Celestial Shadows and the Great Chinese Shutdown
The horse is here. The dragon is dead. Beijing watches the clock. Markets ignore the shadow.As of January 23, 2026,…
Author: Chloe Summers
The Arctic Fracture and the End of the Atlantic Alliance
The ice is breaking. Not just the glaciers.Washington is playing a high-stakes game of territorial chicken. The quixotic campaign to…
Dimon Gambles on Davos Diplomacy to Cool Labor War
The Davos DiscordThe air in the Swiss Alps is thin. The rhetoric is thinner. Jamie Dimon, the veteran chief of…
Intel Momentum Masks a Fragmented Balance Sheet
The tape never blinks. Intel shares are twitching on mixed earnings revisions today. This is the friction between legacy baggage…
The Dollar Trap and the 1.1700 Pivot
The Greenback Is Bleeding The dollar is no longer the undisputed king. It is a debased relic of over-leveraged fiscal…
Washington and Beijing Are Negotiating the Terms of a Divorce
The Snowy Stage and the Thinning AirThe Congress Center in Davos is a fortress of optimism. Outside, the reality is…
Micron Proves the Memory Supercycle is Still Accelerating
The peak is a mirageWall Street loves to call the top. Analysts spent the last quarter of 2025 whispering about…
The Millionaire Class Turns on the White House
The erosion of the stability premiumThe money is moving. It is moving fast. High net worth individuals are no longer…
The High Price of Global Job Creation
The World Bank issued a directive this morning. It was a plea for physical capital. They argue that jobs are…
Wall Street unwinds the regulatory state
The era of the heavy hand is overCapital is moving again. The friction is disappearing. Washington has signaled a retreat…