Trump Tells Aides US Preparing For Extended Blockade, But Could Be Open To Interim Deal With Iran

Dispersion And Correlation Are Screaming Overbought, Downside Hedging Is Cheap Submitted by SpotGamma CBOE’s Dispersion Index (DSPX) is at levels only seen during Covid and the April ’25 tariff crash, while Correlation (COR1M) is near all-time lows. This divergence signals extreme positioning risk driven by the AI stock chase, and makes SPY downside hedges historically cheap. Traders have been chasing AI related names in such heavy-handed fashion that it has now created positioning risk for the stock market. Encapsulating this view are two popular CBOE options indexes: Dispersion (DSPX) and Correlation (COR1M). What Are...

Nigeria Needs New Export Markets As UAE's Exit Rattles OPEC By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Nigeria should market its crude oil to new buyers as the UAE’s decision to leave OPEC is dislocating the balance that the cartel and the OPEC+ group have been seeking for years, according to Wole Ogunsanya, chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). The official urged Nigeria’s state oil and gas firm NNPC and other producers of Nigerian crude to tap new markets. “When OPEC gives you a quota, it’s left for you to find who...

Big Pharma Forced To Yank COVID Vaxx Study Due To Lack Of Participants Authored by Ben Sellers via Headline USA, Two of the major pharmaceutical companies connected with the controversial COVID vaccines were forced to abandon a new research study after failing to garner enough participants. Pfizer and German vax maker BioNTech had sought to research an updated version of the vaccine in adults ages 50 to 64, but were unable to generate the data needed due to the low enrollment in the trials, Reuters reported. The study was needed in order to meet new guidelines imposed by the Food and Drug Administration that...