Major asset managers are thinning their holdings of U.S. treasury bonds and notes and deploying more funds into a wider range of choices in other countries, the Financial Times reported.
Category: 27 May 2025
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AI MUSICAL CHAIRS: PROFITING FROM HUMAN REPLACISM
Tech-savvy Humans are currently scrambling to profit either by devising new ways to leverage AI / physical AI to replace humans, or to identify opportunities where “humanness” can be exploited for unique attributes that synthetic alternatives can’t (yet) emulate.
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MAD MAN RANDY FINE SAYS U.S. SHOULD NUKE PALESTINIANS
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., said the quiet part out loud during an interview Thursday and argued that the U.S. should nuke Gaza like it did to Japan at the end of WWII because the Palestinians, as a people, are irredeemable.
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HEIL, MERZ: GERMAN CHANCELLOR CELEBRATES TROOP DEPLOYMENT IN LITHUANIA, APPROVAL FOR UKRAINE TO USE LONG-RANGE MISSILES TO HIT TARGETS DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania last week to celebrate the deployment of his forces inside the country, stating that the brigade represents Berlin’s commitment to securing the Baltic states because their security “is also our security.”
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ROMANIA’S NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT BACKS MILITARIZATION AND UKRAINE
Nicușor Dan, the newly elected president in Romania, said in an interview last week that his win was a mandate from his country to turn to the West and support Ukraine, the European Union, and NATO after presidential elections in Bucharest were canceled in December over allegations of Russian influence.
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EU DIPLOMATS APPROVE NEW €150B WEAPONS-BUYING FUND AMID THREAT FROM RUSSIA
Diplomats from the European Union (EU) last week approved a new €150 billion weapons fund to help pay for the bloc’s military buildup amid what they see as a growing threat from Russia, and mixed messages about long-term support from Washington.
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RAMPING UP WWIII: NATO USES ‘CREATIVE ACCOUNTING’ TO MEET TRUMP’S SPENDING GOAL FOR ALLIANCE
On 7 January, weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in, he told a press briefing that NATO countries were not paying their fair share for defense and floated the idea that Washington would not abide by its treaty obligations if these allies did not pump up their military spending.
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END OF LIFE ON EARTH: TEHRAN SAYS IT WILL HOLD THE U.S. RESPONSIBLE IF ISRAEL ATTACKS ITS NUKE SITES
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said last week that Tehran would hold the U.S. responsible if Israel carries out military strikes on its nuclear facilities after a report emerged out of Washington that the Israelis have been planning an attack.
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IDF MASSACRES 9 CHILDREN OF GAZAN DOCTORS AT HOME IN KHAN YOUNIS
The Israeli military launched a missile strike on a home in Khan Younis that killed nine of 10 children of two Gazan doctors, which “encapsulates the ongoing genocide faced by the Palestinian people in Gaza,” according to the enclave’s media office.
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ISRAEL RAMPS UP ATTACKS ACROSS LEBANON, DRAWING REBUKE FROM LEBANESE PM
Israel carried out new airstrikes across southern Lebanon last week, drawing criticism from the country’s prime minister, who urged the world to pressure the Israelis into respecting the ceasefire that was agreed upon in November.