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Oil Gives the Long Bond a Morning Off: Option Care Signs, Constellation Plugs Into Google
The 30-year Treasury eased to about 5.63% after touching 5.702% on Monday, its highest since 2002, as Brent slipped below $100 on a G7 reserve release. Futures...
AI's $7 Trillion Infrastructure Boom Is Sitting on a $40 Trillion Financial Fault Line
This could become the defining macroeconomic tension of the decade. The United States is building AI infrastructure at a historic pace. Data centers, power...
Trump Calls Iran “Totally Defeated” for What May Be the Tenth Time Since March, and Oil Doesn't Believe Him
Brent crude topped $92 and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.75% as September opens with the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq futures all lower. Trump repeated a...
Trade Wars, Dollar Risk, AI Leverage, and the K-Shaped Economy
The global economy is being rewired in real time. Start with a tiny metal striker inside a car door. It may cross the Detroit-Windsor border four, five, or six...
The AI Debt Iceberg: Hidden Leverage, Rising Yields, and the Two-Speed Economy
The U.S. economy is operating on two completely different foundations. Upstairs, the AI infrastructure boom is accelerating. Data centers, power systems, fiber...
The Financialization Machine: Inflation, AI Debt Loops, Passive Flows, and the Price of Hype
Markets look strong. The S&P 500 sits near highs, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating, new ETFs are launching at record speed, and billionaires are...
Record Highs, Empty Savings Accounts, and the AI Spending Paradox
The stock market is celebrating record highs. The S&P 500 has reached its 25th all-time high of the year, market breadth has improved, financial stocks have...