Economy & Finance

Mainstream Expectations: Hope Vs. Potential Risk Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Mainstream expectations, those from Wall Street, economists, and corporate strategists, have congealed around a bullish economic outlook for 2026. Most forecasts project stronger economic growth, with contained inflation, and continued investment in technology and capital expenditure. As such, many institutional investors interpret this […]

Palmer Luckey One-Shots Jason Calacanis Over Epstein Ties The beef between Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and Silicon Valley angel investor Jason Calacanis goes back nearly a decade – when Calacanis joined a media circus slamming Luckey for a $10,000 donation to a pro-Trump group in 2016. The donation sparked widespread backlash among Silicon Valley’s liberal

Iranians Seal Windows & Store Food, Water As They Prepare For Attack Via Middle East Eye As night fell on Friday, a tense sense of dread settled over Iranians at home and abroad, with rumors of an imminent US military strike took hold across Iran. “I kept waiting for it to hit. I couldn’t sleep until morning. I

Latest Epstein Release Catches Goldman’s Top Lawyer In Massive Lie Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal reported that there was an internal debate at Goldman Sachs over whether to get rid of General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler over her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.  Kathryn Ruemmler, Jeffrey Epstein Ruemmler, a former White House attorney for Obama, told Goldman

Seattle Mayor Directs Police To Track And Document ICE Enforcement Activities Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson announced a series of steps on Jan. 30 in response to a potential surge in federal immigration enforcement, directing local police to track and document activities by U.S. Immigration and Customs

Putin Envoy Dmitriev Back In Miami For Talks, Which Seem To Be Going Nowhere President Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev has arrived in Miami this weekend where he held another round of talks with an American delegation. The discussions started early Saturday morning, after Dmitriev confirmed his arrival, writing on social media simply, “Back in Miami”.

Bitcoin Crashes To Nov 2024 Lows Amid $1.5 Billion In Levered Liquidations In an otherwise quiet session – as one would expect for a Saturday, certainly the algos would – starting early this morning there has been concerted pressure to sell into the bitcoin spot price following yesterday’s Warsh-inspired rout which repriced bitcoin from 88K

Federal Judge Refuses To Block Trump’s ICE Surge In Minnesota Authored by Jacob Burg and Troy Mayers via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Jan. 31 denied Minnesota’s emergency request to block the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal agents to the Twin Cities in a large-scale immigration enforcement operation. In her ruling Saturday morning,

The US Economy In A Nutshell: A Few Winners, Everyone Else Loses Ground Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Maybe this arrangement isn’t as stable and sustainable as the winners imagine. Here’s the US economy in a nutshell: corporate/state concentrations of financial, market and political power are the winners, and everyone outside these

Activist Judge Blocks Key Parts Of Trump EO On Verifying Citizenship To Vote A federal judge on Friday blocked key provisions of President Trump’s executive order that requires proof of US citizenship for voter registration.  Signed on March 25, Executive Order 14248 directs the Election Assistance Commission to require in its national mail voter registration form that