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A Three-Part Story: These Were The Best And Worst Performing Assets In February
A Three-Part Story: These Were The Best And Worst Performing Assets In February
The Middle East continued to dominate market attention in May, as constant, daily, recurring hopes and media leaks and trial balloons for some kind of US-Iran deal meant that Brent crude oil fell -19.3%, marking its biggest monthly decline since March 2020 as the pandemic lockdowns began. Those hopes for an end to the conflict meant that fears about stagflation eased dramatically, which pushed yields lower and supported risk assets as well. Indeed, the S&P 500 was...
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Apr 19, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Washington's Renewed Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver Will Help Their Shared Indian Partner
Washington's Renewed Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver Will Help Their Shared Indian Partner
Authored by Andrew Korybko,
Both benefit from this since the US wants to avoid India sliding into turmoil amidst the global energy crisis and possibly offsetting its envisaged role as a counterweight of sorts to China while more energy revenue from India preemptively averts Russia’s potentially disproportionate dependence on China.
The Treasury Department renewed the US’ Russian oil sanctions waiver on Friday two days after Secretary Scott Bessent said that this wouldn’t happen.
It remains unclear what exactly accounts for this flip-flop, but...
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Jul 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Jack Smith's Team Spied On 44 Lawmakers' Texts, Built A Case On Them, And Misled Congress: Grassley
Jack Smith's Team Spied On 44 Lawmakers' Texts, Built A Case On Them, And Misled Congress: Grassley
Former special counsel Jack Smith's investigators blew past the Justice Department's own privilege safeguards to directly access text messages between Trump White House officials and 44 members of Congress - then had the FBI match the phone numbers to lawmakers' names, according to DOJ records released Tuesday.
Assistant Attorney General Patrick Davis told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in a letter accompanying the records that Smith's team "bypassed the Filter Team and...
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May 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
UCLA Medical School Accused Of Racial Discrimination In Defiance Of Supreme Court
UCLA Medical School Accused Of Racial Discrimination In Defiance Of Supreme Court
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
We previously discussed a disturbing account of how medical students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) were subjected to a bizarre class where one of the university’s “activists-in-residence” showered them with anti-Semitic postings and racist rhetoric. Now, the Justice Department has found that the university engaged in systemic racial discrimination in the admission of medical students. Given the university’s history, it is hardly surprising, but it remains unclear...
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