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A Private Credit Fund of Funds in 2026 seems to rather closely resemble a CDO-squared in early 2007.
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Oil drops as Iran signals willingness to end the war “with guarantees,” while denying formal talks with the U.S. Tehran says Hormuz remains open to “friendly shipping,” highlighting risk of selective disruption. #Oil #Iran #Geopolitics #Energy
https://t.co/HrtI6JRXzC
oilprice.com
Iran has signaled willingness to end the war under strict conditions, triggering market reactions while deep uncertainties remain over diplomacy, military escalation, and control of key energy routes.
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Warren Buffett is waiting for a larger move to the downside 🤯👀 He says March was nothing 👻📉
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⚡️(WSJ) United Airlines Holdings $UAL Chief Executive Scott Kirby has warned that fares could shoot up as much as 20% because of war-related shortages of fuel. “The reality is, jet fuel prices have more than doubled in the last three weeks...” https://t.co/db88m628QP
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Rising prices for jet fuel are expected to cost carriers hundreds of millions of dollars. To cope, they’re raising fares and charging travelers more fees.
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Reasons to be bullish on gold
ft.com
The precious metal has suffered a sell-off during the Middle East war but the outlook is more positive
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"that hated palace reared from the spoils of his countrymen" (Tacitus on Nero's Golden House) https://t.co/1tNVZv0Ba6
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First major setback for 90,000 sq ft white and gold project since East Wing was demolished in October
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"and a golden statue of himself"🤡 https://t.co/PY50CUOehN
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US leader’s foundation expects to raise nearly $1bn for building in Miami containing decommissioned Air Force One
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Cornish Tin raises $3M in new funding round
mining.com
The fundraise gives the company a pre-money valuation of £29 million ($38 million).
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Four consecutive weeks of outflows from gold ETFs. This will go down as one of the best opportunities to add to gold at historically oversold levels in my view. Bottoms are always a process, and I do believe we are in the middle of one. This was a great opportunity to revamp
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@Osinttechnical Given that there are 1,670 tankers in the world flying the flag of Marshall Islands makes this extra depressing.
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We’ve officially kicked off our 40,000m drilling program at the Coffee Gold Project in the #Yukon. This program is a key step toward our Feasibility Study and 2027 construction decision https://t.co/bw4uspFnha $FMT.V $FUEMF #Gold #Exploration
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GoldMining Commences 2026 Exploration Program at its São Jorge Project, Brazil Full press release: https://t.co/ZyliMx2dtY TSX: $GOLD | NYSE-A: $GLDG
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Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ | OTCQX: FWEDF) announces a $61.5M non-brokered private placement, including a strategic investment from JX Advanced Metals, with participation from the Lundin Family Trusts. JX is a global leader in advanced materials and a key supplier to the
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🗞️PRESS RELEASE🗞️ AbraSilver Completes Condoryacu Acquisition; Intersects 72 Metres Grading 18.7 g/t Gold, 117 g/t Silver and 2.06% Copper from Surface Confirmation Drilling Validates High-Grade Mineralization Adjacent to Diablillos Project “The confirmatory drilling results
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The US-Israel-Iran War is reminding me of WW2 where ships loaded in Seattle with Lend-Lease material sailed past Japan and landed in Vladivostok to support the Soviets in their fight against Nazis. Right now, the US and Israel are bombing Iran, but tankers are loading at Kharg
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I’m sure higher energy prices, higher interest rates, and ongoing wars will go a long way in solving the problem of getting mines to produce the metals we desperately need. The world still underestimates the scale of the problem: A lack of institutional capital, technical
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@orrdavid It actually does because now US oil and gas is going to be in high demand on the global market and that is leading to the escalation in prices at the pump. It is also doubling the cost of bunker fuel for ships making all global shipping more expensive.
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Stagflation is written all over this move today. Gold decisively decoupling from overall equities and rising in step with oil and other hard assets. So much for the liquidation narrative — it’s gone completely quiet now. Don’t believe everything you read. Metals remain
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* US OIL RIG COUNT DOWN 5 TO 409 , BAKER HUGHES SAYS
Pretty words. We’ll just watch rig count on Friday, thanks. 🤡
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