Where are the equity markets heading, will gold and silver prices keep falling, will oil prices keep rising, will global economies rise or fall?
Category: HOMEPAGE
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SPOTLIGHT: THE PRIVATE CREDIT PANIC
Stone Ridge Asset Management has told investors in its Alternative Lending Risk Premium Fund that it will honor “only” redemption requests totaling 11 percent of the fund’s assets.
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SPECIAL REPORT: THE IRAN WAR’S LONGER, BROADER ECONOMIC IMPACT
In a blink of an eye, the world economy has been driven into decline following the 28 February (Rare Disease Day) Iran War launched by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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MORE TRUMP BULLSHIT: TRUMP THREATENED IRAN TO OPEN UP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, OR U.S. WILL BOMB THEIR POWER PLANTS
President Donald Trump issued his most severe threat yet against Iran on Saturday and warned Tehran that if it does not reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz for energy shipments, the U.S. would escalate the war and target Iranian power plants.
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ISRAEL WANTS TO FLATTEN PARTS OF LEBANON LIKE GAZA, NOT A PEEP IN THE PRESSTITUTE MEDIA
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said Sunday that the military will begin demolishing homes, bridges, and infrastructure on the Lebanese side of the border that he said has been used by Hezbollah “terrorist activity,” claiming that he will formulate the plan on the model used in Gaza’s Rafah, according to a report.
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NO TRUTH, MORE CONSEQUENCES: IRAN REJECTS TRUMP’S CLAIM THAT TALKS ARE UNDERWAY
Iranian officials rejected a claim Monday from President Donald Trump that there have been “productive” talks between Tehran and Washington, which made him decide to hold off on bombing key power plants in the country.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
As we have detailed, as trend forecasters it’s not what you like, don’t like, want, don’t want, it’s what is.
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SPOTLIGHT: THE OIL CRISIS CONTINUES
Two oil tankers were attacked and set on fire in the Persian Gulf late last week, making real the fears that Iran would use military force to shut down oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
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SPOTLIGHT: PRIVATE CREDIT’S VERY BAD WEEK
The private credit market is approaching a sharp correction, in part because many private lenders such as Blue Owl have “misrepresented” the amount of losses they have incurred, which are “larger than reported,” according to an analysis by Glendon Capital Management, a $5-billion fund that invests in distressed debt.
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IRAN’S NEW LEADER VOWS TO KEEP FIGHTING AGAINST ISRAEL, U.S.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran, said in his first public statement last week that he will continue to strike U.S. bases in the region and keep the Strait of Hormuz essentially closed, indicating that Tehran has little interest in seeking an off-ramp as the war entered its second week.