Physical oil prices hit record highs near $150 a barrel. Hormuz crisis ‘worse than 1973, 1979 and 2002 combined’, says IEA chief

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. The Iran war has forced the shutdown of at least 12 million barrels per day …

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Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie warns paper crude near $100 is far below physical oil markets trading $130 to $170. Citi lays out two paths for U.S.–Iran war

🚨OIL UNDERPRICED BY FINANCIAL MARKETS Goldman’s Jeff Currie says 'paper' crude oil near $100 is disconnected from physical markets trading barrels between $130 and $170, with refined products above $200. A clear disconnect between paper and physical oil trade. pic.twitter.com/Tzoy4AnLZq — Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) March 19, 2026 Citi’s “two scenarios” for the US war on …

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PHYSICAL SILVER hits nearly $130 in Japan – report

🔥SILVER PRICE IN TOKYO HITS $130/OZ!!!🔥 TOKYO PRICE, WALL STREET LIE "Silver at $130 in Japan, $106 in Kuwait, $97 in Korea, and “$71” on Western screens is not a market; it is a confession. The numbers read like a crime scene diagram: in the real world where bars change… pic.twitter.com/A9xuhtNd0K — SilverTrade (@silvertrade) January …

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The AI boom just hit a physical limit, and Oracle is where the stress finally cracked. Gamma squeeze attempt on SoftBank stalls when real selling hits… This makes me want to 100x max long oil stocks

THE THERMODYNAMIC RECKONING Oracle just lost $35 billion in market cap. In 48 hours. Wall Street thinks this is an earnings miss. It is not. This is the first domino. What happened on December 11 was not a revenue shortfall. It was a confession. Oracle revealed 57 percent of its $523 billion backlog depends on …

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Digital Gold vs. Physical Gold

Perhaps you’ve heard of digital gold. It promises to give investors a fast and easy way to diversify their savings – and relieves them of the burden of physical gold ownership. Let’s assess the benefits and drawbacks of digital gold vs. physical gold… By Peter Reagan Key takeaways Digital gold offers convenience, not control. You can …

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China is ditching the dollar fast: 30% of trade now in RMB, 50% of cross-border receipts settled in yuan. Shanghai Gold Exchange sees physical gold warrants near 40 metric tonnes

The faint reassurance that the dollar still dominates is fleeting because the trend is compounding. Every deal settled in yuan, every gold warrant moved into reserves, every transaction bypassing the dollar erodes the assumption of American financial supremacy, and no press release or pundit can rewrite that reality. The question is unavoidable: who suffers first …

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Someone bought $14 billion worth of gold on the CME yesterday and asked for immediate physical delivery.

An individual has purchased 4.5 million oz’s of gold, worth approximately $14 billion yesterday on the CME. For immediate delivery. WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOAThis can't be right.This can't possibly be correct.Could it?No way.Has to be a misprint by the @CME.Has to be.Right?RIGHT??!!?? pic.twitter.com/m9BKXdvY0M — TF Metals Report (@TFMetals) March 31, 2025 OK, the third …

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Global Scramble for Physical Gold Bullion Is Heating Up

We’re still seeing unprecedented flows of physical gold bullion worldwide, creating logistical challenges and causing not a little market chaos. The world’s biggest bullion dealer just accepted their second-largest delivery of gold since 1994 – what exactly is going on? By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious …

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NVIDIA unveils Cosmos: A game-changer for physical AI development

NVIDIA unveils Cosmos : A game-changer for physical AI developmenthttps://t.co/kVmxSt2pwS — Throwback C Magnon (@throwback_c) January 9, 2025 At CES 2025, NVIDIA unveiled its groundbreaking Cosmos platform, a suite of generative world foundation models (WFMs) designed to revolutionize the development of physical AI systems like autonomous vehicles (AVs) and robots. The announcement, made by NVIDIA …

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Australia’s digital payment crash underscores the essential need for physical cash.

🚨 REMEMBER 🚨 Australia is only the 2nd country into the developed world to stop legal restrictions on the use of cash! Our campaign against the Australian Government in 2019 – 20 was epic! Our silver round is a celebration of our GREAT VICTORY!https://t.co/obAWaPGwiG — John Adams (@adamseconomics) July 19, 2024 Millions hit by massive …

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Australia battles cashless shift; businesses face $25,000 fines if they don’t accept cash, aiming to preserve physical money circulation.

Australian businesses and companies could soon cop huge fines if they don’t accept or carry cash. Politicians Andrew Gee and Bob Katter have introduced a bill that aims to keep physical money in circulation. With the rise of digital payments and wallets, the use of cash has been declining rapidly over the last few years. …

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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry piles into physical gold fund

Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management dumped positions in Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. during the first quarter while buying shares of an exchange-traded fund that invests in physical gold, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission released Wednesday. Burry rose to fame after his bet against mortgage bonds in the run-up to …

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Physical Conditioning Standards – War Department 1944 – Gen Z are softies

Better learn Mandarin. Notice pull-up picture, chin above bar, arms fully straight between reps. I saw Coach Prime challenge one of his players in pull-ups, Prime’s elbows were at 90 degrees, way too easy. View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com full manual pdf https://digirepo.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/101619477/PDF/101619477.pdf h/t …

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Mainstream media, collapsing since 2020, loses 40% online audience, faces existential threat. Physical circulation hits 1940 levels.

Mainstream media faces a dire decline, losing 40% of online audience since 2020, triggering attacks and revealing an existential struggle. What is even worse are the physical subscription numbers. The physical US Newspaper circulation is below what was distributed in 1940. Is this a spiral of doom for mainstream media? People used to have to …

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America’s military’s fitness crisis: Alarm over rising obesity and number of ‘skinny fat’ recruits who can’t pass physical tests

The US military is fighting a fitness crisis brought by a growing number of obese troops and ‘skinny fat’ recruits who can’t pass fitness tests. Obesity rates among service members surged during COVID and recruiters are also confronted by a growing number of would-be soldiers who are simply too large, too weak or both. Top …

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The physical search for victims is 99% complete, says FEMA. Senior living facility not helping family members of their former charges.

LAHAINA — While the physical search for victims is 99 percent complete, the FEMA official heading the Maui fire response says the quest to find loved ones is far from over. “It’s really an investigation now for the Maui Police Department,” said Bob Fenton, the FEMA Region 9 administrator who is the federal government’s chief …

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Biden DoD Lets Transgender Service Members Skip Deployments, Receive Indefinite Physical Fitness Waivers: Confidential Memo

Authored by Jordan Schachtel via The Dossier, The Dossier has acquired a new Department of Defense (DOD) memo that goes into great detail on the topic of “care of service members who identify as transgender.”   The document, which is not classified but has long remained unavailable to Americans, is being published here for the …

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