After underperforming the overall market for the past few years, large-cap pharmaceutical stocks may now be positioned to outperform as the impact of tariffs on foreign products and services begins to take hold. Many investors who hold pharmaceutical stocks were breathing a sigh of relief, as many of the top companies in the sector are…
Thailand, Cambodia Agree To Ceasefire Following Trump’s Diplomatic Pressure Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional ceasefire to halt the deadliest border clashes in over a decade. The agreement was reached on the fifth day of fighting, or about two days after President Trump threatened to withhold trade deals from both countries unless a swift…
What To Know About Cloud Seeding Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, Three weeks have passed since a massive rainstorm triggered catastrophic floods across the Texas Hill Country, killing at least 135 men, women, and children. Amid the rescue and recovery efforts, some blamed the deadly floods on cloud seeding company Rainmaker Technology Corporation…
In this piece, we’ll check in on two mid-cap health insurance plays that are leveraging their tech-savvy and digital strengths to grab a bigger slice of the health insurance industry. Indeed, if there’s an industry in need of a bit of tech-driven disruption, it’s the health insurance space, which has undergone tremendous turbulence in recent…
New Poll: Democrats’ Rating Collapses To Generational Low As Midterm Cycle Nears Democrats are entering the early stages of the 2026 midterm cycle in a state of full-blown crisis mode. New polling shows the party’s support continuing to implode, as top party leaders double down on their commitment to the far-left woke ideology. At the same time, an increasing…
Coffee And Corporatism: “Made For Germany” Submitted by Thomas Kolbe While Chancellor Friedrich Merz is staging cheerful coffee chats with corporate leaders on his feel-good tour across Germany, the country’s economic collapse continues unabated. The pressure still doesn’t seem great enough to trigger a political turnaround. The “spontaneous” economic summit between Merz and 61 German…
Netflix To Reboot 1990s Globalist Propaganda Kids Show “Captain Planet” “By your powers combined…I am Captain Planet!” If you were a child growing up in the early 1990s then you probably remember flipping through Saturday morning cartoons and stumbling across a weird animated show about a “superhero” who fights pollution (and like most kids you…
Today I wanted to revisit a bull case I made earlier this year (more than once) that is outperforming the S&P 500 significantly. Read more Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: Quoth the Raven This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://quoththeraven.substack.com feed and its author. This…
Photo by Abode of Chaos via Openverse During the Biden years, a lot of us thought that the next era of world history would be defined, in large part, by economic and geostrategic competition between the U.S. and China. That’s looking a little less likely these days. Donald Trump still makes the occasional aggressive noise…
Rich Countries, Short Weeks: Europe’s East-West Labor Divide Europe’s labor landscape reveals a clear regional split: wealthy nations in the North and West, including the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark, thrive on flexibility, shorter workweeks, and robust employment rates exceeding 75%. As Visual Capitalist reports, these countries strike a balance between prosperity and adaptability, highlighting…
The European Disease: Germany Enters The Debt Spiral Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany is on a path to losing its reputation as a fiscally responsible state. Through unchecked spending, the federal government is steering the country into stormy waters. On Thursday, Handelsblatt reported a new budget gap. By 2029, previously unfunded additional debts are expected…
Escobar: Destroy Russia. Fail? No Problem: Let’s Destroy China! Authored by Pepe Escobar, Never underestimate the incoming tsunami of disruptive “analysis” and predictive programming already embedded in the Hybrid War on China – and the larger war on BRICS. Never underestimate the incoming tsunami of disruptive “analysis” and predictive programming already embedded in the Hybrid…
Former Green Beret: ‘Without Question, I Witnessed War Crimes’ In Gaza A retired US Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel who worked as a contractor at an aid distribution point in Gaza has gone on-the-record with claims that he personally witnessed war crimes perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces and by American contractors working for the…
Spygate: The Inside Story Behind The Alleged Plot To Take Down Trump Authored by Jeff Carlson via The Epoch Times, Efforts by high-ranking officials in the CIA, FBI, Department of Justice (DOJ), and State Department to portray President Donald Trump as having colluded with Russia were the culmination of years of bias and politicization under…
Russia Calls Off Annual Navy Day Celebrations Amid Ukrainian Drone Attacks Some one hundred Ukrainian drones were intercepted by Russian air defenses overnight, which does not suggest a particularly huge attack compared to prior major drone assaults from the last several weeks – but the attack did serve to severely impact annual Russian military observances….
