Scientists Boost Battery, Fuel Cell Performance By Over 300% Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering, Researchers in South Korea have developed a new catalyst design strategy that boosts the efficiency of reactions used in batteries and hydrogen fuel cells without changing the catalyst itself. New catalyst approach could improve fuel cells and batteries  (Representational image)Shutterstock The team, led by […]

Central Bank Gold Buying Rebounds In April From Dramatic March Selloff First the good news: according to the latest World Gold Council update, central banks, a key pillar of the bullish case for gold, have returned to adding holdings in April after notable selling in March sent the price of the precious metal tumbling. The 17 ton purchase represents a turnaround from steep sales in March, which at nearly 30 tons were the largest […]

House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 3 directing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote. Four Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure, which invokes the 1973 War Powers Resolution to require President Donald Trump to either end the operations or […]

Broadcom Crashes After AI Chip Revenue Forecast Misses Broadcaom stock is plunging in after-hours trading, after the company reported Q2 results which delivered a disappointing forecast for AI chip revenue, signaling that the company is either progressing more slowly than anticipated in the burgeoning industry, or that unlike its peers, is actually truthful in predicting the potential of the AI bubble. The historicals were ok: in […]

SPLC Employee Funneled $1.2 Million To Neo-Nazi Lover – And More: DOJ Superseding Indictment The Southern Poverty Law Center built a massive empire – ballooning to over $787 million in assets – by promising donors it was the frontline defender against “hate” and white supremacy. But according to the Department of Justice’s superseding indictment, the organization allegedly funneled millions in tax-exempt donor dollars to the very […]

Federal Inspection Reportedly Finds Delaney Hall In Compliance On Virtually All Standards Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill has repeatedly claimed that conditions in the Delaney Hall ICE facility are abhorrent, inhuman, and intolerable. Democratic leaders claimed that the conditions were so horrific that there was a hunger strike going on. As is often the case, there is a […]

India Throws Open The Bond Gates: Modi Slashes Foreign Investor Taxes In Scramble To Halt Rupee Collapse Having spent the better part of a decade assuring the world that the Indian growth miracle was self-sustaining, structurally sound, and impervious to the “fragile five” indignities of yesteryear, New Delhi has quietly arrived at the only conclusion that ever follows a currency in freefall: print incentives, slash taxes, and […]

California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax Is Coming For Everyone Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, If you own property in California, you’re not safe. A new ballot measure will empower the state to confiscate a percentage of the assets of any resident, even though its initial provisions don’t communicate that intent. California’s “One-Time Wealth Tax for State-Funded Healthcare, Education, and Food Assistance Programs Initiative,” […]

Gold Dethrones The King: ECB Confirms Barbarous Relic Has Overtaken Treasuries As Top Global Reserve Asset In what can only be described as the latest humiliating blow to the crumbling Pax Americana, gold has officially overtaken US government bonds as the world’s top reserve asset. The FT reports that, according to a fresh report from the European Central Bank released Tuesday, bullion now accounts for 27% of global central bank […]

Never Let Politicians Decide What Is True Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, We are living through an age that has abandoned the dedicated pursuit of truth. Our politicians and news personalities talk about “the narrative.” Our academies teach young minds to accept “expert opinion.” Our philosophers argue that truth is “subjective.” Social theorists argue that truth is an “illusion” that powerful people use to control […]

IBM Announces Five-Year, $10BN Quantum Investment IBM is set to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years. According to the company, the investment will cover R&D, capex, manufacturing scaling, ecosystem partnerships, and M&A; areas that IBM says will help accelerate its quantum roadmap beyond 2029, when it expects to deliver the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. […]

Uber Introduces $1,500 Monthly Cap On AI Coding Tools After Budget Blowout Uber has set a $1,500 monthly cap on employee spending for specific AI coding tools after the company exhausted its entire 2026 budget for those tools in the first four months of the year. The limits apply to agentic coding platforms such as Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor, according to Stocktwits. Prior to the caps, some engineers were generating […]

Latest Fed Beige Book Underscores “K-Shaped” Split Of US Economy Economic activity increased at a “slight to moderate” pace for ten of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts, while one District reported a slight decline and one reported no change, according to the latest Fed Beige Book. The just released Beige Book – prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City based on information collected on or before May 27, 2026, and is […]

