"The Iranians have mastered the art of sanctions circumvention. If the Biden administration is really going to have an impact, it has to shift the focus to China."

But talking is much easier than doing, especially when you lack the infrastructure, the expertise or the labor supply to re-industrialize

Unstoppable gold...?

Chaos is good for the military-industrial complex. 

DEI initiatives are not the panacea for corporate earnings that supporters claim them to be...

Targets Iranian drone production, but oil off the table, with Republicans scrambling to stuff them into House foreign aid package.

Axed workers targeted Google's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus 

The impulse from central-bank reserves in the US, or the change in their change on a monthly basis, points to further short-term resistance for stocks.

"Currency intervention is far more likely to succeed when delivered through a coordinated international effort. Unilateral moves are helpful in mitigating volatility, but aren't up to the task of reversing the yen's long rate differential-driven slide"

Would "reconsider" its nuclear policy...

"Our conclusion: the Fed and its banks, sooner or later, will provide more monetary accommodation or  the entire debt structure will collapse."

"...home sales are stuck because interest rates have not made any major moves..."

...liquidity in S&P futures is drying up at the worst time, with earnings season and option expiry on the horizon.

At the time, Burisma was paying Hunter, who had no energy sector experience, $1 million a year just for lending his name to its board.

 

"Today, we launched the "HUAWEI Pura 70 Series Pioneer Plan." 

The risk of a squeeze in US funding markets is increasing as the yield curve bear steepens...

The juror, Kara McGee, spoke to the media after she was excused...

In the real world labor market, 2024 has been a shitshow of layoffs...