Trump Tells Other Countries Reliant on the Strait of Hormuz To Go and ‘Take It’

London Mayor Khan Under Fire As BBC Exposes Scale Of Grooming Gangs Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, London Mayor Sadiq Khan is facing renewed criticism after a major BBC investigation found that vulnerable girls as young as 14 are being lured into forced sex by gangs operating across the capital. The investigation, based on weeks of reporting and interviews with dozens of people, including five survivors of gang-based violence, concluded that exploitation by organised groups is rife in parts of London. Some victims told the BBC they were raped by multiple men as...

Oil's Peace Dividend Is Real, But Normalization Is Not A Light Switch Authored by Stephen Innes via The Dark Side Of The Boom, Markets can remove geopolitical risk premium far faster than physical energy systems can recover. The real post-war story may be strategic reserve rebuilding rather than simply falling oil prices. Canada's emerging Pacific LNG corridor highlights how Asia is increasingly seeking supply routes that bypass Hormuz altogether. The shift from efficiency to resilience could become one of the most important structural drivers of oil and LNG demand over the coming decade. The U.S.-Iran...

Beta: A Powerful But Faulty Tool For Managing Risk Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, When investors want to reduce risk, one commonly used tool is beta. For instance, an investor may sell higher-beta stocks and replace them with lower-beta ones to cushion against an expected market decline. Such a strategy is intuitive and widely used; however, it can be greatly flawed. We recently received a question from a client about how we use beta to manage our portfolios. Given recent volatility and declining prices, the timing could not be better to...