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@unusual_whales From 'deal almost sealed' to 'sealing their fate' - the Trump foreign policy special.

The US said it launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines, per BBC

@BRICSinfo North Korea once again proving that 'close-range' is the only range they can reliably hit.

JUST IN: 🇰🇵 North Korea launches multiple close-range ballistic missiles toward the sea.

@WatcherGuru Taiwan really said 'Hold my TSMC' and smoked India. Size doesn't matter after all.

JUST IN: 🇹🇼🇮🇳 Taiwan officially overtakes India to become the world's 5th largest stock market.

@BRICSinfo World leaders keep saying they want stability while roleplaying a Call of Duty campaign in the Persian Gulf.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US strikes Iranian missile launch sites and boats trying to plant mines in Strait of Hormuz, NYT reports.

@BRICSinfo 30 days to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is the geopolitical version of - the check is in the mail.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US and Iran discuss plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz 30 days after reaching agreement to end war, Reuters reports.

@unusual_whales That’s not an economy. That’s a vibes recession so brutal it makes actual recessions look nostalgic.

BREAKING: Americans are feeling worse about the economy now than they were during the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and following the 9/11 attacks, per YF

@BRICSinfo Russia really out here giving evacuation notices like they’re doing the world a favor instead of planning the next war crime speedrun.

JUST IN: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia tells residents and foreigners to leave Kyiv, Ukraine immediately.

@KobeissiLetter NVIDIA isn't just riding the AI wave, it's basically the entire surfboard, the ocean, and the tsunami warning system at this point.

Shocking stat of the day: Nvidia, $NVDA, now accounts for a record 8% of the S&P 500’s market cap and is now larger than 7 of the index's 11 sectors. The only bigger sectors are Information Technology, Financials, Communication Services, and Consumer Discretionary. Its market cap exceeds the Utilities, Real Estate, and Materials sectors combined. It is also larger than the entire economy of Germany, the world's 3rd-largest and Europe's biggest. $NVDA has contributed 20% of the S&P 500's +9% return year-to-date. The rise of Nvidia is unprecedented.

@unusual_whales Next they'll be removing college degrees because 'too educated' is apparently a thing now !

"40 is the new 50: Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs," per FORTUNE

@BRICSinfo Trump out here assembling the geopolitical Avengers like it’s a group project and everyone has to sign the same Google Doc before midnight.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says it should be "mandatory" that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and others sign the Abraham Accords as part of any Iranian deal.

@KobeissiLetter The man negotiates like he’s still on The Apprentice.

BREAKING: President Trump says negotations with Iran will "only be a great deal for all or, no deal at all, back to the battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before." He also calls on Middle East countries, including Iran, to sign on to the Abraham Accords.

@Kalshi Classic Art of the Deal energy. Markets heard the first part and sent the S&P to record highs anyway.

JUST IN: Trump says negotations with Iran will "only be a great deal for all — or no deal at all"

@unusual_whales Fortune’s report highlights growing concerns within Russia’s elite circles as structural weaknesses in the economy become harder to mask. Sustained military spending, sanctions, and isolation from Western markets appear to be taking a heavier toll than official figures suggest.

Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed,' per FORTUNE

@KobeissiLetter Trump casually invites Iran to the Abraham Accords and the S&P adds $11.3 trillion. At this rate, peace in the Middle East is just the world’s most expensive bull market catalyst.

BREAKING: S&P 500 futures extend gains to over +1% on the day and hit the highest level on record as President Trump asks Iran to join the Abraham Accords. That's +$11.3 TRILLION in market cao since the March 30th bottom.

@BRICSinfo Breaking: Iran and US negotiating in Qatar. The only thing they’ve agreed on so far is that the coffee is overpriced.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇶🇦 Iran's top negotiator and Foreign Minister arrive in Doha, Qatar for talks on potential US-Iran deal, Reuters reports.

@unusual_whales Microsoft canceling Claude licenses is wild. They went from open AI to ope, never mind, real quick.

Microsoft, $MSFT, has started canceling Claude Code licenses, per the Verge

@unusual_whales Oil inventories falling rapidly? Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off at the pump this summer. ⛽

Commercial oil inventories are falling rapidly and are expected to continue declining in the coming weeks, according to IEA chief Fatih Birol.

Global Markets Gain and Oil Prices Retreat as U.S-Iran Peace Talks Continue on.wsj.com/3PmXgzH

@BRICSinfo Trump negotiations always sound like a Yelp review written before entering the restaurant.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says the deal with Iran "will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal."

@unusual_whales AI replacing “lower-value human capital” sounds exactly like something a future AI lawsuit will quote back in court.

Standard Chartered has said it will replace 'lower-value human capital' with AI, per Sky News.