CIA Prevented Hunter’s Hollywood Tax Sugar Daddy From Becoming Federal Witness: Whistleblower
CIA Prevented Hunter’s Hollywood Tax Sugar Daddy From Becoming Federal Witness: Whistleblower A trove of new whistleblower documents provided to House GOP investigators reveal, among other things, that the CIA prevented federal investigators from pursuing Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris as a witness in their investigation of Hunter Biden. Photo: Valerie Plesch for The New York […]
Cracks In The Armour Of The Resilient Consumer
Cracks In The Armour Of The Resilient Consumer Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Consumption spending accounts for approximately two-thirds of the US economy. It is vital that we understand the dynamics of the consumer because if the consumer falters, so does the US economy, which has far-reaching consequences. The surprising resilience of the US […]
Solid Demand For 20Y Paper In Week’s Only Coupon Auction
Solid Demand For 20Y Paper In Week’s Only Coupon Auction In the week’s only coupon auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $16bn in 20Y paper in a solid auction. The high yield of 4.635% was down from last month’s 4.818% and also stopped through the When Issued 4.637% by 0.2bps, the third consecutive non-tailing auction […]
FOMC Minutes Preview: No Hike But When To Cut?
FOMC Minutes Preview: No Hike But When To Cut? As Newsquawk writes in its Fed minutes preview, at its May meeting, the FOMC left rates unchanged at 5.25-5.50%, as expected, and announced a higher-than-expected tapering of its QT program, where the monthly cap on Treasury runoffs will be reduced from USD 60bln to USD 25bln […]
Israeli Hostage Families Release Shocking Clip Of Female Troops’ Abduction
Israeli Hostage Families Release Shocking Clip Of Female Troops’ Abduction “The world must look at this cruel atrocity. Those who care about women’s rights must speak out. All those who believe in freedom must speak out, and do everything possible to bring all of the hostages home now,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said in […]
Silver Breakout Confirmed
Join Mike Maloney in this in-depth analysis as he confirms a significant breakout in silver, with implications for traders and investors alike.
Vitalik Buterin Stresses AI Risks Amid OpenAI Leadership Upheaval
Vitalik Buterin Stresses AI Risks Amid OpenAI Leadership Upheaval Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Butertin has shared his take on “superintelligent” artificial intelligence, calling it “risky” in response to ongoing leadership changes at OpenAI. On May 19, Cointelegraph reported that OpenAI’s former head of alignment, Jan Leike, resigned after saying he had […]
Visualizing European Nation’s Top Exports
Visualizing European Nation’s Top Exports The European Union (EU) exports over $6 trillion in products annually. The bloc boasts a diversified economy that encompasses fuel and mineral industries, cars, vaccines, and technology. In this map, Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti displays European Union countries’ top exports as of 2022. Data for the map was sourced from The Observatory of […]
Another Sanction Failure: The US Blacklisted Xiaomi Three Years Ago Now it Makes EVs
Another Sanction Failure: The US Blacklisted Xiaomi Three Years Ago Now it Makes EVs Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Just three years ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi decided to build cars. It succeeded where Apple failed. The Wall Street Journal reports A Chinese Phone Maker Did Something Apple Couldn’t: Make an EV Xiaomi is a […]
Yellen Threatens German Banks With Sanctions; EU Approves Using Russian Asset Profits For Ukraine’s Defense
Yellen Threatens German Banks With Sanctions; EU Approves Using Russian Asset Profits For Ukraine’s Defense In a rare moment of tensions among allies, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is demanding that German bank executives get serious about complying with anti-Russia sanctions, warning further that German banks could find themselves under sanctions. She warned them of secondary sanctions […]