as Traders Reassess

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Gold cracks lower—has the 2025 rally just hit a wall?

NATO Launches Major Military Exercise Along Russia's Finnish Border

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Analyst: current exercise is nothing new, it’s just that its magnitude is larger & this is exactly what makes it a threat to Russia.


Dollar’s Comeback: Unloved and Underowned

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Dollar surges as shorts get squeezed—CTAs caught leaning the wrong way, and euro gains wiped fast.

A Bear Market Rally? Or, Just A Correction?

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...after 15 years of monetary and fiscal interventions to stave off deeper bear markets, their “buy the dip” mentality is unsurprising.