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President Donald Trump said that he is considering giving the order for US forces to attempt to take control of the Strait of Hormuz. In an interview with Weijia Jiang, the President said, while discussing the Strait of Hormuz, that he is “thinking about taking it over.” The Strait is the narrow point of the […]

Savings Rate Highest In 6 Months As Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Rises Near 2-Year High The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - rose o.4% MoM in January (in line with expectations) with YoY rising by 3.1% (as expected), slightly higher than the 3.0% in December... Source Bloomberg That is the highest YoY Core PCE since March 2024. The headline PCE rose 0.3% MoM (as expected) driving prices up 2.8% YoY (down from December's +2.9%...

A Wolf In New York City Mayor's Clothing Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Zohran Mamdani may be the most effective and dangerous wolf in sheep's clothing American politics has produced in years. Beneath the polished charm and social-media-friendly persona is a grotesque combination of noxious policy ideas, delivered with snake like charm and layered with what feels like an outright hatred for success, individual liberty, free enterprise, private property, and many of the principles that helped make this country prosperous in the first place. Mayor BigBrain™ was in the news twice this week. First, he...