Trump Says US ‘Armada’ Moving Towards Iran Via Middle East Eye US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is sending an “armada” towards Iran, threatening Tehran against resuming its nuclear program. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One after returning from meetings with world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said Washington was closely monitoring Iran as US naval assets moved into the region. “We have a lot […]

Here Come Humanoid Robots: Industry Makes Clear Pivot Toward “Dedicated-Purpose” Commercial Deployments Goldman analyst Jacqueline Du published her field trip notes after speaking with six C-level management teams at robotics companies across Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen in recent days. The companies she met with include Unitree, Mechmind, Fourier, LimX Dynamics, UBTech, EngineAI, Paxini, and Orbbec. “Overall, we see the […]

Homeland Security Seeks To Restrict Immigrants From Relying On Welfare Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to change a rule that determines eligibility for permanent residency—commonly known as a green card—based on whether an applicant is considered a “public charge,” someone who is likely to depend primarily on public benefits. That […]

The Next 10 Days Of Winter: The Worst In 40 Years Across The US Submitted by @RyanMaue, A meteorologist’s main purpose: keep you alive, and marked safe.✅ There is nothing we can do to stop this epic week of weather, and believe me, I have been trying to find silver linings or rays of sunlight. So, the best preparation is fresh, accurate, and expert information from trusted sources. While every new weather model run (alphabet […]

Trump Touts “Total And Permanent” Access To Greenland, While Nobody Has Any Clue What’s In The Deal Trump said on Thursday he had secured “total and permanent” US access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have to step up their commitment to Arctic security to ward off threats from Russia and China.  News of a framework deal came as Trump backed off tariff threats against Europe and ruled out taking […]

US Homicide Rate Plummets To 125-Year Low, Group Reports Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Crime rates continued to fall in 2025, with homicide rates expected to drop to about 4.0 per 100,000 residents, “the lowest rate recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900,” according to a new report published by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) on Jan. 22. Based on an analysis of crime […]

Beijing Tells Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance To Prepare Nvidia AI Chip Orders Chinese regulators are nearing approval for Nvidia’s H200 AI chips for top domestic tech firms, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, signaling Beijing is moving closer to formally green-lighting imports of last-generation AI accelerators, according to a Bloomberg report. Approval would represent a material bull catalyst for Nvidia stock and a major win […]

Forget Trump and Greenland. Howard Lutnick Gave The Davos Speech That Mattered Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, After Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, the obligatory headline term was humiliation. “Lonely Trump Humiliated as Major Allies Refuse to Be Bullied,” was one of two Daily Beast stories on the theme, the other being “Trump, 79, Croaks Through ‘Peace’ Grift Speech After 48 […]

Olympic Snowboarder Turned “Cocaine Kingpin” Arrested In Mexico, Flown To US To Face Justice Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who was wanted by the FBI for allegedly leading a violent international drug trafficking operation, has been arrested, the Justice Department announced Friday. Wedding, 44, had been added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list in March. He was taken into custody in Mexico on Thursday night and […]

The Rules‑Based Order That Once Constrained Great‑Power Ambition Has Proved Illusory By Stefan Koopman, senior macro strategist at Rabobank If there is one lesson from this week, it is that the rules‑based order that once constrained great‑power ambition has proved illusory. In Davos, Canada’s Mark Carney captured this with clarity. The world, he argued, is experiencing a rupture rather than a transition. It has become a […]

US Officially Exits World Health Organization Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, America is officially out of the World Health Organization (WHO). “Today, the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization, freeing itself from its constraints, as President [Donald] Trump promised on his first day in office,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., […]

TikTok Announces Formation Of US Majority-Owned Joint Venture To Prevent Ban Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, TikTok said on Jan. 22 it has formed an American majority-owned joint venture that would oversee data security and the content ecosystem in a bid to maintain its operations in the United States. TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC will operate as an independent entity overseen by a seven-member board of directors […]

Winter Storm Threatens Appalachian NatGas With ‘Freeze Offs’ As Data Center Demand Tightens PJM Grid Submitted by Criterion Research President James Bevan,  An incoming winter ice storm is poised to crimp Appalachian natural gas production at a critical moment when the power grid faces mounting pressure from surging data center demand and extreme cold. Appalachian volumes already plummeted 682/d to 34,745 MMcf/d as the ongoing […]

