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How To Navigate The Fed’s New Paradigm Shift Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Will it come in March? Or the summer? When the Federal Reserve makes its first rate cut…

Oil Supertanker Rates Are Soaring After Korean Shipper Sparks Market Frenzy Last week, when looking at the latest global container shipping rates, we observed a surge in prices for all legacy Red…

If Donald Trump can be charged over a speech, George Bush and Barack Obama could also be indicted, the former president’s lawyer argues Former US President Donald Trump’s attorney has argued that…

Lawmakers have voted to end the traditional practice by 2027 South Korea’s parliament voted on Tuesday to ban the sale and consumption of dog meat, which was once a widespread practice in…

First Coupon Auction Of 2024 Is Stellar Sale Of 3Y Paper While not nearly as interesting as the upcoming long-duration 10Y and 30Y auction later this week, all eyes were on today’s…

What’s The Source Of The Astounding 50% Boost In Corporate Profits? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, No wonder Corporate America added $1.2 trillion in profits to be distributed to…

Budapest has reportedly demanded annual reviews scrutinizing the bloc’s assistance to Kiev Hungarian officials have reportedly set conditions for lifting the country’s veto of a €50 billion ($54.6 billion) EU aid package…

The energy required to run high processing chips and cooling systems makes AI like oil – lucrative for humans but with an environmental cost Even as humanity eagerly embraces artificial intelligence despite…

‘Degrowth’ Advocates Misunderstand The Business Cycle Authored by Joel Bauman via SchiffGold.com, December saw a resurgence of “degrowth” advocates in the media, with two articles published by Nature garnering special attention on X (formerly Twitter). The…

Temperatures were “very likely” the highest in 100,000 years, an EU climate watchdog has said The year 2023 was the hottest on record and likely the hottest in tens of thousands of…

Trump Warns Of ‘Big Trouble’ If Supreme Court Rules Against Ballot Access Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump warned there would be “big trouble”…

Western Allies Met Secretly With Ukraine On Peace Plan, Attempt To Woo Global South Despite the continued ‘steadfast’ rhetoric on ‘not backing down’ to Russian forces which has persisted from Zelensky’s office,…

The former US House speaker has returned to investing, despite a previous trading controversy Nvidia’s stock reached a record high on Tuesday after the chipmaker introduced new desktop graphics processors that make…

Police clashed with Orthodox Jews who fought to defend passages they had apparently dug under the city streets Police in New York made multiple arrests on Monday after crowds of Orthodox Jews…

2024 Market & Economic Outlook According To Twitter Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, During the last week of December, I polled my Twitter followers for their outlook on the markets and…

House Republicans Call Out ‘Trump Grabbed The Wheel’ Witness Cassidy Hutchinson Over Flip-Flop, Demand Records On Monday, Republicans on the Oversight Subcommittee for House Administration demanded that the anti-Trump Jan. 6 Select…

Office Space By Philip Marey, Senior US Strategist at Rabobank The 10 year US treasury yield has been moving sideways around 4.0% since Friday’s contradictory data releases from the US, with a…

Here We Go: Michelle Obama Says She’s “Terrified” Of Trump Winning Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Michelle Obama has said that she is kept awake at night by the thought of…

Enlistment officers have been filmed detaining passengers in Odessa Ukrainian enlistment officers are now apparently using new tactics to bolster the ranks of the country’s military, stopping public transportation in the streets…

Nikki Haley also argued against writing a blank check for Kiev US Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has spoken out against sending American troops to Ukraine. The former US ambassador to the…

Cuba will end state subsidies to tackle the economic crisis it blames on the US embargo The Cuban government will hike gasoline and diesel prices on the island by 500% effective February…

Trump Will Be “The Winter Coat” – Charles Nenner Warns “The Cycle Is Turning Down Very Fast” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner has been warning of…

EU Watchdog Mulls Probe On Microsoft’s OpenAI Partnership Over “Competition Issues” OpenAI’s drama last year caught the attention of government regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. More specially, Microsoft’s $13 billion…

The Ministry of Emergency Situations has been ordered to ensure the uninterrupted supply of heat and electricity to affected regions Thousands of residents in several Russian regions have been left without heating,…

