US President Donald Trump criticised UK and Canadian efforts to boost ties with China, as traditional American allies increasingly seek to diversify their global relations. “It’s very dangerous for them to do that,” Trump said about a UK pledge of deeper business cooperation with China. “And, it’s even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China.” Trump spoke to report...
US President Donald Trump criticised UK and Canadian efforts to boost ties with China, as traditional American allies increasingly seek to diversify their global relations. “It’s very dangerous for them to do that,” Trump said about a UK pledge of deeper business cooperation with China. “And, it’s even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China.” Trump spoke to reporters at the premiere of the movie Melania at the Kennedy Centre in Washington. UK Prime Minister...
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Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter The big story this year is the surge in metals. And it's really all metals. The ultimate industrial metal, copper, has been on a massive tear, but so has gold, which has very few industrial uses. And then, of course, silver has seen a blistering rally, in part due to massive buy...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter The big story this year is the surge in metals. And it's really all metals. The ultimate industrial metal, copper, has been on a massive tear, but so has gold, which has very few industrial uses. And then, of course, silver has seen a blistering rally, in part due to massive buying in China. On this episode, we bring back the man who saw this coming years ago, Carlyle partner Jeff Currie. Prior to joining Carlyle, Currie was a top commodities analyst at Goldman Sachs, and has been calling for the emergence of a brand new supercycle for years now. In this episode, he explains the drivers of this supercycle, and why he thinks we're in the very early days of what will be a multi-year run.
The intrigue regarding who is going to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve will soon be over. Donald Trump is preparing to announce Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell, according to people familiar with the matter. The president is planning to reveal his pick on Friday morning in Washington DC, though the people cautioned that the decision is not final until Trump announces it. Prediction ma...
The intrigue regarding who is going to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve will soon be over. Donald Trump is preparing to announce Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell, according to people familiar with the matter. The president is planning to reveal his pick on Friday morning in Washington DC, though the people cautioned that the decision is not final until Trump announces it. Prediction markets showed a surge in bets on Warsh on Thursday. A former Fed governor, Warsh was one of the four finalists on the shortlist to be the next central bank leader. The appointment would mark a comeback for the 55-year-old, whom the president passed over for the top job in 2017 when he selected Powell. Warsh has aligned himself with the president in recent months by arguing publicly for lower interest rates, going against his longstanding reputation as an inflation hawk. Stocks and Treasuries fell on the news as traders scaled back their expectations for policy easing. Nomura senior strategist Andrew Ticehurst described Warsh as “the more traditional and less dovish option” to lead the Fed. Watch here for more on how Warsh is likely to handle the political pressure of being Trump’s latest Fed pick. What You Need to Know Today China is considering injecting hundred of billions of yuan into some of its largest insurers with the proceeds of a special government bond sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The sale would raise about $29 billion, said one of the people. It would be the first time Beijing has used special bonds to recapitalize insurers , who are now expected to assist regulators in dealing with riskier small peers, the people said. It will also bolster the capital of firms that were pushed to buy stocks when Beijing was attempting to stabilize markets last year. The two-day market rout in Indonesia continues to reverberate. The CEO of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, Iman Rachman, declared his resignation to take accountability for the market turmoil trigg...
(Ronin Rhythm) The composer’s first unaccompanied album turns extended harp technique into music of intimacy, restraint and conviction – inspired by the women who shaped her world When the London jazz festival ran online only in 2020, an enthralling livestreamed performance by Swiss harpist Julie Campiche’s avant-jazz ensemble was a startling highlight, introducing UK audiences to a virtuoso instr...
