Economy & Finance

What’s Igniting Today’s U.S. Antimony Spike? Potential Catalysts United States Antimony Corp. shares are surging in the early U.S. cash session as geopolitical risk around U.S.-China relations is set to deteriorate, with Beijing’s condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran raising the likelihood that President Trump’s upcoming trip to Beijing could be a bust. The […]

US Government Seizes Over $580 Million In Crypto Linked To Southeast Asian Scams Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said federal authorities have frozen and seized more than $580 million in cryptocurrency tied to Southeast Asian scam networks, marking a major escalation in the government’s campaign against cross-border crypto

Rep. Ted Lieu Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy In Congressional Hearing Authored by Jonathan Turley, Years ago, Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Cal.) demanded that “Facebook should do more internally to regulate fake news and point out fake news.” This week, he finally made his case for such private censorship. Lieu went full conspiracy theorist during a congressional

European Gas Prices Soar 50% After Qatar Shuts World’s Largest LNG Export Plant In its scenario analysis of how the Iran war could impact energy markets, Goldman laid out a section dedicated to nat gas, and specifically LNG, which like oil, is one of the commodities that is especially reliant on prompt passage through he

Potential Strike On Iran’s Arak Reactor Complex Foreign media sources are circulating claims US/Israeli forces struck Iran’s Arak heavy-water reactor complex. If confirmed, this would mark the second major hit on the facility in less than a year, underscoring Jerusalem and Washington’s determination to eliminate every pathway to an Iranian nuclear weapon. 🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING: The

Target Cuts Synthetic Colors From Beloved Breakfast Food Authored by Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell via The Daily Signal, The Make America Healthy Again movement has made its mark on one of America’s largest retailers. Dr. Marty Makary, FDA commissioner. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Target announced Friday that every cereal it sells, including national brands, must exclude synthetic

Russia’s Key Novorossiysk Export Hub Again Pounded In Large Ukrainian Drone Wave Iran is understandably dominating global headlines, but major events are still happening in oh yeah that other war which has been raging for four plus years in eastern Europe. Like with the Iran conflict theatre, major geopolitical repercussions impacting energy oil prices are coming out of

10Y Yield Extends Rise After Surge In ISM Manufacturing Prices After ISM’s almost unprecedented bounce higher in January, US Manufacturing dipped in February: S&P Global Manufacturing PMI fell from 52.4 to 51.6 – weakest in seven months ISM Manufacturing PMI fell from 52.6 to 52.4 (better than expected) And this is occurring as ‘hard’ data

Iranian Drones Strike EU Country In War First The Iran war has just for the first time, and rather quickly given it’s only the third day of the conflict, expanded to include an EU nation in the Mediterranean. Iranian-made drones have reached Cyprus and at least one has made ground impact. But they may have

Key Events This Week: Payrolls, Retail Sales, ISM, Beige Book… And War In Iran Outside the obvious and huge attention on the Middle East, the key focus this week will be on the US jobs report on Friday, retail sales on the same day, the ISM indices (today and Wednesday), and the Fed’s Beige Book,