5 Warning Signs That America's Systems Are Under Strain

Yen Suddenly Surges To Bessent Intervention Highs... No One Knows Who/Why... Yesterday we noted the sudden spike in JPY which prompted numerous desks to speculate on an intervention. It wasn't large - which made many suggest it wasn't or that it was a tester for liquidity. Today, we are seeing something different - a steady bid for the Japanese currency lifting it to post-Bessent/BoJ highs... The slope (not entirely vertical) made some reject the idea of an intervention... “I don’t think the move was an intervention or rate check, but there is a lot...

Swalwell Demands FBI Not Release His Files As Epstein Hypocrisy Surfaces Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who has long demanded that President Donald Trump release the Epstein files, now faces scrutiny as the FBI prepares to release documents tied to its investigation into his alleged ties to a Chinese intelligence operative. The scrutiny comes after Swalwell demanded Monday that FBI Director Kash Patel refrain from declassifying the potentially damaging files, which could shed light on his relationship with Christine Fang, the suspected Chinese spy also known as “Fang Fang.” On X, critics highlighted what they called...

Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade One day after a burst of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, when according to Bloomberg 19 ships crossed in either direction while Trump said that as many as 34 ships crossed the waterway on Sunday, shipping through Hormuz slumped back down again Monday, reversing Sunday's jump, as caution mounted ahead of a US naval blockade. After 19 ships went through the Strait in either direction on Sunday - the most since the early stages of the...