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Monday:

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Iran threatens ‘vital’ infrastructure and Hormuz Strait closure in response to Trump ultimatum

Tehran’s military says its strategy has shifted from defensive to offensive

Retirees keep avoiding the one annuity that actually works

Something unusual happens when you put the phrase "guaranteed income for life" in front of most retirees. Their eyes light up, then they hear the word annuity, and the conversation is over before it starts. That reaction is understandable. Annuities have spent decades buried under layers of bad ...

Stablecoin-sceptic BIS exec set to become new South Korean central bank boss

South Korea’s incoming central bank chief is a crypto-sceptic who could derail industry leaders’ and lawmakers’ hopes of launching won-pegged stablecoins.

‘Opening Strait of Hormuz will probably require US boots on the ground’

‘Opening Strait of Hormuz will probably require US boots on the ground’

Hormuz crisis underlines vulnerability of global trade chokepoints

War in Iran disrupting established trade flows raises an important question: how serious could the consequences be, and for whom will they be most severe? To answer this, it is useful to look at history. During the fifth and fourth centuries BC, Athens, a major centre, depended heavily on grain imports. Whenever routes were blocked during wars, Athens almost immediately faced the threat of a food crisis. In the Middle Ages, Venice became one of Europe’s richest cities and a crucial hub linking...

AGNC: The Pullback Is Getting Interesting With Yields At 14%

S&P 500 Earnings Update: Forward EPS Estimates Still Seeing Higher Revisions

Wall Street’s Favorite Emerging-Market Bet Falters as War Rages

Once a top pick among emerging-market investors, local-currency debt is quickly becoming a pain trade.

3 Reasons SSR Mining Stock Is Undervalued Right Now

The miner stock looks like an excellent value amid elevated gold prices.

2 women climb out of window to flee Hong Kong building fire that injured 3 others

Two women climbed out of a window of a residential building in Hong Kong to escape a fire that sent three people to hospital on Sunday, police said. Police received multiple reports at 5.28pm of a blaze at Yen Dack Building on Chun Yeung Street in North Point. Thick smoke billowed from a high-floor unit as firefighters arrived, deploying a water jet and a breathing apparatus team. The fire was extinguished at 6.19pm. Two women and a man, aged 58 to 78, were taken conscious to Pamela Youde...

China signals broader market access, trade rebalancing in pitch to global business

US hub in Iraq targeted overnight by Iranian drones, rockets

Eight overnight attacks targeted a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad’s International Airport, an Iraqi security official said on Sunday. Several waves of departures from the US facility occurred on Saturday from the airport, according to another Iraqi security source, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. “Eight separate attacks, carried out until dawn with rockets and drones, targeted the US centre,” the senior security official said, adding that...

Monday:

Straits open. submitted by /u/RuthlessWolf [link] [comments]

What risks does an invasion of Cuba pose?

Trump just told reporters he believed he would soon have "the honour of taking Cuba", adding: "I can do anything I want." He's clearly feeling confident right now, despite Iran presumably not really going the way he planned. What exactly is the risk with this? Can Cuba fling missiles into the US? Disrupt shipping? I'm not from the US so I know very little about the situation with Cuba but I'm thinking an US invasion is (or would be barring the Iran adventure) immininent. submitted by /u/AnonymousTimewaster [link] [comments]

An orthopedic surgeon explains the hand injury that has many MLB players on the bench

Baseball hitters are on a quest for power. But that quest comes at a cost. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas DiLiberti about baseball players suffering hamate injuries.

She cared for her mother for 14 years. She says she'd do it all over again

Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life's purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.

WHAT IS GOING ON!!!

IT DROPS AGAIN!!!!! NOOOOO!!! submitted by /u/unthocks [link] [comments]

Sudan drone attack on key hospital killed 64 people during Eid, WHO says

The strike killed 64 people, including 13 children, two nurses and a doctor, according to the WHO head.

THW: A Global Healthcare Fund With 11% Yield But Overpays The Distribution

Ripple CTO Emeritus Drops 'Goddamn Right' Meme to Solana's XRP Hype

Solana X account recently sparked buzz on social media with an interesting XRP take.

Prediction: This Fallen Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Could Be the Comeback Story of 2026

This company is helping build the backbone of AI, but then investors got worried about AI's impact on software.

Bitcoin risks 50% drop as BTC's positive correlation with US stocks grows

Bitcoin’s 20-week rolling correlation with the S&P 500 has turned positive, a signal that has historically preceded major BTC price declines.

Why did nobody take much notice?

First off, this is not a brag. If I wanted to brag about being right about the downturn, I’d go to YouTube and sell some shill course on how to spot some six figure income or something. A while ago I asked this sub if there was a precedent for money market behaviour in war time. I got burned alive. I thought I’d keep an eye on people’s attitudes, here and on r/valueinvesting and r/gold. When it became clear people were just willingly going to walk off a cliff in sheer denial they were in the wrong, I tried to say something. There were folk here saying to just keep buying, that DCA would sort everything out, and there were people on r/valueinvesting who were determined to believe that Microsoft as of a month ago was a good value play. I only have one question, why did nobody listen? A bunch of people just lost a lot of money, and this might not be over. My family is in that group. I took Mum out of a sterling hedged gold ETF about 4 hours before the crash from 5500 to 4700. Dad refused to sell his physical. I had to practically scream the house down and they still wouldn’t listen. Reddit is the same. Investment was my first career, so while I’m not an expert I do know what I’m talking about. Is it that greed turns off logic or something? I’m more sad than anything, because until we actually learn, we’re no better than an AI repeating the same mistakes, just a lot slower. Why did nobody listen? submitted by /u/a11yChief [link] [comments]