Forward Return And The Importance Of Math Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, During strongly trending bull markets, investors often overlook the importance of math in predicting forward returns. Such is easy to do when the market just seemingly continues to rise without regard to fundamentals. The current environment is also heavily influenced by the impact of “passive indexing,“ which has distorted […]

French Court Orders Ex-President Sarkozy To Be Freed After ‘Nightmare’ 20 Days In Jail Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison, following a mere 20 days in jail, after a Paris court ruled Monday that he could remain free while appealing his September conviction for criminal conspiracy. He was was found guilty of participating in a plot to finance his 2007 presidential campaign with money from Libya in […]

Government Shutdown Delayed Some $5BN In Weapons Transfers To Ukraine Via The Libertarian Institute The government shutdown has slowed arms transfers to NATO allies and Ukraine. Some State Department officials involved in ensuring weapons sales are completed have been furloughed.  Axios reports the words of officials who explained AMRAAM and HIMARS missile shipments to Denmark, Croatia, and Poland have been delayed. Many of […]

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Its 2015 Gay Marriage Ruling Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10 rejected a challenge to its landmark 2015 ruling that requires all states to grant licenses for same-sex marriages. The nation’s highest court declined to grant the petition in Davis v. Ermold in an unsigned order. The court did not explain its decision. The petition was filed by […]

100 Christian Leaders Urge Trump To Save Syria’s Christians As He Hosts President Sharaa Syian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose al-Qaeda name is Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is being welcomed in Washington Monday where he’s meeting President Trump at the White House, which is a first for any Syrian head of state in history. But just before this, some 100 influential Christian leaders sent a letter to President Trump calling on him […]

Key Events This Week: Jobs Report Could Come As Soon As Thursday Once Govt Reopens; Fed Speakers Galore As DB’s Jim Reid puts it poetically, it looks like white smoke is finally emerging from Capitol Hill as late on Sunday night in the Senate there was a 60-40 procedural vote to advance a bill that would end the shutdown as enough moderate Democrats broke ranks with party leadership to progress a bill that would fund Agriculture, […]

Trump Floats $10k Bonus To ‘Patriotic’ Air Traffic Controllers As FAA Freezes Private Jet Travel At 12 Major Airports Update (1045ET): Shortly after reports that the FAA will prohibit private aviation travel at a dozen major airports, President Trump wrote on X, urging “All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!!” threatening that “Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially “docked.”” Furthermore he offered […]

Senate Eyes Possible Monday Passage For Shutdown Bill; Johnson Thinks House ‘Has The Votes’ It looks like the Senate may pass legislation to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in US history as soon as today, after passing a key procedural hurdle Sunday night with bipartisan support from enough Democrats.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune. R-S.D. According to Politico, Monday passage is possible “depending on […]

Car Bomb Rips Through Tourist-Packed Area Of Indian Capital, Killing & Wounding Scores What appears to be an act of terrorism in the heart of India’s capital city has left at least eight people dead and over 24 injured. It happened at Delhi’s popular Lajpat Rai Market. “A car explosion in New Delhi’s Red Fort area, popular with tourists to the Indian capital city, has killed several people and injured many more, local media […]

Facing 30 Years In Jail, NY AG Letitia James Seeks Dismissal Of Mortgage Fraud Charges Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge in Virginia on Nov. 7 to dismiss a mortgage fraud case against her that she says is a case of selective prosecution. James, who entered not-guilty pleas to charges of mortgage fraud in Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 24, alleges the Trump […]

Venture Global Shares Surge 15% After Signing LNG Pact With Naturgy Venture Global Inc. has signed a 20-year deal to supply 1 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually to Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group starting in 2030, according to the company, which reported on Monday morning. Shares spiked over 15% on the news before the cash open on Monday. The agreement is Spain’s first long-term U.S. LNG contract since 2018 and, […]

An Open Letter To Bill Maher: It’s Inflation, Not The Economy, That’s Broken Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance On my run this morning, I was listening to the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. In the episode, Maher speaks with Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Bill O’Reilly about the election of New York City mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani. As part of his explanation for why Mamdani was elected, Maher launches into […]