The American military is facing a drop in recruitment and risks getting spread too thin in its drive to dominate the globe Amid hopes that the 2024 US National Defense Authorization Act…

Crude will shed 20% of its value this year, Oleg Deripaska warns Global oil markets are heading for a crash that will slash 20% off of the crude price this year, Russian…

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said Kiev lost more than 215,000 troops last year Ukraine lost over 215,000 troops and 28,000 units of military hardware in 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu…

Despite mounting pressure from Republicans, President Joe Biden has reportedly decided to stand by his missing defense secretary US Representative Matt Rosendale announced on Monday that he would file articles of impeachment…

The attack in Oryol caused a fire which has since been contained, Governor Andrey Klychkov has said Two Ukrainian drones have crashed into an oil facility in the western Russian city of…

Openly gay Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest-ever French premier and is tipped to revitalize the presidency of Emmanuel Macron Gabriel Attal has become the youngest-ever prime minister of France after President Emmanuel…

Logical Bullish View On US Stocks Is Flawed Authored by Tatiana Darie, Bloomberg, It’s valid to forecast that stocks will rally yet again in 2024. It’s also a deeply vulnerable view. When…

The US aerospace giant’s shares have taken a hit after an emergency landing led to the planes being temporarily removed from service Boeing shares plummeted 8% on Monday after the US Federal…

Salem Mohamed had been detained, along with his father and others, by Niger’s coup leaders since July 26 Niger’s military court has granted a provisional release from house arrest to Salem Mohamed,…

Attacks by the Houthis are driving up shipping rates and causing a drop in deliveries India could lose billions in exports this fiscal year due to threats to cargo vessels posed by…

Some Belarusian journalists have complained their stories are “failing to reach target audiences,” the outlet reports EU policymakers are urging Google and other tech giants to promote anti-government Belarusian media outlets at…

Futures Fall As Tech-Led Rally Fizzles, Yields And Oil Rebound US stock futures dropped amid a risk-off tone as Monday’s tech-fueled bounce fizzled and investors turned their attention to this week’s inflation…

Atlanta Trump Prosecutor Accused Of Secret, Disqualifying Romance With DA Fani Willis Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired her secret lover to serve as special prosecutor in the Georgia racketeering case…

Buckle Up For A Bumpy 2024, Economists Warn Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. economy embarked on a rollercoaster ride in 2023, grappling with high inflation,…

The 11 men sentenced to life in prison and released last year have been ordered to surrender to authorities India’s Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the early release of 11 men convicted…

African countries are able to meet the EU’s growing need for energy only at the cost of their own interests The energy crisis in the European market continues. It has been caused…

The KPRF’s Nikolay Kharitonov has been validated by the top election authority for the March ballot Russia’s top election authority greenlit Nikolay Kharitonov on Tuesday to run for president on the Communist…

Tinder Owner Match Jumps On Report Elliot Investment Takes $1 Billion Stake Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has plowed a billion dollars into shares of Match Group Inc., the owner of Tinder,…

The Israel Defense Forces has claimed reporter Hamza Dahdouh and a colleague were traveling in the same vehicle as a terrorist operating a drone An Israeli airstrike killed two journalists and seriously…

Bear Market: Used Car Market Gives More Breathing Room For Fed Wholesale used vehicle prices, tracked by Cox Automotive, peaked nearly two years ago and have since plunged into a bear market. The…

More Golden (And Black-Gold) Proof: The Dollar Is Totally Screwed Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via GoldSwitzerland.com, Ever since day-one of the predictably disastrous and politically myopic insanity of weaponizing the world reserve…

Vision Loss Predicted To Surge 55% By 2050 With World Braille Day having just passed, according to the ‘Vision Atlas’ report by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), vision loss is…

Maxim Tesli was reportedly detained following backlash against celebrities who participated in a controversial “naked party” The lead singer of the rock band Schenki (Puppies), Maxim Tesli, has reportedly been arrested at…

A US-China clash over the self-ruled island would cost the world some $10trn, the business news outlet estimates If the US and China were to have a military showdown over the island…

