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Orders for the world’s largest oil tankers have surged to a record high, eclipsing the previous peak reached during the 2008 financial crisis and reviving concerns that a future supply glut could leave shipowners competing more aggressively for cargoes. Supertanker Orders Reach Unprecedented...

As North America approaches a critical review of its trilateral trade pact, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday to discuss Mexico’s economy and the future of regional trade. Sheinbaum Touts Mexico’s Economic Outlook...

The U.S. stock market has scaled unprecedented financial heights, pushing the total market cap-to-GDP ratio to a record of 238%. This historic surge means equity valuations now eclipse the underlying nation’s productivity by a huge margin, triggering urgent warnings and comparisons to the...

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has launched a sharp critique of U.S. monetary policy, branding the Federal Reserve‘s 2022 interest rate hikes a “massive mistake” while asserting that newly appointed Chairman Kevin Warsh will successfully fix it. The Fed’s Blunder Wood argued...

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya reiterated his view on Sunday that artificial intelligence could fundamentally alter the economic relationship between labor and capital. Palihapitiya, in a discussion on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast last month, on wage earners being taxed...

Economist and co-founder of Echelon Wealth Partners, Peter Schiff said that President Donald Trump cannot afford for the Iran war to end if inflation remains elevated, claiming the conflict provides a convenient explanation for rising prices ahead of the midterm elections. Calling the conflict...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, economic data and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday, as the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 fell, and the Dow Jones index gained, following a mixed close on Thursday. Investors digested the...

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic proposed an industry-wide pause in AI development, arguing that increasingly capable systems may soon begin accelerating their own development beyond the pace of human oversight. The Claude maker in a report warned Thursday that AI could eventually...

Famed "Big Short" investor Michael Burry weighed in on the challenges of short selling, arguing that identifying market excesses is often easier than profiting from their eventual decline. “Shorting is a world filled with slippery slopes and sand castles. The sand castles are real, and...