Wall Street gambles on calm, $VIX shorts surge to all-time highs. 7 billion in $SPX call sells that were dated into next week hit the tape Friday.

Fun fact: traders shorts on $VIX are heading towards ATH Shorting VIX (aka “Vol harvesting”) is one of the most popular strategies on Wall Street that can work for a very long time till a sudden jump wipes out many and brings things back to square one https://t.co/2GJr5biqiG pic.twitter.com/0ZDv3wThsy — JustDario 🏊‍♂️ (@DarioCpx) January 9, …

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Keith Ellison caught on tape offering help to Somali fraud suspects while Minnesota battles almost $1 billion in stolen aid

🚨BREAKING – MN AG Keith Ellison caught on tape pledging to help Somali fraudsters in exchange for campaign donations (@christopherrufo @megynkelly @HolmesJosh @libsoftiktok) https://t.co/qwm6rc5jjt — American Experiment (@MNThinkTank) December 1, 2025 Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s Attorney General, can clearly be heard pledging his support to individuals who would soon become his family’s campaign donors and later …

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FCA proposes 70% cut in capital rules red tape

The current regulatory capital rules were designed for banks, making them complex and not tailored to investment firms’ business models. These changes would reduce the volume of legal text by 70%. This is part of the FCA’s work to make sure its rulebook works better for the UK market and to remove unnecessary burdens on …

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