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LONDON, April 7 – European and Asian refiners are paying record high prices of near $150 a barrel for some crude oil grades, far exceeding prices for paper futures, highlighting the worsening supply crisis from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. …
NEW WOLRD ORDER 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 While no one was looking China has DUMPED U.S. treasuries to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. They’ve HALVED their holdings from $1.3T to $650B. At the same time they have been super-accumulating …
by Michael What are we going to do when global food prices go absolutely nuts and hundreds of millions of people are starving all over the planet? Even before this war with Iran erupted, world hunger was already at an …
BREAKING: A recession model that has predicted every single US downturn in 80 years just hit 49%. The threshold is 50%. Every time it has crossed that line, a recession followed within 12 months. No exceptions. And the data behind …
BREAKING:– Trump to impose 100% TARIFF on patented drugs– Trump to impose a 25% TARIFF on Copper, Aluminum and steel derivatives It’s almost as if he wants prices to be as high as possible for the average America. — Brian …
Blue Owl restricting withdrawals in private credit funds tied to AI and software borrowers is not an isolated hiccup, it is liquidity behavior showing up when assets stop feeling liquid, and that is already documented in market reporting. At the …
The EU has just told citizens to “travel less” as it prepares for prolonged energy shortages from the Strait of Hormuz closure. JP Morgan’s timeline shows the final pre-closure oil shipments in the coming days. Dutch gas storage is already …
By Brandon Smith The last time global energy markets witnessed a shock similar to what we might see this year was during the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo. Tensions were escalating in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War when the …
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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 …
Iran’s oil exports have not collapsed and are fetching much higher prices than before the war, handing Tehran handsome extra revenues from its crude, which is the only one unimpeded from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Unlike all other Gulf …
@RobbyStarbuck, activist and former Hollywood director, speaks with PragerU CEO @realtalkwithmarissa about his family’s escape from communist Cuba and why that history shapes his view of America today. They discuss the rise of corporate activism, how DEI policies spread through …
BREAKING: Iran has “tightened control” over the Strait of Hormuz and is now demanding detailed crew, cargo, and voyage information from ships seeking safe passage. Details include: 1. Approvals for ships seeking to pass through the Strait of Hormuz are …
Petrol crisis set to worsen as ships bound for Australia cancelled https://t.co/sd9U7OWqnG — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) March 22, 2026 The prime minister has been phoning his global counterparts to try and shore up Australia’s fuel stocks over the coming weeks …
The egg on your plate this morning was made from corn. Not literally. But the hen that laid it ate roughly two pounds of feed for every dozen eggs she produced. That feed was primarily corn and soybean meal. The …
Markets are reacting to a risk of a global LNG crisis, which is much worse than an oil shock. An oil shock is quickly solved by non-OPEC supply, alternatives, and flexible systems. LNG is only 15% of the total gas …
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 …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought some bad news for the central banking fraternity and sorority. It comes from a land down under so let us take a look. At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash …
Across the United States, the Transportation Security Administration is facing a staffing crisis so severe that entire airports may soon be unable to operate normally. Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl warned that smaller regional airports could be forced to …
Lender of last resort The 2023 banking crisis was three times worse than 2008. The upcoming one, in my opinion, will be six times worse than 2023. pic.twitter.com/cGLkWGDf7P — The Great Martis (@great_martis) March 14, 2026 Why does @jimcramer always …
Oil has surged from $65 to $120 in just weeks. The Strait of Hormuz, which carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, remains effectively closed to most shipping. Initial predictions said flows could recover in 5 days. That stretched to …
Iran has permitted a Turkish‑owned vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz after negotiations, a significant yet limited breakthrough in one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the Turkish ship was allowed to pass …
Nobody is telling you how FUCKED the financial system actually is right now. And it started cracking TODAY. Step 1 → JPMorgan just marked down its private credit loans and RESTRICTED lending to private credit funds. Step 2 → Morgan …
NBC reports that two informed sources confirm President Trump fears the markets could turn against him and that high gasoline prices pose a serious political danger. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. Every day that oil flows are blocked, …
by Martin Armstrong Canada’s housing market has become one of the most expensive in the developed world, and the affordability crisis continues to worsen despite rising interest rates. Mortgage payments as a share of household income are now near record levels, …
via Phoenix Capital Research The U.S. is in very serious danger of igniting another inflationary storm. Gurus and pundits like to point to the decline in official inflation data points like the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as indicating that inflation …
by Martin Armstrong Governments never seem to learn from history. Every time energy prices surge, politicians rush to impose price controls as if markets can be commanded to obey political decrees. South Korea has now joined that long list, announcing …
