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US New Home Sales Crashed In August

US New Home Sales Crashed In August

After months of soaring in the face of higher mortgage rates (and higher prices), new home sales hit a wall in August, crashing 8.7% MoM – the biggest drop since Sept 2022 (and four times worse than the …

Leftists In Canadian Parliament Seek to Erase Embarrassing Nazi Incident From The Record

Leftists In Canadian Parliament Seek to Erase Embarrassing Nazi Incident From The Record

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, he describes a bleak and insidious future in which tyranny is absolute in every sense.  It is not just autho…

US Announces $2 Billion Loan For Poland To Spend On Military

US Announces $2 Billion Loan For Poland To Spend On Military

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,

The Biden administration on Monday announced a $2 billion loan for Poland that will go toward modernizing Warsaw’s military.

“Today, th…

US Home Prices Hit New Record High, Despite Soaring Mortgage Rates

US Home Prices Hit New Record High, Despite Soaring Mortgage Rates

US home prices rose for the 5th straight month in July (the latest data from Case-Shiller), jumping 0.9% MoM and shifting into the green (+0.1%) on a year-over-year basis f…

Will 60/40’s Demise Make Stocks Irresistible?

Will 60/40’s Demise Make Stocks Irresistible?

Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist,

Bonds’ diminishing ability to act as a hedge for stocks jeopardizes the concept of the standard 60% equities, 40% bonds approach to portfol…

JPM’s Dimon Warns: World Not Ready For Fed’s Stagflationary Response

JPM’s Dimon Warns: World Not Ready For Fed’s Stagflationary Response

What does Jamie Dimon know that we don’t?

Having tamped down his prior warnings of economic “hurricanes”, JPMorgan CEO warned, in an interview with the Times of India, t…

Citadel’s Ken Griffin Joins Consortium Of Investors In Bid For Telegraph Newspaper

Citadel’s Ken Griffin Joins Consortium Of Investors In Bid For Telegraph Newspaper

Citadel hedge fund founder Ken Griffin is reported to have joined a group of investors led by Sir Paul Marshall to bid on the UK’s Telegraph Media Group, ac…

Futures Slide With Yields Lower As Dollar Hits 9 Month High

Futures Slide With Yields Lower As Dollar Hits 9 Month High

US equity futures are weaker, reversing Monday’s modest gains amid a global risk-off tone that has sent European and Asian markets sliding, and which JPM’s market intel team says …

Ford Suddenly Halts Construction At EV Battery Plant Amid Republican Probe Over China Ties

Ford Suddenly Halts Construction At EV Battery Plant Amid Republican Probe Over China Ties

Ahead of President Biden’s scheduled visit to Michigan on Tuesday to support the United Auto Workers on the picket line, Ford Motor Co. announced a …

Majority Of Carbon Offset Projects Globally Are “Likely Junk”

Majority Of Carbon Offset Projects Globally Are “Likely Junk”

By Annabel Cossins-Smith of Power Technology

The “vast majority” of environmental projects most commonly used within the voluntary carbon market (VCM) to offset greenhouse gas …