Watch Live: President Trump’s (Delayed) Interview With CNBC’s Joe Kernen President Trump will sit down for an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. Earlier, Trump gave a speech at the World Economic Forum where he touted the strength of the U.S. economy and criticized Europe, saying it “is not heading in the right direction.” Trump also doubled down on his desire to take control […]

Bessent Says Deutsche Bank CEO Called To Dismiss Research Note On US Assets US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking at the World Economic Forum earlier today, said Deutsche Bank AG CEO Christian Sewing called him to disavow an analyst report from the bank that warned European investors could sell US assets amid the latest President Donald Trump-EU dispute over Greenland. “We saw a six standard deviation move in Japanese […]

Appalachian NatGas Output Faces “Intense Losses” As Arctic Blast Drives Power Grid Risk Higher The Lower 48 has entered the depths of Northern Hemisphere winter. A series of Arctic cold blasts, combined with fears of a 1996-style blizzard stretching from Texas through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast, has sent U.S. natural gas futures quite literally vertical, marking the largest weekly spike on record (that’s if gains hold […]

Stellar 20Y Auction Stops Through With Near Record Bid To Cover, Record Directs In a week when global yields have exploded higher following the historic rout in Japan’s bond market, many were nervous about the outcome of today’s 20Y Treasury auction. In retrospect, they had no reason to be worried: the auction closed with flying colors amid solid demand.  The high yield of today’s sale of $13BN in 20Y paper was 4.846%, up from […]

The Stock Market Isn’t A Market Anymore – It’s A Political Control Mechanism Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, It has become increasingly clear to me that the stock market is no longer a stock market in the traditional sense. Its primary purpose was once straightforward: a venue where companies could raise capital by selling shares to the public, and where investors could freely buy and sell those shares among […]

Europe Prepares To Unleash Anti-Coercion “Trade Bazooka” Against Trump: Here’s What’s In It While president Trump took military force over Greenland off the table (for now at least) during his Davos speech, this makes a bruising  diplomatic showdown virtually assured. And ahead of whatever trade escalation the Trump admin may announce next, EU leaders toughened their position and want the European Commission to ready its most […]

Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Over Lisa Cook Firing Update (1238ET): The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to reject President Trump’s request to fire Fed member Lisa Cook as litigation over the issue proceeds in lower courts. Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at […]

“It’s Going To Get Really Serious”: Liberal Influencers Discuss Public Trials, Court Expansion After Democratic Takeover Authored by Jonathan Turley, Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta spoke with popular podcaster Jennifer Welch, discussing the plans for radical changes after a Democratic takeover this year. Like many Democratic figures, they said that the expansion of the Supreme Court is obvious. The expansion is essential to […]

Blackrock’s Fink Issues Stark Warning Over AI In Davos Opening Remarks BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink – the new “mayor of Davos” after founder Klaus Schwab resigned last April – used the opening of the World Economic Forum this week to deliver an unusually stark warning to the global elite: Artificial intelligence, if left on its current trajectory, risks deepening inequality, hollowing out the professional class and becoming […]

Walz, Ellison, Frey’s Offices Served Grand Jury Subpoenas Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The Department of Justice on Tuesday served grand jury subpoenas to five Democrat-controlled government offices in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz’s office, Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s office, according to Fox News.  The subpoenas are part of a federal investigation […]

“If You Say No, We Will Remember” – Trump Demands “Immediate Negotiations” But Rules Out Greenland Invasion In a lengthy (90 minute) speech to the elites gathered at Davos, President Trump pulled no punches as he took shots at the various ‘loser’ globalist leaders in the audience. What was supposed to be a discussion of Trump’s domestic policies aimed at improving affordability for Americans turned into a geopolitical mish-mosh […]

Pilot Attitudes By Molly Schwartz, Cross Asset Macro Strategist at Rabobank Macron spoke at the Davos Summit yesterday decked out in 2009 Louis Vuitton “Pilot Attitude” aviators with blue lenses. While c’est chic, it could also serve as a subtle nod to the five hazardous attitudes of pilots, which can lead to their ultimate demise: anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, macho, and resignation. If there is a single […]

Markets Shrug After EU Freezes US Trade Deal Approval (Over Greenland Threat) US equity markets are testing the highs of the day, completely ignoring the headlines coming from Europe that the European Parliament decided to freeze a ratification vote in response to President Donald Trump’s escalating threats to seize Greenland. Despite President Trump walking back his most vociferous rhetoric during his lengthy speech at Davos… […]