Media Matters Meltdown: Lefty Watchdog Teeters On Bankruptcy Amid Legal Fights And Donor Exodus After years of pumping out propaganda and trying to kill independent media outlets such as yours truly, liberal ‘watchdog’ Media Matters is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy. Founded by Democratic operative David Brock (formerly in a long-term relationship with DC restauranteer…
US Sanctions Maduro-Linked Venezuelan ‘Cartel Of The Suns’ As Terrorist Entity The Treasury Department on Friday designated Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles – known in English as the Cartel of the Suns – as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity, accusing President Nicolas Maduro and senior members of his regime of leading the group…
“China Did Not Start The War”: Another Fiery Showdown At The UN Over Beijing-Moscow Relations The United States and China once again clashed at the United Nations during a Security Council meeting, which occurred Friday. This has been a more frequent and growing trend over the last year of grinding conflict, into the Trump administration….
Judge Maintains Nationwide Block On Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in Massachusetts has maintained his nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s policy restricting birthright citizenship, saying that a narrower injunction would be impractical and create too many problems for states that sued the administration. “The…
How much flooding is it going to take before people realize that something truly out of the ordinary is going on? This month, we have been hammered by “1,000 year storms” and “1,000 year floods” over and over again. In a previous article, I documented 13 catastrophic flooding events in just 13 days. Unfortunately, that…
Bezos Dumps $5.7 Billion In Amazon Stock. Now CNBC Buyout Rumors Swirl Jeff Bezos has generated billions of dollars in Amazon stock sales since late June under a 10b5-1 plan. The divestitures coincide with a new report suggesting he’s mulling over a potential acquisition of CNBC. According to Bloomberg data, Bezos has been on a selling spree…
China’s $167 Billion Tibetan Dam Alarms Scientists, Neighbors Authored by Olivia Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China has officially begun construction on a massive hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, despite strong warnings from scientists about the region’s fragile ecosystem and complex geological conditions. A Chinese hydrology expert has described…
EU Slashes $1.7BN In Aid To Ukraine Over Corruption Concerns: ‘Exasperation From Biggest Donors’ Have we reached the beginning of the end for Zelensky? Does this spell game-over and victory for Putin and Russia? The following is a very rare admission from the hard news pages of The New York Times: James Wasserstrom, an American…
Key Points Investors may want to jump into oversold oil stocks now. All as tension in the Middle East, and with Russia-Ukraine continues to boil. Analysts at Scotiabank just raised their price target on the XOM stock by $10 to $125 a share. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you…
Extremism Masquerading As Activism Authored by Aaron Pomerantz via RealClearPolitics, Earlier this month, the UK Parliament voted 385-26 to ban Palestine Action after members infiltrated an air force base and vandalized equipment. Under the UK’s Terrorism Act of 2000, it is now illegal to fund, support, or even publicly approve of the organization. Arrests have…
I’ve already talked a lot recently about the two things I think will make the market crash: the passive bid and options gamma. For those of who have been subscribed long enough to remember the days of yonder where I actually thought something as pesky as valuation would matter, that argument has been neutered by…
Trump, EU Reach Tariff Deal To Avoid Trade War President Trump said he reached a trade deal with the European Union late on Sunday, avoiding a trade war with the US’s largest trading partner and marking his biggest deal so far in his attempt to remake the global trading system through higher tariffs for U.S….
