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FOMC Minutes: Fed Split on Rate Hikes vs Cuts

The March FOMC minutes, released April 8, expose a central bank caught between two bad options. With the fed funds rate

+178K Jobs Is Mean Reversion, Not Strength. Sell It.

Wall Street is doing what it always does with a hot jobs number: extrapolating one month into a narrative. +178,000 payr

+178K Payrolls Kill the Rate Cut. Higher for Longer.

+178,000 jobs in March against a consensus of 60,000. Private payrolls at +186,000 versus an expected 70,000. The unempl

$113 Oil Is the Top. Sell the War Premium.

WTI crude hit $113.08 on April 2 — up 13% in a single session, up 58% since early February. The financial media is runni

$113 Oil Traps the Fed. Stagflation Is Here.

WTI crude jumped 13% to $113.08 on April 2 after President Trump's war address offered no off-ramp from the Iran conflic

VIX Above 30 and You're Selling? That's the Trade.

Every panic seller on March 31 is handing money to whoever is brave enough to take the other side. SPY closed at $639.20

This Relief Rally Is a Trap. Oil at $104 Proves It.

The S&P 500 bounced 1.1% on March 31 and traders are celebrating like the correction is over. SPY at $639.20, QQQ at $56

Nowhere to Hide: Stocks and Gold Drop Post-Fed

The S&P 500 fell 1% and gold crashed below $5,000 within hours of the Federal Reserve's March decision to hold rates at

Stocks Shrug Off War Jitters Ahead of FOMC

The VIX dropped to 23.51 on Monday from 27.19 just three sessions earlier, even as Brent crude holds above $100 and the

Hormuz Crisis Sends Oil Past $100 — Now What?

Brent crude crossed $100 per barrel on March 8 for the first time since 2022. WTI trades near $97. The cause is specific

Tomorrow's FOMC: Watch the Dots, Not the Rate

The Fed funds rate will stay at 3.50%–3.75% tomorrow. CME FedWatch puts the probability above 92%. That outcome is price

PPI and the Fed: March 18's Double Data Day

February's Producer Price Index lands at 8:30 AM Eastern on March 18. Six hours later, the Federal Reserve announces its

Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High on Iran War

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate surged to 6.41% on Friday — the highest since September 2025 — erasing two weeks of gain

Oil at $99: The Strait of Hormuz Tax on Every American

Crude oil hit $98.71 on Friday, completing a 47% rally from $67 just two weeks ago. The catalyst is straightforward: the

S&P 500 Hits 2026 Low as Selloff Deepens

The S&P 500 closed at 6,632 on March 13 — its lowest level of 2026 and more than 5% below its January peak near 6,970. E

GDP Slashed to 0.7% in Revision That Blindsided Wall Street

The Commerce Department just cut Q4 2025 GDP growth in half. The revised reading of 0.7% annualized — down from an alrea

Housing Starts Surge as Jobs Data Stays Tight

January housing starts jumped 7.2% to an annualized rate of 1.487 million units, the highest reading since late 2024 and

Oil Shock: WTI Surges Past $95 on Hormuz Crisis

Crude oil prices erupted on Thursday as Brent breached $100 per barrel and WTI surged past $95, driven by Iran's declara

Housing Holds Firm as Recession Fears Mount

The U.S. housing market is sending a defiantly mixed signal. Existing home sales rose 1.7% in February to a seasonally a

Home Sales Edge Up 1.7% Ahead of Key CPI Data

Existing home sales rose 1.7% in February to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4.09 million units, the National A

Oil Prices Surge 27% as Gulf Supply Crisis Deepens

Crude oil prices have surged 27% since the outbreak of the US-Israel war with Iran, with Brent crude topping $93 a barre

Week Ahead: CPI, GDP, and FOMC Decision Loom

The week of March 10-18 is shaping up to be one of the most consequential stretches of economic data releases in months.

