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Rapid Middle East Re-Shuffle With Assad’s Exit Invisible Hand Of Free Markets VS Tariff Strategy Send Questions For Q&A Program To [email protected] “There’s a long period of status quo. It was upturned quickly. In this case, you had the Gaza conflict in Israel’s engagement with Hamas and Hezbollah. And then we have the Russian invasion […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Steady as China Bump Fades Ahead of US CPI: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Adds to Advance Before US Data That May Shape Fed Rate Move [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Emerging Stocks Halt Rally as China Momentum Starts to Fade [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Coffee Reaches Record With Brazil Crop Woes Adding to Crunch [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Small-Business Optimism Soars to […]

Emotion might not be exclusive to humanity, but it finds its richest playground there. Animals can be affected by emotions; humans can be totally controlled by them. Given that emotions give taste and color and music to human life, what’s the problem with that? Merely this: like so many things, emotion is a double-edged sword. […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Waver as Geopolitics Temper China-Led Boost: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Rises After PBOC Resumes Buying and Syria Aids Haven Demand [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Advances as China Signals More Stimulus for Next Year [Reuters] With Assad ousted, a new era starts in Syria as the world watches [Axios] Toppling of Assad transforms Middle East after […]

[CNN] Live Updates: Syria rebels declare Damascus ‘free,’ claim Assad has fled the capital [AP] Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family’s half-century rule [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Syrian President Assad Toppled After Lightning Rebel Advance [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Syrian Rebels Said to Be Entering Damascus as Assad Weakens [Yahoo Finance] 2 key inflation prints […]

Great Expectations—and the Thinnest of Thin Ice The raucous party on Wall Street continued to rage this week with another 0.96% S&P 500 gain to a new all-time weekly closing high of 6,090. At present, the siren song of stocks is hard to resist. Stocks and many other wildly speculative assets just can’t lose, it […]

[BBC] Live Updates: Syrian rebels close in on Damascus as presidency denies Assad has left capital [CNN] Live Updates: Syria’s rebels say they are encircling Damascus but army denies retreat [Reuters] Syrian rebels enter suburbs of key city of Homs, sources say [Reuters] Russian bases in Syria threatened by insurgent advance, say Moscow’s war bloggers […]

“Stocks Extend Record-Breaking Run After Jobs Data.” “Investors Pour $140bn into US Stock Funds After Trump Election Victory.” “Cash Draws Biggest Weekly Inflow Since March 2023, BofA Says.” “Market Frenzy Fuels $1 Trillion ETF Rush to Break Annual Records.” “Jane Street Reaps $14.2 Billion in First Nine Months of Trading.” “France Plunges Deeper Into Crisis […]