US Futures, Treasuries Flat Ahead Of Core PCE, Micron Earnings

President Trump on Friday announced the US launched an airstrike in Venezuela that he claimed killed Guerrero Flores, the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, marking an escalation of the expanding US military campaign in Latin America. Trump said that the strike was launched in coordination with the Venezuelan government, and the cooperation […]

Europe's Deindustrialization vs America's Quiet Investment Boom Submitted by Thomas Kolbe German Chancellor Friedrich Merz appears disoriented, whiny-apathetic, and remarkably weak in leadership these days. Perhaps the chancellor senses that the project of his political generation is entering its final phase. Is he aware that the construction of eco-socialism has failed? That both his reckless debt policies and Germany’s rapid deindustrialization are consequences of this ideological insanity? The fact that Friedrich Merz still found the audacity — despite the catastrophic domestic political and economic situation at home — to publicly accuse...

Brent Tops $100 As Gulf Conflict Escalates; UBS Warns US-Iran "Off-Ramp Remains Elusive" Brent crude futures topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July as US strikes on Iranian oil tankers and renewed attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure and a US base in Jordan suggested to UBS energy specialist Dominic Ellis that a "US-Iran off-ramp remains elusive." Ellis adds more color on the overnight Gulf developments and response in the crude oil market: Brent topped $100/bbl as the US and Iran continue to trade strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.  The...