Futures Rise As Oil, Yields Drop On Iran Diplomacy Hopes

EU Prepares For 'Potential' Talks With Putin As US Slowly Reduces Troops On Continent A recent report in Financial Times indicates the European Union is preparing for "potential" future talks with Russia and President Vladimir Putin at a moment of extreme doubts over both US military commitments and Russia's intentions in Ukraine. Putin himself during his V-Day speech Saturday hinted for the first time that the conflict may be 'coming to an end': "I ⁠⁠think that the matter is coming to an end," Putin told reporters of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe’s deadliest...

Musk Says Gates Funding His Attackers As Democrats Ready Post-Midterm Witch Hunt With Democrats openly planning to investigate Elon Musk if they take the House on Tuesday, Musk on Friday named the man he says is bankrolling the people coming after him: Bill Gates."Gates is funding people who attack me," Musk wrote, replying to Katie Miller, the former DOGE aide who left Musk's full-time employ last year to launch a podcast. Miller had claimed the Gates Foundation is one of Kara Swisher's major podcast sponsors.No kidding, wow. Gates is funding people...

The Great Diesel Crisis - How Policy Choices Made The West Vulnerable Authored by Daniel Lacalle, How taxes, regulation, refinery closures, sanctions and declining domestic production turned a geopolitical shock into a diesel-price crisis Do not blame diesel prices on the Iran war or the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz. The geopolitical risk premium attached to oil prices is relevant, but the market was already weakened by policy choices. Europe has taxed motor fuels heavily, imposed escalating regulatory and carbon costs across the supply chain, closed refining capacity, sanctioned major sources of...