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Wow According to the Financial Times, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, asked his broker to make a multimillion-dollar defense investment weeks before the Iran strikes began Allegedly his broker approached Blackrock to invest in their Defense ETF $IDEF which holds companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin The investment didn't go through because BlackRock reportedly flagged the request internally

In 2003, a German film crew followed a nomadic family in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The film, The Story of the Weeping Camel, was nominated for an Oscar. A mother camel had rejected her newborn after a brutal two-day labour. Without her milk, the calf would die. The family knew one option. They sent their two young sons on a journey across the desert to find a musician who could perform a ritual called Hoos, a chanting ceremony passed down for centuries specifically for this moment. The musician came. The ritual was performed. The mother camel wept real tears and turned to her calf for the first time. The film crew had gone to document a way of life. They had no idea they would capture that. UNESCO added the Hoos ritual to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2015, alongside flamenco, the Mediterranean diet, and the art of Neapolitan pizza making.

⚠️GOOGLE SAYS A QUANTUM ATTACK ON BITCOIN TAKES JUST 9 MINS WITH A 41% SUCCESS RATE Google's quantum team now says cracking Bitcoin may require less than 500K qubits, far below the “millions” once assumed. Research suggests an attack could take 9mins, faster than a typical 10-min block confirmation, giving a 41% success rate. Google now flags 2029 as a key deadline to upgrade Bitcoin’s cryptography before quantum becomes a real threat.

Λέει κανείς στην κυβέρνηση ότι, ο ΦΠΑ αυξήθηκε από τα 17,6 δις το 2019 στα 27,6 δις το 2025, δηλαδή κατά 54%, ενώ το πραγματικό ΑΕΠ (=χωρίς τον πληθωρισμό) κατά μόλις 11% και απαντάει ότι, μείωσε 83 συντελεστές φόρων - όταν ο πληθωριστικός φόρος είναι ο υψηλότερος όλων! Λέει η κυβέρνηση ότι κάνει τα πάντα για την αύξηση των εισοδημάτων των Ελλήνων, της απαντάει κανείς ότι δεν ισχύει, αφού αυξήθηκε η απόσταση μας από το μέσο της ΕΕ κατά 2 μονάδες, από το 70% στο 68%, ενώ καταντήσαμε τελευταίοι μαζί με τη Βουλγαρία και κοιτάζει αλλού - οπότε μοιάζει σαν να μιλάει κανείς είτε σε κουφούς, είτε σε πολιτικούς που δεν θέλουν να βλέπουν την πραγματικότητα, αλλά την κομματική προπαγάνδα τους. Το χειρότερο είναι βέβαια πως οι Πολίτες δεν αντιδρούν - ότι ανέχονται τα κυβερνητικά ψέματα και τη φτωχοποίηση τους, χωρίς να κάνουν τίποτα. Αυτό ακριβώς εκμεταλλεύεται η κυβέρνηση, διευρύνοντας και αυξάνοντας τη ληστεία των Ελλήνων - επίσης, στηρίζοντας τα καρτέλ που αισχροκερδούν ασύστολα, όπως των τραπεζών, των ενεργειακών εταιρειών, των εισπρακτικών που θησαυρίζουν κλπ.

Why not Israel ?

Δημογραφική κατάρρευση στην Ήπειρο: Σε 11 από τους 17 Δήμους δεν γεννήθηκε ούτε ένα παιδί μέχρι στιγμής το 2026! Μηδέν γεννήσεις σε Ηγουμενίτσα, Ζίτσα, Σούλι, Γεωργίου Καραϊσκάκη, Κεντρικά Τζουμέρκα, Δωδώνη, Κόνιτσα, Μέτσοβο, Πωγώνι, Βόρεια Τζουμέρκα και Ζαγόρι! Απίστευτο!

🛑 IRAN’S TOP MILITARY HEADQUARTERS SPOX: ISRAEL STRUCK A DESALINATION PLANT IN KUWAIT IN AN ATTEMPT TO FALSELY BLAME TEHRAN

🚨 BREAKING: Qatari Foreign Minister: ​"If the waters of the Arabian Gulf become radioactively contaminated, the country’s water supply will run out within three days. We, the UAE, and Kuwait rely entirely on water desalination."

10-year yield has fallen nearly 15bps since its Friday high

Vaping is linked to lung and mouth cancer in major study, as experts warn: 'It is NOT safer than smoking' trib.al/c1IQ2nZ

@APetimezas do you think one should add or wait for spreads to widen more ?

@Ch2Christo Except for Bahrain, could have been much worse.

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@APetimezas Yes Oman was attractive with the USD names

@Ch2Christo Even though it trades tight, I like Oman the most. Good fiscal and external metrics not captured by the rating.

@APetimezas There is a Saudi in euro 2039

@Ch2Christo I have some Middle East bonds for you ;)

@APetimezas I was looking at some names there tbh but sure any recommendations are welcome

@APetimezas Also we are thinking of stop buying bonds for a while

@Ch2Christo how's trading?

@APetimezas Not great 😃