Global Markets Soar As US Government Set To Reopen After Democrats Cave Last week, around the peak of the repo crisis we said that while the Treasury was soaking up most market liquidity via its Treasury General Account (which had ballooned to over $1TN), any sign of a govt reopening would send risk assets sharply higher (as this liquidity would then flood back into the market), and sure enough, futures are surging this morning as […]

GOP Secures 60 Votes As Bill To Reopen Government Advances Update (2100ET): The GOP bill to reopen the government has received 60 votes, after at least eight Democrats crossed the aisle to support it.  Fetterman is #8: Current DEM YES VOTES: Cortez Masto Durbin Fetterman Hassan Kaine King Rosen Shaheen — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 10, 2025 As noted earlier, this begins the long and drawn-out process of Majority […]

Trump Pardons Rudy Giuliani, Others Involved In Bid To Challenge 2020 Election Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump has pardoned a number of prominent figures involved in his effort to challenge the 2020 election outcome, according to U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin on Nov. 9. A proclamation document shared by Martin on social media named more than 70 individuals, including former New York City […]

Trump To Host Syrian President At White House Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump will host Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Nov. 10, in the first visit by a Syrian leader to Washington. The meeting comes six months after Trump and Sharaa met in Saudi Arabia and days after the United Nations and the United States lifted terrorism-related sanctions on the Syrian […]

ICE Has Received More Than 200,000 Job Applications: DHS Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has received more than 200,000 job applications, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated in an X post on Nov. 7. “Americans are answering their country’s call to serve and help remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists, and gang members from our country,” DHS […]

U.S. & China Freeze Shipping Probes As Goldman Warns Key Trade Routes Set To “Deteriorate Further” Enough Democrats caved in overnight to pass a key GOP funding bill as the federal government shutdown reached its record 40th day. There’s still significant work ahead to fully reopen the government, but this marks very solid progress. On the international front, progress is also evident, with a new report indicating that the U.S. […]

The Significance Of Veterans Day Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times, At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Armistice (truce) was signed by the Allies and Germany, thus halting the slaughter of the “Great War” or World War I. The official end of the war was declared at the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919. World War I demolished parts of Europe and inflicted massive casualties, yet some […]

Unbanked In A Connected World Financial exclusion remains high in many parts of the world. In several countries, more than two out of three adults are unbanked, yet the majority own a mobile phone. This contrast between connectivity and financial access highlights both the persistent gaps in global inclusion and the massive opportunity to close them. Created in partnership with Plasma, this graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Jenna […]

Consumer Inflation Expectations Slide Amid Deterioration Job Market, Personal Finances There was good and bad news in this month’s NY Fed survey of consumer expectations. Starting with the former, expectations for consumer price increases in the year ahead ticked down to 3.2% in October from 3.4% in September – which was the highest since April – while measures for three and five years ahead were unchanged changed at 3%.  […]

Tory Leader Declares Oil And Gas Emergency In Scotland Via CityAM, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called for an end to Labour’s ban on new oil and gas licenses, warning of severe economic risks to Scotland’s energy sector. She urged the government to scrap the green levy and prioritize domestic fossil fuel production to lower household energy costs. Labour defended its green energy policy, accusing the […]

Stablecoins: The US Dollar’s Unexpected Lifeline Authored by Rowan Parchi via The Mises Institute, A paradox now sits at the center of global finance: the US government, in trying to stabilize its debt markets, has legitimized the very free-market forces that are eroding its monopoly over money. In mid-2025, the United States enacted the GENIUS Act, the first comprehensive legal framework for stablecoins — privately issued, […]

These Are The 15 Longest Rivers In The World From the heart of early civilization to modern hydroelectric power, the world’s great rivers have long shaped economies and cultures. Today’s infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, sizes up the 15 longest rivers on Earth, showing how far—and through how many countries—each system flows. The data for this visualization comes from Encyclopedia Britannica, which […]

New Footage Shows Capture Of Ukrainians In Strategic Hub, Russia Advances Elsewhere Via Remix News, Ukrainians are in an increasingly difficult situation in the city of Pokrovsk. A recent video shows Russians capturing several Ukrainian drone operators who were stranded in the eastern part of the city.  The footage also shows the moment when one of the Ukrainian soldiers raises his hands and surrenders.  There is an ongoing […]