Traders are the big winners as 24/7 stocks will finally end the after-hours price ‘manipulation’
Round-the-clock markets promise freedom for investors and pressure for intermediaries who traditionally wielded immense power during off-hours What to know: If the closing bell has long been a business model, then 24/7 trading is an attempt to break it. As the NYSE, Nasdaq, CME and Cboe race to introduce round-the-clock […]
Economy
The Hormuz Hype: How Europe Got Played at the Oil Casino
Europe’s oil shock was sold as a tragic consequence of the war on Iran and chaos in the Strait of Hormuz. The story was simple. Blame Tehran, blame geography, tell Europeans there was no choice but to pay. Yet official documents quietly admit that the EU’s direct dependence on Hormuz is limited and that […]
Empire
Pentagon seeks new Arctic bases in Greenland amid Russian, Chinese activity
The United States is quietly advancing a major strategic play in the Arctic, negotiating with Denmark to expand its military footprint across Greenland. This push, driven by Pentagon officials under President Donald Trump, aims to secure access to three additional sites on the immense island to counter increasing military activity […]
Activism
As Epstein’s Clients Walk Free, an Innocent Man Rots in a Cage for Promoting Liberty
While the political establishment buries the names of elite predators and engineers foreign bloodshed to distract the masses, a peaceful man is losing nearly a decade of his life in a federal cage for the “crime” of helping people bypass the fiat banking cartel. The glaring reality of the American […]
Health
The Most Dangerous Pain Reliever Is Probably in Your Medicine Cabinet Right Now
Story at-a-glance Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used painkillers in the world, found in countless household medicine cabinets and often taken daily for everything from headaches to arthritis. Because it’s sold over the counter, many people assume it’s safe. Yet its widespread use hides a darker truth — […]
Tech
The System Being Built While the World Burns
The System Being Built While the World Burns by Greg Reese Read on Substack According to the Brookings Institution’s analysis of carbon tax timing, high fossil fuel prices are the worst time to impose a carbon tax, but are the best time to build the underlying market architecture. And that […]
Crypto
Traders are the big winners as 24/7 stocks will finally end the after-hours price ‘manipulation’
Round-the-clock markets promise freedom for investors and pressure for intermediaries who traditionally wielded immense power during off-hours What to know: If the closing bell has long been a business model, then 24/7 trading is an attempt to break it. As the NYSE, Nasdaq, CME and Cboe race to introduce round-the-clock […]
Podcasts
#634: Monitoring the Situation
Physics tells us that the sheer act of witnessing an event plays a role in the outcome. Most people are helpless to change the situations we are witnessing around the world, but we feel compelled to know about their struggle, regardless of whether we can assist or not. The American […]
Solutions
Converting Diesel Vehicles to Run on Waste Vegetable Oil, by Polar Bear
Editor’s Introductory Note: This article was posted in SurvivalBlog in September, 2007. Given the recent spike in fuel prices, I thought that it would be apropos to re-post it. – JWR — When Rudolph Diesel invented his internal combustion engine, he used refined peanut oil as fuel. The reasoning behind […]