Parishes of the Russian church operate in more than 30 African countries For the first time, Zimbabwe’s Orthodox community attended a Christmas service, TASS reported on Sunday.  The service was conducted by…

Beijing has been actively investing in manufacturing to support the economy in light of the real-estate crisis China’s decision to focus its economic efforts on manufacturing could provoke a new trade war…

The German Chancellor’s plea comes amid warnings that his country’s own military has been stripped to the bone German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has appealed to other EU member states to step up…

One of Kiev’s troops compared Moscow’s strikes using half-ton glide bombs to “the gates of hell” The Russian military is increasingly using ‘glide bombs’ to destroy strong Ukrainian fortifications, some of which…

The Geopolitics Of Gas: Turkmenistan’s Westward Push Authored by EurasiaNet’s David O’Byrne via OilPrice.com, Turkmenistan, eyeing to export its vast natural gas reserves, considers Iran as a strategic but complex Plan B…

China Sanctions 5 US Defense Firms In Strong ‘Message’ Ahead Of Taiwan Election In a major move by Beijing which appears timed to send a strong message just ahead of Taiwan’s presidential and…

He claimed there was no consultation prior to the agreement between the split African state and its landlocked neighbor Somaliland Defense Minister Abdiqani Mohamoud Ateye has resigned in protest over the breakaway…

The envoy to New Delhi says Moscow hopes the two Asian powers will normalize relations Russia’s envoy in New Delhi has expressed hope that China and India will normalize relations, which have…

Mass protests are testimony to Berlin’s misguided spending priorities, Dmitry Medvedev has argued German Chancellor Olaf Scholz risks being forced out of office by mass protests, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has…

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has announced the purchase amid a struggle to mobilize enough men for the front The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense says it has purchased 50,000 sets of women’s…

Electricity usage has increased by 13% as the country enters a period of extreme cold, the national grid operator has said Ukrainian authorities have asked citizens to conserve energy, warning that a…

French Legislation Weakens Clean Energy Commitments And Favors Nuclear Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Cheers to France if pending legislation passes as currently written. It effectively scraps most hard commitments and…

EU Data Protection Fines Hit Record High In 2023 In 2023, approximately €2.1 billion in fines were imposed in the EU due to violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according…

Geopolitical pressure speeds up transition to multipolarity, the Valdai Discussion Club expert Ivan Timofeev said Politicization of international commerce by the West incentivizes other nations, including Russia and India, to speed up…

New Zealand Fudged The Data On How Kidneys Fare After COVID Vaccines Authored by Colleen Huber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In a January 2023 preprint in The Lancet, the New…

A senior Israeli military spokesman says the conflict will soon enter a new stage Israel’s military has said it will transition to a less intensive phase in its war against Hamas, suggesting…

The country will nearly meet its consumer price index target in 2024, economist Aleksander Isakov forecasts Inflation in Russia will be lower this year, as the government will nearly meet its 4.0…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

CNN Admits All Gaza Coverage Is Run Past Team Under Israeli Military Censor Authored by Julia Conley via Common Dreams, CNN has long been criticized by media analysts and journalists for its deference…

Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin Must Resign Authored by Joe Buccino via RealClear Wire, The news that the U.S. Department of Defense failed to inform the American public that its Secretary of…

3-In-4 Asians Expect China To Keep Slowing, & An End To Japan’s NIRP In 2024 A survey among Nikkei Asia readers shows what events respondents from the region find most likely to occur…

IRS: Venmo, PayPal And CashApp Freelancers Face 2024 Reporting Requirements After delaying for two years, the IRS is planning to finally start implementing its new 1099-K reporting requirement for anyone earning income…

Jim Bovard: Biden Says Vote For Me Or Hitler Wins Authored by Jim Bovard, “Endless hysteria will keep you free,” said none of the Founding Fathers. But President Joe Biden missed that…

As the DNC is telling New Hampshire Democrats the upcoming primary is “meaningless,” the background Democrat control officers like David Plouffe are telling them to vote for Nikki Haley.  The New Hampshire…

The controversial influencer is seeking to reclaim property taken by Romanian authorities as part of a human trafficking probe A Romanian court will reconsider the seizure of assets from controversial ‘manosphere’ guru…

