Is Putin About To Deal His Long-Awaited Deathblow To The EU Economy

Solid 3Y Auction Stops Through Ahead Of Friday's CPI Report With 10Y yields knocking on 4.80%, and threatening to blow out to 5% - if not beyond - there was plenty of interest in the outcome of today's 3Y auction, especially since tomorrow the Treasury starts the new and improved bond buybacks. And now that the auction has priced, we can say that there was plenty of demand.  The sale of $58BN in 3Y paper priced at a high yield of 4.474%, which was up from 4.291% in August and the...

9 Tips To Cut Your 2025 Tax Bill And File Smoothly Under New Rules Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With tax season underway and the April 15 filing deadline approaching, taxpayers are being encouraged to review new changes introduced by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to help minimize their tax bills and avoid filing delays. The IRS in Washington. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The law, signed in July 2025, made several permanent revisions to the tax code. It also created a series of temporary deductions and expanded...

Zelensky Continues To Oppose Wartime Democracy Amidst Escalated Election Demands Authored by John Weeks via Antiwar.com, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing mounting pressure to hold elections. The Ukrainian leader was elected to a five-year term in 2019, which expired in May 2024. Last week, Ukraine's former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov publicly called for elections, breaking what has been characterized as a "wartime taboo" within the nation's elite. He continued to demand elections over the weekend and also directly accused the Defense Ministry of corruption. Fedorov is not the first high-profile Ukrainian figure...