China Revives Heavy Naval Firepower With New 155mm Gun That "Could Support An Attack On Taiwan"

Dry Van Spot Rates Highest Since 2022 As Spring Tightens Capacity Submitted by FreightWaves, The freight market momentum is building at a rapid clip. National dry van spot rates — tracked via the SONAR National Truckload Index, the 7-day moving average of booked rates including fuel — have broken out to a new cycle high of $2.89 per mile. This represents the strongest level since 2022 and confirms the market’s shift toward carriers is gaining real traction. Even more telling: rates jumped $0.12 per mile in the past week alone. That’s a sharp...

Mark Walter Probe Puts Wall Street's Insurance-Private Credit Machine Under DoJ Scrutiny An ongoing federal investigation into billionaire Mark Walter's business empire is raising alarm bells about Wall Street's use of insurance capital to finance private credit and other illiquid investments.  Bloomberg reported that Walter's TWG Global holding company said in a filing that it will wind down its exposure to affiliated businesses by up to $6.5 billion after the transactions drew scrutiny from federal investigators. This comes after the Department of Justice homed in on loans that should've been marked...

'Dems Don't Give A Crap About The Country': Martin Armstrong Sees Very, Very Tight Midterm Election Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong is out with a new report (more than 100 pages) that takes a deep dive on the “2026 Midterm Elections” in November.  Armstrong says, “The computer is showing this is going to be a very, very tight election..." "It’s a 50/50 deal where we didn’t see either party coming in with a landslide.  The bottom line looks like the Democrats can take the House, but not the Senate. ...