Escalated Israeli Invasion Feared as Minster Calls for Annexation of Southern Lebanon

Jefferies Sets 9000 Target For Market: Everything Must Go Right Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In this week's Daily Market Commentary, we flagged the growing chorus calling for 9,000 on the S&P 500. The most detailed version comes from Jefferies, which now sees 9,000 by the end of 2027. With the index closing at 7,764.64 on Tuesday, that's another 15.9% from here. Jefferies isn't alone, either. FactSet's bottom-up analyst target sits even higher at 9,261. In a matter of weeks, the S&P 500 9,000 target went from a bold call...

Iran Poised To Finalize Hormuz Strait Management Plan, Brushing Aside Trump's Threats Iran's state Tasnim is saying the US naval blockade remains in effect, despite days of headlines of a 'finalized' US-Iran deal, which were clearly premature - though both sides still signal they are close to agreeing on a Memorandum of Understanding. But this is toward simply extending the ceasefire by 60-days in order to get back to the table, in hopes of finally ending the war based on a final deal. Despite President Trump's latest warning which declared strict...

The Trump administration’s downsizing USAID has brought the usual claims: that without US aid, millions of poor people around the world will die of starvation and disease. Not surprisingly, the claims are exaggerated.