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Stocks Drift As Chips Extend Gains, Oil Slides On Positive US-Iran Talks
Stocks Drift As Chips Extend Gains, Oil Slides On Positive US-Iran Talks
Futures are modestly lower coming off the US holiday weekend, after equities finished higher last week with both Dow and Russell clocking new ATHs and SPX finishing in the green for the 11th time in the last 12 weeks. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures edged down 0.1% while Nasdaq 100 contracts are higher by 0.1% with chips outperforming as usual while hyperscalers, aka "check payers" down as all Mag 7 are lower with TSLA (-1.4%) and GOOGL...
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Apr 16, 2026 / Tyler Durden
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May 27, 2026 / Tyler Durden
FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars, $2 Million In Cash Stashed in His Home
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In what may be the most bizarre story of the week, if not all of 2026, the NYTimes reports that a senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a non-fiat fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers.
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Jul 27, 2026 / Jason Ditz
Israeli Troops Fire on Southwest Syrian Village, Leaflets Warn Villagers Against Blocking Roads
One day after Israeli drones dropped leaflets over villages in the Yarmouk Basin admonishing Syrians against trying to block roads used by the invading Israeli military, troops attacked the residential area of al-Maariyah. The reports have Maariyah taking extensive fire, targeting homes, though incredibly, no civilian casualties have been confirmed in the shooting incident. During […]
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