Taiwan’s dominance in semiconductors is no longer just reshaping global technology supply chains – it is also redrawing the island’s financial landscape, as international banks move to capture the wealth being created across the chip ecosystem. From first-generation chip entrepreneurs setting up family offices to retail investors pouring money into exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the capital generat...
Taiwan’s dominance in semiconductors is no longer just reshaping global technology supply chains – it is also redrawing the island’s financial landscape, as international banks move to capture the wealth being created across the chip ecosystem. From first-generation chip entrepreneurs setting up family offices to retail investors pouring money into exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the capital generated by Taiwan’s technology boom is spreading across multiple layers of the economy. Global lenders...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran; Israeli military strikes ‘Hezbollah infrastructure’ in Lebanon capital US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images Further to the last post: as combat search and rescue (CSAR) teams are activated to retrieve a missing pilot after a downing, their soldiers...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran; Israeli military strikes ‘Hezbollah infrastructure’ in Lebanon capital US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images Further to the last post: as combat search and rescue (CSAR) teams are activated to retrieve a missing pilot after a downing, their soldiers – such as retired master sergeant Scott Fales – have been suiting up in a “ready room” . Experts like Fales – a pararescue jumper who played a key role in the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” incident in Mogadishu, Somalia – are always standing by whenever US aircraft are over enemy territory. Everything from human intelligence to imagery intelligence to, you know, all the different drones we have looking – signals intelligence. It’s all being used to try to find this guy. What kind of immediate threat are we in? How much time do we have to get this person out? What kind of injuries do they have? And then we’ll make up our mind on the type, amount of treatment that’s needed on the scene – or do we just grab and go depending on the threat? I’m hoping that friendly people have found him and are hiding him. Or he’s still evading. Continue reading...
Tesla has already had a rough run in 2026, but on Thursday, April 2, the stock had its worst session of the year after the company reported first-quarter deliveries that fell short of industry expectations. Analysts at BNP Paribas are sounding the alarm, saying 2026 will be a make-or-break year for ...
Tesla has already had a rough run in 2026, but on Thursday, April 2, the stock had its worst session of the year after the company reported first-quarter deliveries that fell short of industry expectations. Analysts at BNP Paribas are sounding the alarm, saying 2026 will be a make-or-break year for ...
Getty Images The March '26 private sector jobs report released today was stronger than expected (186K vs. 78K), but only modest when viewed from a multi-month perspective. Chart #1 Chart #1 shows the monthly change in private sector jobs. For most of the past two years, jobs growth has alternated between strong and weak - up one month, down the following month. Over the past 12 months, private sec...
Getty Images The March '26 private sector jobs report released today was stronger than expected (186K vs. 78K), but only modest when viewed from a multi-month perspective. Chart #1 Chart #1 shows the monthly change in private sector jobs. For most of the past two years, jobs growth has alternated between strong and weak - up one month, down the following month. Over the past 12 months, private sector jobs growth has averaged a very modest 42K per month. Chart #2 Chart #2 shows the 6-mo. annualized and year-over-year change in jobs. By these measures, we haven't seen any significant change in a jobs market that is plodding along at a very slow pace. At best, private sector jobs are growing at 0.5% annualized rate—not much to write home about, but not much to worry about either. Chart #3 As Chart #3 shows, the unemployment rate has been drifting slowly higher, but not at a pace that we would expect to see if the economy were suffering from recessionary conditions. Chart #4 As the green asterisks in Chart #4 show, small business owners celebrated when Trump won his elections. But enthusiasm has waned in the past year, and is now only about average. Given the ongoing hostilities in the Gulf region and the modest growth conditions currently prevailing in the U.S. economy, we are unlikely to see any material improvement in the near-term outlook. The positive contributions of AI-driven productivity gains are likely to be offset by an increase in the demand for money (i.e., a risk-off shift by investors). Meanwhile, the Fed is essentially on the sidelines, worried that higher energy prices could slow the economy while at the same time increasing the risk of higher inflation. The bond market, sensing this dilemma, is not expecting any near-term tightening or easing of monetary policy. It's a wait-and-see world we are living in. Original Post Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha editors.
Armed police guarding London Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag of guns outside his home which was found by a member of the public, it was reported. Scaffolder Jordan Griffiths told The Sun that his pregnant girlfriend found the bag in south London on Tuesday evening. Inside the bag was an MP5 semi-automatic Heckler & Koch carbine, a Glock pistol, taser and ammunition, the newspaper reported. “My partner...
Armed police guarding London Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag of guns outside his home which was found by a member of the public, it was reported. Scaffolder Jordan Griffiths told The Sun that his pregnant girlfriend found the bag in south London on Tuesday evening. Inside the bag was an MP5 semi-automatic Heckler & Koch carbine, a Glock pistol, taser and ammunition, the newspaper reported. “My partner saw the bag sitting in the road by the kerbside and became suspicious. She went over to it and...