UAE Will Be Pounded If US Invades, Iranian Officials Warn

Japan's NEC Halts Quantum Computer Project After Decades Of Research NEC has ended its effort to develop a working quantum computer, reportedly deciding that the project would take too long to deliver an acceptable return on investment, according to a new report by Nikkei. The move represents a significant change in direction for a company that has been involved in quantum computing research for more than three decades. NEC was among the earliest companies to pursue the technology, beginning its research in the 1990s and achieving a major breakthrough in 1999 with...

Are Bonds About To Crash The Stock Market? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There. I’ve said it. I’ve gone from pussyfooting around and saying the AI bubble could pop in 6 to 10 months…which I still believe…to the very definitive statement that if the bond market keeps acting like this, the equity markets will get slaughtered. And I mean, wrath of God type shit. This isn’t even a particularly sophisticated thesis. After all, if I’m delivering it, it can’t be. It’s just math. Treasuries sold off hard on Wednesday, sending the 10-year yield up roughly 14 basis points to about...

The Fog Of Oil Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, War, oil and gold are making headlines of late for overlapping and independent reasons. Below, we avoid the guesswork, finger-pointing or sensationalism attendant to current headlines concerning Iran and stick to a theme which offers some clarity, namely the interplay of oil and gold. The Fundamentals Stay the Same For years, of course, we have tracked the fundamental drivers which impact the gold price (from DXY debates, inflation signals, and de-dollarization headlines to COMEX outflows). All of these complex signals and themes ultimately boil down to a simple realization:...