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Bonds & Gold Soar In July Amid ‘DotCom-Style’ Collapse In Crowded-Trades Bonds and bullion outperformed in July with the dollar down and oil getting hammered… Source: Bloomberg And while the broad S&P 500 managed very modest gains in July – there was a massive divergence between Small Caps (+12% in July) and Nasdaq (-1.5% in…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Orders ‘Direct’ Retaliation Strikes On Israel: Officials Update(1550ET): Multiple Iranian officials have told the New York Times in a breaking story that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered retaliation against Israel for the brazen assassination by missile strike of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh which took place on Iranian soil in the early morning…

The Global Backdrop Is Bananas By Michael Every of Rabobank The market focus is this week’s confluence of Fed, BOJ, and BOE meetings. However, if you think there is room for uncertainty there, consider the global backdrop which they operate in – which is bananas, both in terms of the headlines and the banana skins…

Kremlin Tells Venezuelan Opposition To ‘Accept Defeat’, Warns Against US Interference The Kremlin on Tuesday issued a message to the Venezuelan opposition, saying it must accept that its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez lost the election that Nicolas Maduro has won a third term, after the results were certified by the country’s National Electoral Council. No less than nine Latin…

Maduro Tells Brazil He’ll Soon Release Ballot Records To World; Opposition Official Arrested Update(1425ET): The Brazilian administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had as of Monday said he wouldn’t congratulate Venezuela’s Maduro for now following Sunday’s election. “The Brazilian government welcomes the peaceful nature of yesterday’s [Sunday’s] elections in Venezuela and is following the…

Treasury Estimates $1.3 Trillion In Borrowing Needs For The Remainder Of 2024 Ahead of today’s big event – the Treasury borrowing estimates publication – we said not to expect any fireworks and also that unlike recent spikes, the most likely range of calendar Q3 and Q4 borrowing estimates is $750BN for the July-September quarter and…

The Most Chilling Words Today: I’m From NewsGuard & I’m Here To Rate You Authored by Jonathan Turley, Recently, I wrote a Hill column criticizing NewsGuard, a rating operation being used to warn users, advertisers, educators and funders away from media outlets based on how it views the outlets’ “credibility and transparency.” Roughly a week later, NewsGuard…

Apple AI Release Reportedly Delayed Until After iOS 18 Update, Seen As ‘Atypical Strategy’ Apple Intelligence will not be included in the September iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 update. Instead, according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with internal discussions at the world’s most valuable company, the new artificial intelligence features will be rolled in the weeks…

Bitcoin Breaks Through Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Almost everybody in the Bitcoin world is already going to be aware of the headlines former President Donald Trump made last night at the Bitcoin 2024 conference. At Bitcoin 2024, Trump pledged that if re-elected, his administration would retain all federal Bitcoin holdings, establishing a “strategic national…

French Bishops Blast Olympic “Mockery Of Christianity” While MSM Hails “Unprecedented Display Of Inclusivity” The French Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church has blasted the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony for its excesses and provocations which sought to make a mockery of Christianity. The French bishops expressed their thoughts “to Christians worldwide who were hurt by…

“Adult Swim”: Four Reasons Why We Have Not Seen The Summer Lows Yet… By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Baby Pool Closed for “Maintenance” Anyone who ever got that notice from a town or community pool knows exactly what happened. It feels like some of that has gone on in our markets of late, ensuring…

What ‘Project 25’ Says About The Fed Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, Mandate for Leadership 2025 is an unofficial blueprint for a potential conservative administration, published by the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. Donald Trump has distanced himself from the project, even though many people associated with his first term as president contributed to…

Watch Live: Former President Trump Delivers Bitcoin 2024 Keynote Address Watch former President Trump deliver the keynote address at Bitcoin2024 (due to start at 1500ET): *  *  * Who could have seen this coming? Crypto is now a political issue (Dems want to crush it) and GOP will use that in 2024. https://t.co/k26pn0vO5T — zerohedge…

Quake Detected Near North Korea’s Nuke Test Site Some X users are speculating that an earthquake detected near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in North Korea might have been an underground nuclear test. However, there are no confirmations from North Korea, neighboring countries, the US, or allies of Washington to confirm or deny this report.  The Korea…

Navy To Expunge Records For SEALs, Sailors Who Refused COVID Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Navy has agreed to correct the records of SEALs and sailors who declined to receive COVID-19 vaccines due to their religious beliefs, under a settlement approved by a federal court on July 24. “Defendants…

Racism And Sexism: The Campaign Theme Of The Harris-Whoever Ticket Authored by Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann via American Greatness, Is Kamala Harris the quintessential DEI hire? It’s a legitimate question, given that Joe Biden made it clear during his 2020 election-year campaign that he would only consider a black woman for his VP slot. As president, he…

Fair Share? Yellen Says US Opposed To Global Wealth Tax On Ultra-Rich Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A proposal for a worldwide tax on the assets of the ultra-wealthy that’s being pushed by some countries within the G20 does not have the support of the Biden administration, according to Treasury Secretary Janet…

The Future Of Bitcoin In America Will Be Decided At The Ballot Box Authored by Senator Bill Hagerty via BitcoinMagazine.com, As Americans head to the polls this fall, their decision regarding who will lead our country will also determine the fate of crypto here in the United States, and our security, prosperity, and freedom are…

US Doctors Stunned By Number Of Gaza Children With Headshot Wounds Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Israel the “most moral army in the world,” but a high volume of deeply troubling wounds seen by American surgeons volunteering in Gaza is casting doubt on that claim.  Dr. Mark Perlmutter, an American surgeon with heavy catastrophe-zone…

The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule Is A Dark Cloud Over Energy Abundance Authored by Stone Washington via RealClearEnergy, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) climate disclosure rule posts real problems for public companies. The SEC’s mission is to do facilitate capital formation and maintain market efficiency, but for the first time in its 90-year history,…

Romania Scrambles Fighter Jets Amid Russian Attacks Near Its Border In another dangerous close call with Russia on a NATO border, Romania scrambled fighter jets overnight in response to Russian military actions very close to the Ukraine-Romanian border. Romania’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it scrambled the fighter jets in response to a series of Russian drone…

Netanyahu Gives Fiery Speech Before Divided Congress Hailing ‘Forever Alliance’ Between America & Israel Summary: Seeking to shore up support for the war against Hamas in Gaza, and with Vice President Harris not in attendance and with dozens of Democrats also choosing to skip in protest, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed “this great citadel of…