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Consumer sentiment has tanked and the 1-year inflation outlook is at its highest since 1981, a closely watched University of Michigan survey shows

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In just a week, the dollar has gone from a safe haven to investors' whipping boy as US President Donald Trump's chaotic tariffs on friend and foe alike undermine decades of trust in the world's reserve currency reut.rs/4cqlsIe

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Swiss 10Y was 0.78 on Wednesday March 12.

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Tesla has suspended taking new orders for Model S and Model X vehicles on its Chinese website, Reuters checks showed, as the world's two largest economies exchange blows in a trade war reut.rs/3RftABI

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The Long March

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Portnoy's Complaint pagesix.com/2025/04/08/c...

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Rio Tinto’s counter-cyclical move in to lithium space backfires spectacularly. #lithium #mining #riotinto

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Shares in US lithium giant Albemarle hit 5 Year low. Down 85% since EV mania high. #lithium #EVs

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Tomorrow’s front pages in Australia are brutal. 🇦🇺 “Market Meltdon”, “Crash Test Dummies”, “Donald Slump”.

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France always got it.

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These are the kind of memes currently circulating on Chinese social media. Trump bringing manufacturing back to America…

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Commentary: Japan is facing challenges with Donald Trump's new tariffs and is considering increased purchases of U.S. goods, negotiating tariff reductions and expanding auto production in the U.S. to reduce the trade deficit.

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The president’s son Eric Trump posted this. Chilling. He deleted it - but here it is

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Trump and the mob boss approach to global markets 🗽🗽🗽⚖️🔱⚖️🗽🗽🗽 The US president discovers that it is easier to shake down a law firm than to reshape the international trading system The mafia movie is one of America’s great contributions to world culture. 🦋 archive.md/zRCqg

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while the markets anticipate (pray for) a pause, trump threatens 50% additional tariffs on china by tomorrow.

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Instant Insight: It is an episode of wanton, unnecessary and illogical wealth destruction that will cast a long shadow over the investment case for US markets. But it can get a lot worse, and quickly. on.ft.com/44d8lbg

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Fake cosmetics, massage pillows and sex toys are among the key elements of a suspected Russian-run sabotage plot that led to three parcels being detonated at courier depots in Britain, Germany and Poland last summer.

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Always look on the bright side of life.

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It'll be Alright on the Night 🫨

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Many observers have written off Trump’s tariffs as either a time bomb that may wreck the global economy or as a negotiating tactic. They are missing the bigger picture.

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Markets Insight: Arguably the most unsettling aspect of Monday’s sell-off in Asia, analysts say, was the extent to which it was rational, rather than panic-stricken. www.ft.com/content/fffa...

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The carnage unleashed by Trump’s tariffs continued unabated, with Asian markets pummeled and US futures showing last week’s $5 trillion wipeout isn’t over.

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Flutter Entertainment bet on a US listing backfires spectacularly. #betfair

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Tariff deals with foreign governments not a priority for Donald Trump, say US officials https://www.ft.com/content/b00ca913-80d2-4572-a78d-e8f123ec717f

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A Fool and his money….

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JPMorgan said it now expects the US economy to fall into a recession this year after accounting for the likely impact of tariffs announced this week by the Trump administration.

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Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy reut.rs/4jf31IH

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FT: ‘one of the greatest acts of self-harm in American economic history.’

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Madagascar: ‘There is a lot of weird stuff here.’

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On why you should never respect your executioner. www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

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The problem with any ideology, is that it is hard to stick with when your share portfolio is Down 30%. Since Trump 2.0 high: Tesla down 44%. Bitcoin down 28%. Palantir down 38%.

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Bitcoin now down 25% from Trump 2.0 high www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin.

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Trump Trade. Those that bought at the high since Trump took office are now down 20% in Bitcoin; 29% in Tesla and 32% in Palantir. #bitcoin #tesla #palantir

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www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...

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In the year 2720, Japan will have only one child age 14 and below, a Tohoku University professor estimates.

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Massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia against corruption and calling on the pro-kremlin President Vučić and his government to step down. #SerbiaProtests

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That Trump would be compelled to address Musk’s power is testimony to the unusual influence that the world’s richest man has displayed.

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Hedge Funds cancel Christmas as shares in ‘sixth most promising healthcare stock’ tumble 22%. #novonordisk

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An Israeli government minister criticized Pope Francis for suggesting the international community should study whether Israel's military offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people reut.rs/3P5HNjz

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Musk’s megalomania grows apace. He’s clearly trying to engineer a far right revolution across the west. He’s now backed the AfD and Reform. I’m sure he’ll also get behind Le Pen.

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