IRGC Warns Against Ships Entering Strait Of Hormuz As Rubio Tells Iran 'Hardest Hits Yet To Come'

Iran Phones Russia Immediately On Heels Of Trump's Announcement Of US-Iran Talks Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with Sergei Lavrov quickly on the heels of President Trump early Monday having claimed Washington and Tehran had "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities" - as the war is in its fourth week. Moscow appears to be moving to position itself as a broker, with Russia's foreign ministry announcing that FM Lavrov called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities and a political settlement that takes...

Understanding economics is the key to preserving civilization. This is because civilization itself is a consequence of choices.

The Passive Aggressive Market: Bogle's Warning Came True Authored by Michael Lebowitz via realinvestmentadvice.com, Since the pandemic, the line between passive investing and aggressive speculation has blurred. The current bout of speculative fervor extends beyond financial markets. For instance, we see the same impulse in the explosion of sports betting and the surge in event-betting sites like Kalshi and Polymarket. In the investment arena, margin debt is at record highs (as shown below), and zero-day-to-expiry (0DTE) stock options now account for approximately 50 percent of all options volume. Furthermore, the number of...