(Ronin Rhythm) The composer’s first unaccompanied album turns extended harp technique into music of intimacy, restraint and conviction – inspired by the women who shaped her world When the London jazz festival ran online only in 2020, an enthralling livestreamed performance by Swiss harpist Julie Campiche’s avant-jazz ensemble was a startling highlight, introducing UK audiences to a virtuoso instrumentalist and composer who was already turning heads in Europe. Campiche plucked guitar, zither and east Asian-style sounds from the harp, mingled with vocal loops, classical music, Nordic ambient jazz and more. You might call her soundscape magical or otherworldly if it didn’t coexist with a campaigner’s political urgency on environmental and social issues. But Campiche is too much of a visionary to overwhelm the eloquence of pure sound with polemic, as her new album, the unaccompanied Unspoken, confirms more than ever. Campiche’s extra-musical agenda here is a celebration of sisterhood, dedicated to women in public and private lives who have inspired her. The opening Anonymous is built around a Virginia Woolf quote – “for most of history, ‘anonymous’ was a woman” – repeated by a chorus of women’s voices in different languages building to a clamour. Grisélidis Réal is named after the Swiss artist and writer who took her physical and mental life to every precipice, including sex work, expressed in gently lyrical harp lines around the spooky sounds of footsteps clicking on pavements. Continue reading...
Pick of the week M3gan 2.0 Like Chucky in the Child’s Play films, you can’t keep an evil doll down for long. So here’s a sequel to the 2022 horror about an AI-led robot that will do anything, including murder, to protect its young human charge. This time, M3gan has been superseded by Amelia, an even deadlier model that’s gone rogue from its military handlers. Allison Williams and Violet McGraw ret...
Pick of the week M3gan 2.0 Like Chucky in the Child’s Play films, you can’t keep an evil doll down for long. So here’s a sequel to the 2022 horror about an AI-led robot that will do anything, including murder, to protect its young human charge. This time, M3gan has been superseded by Amelia, an even deadlier model that’s gone rogue from its military handlers. Allison Williams and Violet McGraw return as inventor Gemma and her niece Cady, who reluctantly join forces – Mission: Impossible style – with the rebooted M3gan to defeat the new bot on the block. With a healthy seam of sarcasm (there’s a superb misuse of a Kate Bush song), plus the odd serious thought about the future of AI, it’s a fun ride. Friday 6 February, 12.30pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere Afire View image in fullscreen Brooding … Paula Beer as Nadja in Afire. Photograph: Capital Pictures/Alamy The second in German director Christian Petzold’s series of films based on the four elements, this brooding 2023 tale uses the threat of a forest fire to concentrate the mind of its protagonist. Self-centred author Leon (Thomas Schubert) visits the holiday home of his photographer friend Felix (Langston Uibel) to work quietly on his book. However, Paula Beer’s Nadja is already staying there, and with Felix hooking up with local lifeguard Devid (Enno Trebs), the immature Leon reacts badly. But does he actually need these real-life dramas to create great fiction? Saturday 31 January, 11pm, BBC Four Chevalier View image in fullscreen A fascinating slice of Black history … Kelvin Harrison Jr in Chevalier. Photograph: Larry Horricks/Searchlight Pictures Celebrated composer and violinist, master fencer, revolutionary soldier – Joseph Bologne led a life that Stephen Williams’s period biopic has a job on to encapsulate. The mixed-race son of an enslaved Guadeloupe woman and a French plantation owner, Joseph (Kelvin Harrison Jr) rises through late 18th-century Parisian society, becoming a favourite of Queen Marie Antoinette...
Although the war in Gaza has clearly cooled diplomatic ties and sparked disputes between China and Israel , science and technology cooperation at a civil level between the two countries has continued. “I have a feeling that we have a lot of common ground and plenty of opportunities for cooperation in sectors such as energy and agriculture,” said Yaroslav Efimov, head of science and technology at P...
