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Europe's one objective in New York is air defenses for Ukraine — Bloomberg Podcasts
11 arguments: Why the Saudi crown prince has been turned down twice on strikes, what the EU has stopped being able to do, and the energy alert Europe is…
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Bloomberg reporter: nobody since Kissinger has held both of Marco Rubio's jobs
5 moments: Why he stepped back from the public Iran negotiations, what the Venezuela raid did for him with the MAGA base, and which donors are already…
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A Fed rise before an election would be inappropriate, says the former Treasury chief
8 arguments: Why he wants maximum sanctions on Iran even if Chinese banks lose the dollar, what Scott Bessent should change about issuance, and where he…
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$20T sits in Chinese household savings and 7–10% own stocks, The David Lin Report finds
18 calls: why he credits China's import cut for oil below $120, where its Treasury holdings went, and the carmaker he doubts is still in China in 5…
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Brazil's Inter grows 30% a year and trades at 8x earnings — Chit Chat Stocks
14 insights: Only 7% of Brazilian households have a mortgage, why he is short airlines and long airports, and the reason Argentina does not even qualify…
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Carnegie fellow: a pause on frontier AI alone is too good a deal for China to happen
21 arguments: Why he puts about 10% on doom once political outcomes are counted, the compute-for-access deal he wants Europe to strike, and why…
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