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Chokepoint Watch: GPS Jamming Impacts Tankers Across Strait Of Hormuz

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Despite Israel and Iran volleying missiles and bombs at one another over the weekend, Brent crude futures showed a surprisingly muted reaction Monday morning, initially gapping higher Sunday evening but flat to down.  Goldman Sachs analyst Ananya Prakash added color about the market’s restrained response, telling clients the “situation feels relatively contained” for now, with attention centered on potential supply disruptions—particularly […]

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Death of a Coin

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Trump Just Pulled the Plug on the Penny It’s official. After 232 years in circulation, the humble penny is finally meeting its maker. The Treasury has confirmed it. The penny is being discontinued. The writing has been on the wall, with Musk’s DOGE being on the penny’s case pretty much since day one of the new president’s inauguration. And […]

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The Fed’s New Old Tool: Quantitative Easing Repackaged and Running Just Fine

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The Fed is buying treasury bonds… An old system under a new name. After the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–2008, the Federal Reserve implemented quantitative easing (QE) to stabilize the economy, restore confidence in financial markets, and spur growth. Back then, the Fed’s QE programs involved large-scale asset purchases injecting liquidity into the economy […]

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The Ratchet Effect: Easy to Spend More, Spending Less Triggers Collapse

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What’s required is not just a revised spreadsheet but an entirely new culture and value system. I’ve been referencing The Ratchet Effect since 2010 as it explains why shrinking bloat is so much harder than expanding bloat. A common example is household income and spending. When the couple were just starting out, they lived like students with barebones […]

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MANNARINO: The Final Chess Move

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The elites clearly know the dollar system is failing, and they are about to replace it. NOTE TO READERS: The following is one of dozens of articles in this week’s issue of The Trends Journal. Consider subscribing here for in-depth, independent geopolitical and socioeconomic trends and trend forecasts that you won’t find anywhere else. BY GREGORY MANNARINO, TradersChoice.net Just this past […]

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