Confident Disagreement
16 dispatchesin this flavour of idiocy. Each one: a real story, stated plainly — then an editorial that can't keep a straight face.
Traders Bet Heavily That Inflation Is Just a Myth, Pile Into Shorts of TIPS ETF
Short interest in the FlexShares iBoxx 3 Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTT) rose from 107,339 shares on September 15 to 584,324 shares by September 30, a 444.4% increase. The short position represented…
Investors Bet Against War Profits: Short Interest in WAR ETF Surges 802%
Short interest in the U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:WAR) rose to 3,284 shares as of September 30, up from 364 shares on September 15. The 802.2% increase represents a significant…
UNGA Delegates Treated to Competing Reality TV Finale as Abbas and Netanyahu Deliver Separate Seasons
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, presenting starkly different narratives. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reported that the…
Short Sellers Discover Gelteq Exists, Immediately Bet Against It
Gelteq Limited saw short interest rise from 15,555 shares on August 31 to 218,607 shares by September 15, an increase of 1,305.4%. The short position represents a fraction of the average daily trading volume of 14.1…
Bill Holter Discovers Weekend, Announces It Will Trigger Financial Apocalypse
Bill Holter, a partner at JS Mineset, published a warning on BeforeItsNews stating that most people remain unaware of an impending financial collapse. He argued that unsustainable debt levels and derivatives exposure…
Trump Administration Prepares Sanctions Against Court That Has The Audacity To Exist
Multiple news outlets report that the Trump administration is preparing sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Sources indicate the measures target the court's officials and operations. The ICC…
Short Sellers Flee China Tech ETF Like It Owes Them Money
KraneShares Hang Seng TECH Index ETF (NYSEARCA:KTEC) saw short interest fall to 22,505 shares as of August 31st, down 79.3% from the August 15th total of 108,843 shares. The remaining short position represents…
Fox Hosts Stunned to Discover Human Who Declines Free Homework Machine
Miriam Shor, nominated for her role as Helen Umstead on Pluribus, appeared on Fox's GDLA+ where hosts expressed disbelief that she does not use ChatGPT. One host described using the tool for sixth-grade math homework…
NexGen Energy Asks BHP to Fund Hole in Ground, Promises Glow-in-Dark Returns
Canadian uranium miner NexGen Energy confirmed it is sharing project information and holding regular discussions with BHP Group regarding its Rook I project in the Athabasca Basin. The company is seeking approximately…
Short Sellers Abruptly Remember They Like Chinese Tech, Cut Bets Nearly in Half
Short interest in the KraneShares Hang Seng TECH Index ETF fell to 104,221 shares as of July 31, down from 195,034 shares on July 15, a decline of 46.6%. The fund tracks the Hang Seng TECH Index, which includes major…
Preseason Poll Crowns Lee Women's Soccer Champions of August, Games Optional
The Gulf South Conference released its women's soccer preseason coaches' poll on August 17, selecting Lee University to finish first in the regular season. Coach Lee Hughes has guided the Lady Flames to a combined 15-4…
Short Sellers Abandon Brookfield Wealth Solutions Like a Sinking Ship That Isn't Sinking
Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. saw short interest fall by more than half between July 15 and July 31, according to exchange data. The total shares sold short declined from 267,875 to 121,071, representing a 54.8%…
MarketsandMarkets Predicts Road Paint Will Cost $9.38 Billion by 2031, Down to the Penny
Market research firm MarketsandMarkets issued a press release via PRNewswire projecting the global road marking materials market will reach $9.38 billion by 2031, up from $7.33 billion in 2026. The forecast implies a…
Trump calls off the strike he promised would be “very hard tonight,” citing the talks the threat was interrupting
After earlier threatening to strike Iran “very hard tonight,” Trump said he had cancelled the planned strikes for the evening, stating that talks with Tehran were in progress, according to Reuters.
Trump announces Iran agreed to nuclear inspections “into Infinity”; Iran, present at the same talks, did not
On Truth Social, Trump wrote that “Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!).” Iran’s foreign ministry said cooperation with the IAEA would continue…
Trump wins a war single-handedly, files complaint that no one offered to help
Trump told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that America’s European allies had “let down” Washington during its war with Iran, a war he said the U.S. had won alone: “We didn’t need help on this at all… but it would…