"This Is Going To Surprise Some People": Leading Biden COVID-19 Figure Embraces The Lab Leak Theory

Here's What Happened Inside Convenience Stores When Gas Hit $4 Continuing our coverage of consumer behavior shifts at petrol stations and convenience stores, the U.S. national average for 87-octane gasoline has remained above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon level for three weeks. Goldman analysts have released a new note indicating that a majority of convenience stores are seeing drivers buying less fuel and trading down in-store. Bonnie Herzog, managing director and senior consumer analyst at Goldman, penned a note titled Q1 "Beverage Bytes," which covers a survey of 32,000 retail locations, or...

"This Chart Should Stop You Cold In Your Tracks" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance One of my favorite contrarian analysts to read posted a great thread this week noting what he sees as one of the most overlooked risks facing U.S. equities in 2026. Gordon Johnson argues that an unprecedented wave of equity issuance could overwhelm available investor capital. In a great thread on X, Johnson, of GLJ Research, argued that investors should not interpret the current IPO boom as a sign of market strength. Instead, he contends that history suggests record issuance periods...

Israeli ground troops launched an invasion of the Lebanese border town of Bint Jbeil today, initially surrounding the town and inundating it with artillery fire before advancing deeper in. Hezbollah fighters are reportedly within the town resisting the advance. Details of what is happening in the town vary based on different sources, but the IDF […]