Markets, Manipulation, and Silver-Stacking

American voters say that a war against Iran benefits Israel more than the US. A poll conducted by IMEU Policy Project and Demand Progress released on Thursday found that 56% of voters said the war “benefits Israel more.” Only 29% said the conflict “benefited the US more.” Less than a fifth of Democrats and a […]

Bessent Plays Hardball With "Bloomberg Bros": Yields Spike As Treasury Accepts Just 68% Of Maximum Buyback Offers Two weeks ago, treasury yields spiked to a 3 year high (still well below 5%), after the first expanded Treasury buyuback operation which had a maximum capacity of $6 billion, resulted in just $5.187 billion in actual buyback offers accepted by the Treasury. That was a problem because as BofA's rates guru, Mark Cabana, wrote just ahead of the first buyback (his note is available to pro subs), over the last several operations the...

A UN fact-finding body set up to investigate potential war crimes in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories has published a report that concluded Israeli forces deliberately targeted children in Gaza, resulting in genocide and crimes against humanity. The report, published by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, […]