Future of Israel-Lebanon Talks in Doubt After ‘Annexation’ Map, Grave Demands

Iranian Media Reports Pier Struck Near Bandar Abbas After Mystery Explosions, Drone Activity Summary Hostile activity, explosions reported on Iran's southern coastal area along Hormuz. Possible US military activity reported. The Trump admin mulls restarting operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz with naval and air support as early as this week after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lifted restrictions on US access to their bases and airspaces Iran national security commission 'red line': No uranium has left the country; The right to enrich uranium, the complete lifting of sanctions, and the release...

The office of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has said that it hopes President Trump’s “friendly relationship” with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un will lead to “meaningful dialogue” between Washington and Pyongyang. The statement came after President Trump announced that he was scaling back a joint US-South Korean military exercise that began on […]

Is The Fed Finally Done Rescuing Markets?  Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance GLJ Research’s Gordon Johnson is one of my favorite analysts on the street to read and gets a rare endorsement from me (I hate basically everyone selling sell-side style research) because, like my friend Mark Spiegel, he is one of the last few analysts out there that seems committed to the truth….no matter how ridiculous it makes him look in the short term while he’s waiting for his theses to play out. Johnson came away from this week’s Fed meeting with a...