The Nordic state must brace for a possible confrontation with Russia, a top official in Stockholm said Sweden’s top officials have urged their people to prepare for a possible war, amid the…

Once you see the strings on the marionettes, you can never return to that moment in the performance when you did not see them.   The cold, stark reality of the thing just…

Family Of Ashli Babbitt Files $30 Million Wrongful-Death Action Authored by Jonathan Turley, The long-awaited tort action from the family of Ashli Babbitt has now been filed in Southern California. Babbitt was…

Shale Tycoon Harold Hamm Wants To Lure Gen Z To The Oil Industry By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Shale tycoon Harold Hamm and U.S. and European supermajors are looking to support university…

Well, well, well… isn’t this interesting.  In a court filing today [SEE pdf HERE], one of the co-defendants in the Fulton County election case against President Trump is presenting very specific details…

These Are The Best US Cities For Entry-Levels Jobs The anxieties around a first-job are immense: fear of the unknown, performance pressure, and the need to navigate new professional environments. But good…

Former NRA Executive Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Agrees to Testify In NY Civil Trial Authored by Allan Zhong via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A settlement was reached on the same day…

Here’s Where COVID Mask Mandates Are Coming Back Across The US Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some hospitals and local governments have opted to reimpose mask mandates…

Let The (Political) Games Begin Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “To an authoritarian ruling elite insane narratives serve as both loyalty test and humiliation ritual.” – Kit Knightly The ordeal…

Fascist gestures are unacceptable in modern Italy, the government has said Hundreds of neo-fascist activists have performed Nazi salutes during a ceremony in Rome, sparking outrage across the country. On Sunday evening,…

US officials have been targeted by heavily armed raids based on fake police reports Police in the US capital announced on Monday that someone had falsely reported a shooting at Judge Tanya…

United Airlines has revealed that inspections following a rival’s midair blowout found that door plugs weren’t properly secured United Airlines has discovered inadequately secured door plugs on the Boeing 737 MAX 9…

Victor Davis Hanson: A Culture In Collapse Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, In the last six months, we have borne witness to many iconic moments evidencing the collapse of…

Activists demanding a ceasefire heckled the US president at a black church Pro-Palestinian activists interrupted US President Joe Biden’s campaign speech at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina…

You will likely hear the term “farm subsidies” as Western media claim the German farmers are protesting the decisions by government. However, what they are protesting is not a hand-out of government…

What Is Happening To College Sports? Authored by William Anderson via The Mises Institute, On Monday night, January 8, the University of Michigan and the University of Washington football teams will vie…

End The Cuba Embargo? Biden Begs Mexico To Stop Migrant Flows, But There’s A Price As Joe Biden continues to poll in the toilet – in no small part to the border…

CJ Hopkins Warns Americans: The 1st Amendment Will Not Save You Authored by CJ Hopkins via Substack, So, I’m getting my German ducks in a row in advance of my appearance in…

A new survey has shown that US voters of all political stripes believe their country is being overrun by illegal aliens Nearly two-thirds of US voters see the record influx of illegal…

The city of Belgorod has been repeatedly targeted with NATO-supplied missiles At least three civilians were wounded on Monday by a Ukrainian artillery attack on the city of Belgorod, according to the…

No one will help Africans but themselves to make a name in the world, Nike Davies-Okundaye has said Africans need to stop chasing foreign lifestyles and instead focus on their own creativity…

Trump Rips Austin For ‘Improper Professional Conduct & Dereliction Of Duty’ After Secretive Hospital Stay Leading Republican presidential contender Donald Trump was never too keen on Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin…

Supreme Court Declines X’s Challenge To Surveillance Gag Order Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal by social media company…

Israel’s prime minister allegedly wanted the UAE to pay welfare benefits to Palestinians he put out of work UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed shot down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request…

Bitcoin & Big-Tech Burst Higher Amid Bloodbath In Boeing & Black Gold A quiet macro day (though we did see NYFRB inflation expectations plunge!), but some ‘good’ news from Washington reduced the…

The measure will be discussed as part of a new mobilization law Kiev is prepared to consider the possibility of slapping banking restrictions on Ukrainians who evade military service, said the head…