Kraft Heinz’s Top Shareholder Berkshire Plots Exit Kraft Heinz shares are down about 7.5% in New York premarket trading, the biggest drop in just under four years, after the company filed an 8K allowing Berkshire Hathaway to sell up to 325.4 million shares of stock if it chooses to do so. Kraft Heinz’s permission to sell is not an actual sale. No shares have been sold as a result of this filing, and Berkshire is not obligated to […]

President Trump Exposes The Real Reason Why Minnesota Politicians Are Hostile Toward ICE Via VigilantFox.com, Trump shared how ICE has brought Minnesota’s illegal alien population “way down” despite heavy opposition from Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. He explained to reporters, “They [politicians] want to keep those people who are lying on the floor. They want to keep those people in Minnesota […]

US Pending Home Sales Crash Most Since COVID, Back Near Record Lows After four straight months of increases, US pending home sales crashed in December (-9.3% MoM vs -0.3% MoM exp), dragging sales down 1.27% YoY in 2025… Source: Bloomberg This is the biggest monthly decline since COVID. “The housing sector is not out of the woods yet,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. “After several months of […]

Nuclear Stocks Surge After Trump Tells Davos “US Going Heavy Into Nuclear” President Trump opened his speech at Davos with a major plug for the US nuclear industry. Trump: “The US is going heavy into nuclear. I wasn’t a fan of nuclear, but the safety progress they’ve made with nuclear is unbelievable. We are very much into the world of nuclear energy” — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 21, 2026 Nuclear fuel chain and reactor […]

Bessent Warns Taiwan Chip Reliance Risks “Economic Apocalypse” Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Jan. 20 that the world economy faces a single, outsized systemic vulnerability because advanced semiconductor production remains overwhelmingly concentrated in Taiwan, saying a blockade or destruction of the island’s manufacturing capacity could trigger an “economic […]

Police Use Tear Gas, Stun Grenades Against Farmers Protesting Mercosur Trade Agreement At EU Parliament In Strasbourg Via Remix News, During the farmers’ protest in Strasbourg, ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the Mercosur trade deal, police used tear gas against demonstrators seeking an appeal to block the agreement. Officers reportedly were forced to throw stun grenades at the protesters as they tried to enter […]

US NatGas Poised For Biggest Weekly Spike On Record As “Blizzard Of ’96” Fears Resurface U.S. natural gas futures are on pace for the largest weekly increase on record, according to Bloomberg data spanning more than 35 years. An Arctic air invasion of the eastern half of the US, combined with the increasing risk of a major winter storm stretching from Texas through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast by this weekend, has […]

Futures Slide To Session Low As Bounce Fizzles With All Eyes On Trump In Davos Futures have reversed modest overnight gains and are trading near session lows while small caps continue to outperform (for a record 12th day in a row) even as Japanese and global bond yields stabilize and the market awaits today’s major catalysts including Trump’s speech in Davos due within the hour after flight had to be changed due to mechanical […]

After Trump Meeting, Slovak PM Fico Says ‘EU Is Not Taken Seriously’ By World Leaders Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the European Union is “not taken completely seriously” by world leaders because of its “suicidal migration policy” and “nonsense climate goals,” after a phone call on Monday with German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz. According to the government’s […]

World Cup Lift: Goldman Forecasts Retailers’ Potential Bounce From The ‘Beautiful Game’ Believe it or not, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is just five months away, spanning 11 stadiums across 11 U.S. metro areas. Expected foot traffic trends suggest meaningful pre-event demand for fan gear, such as jerseys, hats, and jackets, at nearby sporting goods retailers as the tournament kicks off in early June. Goldman Sachs Managing Director […]

Despite Mass Protests, UK Approves Controversial Chinese Mega-Embassy In London Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Despite a weekend protest, the UK has approved plans for a new, significantly expanded Chinese embassy in central London, ending a planning dispute and overriding objections from local authorities and lawmakers who raised national security concerns. An exterior view of the proposed […]

De Beers Cuts Diamond Prices, Botswana Warns Of Prolonged Slump De Beers, the world’s largest diamond mining company, has warned of a prolonged downturn in the gem industry after cutting prices for the first time since 2024. Botswana is the epicenter of De Beers’ diamond production, and declining output alongside falling prices is set to put significant pressure on the southern African nation’s finances. On Monday, Bloomberg News […]