Destroying American Democracy - An Inside Job

Watch Live: President Trump Addresses The Nation About Iran There has been a lot of conjecture as to what President Trump will say this evening as he addresses the nation (due to begin at 2100ET) amid mixed signals from the administration (mainly Trump appearing to argue with himself), European allies distancing themselves from the conflict (sparking Trump rage at NATO), and concerns about escalation or a prolonged quagmire (did Pezeshkian really sound like he is ready for a ceasefire). Oil has been selling off heading into Trump’s address, with traders looking...

Futures, Global Markets Rise With US Markets Closed For President's Day Stocks gained, bitcoin tumbled and bonds steadied after Friday's cool CPI data reinforced expectations that the Fed will cut interest rates on multiple occasions this year. With US markets closed for the Presidents’ Day holiday and mainland China’s markets closed for Lunar New Year holidays, trading was muted on Monday. As of 9:00am ET, futures on the S&P 500 added 0.4% and Europe’s Stoxx 600 index rose 0.4% as banking shares rebounded from a sharp decline last week. German bunds and Treasury futures were steady after US...

"Price Collapse" Hits Memory Sticks As Hoarded Inventory Floods Market After Google's DeepSeek Moment Following our "Google's DeepSeek Moment" report last week, which detailed how TurboQuant, a compression algorithm for large language models and vector search engines, could sharply reduce AI memory requirements and sparked a selloff in top memory stocks, a Taiwanese financial outlet is now reporting a plunge in memory stick prices this week. Taiwan-based Economic Daily News reports that DDR5 memory stick prices have dropped by 15% to 30%, marking the first major price correction after a rally that began...