The United States has dangerously depleted its weapons stockpiles, particularly precision-guided munitions and air defense interceptors, following recent conflicts. It may take over five years to replace these systems, but the true strategic vulnerab
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Karen Kwiatkowski
On Tuesday, Peter appeared on Kiko News to warn that markets and the public are underestimating how costly the United States' borrowing binge will become.
Fernando Grijalva lived through Mexico's peso devaluation. He saw what came before, and he saw the aftermath: some people wiped out overnight, others walking away richer than they'd ever dreamed.
With Case-Shiller reporting existing home price declines in half of America's largest cities, and after two straight months of rip-roaring demand, NAR reports that New Home Sales in April tumbled 6.2% MoM (almost twice as bad as the 3.2% MoM decline
It's remarkable screen oil prices are little changed at below $100 today after Trump said the US is "not satisfied" over talks with Iran, days after claiming a deal was imminent, and hours after saying the terms the Iranians had leaked that the
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday, May 11, that it will loan 53 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to petroleum companies in an effort to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict wi
Markets laid in wait for war-related headlines yesterday after Trump truthed on Monday night that "negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran" were "proceeding nicely."
US President Donald Trump has backed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as having the "exclusive authority" over prediction markets, as state regulators' action against the platforms mounts.
The market is hypnotized by headlines out of the Middle East. Every missile strike, every oil spike, every rumor about escalation with Iran sends volatility dealers and gamma-chasing algorithms into another violent intraday swing.
The national average price for 87-octane gasoline at the pump has remained above the politically sensitive $4-per-gallon threshold for 57 days and counting, as the U.S.-Iran conflict continues to disrupt energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz chok
Great nations are rarely destroyed in the way Hollywood imagines. Most people still think empires collapse under missile strikes, invasions, assassinations, revolutions, or dramatic military defeats broadcast live across television screens.
After declining MoM for the first time since June 2025 in February, US home prices in America's 20 largest cities were expected to dip again in March (according to the latest data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller) and they did, dropping 0.16% MoM (wors
In today's deep dive, Tom Bilyeu sounds the alarm on a series of unprecedented signals shaking the global economy. From the US, Japan, and UK all hitting historic highs in their government bond yields, to the Federal Reserve's apparent loss of co
For the first time in this cycle, the money going out of major private credit vehicles has surpassed the money coming in. That is the headline, how private credit machine is now facing sustained investor outflows. Stage 2. And here's the other big