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Ugly 5Y Auction Tails Amid Faltering Demand

Ugly 5Y Auction Tails Amid Faltering Demand

If yesterday’s 2Y auction was stellar, today’s 5Y sale was the opposite.

Just after 1pm, the US completed the sale of $70BN in 5Y paper at a high yield of 3.823%, up from 3.747% one month ago a…

Los Angeles Homeless Services CEO Charged With Defrauding Taxpayers To Pay For Luxury Lifestyle

Los Angeles Homeless Services CEO Charged With Defrauding Taxpayers To Pay For Luxury Lifestyle

Via Headline USA,

The CEO of a Los Angeles homeless services charity faces federal and state fraud charges after prosecutors said he lived a l…

Guns, Grenades, Killer Drones, & The Hulk: Highlights From The 2026 SHOT Show

Guns, Grenades, Killer Drones, & The Hulk: Highlights From The 2026 SHOT Show

Last week was the annual SHOT Show – an industry-only convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada that’s notoriously difficult to get into. Fortunately, we were able to…

Karoline Leavitt Torches The Left’s Hypocrisy On Deportations

Karoline Leavitt Torches The Left’s Hypocrisy On Deportations

At her first briefing since the Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democratic leaders for refusing to enforce federal immig…

The Gold Move Is A Vote Of No Confidence In The Entire Global Financial Architecture

The Gold Move Is A Vote Of No Confidence In The Entire Global Financial Architecture

By Michael Every of Rabobank

As Axios puts it, ‘Wall Street’s playbook for 2026 already needs to be rewritten’. Many players’ do.

Gold is through $5,000…

Iran Activates Emergency Contingency Plan As Trump Boasts Of “Beautiful” Armada Nearby

Iran Activates Emergency Contingency Plan As Trump Boasts Of “Beautiful” Armada Nearby

Update(1934ET): FT and others have reported that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has moved to activate emergency contingency plans, aiming to secure…

Federal Officials Refer Minnesota To DOJ For Allowing Boys In Girls’ Sports

Federal Officials Refer Minnesota To DOJ For Allowing Boys In Girls’ Sports

Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times,

Federal officials have referred Minnesota to the Justice Department (DOJ) over alleged civil rights violations stem…

Southwest Airlines Ends Open Seating, Moves To Reservation-Based System

Southwest Airlines Ends Open Seating, Moves To Reservation-Based System

Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times,

Southwest Airlines’ era of offering passengers open seating is officially ending, as the passenger carrier transitions its s…

GM Shares Surge 7% After Surpassing Q4 Estimates, Raising Guidance, Planning $6B Stock Buyback

GM Shares Surge 7% After Surpassing Q4 Estimates, Raising Guidance, Planning $6B Stock Buyback

General Motors exceeded Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings expectations and forecast another year of “strong financial performance” in 2026. …

Conference Board Consumer Confidence Crashes To 12 Year Lows

Conference Board Consumer Confidence Crashes To 12 Year Lows

After Boomers and Gen X dragged The Conference Board Confidence measure down to eight month lows to end 2025, expectations were for a rebound to start 2026.

But, reality was far…