April 13 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: FINRA has proposed eliminating the $25,000 Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule and replacing it with risk-based intraday margin requirements, potentially lowering the effective threshold for margin day trading to around $2,000. The SEC’s decision deadline …

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April 12 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: After 16 years in power, Viktor Orban loses in landslide. Buzzfeed is searching for (secret) conservative women. IDF gearing up for renewed conflict with Iran according to multiple Israeli outlets including Ynet, Channel 12, and …

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April 10 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: A massive fleet of empty VLCCs, that’s Very Large Crude Carriers, the giant supertankers that can haul around 2 million barrels each, is racing full speed toward the US Gulf Coast right now.pic.twitter.com/FuJ7OQSIO2 https://t.co/rZQ6OEw20b — …

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April 9 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: W.H.O. simulates Ebola outbreak. PLTR dropped sharply today, falling over 7–8% to around $130 after Michael Burry renewed his criticism of the stock, specifically warning that Anthropic is ‘eating Palantir’s lunch’ in the enterprise AI …

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April 8 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: YouTube deletes Bitcoin.com channel citing harmful and dangerous content. Only 4 ships passed thru Hormuz today — Million dollar tolls must be paid in crypto or Chinese Yuan. What occurred in Lebanon todayIsrael launched its …

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April 7 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: Ayatollah orders all military units to stop launching missiles. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604080768 Gold isn’t buying the ceasefire. A 3% spike during a “de-escalation” window means the big money is still positioning for a systemic break. The dominos …

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April 6 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: Gold is fighting a “double bearish” headwind: sticky inflation keeps the Fed hawkish, while the USD is sucking all the oxygen out of the safe-haven room. Pentagon cancels scheduled press conference tomorrow ADVISOR TO IRAN’S …

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April 5 — What Matters Today (Live Updates)

Latest updates at the top: IRGC: “ACCORDING TO ACCURATE REPORTS” 25 U.S. CASUALTIES International diplomacy in 2026 summed up in two sentences Trump: “Open the fucking strait you crazy bastards.” Iran: “We’ve lost the keys.” 🇺🇸🇮🇷 International diplomacy in 2026 …

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Iran announces attacks on US companies, among which Google, Meta, Tesla, Microsoft, starting 1 April in evening hours, urges staff to evacuate

Tensions in the Middle East have reached a critical level. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened major American technology and aerospace companies, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp-parent company Meta, Google and Apple, with an attack and urged the …

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JP Morgan analysis mapping Hormuz disruption timeline suggests Asia would feel pressure first in early April, followed by Europe, then the US and Australia. People are starting to realize how large of a crisis this oil, fertilizer & helium shock is to the global economy

JP Morgan analysts mapped out how the Hormuz closure may unfold over the world. The red lines are oil from the Persian Gulf. Asia: April 1. Europe: April 10. North America: April 15. Australia: April 20. This is a game …

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2008 warning signs flashing again across markets: credit squeeze, shadow banks, oil shock, rising unemployment. The smell is back. Private equity is already in trouble. The crisis is coming in April.

The 2008 parallels aren’t subtle anymore. Let me lay them out: ✓ Credit bubble reversing ✓ Shadow banks gating investor redemptions ✓ Forced asset sales to raise cash ✓ Collateral getting marked down (JP Morgan just did this) ✓ Oil …

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So every single trade deal he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? Meanwhile, India and the EU just sealed a historic trade deal.

So every single “trade deal” he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? pic.twitter.com/VprQdlQyFN — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 26, 2026 As expected, the $350B was fake. It’s not happening. Trump is now …

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Jobs beat on paper miss in reality, revisions slash 95K from March and April totals. The recession is close, but not there yet. “Don’t expect the market to go anywhere this summer,” JPMorgan has said

Once again markets are celebrating a "strong" May jobs report, with 139K jobs beating estimates by 10K, while ignoring the 95K downward revisions to the prior two months. But beneath the surface, the May jobs report, which showed even slower …

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