Putin Not Budging: ‘Frank’ Talks With Witkoff Confirm Territory Is A Red Line Russia’s President Putin held a late-night meeting Thursday at the Kremlin with the US delegation led by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, just hours ahead of planned trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi Friday aimed at pushing the Trump-backed peace framework to end the war in Ukraine. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov soon after the four-hour […]

“Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home!”: The South Park Market Of 2026 Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, I have been a “South Park” fan for as long as I can remember, and while the show isn’t a market guidebook, its brutal satire cuts through nonsense better than many Wall Street commentaries. Just like on the show, characters make absurd decisions and face absurd consequences, which is familiar to investors […]

UMich Sentiment Bounces To 5-Month High As Democrats Realize Their Insane Inflation Fears Were Wrong Having ended 2025 at the lowest Current Conditions Sentiment levels in, well, ever… expectations for preliminary January data were for a modest rebound… and it did…notably more than expected (and a pick up from the flash print): The preliminary January sentiment index climbed to 56.4 from 52.9 in December, according to the […]

“The Expansion Has Cooled”: US Manufacturing, Service PMIs Both Miss, Signal 1.5% GDP Growth With global PMIs today printing on the softer side (especially in France where the service PMI tumbled to 47.9 on expectations of a 50.3 print), moments ago it was the US’ turn to join the parade of soggy prints. Here is what S&P Global reported for the January Prelim PMIs: Manufacturing PMI: 51.9, up from 51.8 in Dec, but missing […]

Why Is “Canadian Warren Buffett” Panic-Buying Under Armour Stock Our shift in coverage on Under Armour began in late September, when we flagged a UBS report from analyst Jay Sole, who forecasted a major inflection point for the long-struggling Baltimore-based apparel company. Sole argued that sentiment would turn positive in FY27, setting the stage for stock outperformance. That bullish thesis has certainly seen its timeline […]

Trump Withdraws Invitation For Canada’s Carney To Join Board Of Peace Authored by Omid Ghoreishi via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump has withdrawn his invitation for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the U.S.-led Board of Peace that will initially focus on rebuilding Gaza. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, […]

That Escalated Quickly: Goldman Cuts PC Shipment Outlook As Memory Prices Go Parabolic Well that escalated quickly. Goldman analysts led by Allen Chang have revised down global PC shipment forecasts for 2026-28, citing a sharp spike in memory prices as data centers worldwide soak up the supply of high-bandwidth memory. Before diving into Chang’s note, here’s a quick recap of what’s unfolded so far: “Entered New Era”: SK Hynix […]

Futures Drop As Intel Plunges, Silver Just Under $100 US stock futures are lower with tech stocks lagging as Intel plunged 14% after the chipmaker warned it was struggling with manufacturing problems leading to poor Q1 guidance. As of 8:00am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are down 0.1% but off session lows (and well off session highs), paring losses as Nvidia shares gained after Bloomberg reported Chinese officials have told the […]

NatGas “Tightening Shock” Sparks Historic Weekly Rally As Major Winter Storm Imminent US natural gas futures surged as much as 75% over the past week, well above $5/mmBtu, driven by sharply colder weather forecasts (comparable to the 2021 Uri storm that paralyzed Texas’ power grid), ongoing production freeze-offs, and a vicious market trap for bears that unleashed epic short covering. As of Friday morning, around 0645 ET, […]

Japan Left Waiting As $7.2BN US Arms Deliveries Stall, Ukraine Prioritized After nearly four years of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the US having throughout poured billions into Kiev’s military and civic services sector, there are signs that other American allies are experiencing extreme delays in pre-scheduled arms shipments because Washington’s priorities are clearly elsewhere. Israel over the past couple years has also been a high […]

Up To 25% Of US Colleges May Close Soon, Brandeis President Warns Authored by Hanna Bechtel via The College Fix, Higher education is approaching a period of profound disruption, and many colleges may not survive, Arthur Levine, the newly appointed president of Brandeis University, said during a recent event. Levine estimated that between 20 and 25 percent of colleges will close in the coming years, while community colleges and […]

Davos Elites Scammed By Fake VIP Passes To Exclusive USA House Venue The Trump administration’s primary venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, known as USA House, issued a pointed warning on its website Tuesday after reports surfaced that some high-profile attendees had been duped by scalpers peddling counterfeit VIP access packages, Fox Business reports. Pedestrians walk past the USA House during the annual meeting of the […]