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is the latest EV maker to run over a bit of a roadbump this earnings season. Indeed, the immediate reaction to the second-quarter sales slowdown was overwhelmingly negative. The stock tanked by just over 9% before recovering much of the ground in the following trading session. Indeed, it’s going to take some time…
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Federal Funds For Local Obedience: Immigration Clause Puts Dems In Bind Authored by James Eustis via The RealClearPolitics (emphasis ours), A little-noticed provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” forces blue states and cities to make a tough choice: Comply with federal immigration law or lose federal money for criminal justice aid. President Trump’s signature piece…
UK’s Starmer Organizing Renewed Food Air Drops Over Starving Gaza Efforts of Western and some Mideast regional countries like Jordan to alleviate famine in Gaza largely failed during initial airdrops over the Strip which occurred in 2024. Food and medicine air drops proved more dangerous than conventional delivery utilizing trucks crossing land routes, as in…
Trump Says Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Likely Helps Obama Following DNI Disclosures Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump on Friday said that former President Barack Obama likely has immunity following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in light of a report that was declassified by Director of National Intelligence…
11 Stabbed In Attack At Michigan Walmart A stabbing incident at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, left at least 11 people injured, according to authorities. The local sheriff’s office is investigating the attack and details are limited, but Michigan State Police confirmed that a suspect was in custody. Meanwhile, T.J.Muscaro reports for The Epoch…
I fear we have to admit it: there is not a single truly free country among the 200 or so that occupy this planet. If there were one, we would have expected a representative of its state to declare publicly, about the current trade war, something like the following—let me put it in blockquote even…
Trump: Macron’s Two-State Talk “Doesn’t Matter” & “Carries No Weight” France this week became the largest European nation, and the first G7 country, to recognize a Palestinian state, a move strongly condemned by Israel – and which has also angered Washington President Donald Trump in Friday comments to the press dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that…
Meet the Medicaid Double-Dippers by the Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2025. Excerpt: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported late last week that 1.2 million Americans last year were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program in two or more states. The agency worked with software engineers…
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There is no denying it’s a tough time in the United States to try and come here and work. Given the political climate, it’s perfectly understandable that those who are here are also worried about where things might stand in the next few years. Key Points There is no question this Redditor is feeling uneasy…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) faces its first real competition worldwide due to the growth of Luckin Coffee which has over 24,000 stores in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. That means it has already moved outside its original Chinese footprint. It has opened its first stores in New York which means absolutely nothing to Starbucks, and…
Key Points Dave Ramsey says having good credit doesn’t matter. He says your credit score just shows how much you love debt. Ramsey is wrong and not having good credit can hurt you in many ways. It’s hard to believe, but today there are credit cards offering up to 6% cash back, $200 statement credits,…
Key Points A Reddit user has inherited $3 million and is trying to decide whether to stop teaching. While the inheritance may provide enough money, working a few more years would help her earn a nice pension. Unless there’s a specific reason to quit, it may be worth working long enough to get the pension…
Shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) gained 2.33% over the past month, bringing its year-to-date gain to 15.02%. Since hitting its 2025 low on April 4, the stock is up nearly 40%. When the company reported Q2 earnings earlier in July, it announced mixed results with EPS of 89 cents versus analysts’ expectations of 86…
Key Points in This Article: Warren Buffett’s 60-year tenure transformed Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A)(BRK-B)into a diversified conglomerate, but his step back introduces uncertainty as Greg Abel takes over. Abel is expected to maintain Buffett’s value investing approach, but his unproven stock-picking record has contributed to a 10% stock price decline. Berkshire’s strong fundamentals, including its cash…
Why’d Ghana Of All Countries Agree To Partially Finance Ukraine’s Drone Program? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Footing part of this bill in exchange for Ukrainian support for securing its borders is one of the costs that Ghana must pay as part of its involvement in the emerging anti-Russian regional coalition that plans to…
Earth Overshoot Day Is Coming Sooner And Sooner July 24 marked this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, the day that humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds the resources Earth can regenerate within that year. You will find more infographics at Statista Over the decades, the ecological footprint of humans has gradually increased, all while Earth’s biocapacity, i.e. its ability to…
Key Points You may be inclined to sign up for Social Security at 65 while also enrolling in Medicare. You should know that filing at 65 could mean shrinking your monthly benefits for life. There’s no requirement to claim Social Security in conjunction with Medicare, so don’t let that drive your decision. Are you ahead,…
Key Points in This Article: Arm Holdings (ARM) aims to capture 50% of the data center CPU market by 2025, up from 15% in 2024, primarily displacing x86 leaders Intel and AMD. The data center CPU market is projected to grow from $7.42 billion in 2024 to $8.35 billion in 2025, with Arm’s success potentially…
BlackRock & Fidelity In Collusion With The UK Government? Authored by Alasdair Macleod via VonGreyerz.gold, The Western World is Already In Recession Subtract budget deficits from national GDPs, and private sector GDPs are shrinking. While government spending is creating more debt, the tax base to pay interest costs is contracting. Some analysts are pointing out…
Many investors in 2025 need dependable passive income, and one outstanding way to achieve this is to invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Unlike open-end mutual funds, ETFs trade on major exchanges like stocks. They own financial assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies, debt, futures contracts, and commodities such as gold bars. The more passive income can…
Bovard: Waco, Epstein, & Washington’s War On Truth Submitted by James Bovard How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995. Thirty summers ago, Washington was fixated by a Capitol Hill showdown over the greatest federal abuse of power of…
