The Silicon Valley Bank collapse wasn’t unique, it was just first

This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.

The Private Credit Crisis Is Spreading Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The private credit crisis is spreading to another corner of the market that I warned about back in October, when I wrote about 10 parts of the market I’d avoid. For years I’ve been warning that buy now pay later (“BNPL”) industry was built on a pretty fragile foundation. The quality of the loans was always the obvious problem. The entire business model revolves around extending instant credit with minimal underwriting to consumers making small purchases. Companies whose primary innovation is allowing consumers to...

President Trump said on Sunday that any decision to end the war with Iran would be a “mutual” one made with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The president made the comments in a phone call with The Times of Israel, where he claimed that the US and Israel have “destroyed” Iran. “Iran was going to […]