Dispersion And Correlation Are Screaming Overbought, Downside Hedging Is Cheap Submitted by SpotGamma CBOE’s Dispersion Index (DSPX) is at levels only seen during Covid and the April ’25 tariff crash, while Correlation (COR1M) is near all-time lows. This divergence signals extreme positioning risk driven by the AI stock chase, and makes SPY downside hedges historically cheap. Traders have been chasing AI related names in such […]

New York Democrats Move To Redraw Congressional Maps Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, New York Democrats are moving to give state lawmakers the power to redraw the state’s congressional maps, entering the national fight over control of the U.S. House. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow lawmakers to draw district lines themselves and redraw them mid-decade. It had not been formally filed as of Tuesday […]

Iran Issues 4-Stage Proposal For Deal With US, After Most Intense Overnight Clashes Since April Summary State media issues four-stage proposal for deal with US, says indirect talks are ‘ongoing’. GCC blasts ‘cowardly attacks’ after Kuwait International Airport rocked by Iranian missiles: one dead, 63 injured. Overnight saw US-Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz – as US attacked Qeshm Island – and Iran unleashed more […]

SDNY Prosecutors Looking At Valuation Discrepancies In Private Credit Market In a move that is long overdue, Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said his office is looking at possible valuation discrepancies in the private credit marketplace.  Wall Street’s top prosecutor addressed the issue Wednesday while speaking at the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York. Clayton said the difference […]

‘The Pricking Is Coming’: Dalio Warns AI Bubble Will Burst Like Dot-Com, But Tech Will Endure Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio appeared on Bloomberg TV today and delivered a measured yet cautionary assessment of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy. He highlighted classic bubble dynamics – sky-high valuations, rampant speculation, and “paper wealth” vastly outpacing actual cash flows – while drawing direct parallels […]

Snubbed By SpaceX, Jefferies Now Helping Traders Short World’s Biggest IPO Two weeks ago, when the SpaceX IPO prospectus landed, we observed, that “Goldman is lead left; and pretty much every other bank is on the cover.” Goldman is lead left; and pretty much every other bank is on the cover. They need that to sell it to retail https://t.co/9JogVIxo1i pic.twitter.com/nSnvx6tWqs — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 20, 2026 Yet one bank […]

CBS Fires ’60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley ‘For Cause’ After “Performative Display Of Hostility” CBS News has fired “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley over a row with new executive producer Nick Bilton. As Just The News reports, the shakeup marks the latest in a series of major changes at the network since Bari Weiss took over the network. Her tenure has prompted internal dissent, much of which has leaked into the press. Weiss […]

Rabo On Regime-Change At The Fed: What Warsh Can (And Should) Do First The honeymoon period for Warsh is over. The FOMC could have given him the professional courtesy of allowing him to settle in, but in recent weeks several Committee participants have staked out their position. They want to drop the FOMC’s easing bias and instead take a more neutral stance. This means it will be more difficult for Warsh to convince the […]

Goldman Sits Down With Anduril As ‘War Unicorns’ Reshape Defense Tech Palmer Luckey’s defense startup, Anduril, is emerging as the Department of War’s answer to the urgent need for affordable, scalable advanced weaponry produced at lightning speed, rather than through the slow, over-budget procurement cycles that have long defined the legacy primes. The twin conflicts raging across Eurasia and the Middle East, from the […]

Quantum Computing: Hype Or The Real Deal? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The word “quantum” is defined as “an amount,” with its Latin root meaning “how much.” In physics, a quantum is the smallest discrete unit of any physical property. The adjective form, as in “quantum leap,” describes a sudden, significant, and fundamental change. It is also a perfect adjective for coining the next […]

Ukrainian Drone Smashes Into Russian Passenger Bus, Killing 8 Civilians The last 48 hours have seen massive, devastating Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities, which left at 18 dead and over 100 injured. Russia said this was in response to the Starobelsk dormitory attack of last month and other drone attacks targeting Russian territory. But Ukrainian forces have upped the ante once again, […]

Oil Prices Hold Gains As Gasoline Stocks Hit 12 Year Lows, Cushing ‘Tank Bottoms’ Loom Brent crude prices are rising back toward $100 per barrel this morning following the latest flare-up in fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire Prices rose after the U.S. military said Iran fired missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, which failed to hit their targets. The United States said it then struck an Iranian military ground control […]