Pentagon Blacklists Anthropic Over AI Safeguards

The Pentagon has formally designated Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI chatbot, as a "supply chain risk" — an unprec

Iran Conflict Triggers Market Regime Shift

A decisive regime shift is underway across global markets as the Iran conflict reshapes sector leadership and forces inv

Iran War Chokes Global Shipping as Oil Tops $80

The escalating U.S.-Israel war with Iran has brought global shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill,

News: Iran Oil Supply Disruption Risk Surges as Operation

The US-Israeli military strikes on Iran under Operation Epic Fury have introduced the most significant risk to global oi

News: Dell Stock Explodes 22% After AI Server Backlog Hits

Dell Technologies shares surged more than 22% on Friday, gapping up at the open and climbing through the session to clos

News: Netflix Stock Surges 25% as Wall Street Cheers Warner

Netflix shares have soared roughly 25% over the past week, marking the streaming giant's best weekly performance since m

News: Berkshire Hathaway Q4 Earnings Fall Nearly 30% in

Berkshire Hathaway reported a steep decline in fourth-quarter operating earnings on Saturday, February 28, 2026, capping

News: Trump Orders Federal Ban on Anthropic AI After

President Donald Trump has ordered every federal agency to immediately stop using technology from AI developer Anthropic

Developing: Pakistan Declares 'Open War' on Afghanistan

Pakistan declared "open war" on Afghanistan on Friday after the two South Asian neighbors exchanged overnight airstrikes

News: U.S. and Iran Open Critical Third Round of Nuclear

American and Iranian negotiators sat down Thursday for a third round of indirect talks in Geneva, with the shadow of the

Developing: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs

The US Supreme Court on Friday delivered a landmark ruling that struck down the bulk of President Donald Trump's sweepin

News: US-Iran Nuclear Crisis Escalates to Military Strikes

What began as a high-stakes diplomatic standoff over Iran's nuclear programme has escalated into the most significant US

News: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs in

The United States Supreme Court delivered a historic rebuke to President Donald Trump's trade agenda on Friday, ruling 6

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Iran Day 46: US Blockade Takes Effect

Updated April 13: The US military blockade of all Iranian ports took effect at 10am ET today, making good on the threat

Trump Bans Anthropic as OpenAI Wins Pentagon Deal

The Trump administration has ordered every federal agency to immediately cease all use of Anthropic's artificial intelli

US-Israeli Strikes Kill Iran's Supreme Leader

The United States and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on Saturday, February 28, killing Supreme

News: Khamenei Confirmed Dead as Iran Retaliates Across

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been confirmed dead by Iranian state media following joint US-Israeli s

News: Trump Bans Anthropic From Government Use and Pentagon

President Trump ordered all federal agencies to immediately cease using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology o

News: Pakistan Declares 'Open War' on Afghanistan as

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif declared the country is in 'open war' with Afghanistan on February 27,

News: U.S. and Israel Launch Joint Military Strikes on Iran

The United States and Israel launched a coordinated military operation against Iran on Friday, February 28, 2026, in wha

News: Paramount Set for $111 Billion Warner Bros Takeover

Paramount Skydance's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery — the largest media merger since Disney-Fox — cle

News: Trump Bans Anthropic as OpenAI Takes Its Place

The standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic over AI safety guardrails has reached its dramatic conclusion: President

News: Trump Delivers Record-Long State of the Union

President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern American history on Tuesday evening, s

News: Pentagon and Anthropic Clash Over Military AI

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Tuesday morning with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the Pentagon in a high-stakes show

Developing: Death of 'El Mencho'

Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the 59-year-old kingpin known as "El Mencho" who led Mexico's most powerful criminal o

News: U.S. and Taiwan Trade Deal Thrown Into Uncertainty as

The sweeping trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan — signed just eight days ago to slash tariffs, lock in

News: U.S.-Taiwan Trade Deal Faces Legal Earthquake as

The landmark U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement signed just eight days ago has been thrown into uncharted territory after the S

News: House Votes to Overturn Trump's Canada Tariffs in

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-211 on Wednesday to rescind President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goo

News: Taiwan Tells Washington Its 40% Chip Relocation Goal

Taiwan's top trade negotiator has delivered a blunt message to Washington: the United States' ambition to relocate 40% o

News: Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years in Hong Kong's

Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old British-Hong Kong media tycoon and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was sent

News: Japan's Sanae Takaichi Wins Landslide Election

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party stormed to a decisive victory in Sunday's snap election, exit polls projected, d

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