US Crude Stockpile Hits Highest Since June 2024, Exports Surge

As war drums beat again, this time against Iran, we ask ourselves if recklessness from Donald Trump and European and Israeli leaders is pushing us to catastrophe.

Bank Of America Tumbles After Trading Miss Across The Board Last night we said Bank of America would use its brand new and "unexpected" $1.2 billion (non tax-deductible) money-laundering penalty as cover for an ugly quarter. This morning it tried to do just that. Just hours after Treasury fined the bank more than $1.21 billion for willfully failing to report over $5 billion in suspicious transactions (and for having "prioritized its revenues" over compliance), BofA reported Q3 results that missed almost everywhere that matters: FICC missed, equities missed, total revenue missed,...

Treasure Hunters Recover $100K Silver Bar From Legendary 1622 Shipwreck Treasure hunters searching the waters off the Florida Keys have uncovered a 22-pound silver bar believed to have come from the wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, according to a new report from SlashGear.The artifact, estimated to be worth about $100,000, is the first silver bar recovered from the legendary wreck site in nearly three decades. It was discovered by divers working with Mel Fisher's Shipwreck Expeditions during a routine recovery mission. The Atocha was part of a...