Economica (stocks in bondage, bonds in the stockade, market madness, etc.)
Credit Market Cracks Start to Appear as Three Companies Sideline Investment Grade Bond Sales
BoE's Bailey Sparks Market Chaos with Pension Fund Threat
Bank of England in fresh emergency move to calm markets
PC Shipments Plunge 20%, Steepest Drop in More Than 20 Years!
Global Chip Rout Vaporizes Quarter Trillion in Value as Earnings Estimates Crater
Trans-Pacific Shipping Rates Plunge 75% as US Retail Demand Falters
JPMorgan, Goldman Predict Huge Market Surge, Plunge Depending on CPI Print
Intel to Fire Thousands Weeks after Biden Signs CHIPS Stimulus Bill
All-Time Record Bets on a Stock-Market Crash Are Skyrocketing
Money Matters (monetary policy, gold, silver, cryptos & currency wars)
U.S. Congressman Introduces Gold Standard Bill as Inflation Spirals Out of Control
Trading Drought Worsens in Japan’s Broken Bond Market
Yen Weakens Past Level That Triggered Last Japan Intervention
Oil & USD Signal Gold Will Surge
Famished & Enflamed (sanctions, shortages, famines & fires)
Israel to allow natural gas extraction off Gaza
Russia Claims it Can Maintain Oil Production at 9.9-Million Bpd
US Firms Pull Staff from China's Top Chip Maker as Economic War Worsens
Overinflated (too much money chasing too few goods)
Diesel Back Above $5, Gas Prices Continue to Rise as "Ugly Inflation" Returns
Oil Prices Under Downward Pressure as Standard Chartered Lowers Global Demand Forecast
Wholesale prices rose 0.4% in September, twice as much as expected as inflation persists
Food Cost Jump Sparks Hotter than Expected US Producer Price Inflation
Outraged Biden Team Vows Consequences for Saudis over OPEC Cuts
Battery Metals Trade Sideways as Market Becomes More Competitive
War, Cyberwar, Civil Conflicts & Unrest
'General Armageddon': Who Is the Brutal Russian Commander Charged with Winning the Ukraine War?
Ukraine claims new gains after days of mass Russian strikes
NATO pivots to sending Ukraine air defenses after Russian missile attacks
‘Hurricane’ of Risks Threatens Emerging Nations, G-20 Chief Says
Sweden Refuses to Share Results of Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion Investigation with Russia
Politics & Social Decay
Senate races reach new heights of nastiness in final stretch
Democrats slightly favored to hold the senate
Globalism, Authoritarianism, Invasive Government & Censorship
CCP Runs Police Outpost in New York City, Part of Global Network of Transnational Repression
"Medical Censorship": Dr. Peter McCullough Responds to Twitter Ban
Winds of Change (extreme weather, climate change & green energy)
The Quagmire of Climate-Change Diplomacy
Republicans Withdraw $1 Billion from BlackRock Due to its ESG Policies
Europe’s LNG Spending Could Undermine its Renewable Ambitions
A Pox Upon Us (the plagues & pandemic policing of the 2020’s)
China Gives Clearest Sign Yet it Will Stick with Zero-COVID Strategy
Pfizer Exec Admits Under Oath: 'We Never Tested COVID Vaccine Against Transmission'
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Turns Negative within Months
Off-the-Beat or Just Plain Offbeat News
Microplastics Detected in Human Breast Milk, Raising Concerns over Health Impact on Babies
Creative Collapse (cartoons, humor & other creative expressions)
Russel Brand: NIH returns to funding bat-virus research by same Wuhan lab that likely leaked it