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US Attack Renders Ceasefire 'Meaningless', Iran Says, As US Forces Disable Third Tanker This Week Overnight, there did not appear to be any new major exchanges of fire after Iran launched retaliatory strikes on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan - following the US bombing of some dozens of targets in Iran earlier, in the wake of the downing of a US Apache attack helicopter in the Hormuz area earlier this week. But since then, Iran has announced it is closing the Strait of Hormuz - or rather seeking to tighten...

Just 27.6% Of Stocks Outperform The Market While 60% Destroy Shareholder Wealth, New Study Finds From 1926 through 2025, just 27.6% of stocks beat the broader market. Nearly 60% actually destroyed shareholder wealth, and the median stock delivered a lifetime return of -6.9%. Yet despite those sobering odds, U.S. stocks collectively created roughly $91 trillion in wealth over the last century, with just 46 companies responsible for half of it. Those are some of the headline findings from a new study by Hendrik Bessembinder of Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School...

Iran War Puts Ukraine Peace Talks On Hold, As Gulf Venue Under Attack The Russia-Ukraine war, having just last month entered its fifth year, continues experiencing spillover effects from the Trump-ordered Operation Epic Fury in Iran. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has newly announced (overnight) that trilateral peace talks with Russia and the United States are on hold due to the Iran war. In his nightly address, Zelensky said Ukraine remains in constant contact with Washington but the diplomatic process has paused: "We continue to engage with the United States practically on...