Powerful 7.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Northern Japan, Triggers Tsunami Warnings

The US Must Be Confident It Has A Plan In Place To Lower Oil Prices Once It Strikes Iran By Michael Every of Rabobank Lots Of Xs Vs Lots Of Ys US vs. Iran: The media today talk of a “90% chance of war” and “as soon as Saturday.” We’ve long stressed there’s a high likelihood of a fresh US-Iran conflict, recent US logistics movements said soon, and an Axios headline yesterday refocused oil markets on it. The balance of risks now tilts to a US strike after market close Friday, even...

Andurand's "Hedge" Fund Lost 52% In First Two Weeks Of April On Levered Oil Bets Three weeks ago, when Bloomberg pointed out that Andurand was the best performing hedge fund in March thanks to its notorious levered long oil positioning (and really nothing else), we said they may want to refresh his exposure after the April 7 oil crash. May want to F5 on Andurand after today's near record oil crash https://t.co/tlkgz3dXJa — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 8, 2026 Three weeks later, they did: according to a report published this morning, Pierre Andurand’s largest "hedge...

Chaos Erupts In Bolivia As Socialists Unleash General Strikes And Riots Socialists in Bolivia, mobilized through the national labor union, highland farmer federations, and supporters of former left-wing President Evo Morales, have ignited social unrest over the U.S.-backed, market-oriented policy agenda of President Rodrigo Paz. The turmoil comes as the Trump administration seeks to shift the Americas away from socialist regimes and closer to Washington's pro-capitalist stance. En Bolivia, obreros, campesinos, maestros de escuela, indígenas y transportistas, llevan mas de 2 semanas paralizando el país contra las políticas neoliberales del gobierno...