Although the war in Gaza has clearly cooled diplomatic ties and sparked disputes between China and Israel , science and technology cooperation at a civil level between the two countries has continued. “I have a feeling that we have a lot of common ground and plenty of opportunities for cooperation in sectors such as energy and agriculture,” said Yaroslav Efimov, head of science and technology at PLANETech, an Israeli non-profit innovation community specialising in climate change-related technologies and part of the Israel Innovation Institute. Efimov was in China on a five-day trip in late January to promote the technological development of Israel and its innovation system. During his trip, he met representatives from various Chinese organisations, including the International Ecological Economy Promotion Association and the China Society of Automotive Engineers. Advertisement “I understand that not everyone knows about Israel’s potential and capacity, or the technologies we are developing,” Efimov said. “In the meantime, it’s also important for us to understand what our peers in China are looking for and what their demands are.” International relations experts warn that the fallout from the Gaza crisis, combined with a growing rivalry between China and the US – Israel’s closest ally – could further complicate ties between Beijing and Tel Aviv Advertisement However, “science is science”, Efimov said in an interview on January 22. “I am very happy to see this week that we speak the same language.”
These two cryptos, both priced under $2, have explosive upside potential this year. At a time when gold is outperforming every major cryptocurrency on the planet, it's easier than you might think to find a cryptocurrency capable of skyrocketing in value this year. I've found two beaten-down cryptos -- XRP (XRP 6.94%) and Sui (SUI 5.96%) -- capable of doing just that. Both have fallen significantly...
These two cryptos, both priced under $2, have explosive upside potential this year. At a time when gold is outperforming every major cryptocurrency on the planet, it's easier than you might think to find a cryptocurrency capable of skyrocketing in value this year. I've found two beaten-down cryptos -- XRP (XRP 6.94%) and Sui (SUI 5.96%) -- capable of doing just that. Both have fallen significantly from their 2025 highs, giving them plenty of upside potential this year. Best of all, both come with powerful catalysts capable of jolting them back to life in 2026. XRP Let's start with XRP, which has been a longtime favorite with the crypto community. That's due, in large part, to its ability to deliver stratospheric returns within a very short period of time. Last year, for example, XRP skyrocketed from $0.50 to $3.40 (a gain of 580%) in a span of just two months. Expand CRYPTO : XRP XRP Today's Change ( -6.94 %) $ -0.13 Current Price $ 1.74 Key Data Points Market Cap $106B Day's Range $ 1.73 - $ 1.87 52wk Range $ 1.65 - $ 3.65 Volume 5.3B Unfortunately, XRP later gave back much of those gains and now trades for just $2. But there's reason to think that XRP can claw its way back to the $3 price level. Institutional money continues to pour into the new spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and that should provide enough momentum to send XRP higher. Just as importantly, Ripple, the company behind the XRP coin, went on a $2.5 billion blockchain and crypto acquisition spree last year. It also lined up $500 million in new financing from investors at a $40 billion valuation. Long story short, Ripple now has a huge war chest to assemble those new acquisitions into an end-to-end financial infrastructure with XRP at the core. Once that financial infrastructure is in place, rising adoption from institutional investors should result in new use cases for XRP. In turn, significantly higher demand for the coin should send the price of XRP soaring. Last year, Standard Chartered predi...
iPhone 17 drove Apple's 16% revenue growth during the holiday season, smashing forecasts. However, investors continue to wait with bated breath for AI details.
iPhone 17 drove Apple's 16% revenue growth during the holiday season, smashing forecasts. However, investors continue to wait with bated breath for AI details.
Fauzi Muda/iStock via Getty Images Introduction & Investment Thesis It is now almost three months since my previous article on InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. ( INFU ). The company stock price has lost so far by around 14.52%, from $9.92 to the current $8.48, which I think the last quarter (Q3 2025) has resulted in this bearish move. Why I hold this thought is because the third quarter was the second co...
