...themes and factors have not been this volatile vs the market in 5+ years (the realized spread is ~36)
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London and Brussels are coordinating their attacks on US tech giants. Under the flimsy pretext of consumer protection, they are trying to lay the groundwork for far-reaching censorship designs through multi-billion-dollar fines.
US-China trade talks advance, whilst US-Canada relations remain sour; US equity futures firmer - Newsquawk US Opening News
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...the highest proportion of respondents of the 20 countries included in the survey
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On Saturday, the last cooling towers of a German nuclear power plant were demolished in Gundremmingen, Bavaria. Germany thus continues, symbolically and materially, its isolated energy policy path
Canada, Ireland, and South Korea have some of the highest shares of tertiary-educated adults (55–65%)...
“The pro-war countries have already formed a coalition of the willing,” Orbán declared. “They are willing to send others to die..."
The ad, paid for by Denmark's state TV, suggests Danish whites are "inbreeding" unless they find more "exotic" partners...
US-China trade talks positive, increasing market sentiment; Eurostoxx 50 future firmer by 0.6%.- Newsquawk European Opening News
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- US and China reached a framework for Trump-Xi talks this week. US tariff increase on China averted, China was said to have agreed to delay a new rare earth exports licensing regime for a year.
- The US is to immediately raise tariffs on Canada by another 10%.
- APAC stocks are mostly higher, ES is up by the best part of 1%, Eurostoxx future firmer by 0.6%.
- DXY flat with the USD showing a mixed performance vs. peers; softer vs. risk-sensitive currencies, firmer vs.
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Germany’s dramatic economic collapse is dragging its geopolitical standing down with it. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has now learned what it means to be treated as a second-tier diplomat, receiving the red card from Beijing
The global systemic transition to multipolarity is such that Great Powers like India are independently advancing their interests vis-à-vis their peers like China...
The vaccine targeted a virus linked to birth defects.
“Banks would be exposed to this directly through their credit exposures to AI companies, as well as indirectly through their provision of loans and credit facilities to private credit funds and other financial institutions.”
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Trump allies would be shaved bald, forced into orange pajamas, and paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue while people get to spit on them...
"It is very much similar to pinning your confidential files on a public noticeboard and hoping no one takes a copy," a data protection expert said.
