Tech Tumbles As Yields Surge, Meme Stocks Explode It's not just the surge in meme stocks that is a case of deja vu all over again:...
The New Zealand dollar has posted modest gains in the Thursday session. Currently, NZD/USD is trading at 0.7445, up 0.16% on the day. New Zealand dollar...
Overview: After several attempts, the euro has pushed above $1.22, and the Australian dollar has surpassed $0.8000 as the greenback remains under broad pressure against the...
CALGARY – Canada’s largest oil companies plan to use the St. Lawrence Seaway to ship crude oil into Ontario as a contingency plan in case Michigan Governor...
The economics establishment in the United States has been putting on a show worthy of World Wrestling Entertainment this month. Lawrence Summers ...
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first African-American to earn a PhD in economics, in 1944 observed that Black workers.
Overview: The sharp recovery in US shares yesterday that saw the S&P 500 snap a five-day slide failed to carry into Asia Pacific trading earlier today. ...
Overview: Rising rates continue to spur a rotation and retreat in stocks. Yesterday the NASDAQ sold-off by nearly 2.5% while the Dow Industrials eked out a...
Key Events This Busy Week: Powell, Stimulus And More Inflation Cues As DB's Jim Reid writes in his Early Morning Reid, "this week marks the first...
Overview: Higher interest rates, driven by inflation expectations, is forcing an adjustment to equity markets. The S&P 500 is poised to gap lower today following slides...
Merkel: "No End In Sight Until World Is Vaccinated" It's been a little more than one year since the globalists have been reshaping our lives after...
Greenwald: Congress Escalates Pressure On Tech Giants To Censor More, Threatening The First Amendment Authored by Glenn Greenwald via. greenwald.substack.com, For the third time in less...
92% Of NYC Restaurants Unable To Pay Rent In December, Study Finds Another week, another restaurant doomsday story. According to the latest NYC Hospitality Alliance survey, it's...
COVID Cases, Like Political Careers, Are Dropping Like Rocks Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The American Institute for Economic Research, New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who...
Rising yields spook investors Jerome Powell’s appearances in Congress next week may come at the perfect time. Rising yields have made investors nervous and the Fed...
The Japanese yen strengthened against its US counterpart to finish the trading week amid reports that the central bank is reconsidering loose monetary policy to spur economic growth. This comes as the Bank...
Indonesia Moves To Punish Citizens Who Refuse COVID Vaccine In a uniquely heavy-handed move, the Indonesian government is threatening to punish citizens who refuse to get...
GOP Senators Demand Probe Into Cuomo's "Possibly Criminal" Handling Of COVID Death Data Via Planet Free Will News, A group of Republican Senators have penned a...
NY Dems Move To End Cuomo Emergency Powers As FBI Launches Probe; Lawmaker Says Gov Threatened To "Destroy" Him It is looking increasingly certain that Democrats...
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Trump Declares War On Mitch McConnell, Calls Him "A Dour, Sullen, And Unsmiling Political Hack" Donald Trump has some choice words for Senate Mitch McConnell (R-KY),...
Florida, California Took Opposite Approaches To COVID... With Virtually Same Result How is it that California enacted draconian COVID lockdown measures, yet had nearly identical results...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo acknowledged on Feb. 15 that his office should not have withheld data on Covid-19 nursing home deaths from state lawmakers, the...
Asian equities are off to a strong start Yesterday’s close by the Nikkei 225 above 30,000, last seen in 1990, appears to be spurring more buyers...
The Japanese yen fell intraday but reversed its movement afterward, managing to erase losses against a few of its rivals and trim them against others. The currency for a long time has been under...
Cuomo Insists All NY Nursing Home Deaths "Accurately Reported" In First Briefing Since "COVID Coverup" Update (1434ET): Gov. Andrew Cuomo's epic President's Day afternoon press briefing...
Last week I posted on the lockdown debate between Phil Magness and Jeremy Horpedahl. I noted that Horpedahl and Magness were not very far apart on...
Recall Newsom Effort Gains Enough Signatures To Trigger Special Election In California A California campaign to recall Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has obtained over 1.5 million...
Minutes and PMIs eyed Investors are growing increasingly hopeful about the economic outlook and next week’s PMIs will tell us whether businesses share their optimism. Central...
Mario Draghi Officially Becomes Premier Of Italy, Names His Top Ministers Update (3:00pm ET): As expected (see below), Mario Draghi has agreed to take over as...