Fauzi Muda/iStock via Getty Images Introduction & Investment Thesis It is now almost three months since my previous article on InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. ( INFU ). The company stock price has lost so far by around 14.52%, from $9.92 to the current $8.48, which I think the last quarter (Q3 2025) has resulted in this bearish move. Why I hold this thought is because the third quarter was the second consecutive quarter of missing analyst estimates by about -0.86%, which is higher compared to Q2 2025, which was -0.38%. In my view, Q3 2025 has resulted in weak investor confidence in the company’s performance. However, I am still optimistic about InfuSystem, hinged on Infusion pumps. You might be concerned that in my previous article, I gave depth on Infusion pumps, but it has not yet paid off. Not that infusion pumps are not gaining traction, in fact, they are gaining traction, and I believe that with the pharmaceutical firms introducing drugs that are compatible with ambulatory infusion pumps, the pumps are going to gain more market acceptance. There is a shift towards home-based care, and InfuSystem infusion pumps are among the telemedicine equipment used remotely. The palliative care in the management of pain has now become a standard practice, and this has removed the need for hospitalization. This gives a glimpse of the sustained demand, which I will delve into later. Still, on why I am optimistic, under the NOPAIN Act, 2 electronic infusion pumps from InfuSystem are now included in the list of qualified products for separate payments under the NOPAIN Act, which was effective as of 1 st January 2026. I believe this is likely to drive this company’s revenue rebound in 2026 because the demand for infusion pumps has met government backing through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS]. Now, the government will support the use of infusion pumps over opioids to curtail drug addiction in America. I still believe that this is why the company’s 6-month price ret...
Apple’s earnings usually dictate the market’s direction, but this quarter felt different. Heading into the print, the bears were focused on cooling iPhone demand and a perceived "AI gap." Apple didn't just answer those concerns, they crushed them. What we saw on January 29 was a masterclass in execution, proving that Apple can still find massive growth levers even in a volatile macro environment. ...
Apple’s earnings usually dictate the market’s direction, but this quarter felt different. Heading into the print, the bears were focused on cooling iPhone demand and a perceived "AI gap." Apple didn't just answer those concerns, they crushed them. What we saw on January 29 was a masterclass in execution, proving that Apple can still find massive growth levers even in a volatile macro environment. The Q1 FY26 story of Apple is defined by three things: a record-breaking iPhone supercycle, a violent rebound in the Chinese market, and a much more aggressive stance on the AI roadmap than we’ve seen in years. Let's find out with this blog the data that really matters around Apple’s Q1 FY26 earnings and how much the company beat analyst expectations by, what management said on the call, what guidance looks like, and what investors should watch next. Apple Q1 FY26 Earnings Snapshot Key Metric Q1 FY26 YoY% Change Revenue $143.8B +16% EPS (Diluted) $2.84 +19% iPhone Revenue $85.3B +23% Services Revenue $30.0B +14% Source: Apple Earnings Release Apple posted record quarterly revenue of $143.8 billion, delivering a 16% YoY increase. Diluted EPS came in at $2.84, up 19% YoY, reflecting strong operating leverage and demand across key product categories. The standout here was the iPhone, which generated $85.3 billion in revenue which is its best quarter ever. This was supported by strong demand for the iPhone 17 lineup. Services also reached a record $30 billion, reinforcing Apple’s growing recurring revenue base, while gross margins expanded to 48.2%, beating expectations despite rising component costs. Did Apple Beat Analyst Expectations? By How Much? Apple delivered a clear earnings beat on both the top line and bottom line. Revenue : $143.8B vs. Street estimates of ~$138.4B : $143.8B vs. Street estimates of ~$138.4B EPS: $2.84 vs. consensus estimates of ~$2.68-$2.67 That translates to a revenue beat of roughly $5+ billion and an EPS beat of around $0.16-$0.17, one of Apple’s s...
A selloff is underway for gold, silver and copper on Friday, as the dollar rises on expectations that Kevin Warsh will be the next Federal Reserve chairman.
A selloff is underway for gold, silver and copper on Friday, as the dollar rises on expectations that Kevin Warsh will be the next Federal Reserve chairman.