Economy & Finance

Clintons Refuse To Testify About Jeffrey Epstein; Comer To Begin Contempt Proceedings President Trump isn’t the only one clamming up over Jeffrey Epstein – as Bill and Hillary Clinton are both refusing to testify in front of Congressional investigators over their relationship with the dead sex-trafficking pedophile, escalating a monthslong battle with House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. […]

Beijing Responds As Trump’s Iran-Related Tariffs Risk Derailing US-China Trade Deal China sharply criticized Washington’s move to levy tariffs on countries trading with the Islamic Republic of Iran, issuing a statement Tuesday – less than 12 hours after President Trump announced the punitive action on Truth Social – condemning the decision. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Mamdani Declares War On Civil Discourse Authored by Charles Mitchell via RealClearPolitics, Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech on Jan. 1 became instantly famous for his promise to prove the “warmth of collectivism.” Yet Americans should pay just as much attention to another deeply concerning comment from the socialist mayor of New York City’s first act in

Here’s Proof That UK’s X Ban Threat Has Nothing To Do With Protecting Children Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, As UK authorities ramp up their assault on free speech, a viral post shared by Elon Musk exposes the glaring hypocrisy in the government’s “protect the children” narrative. Data from the The National Society for

Iran Summons European Envoys, Shows Videos Of ‘Armed Rioters’ Causing Mayhem Facing global condemnation and threats of US intervention over casualties associated with anti-government protests, the Iranian government summoned French, German, Italian and British ambassadors in Tehran and screened a collection of videos purportedly showing “armed violence carried out by protesters.” Saying the images belie the

US Equity Futures Jump To Record High After Core CPI Comes In Cool US equity futures were initially weaker as the market weighs geopolitics, inflation data, and the start to earnings season, where JPM reported results that were mixed at best (unexpected weakness in bank underwriting kept the stock flat in premarket trading). However, just

Core CPI Prints Cooler Than Expected In December, Near 5 Year Lows On the heels of ‘solid’ labor market data from BLS (lower unemployment), ADP (weekly employment change remaining positive), and a rebound in Small Business Optimism; this morning we get a glimpse of the other side of The Fed’s mandate as the last CPI

JPM Kicks Off Q4 Earnings Season With Rare Miss Driven By Weakness In Debt Underwriting Ahead of the official start of earnings season this morning when JPM reported Q4 results, Goldman’s head of Delta One Rich Privorotsky wrote that “attention now turns to JPM to set tone for earnings seasons. Prices/multiples are elevated across the

L3Harris Rockets Higher On “First-Of-It’s Kind” Pentagon Investment Into Missile Unit L3Harris Technologies (our top stock for the Hemispheric Defense Theme) announced on Tuesday a “first-of-its-kind” proposed partnership with the Department of War (DoW) to significantly boost solid rocket motor production. The DoW will inject $1 billion into L3Harris’ Missile Solutions unit through a convertible