Robert Jameson
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Trump Says Maduro Captured After US Airstrikes Hit Venezuela
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Trump Says Maduro Captured After US Airstrikes Hit Venezuela
President Donald Trump said the US captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela after a series of airstrikes, an extraordinary escalation in his months-long campaign against the cou...
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January 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Trump Says Maduro Captured After US Airstrikes Hit Venezuela
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Politics
Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him
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Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him
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Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him
Political allies of Donald Trump were willing to testify against him in cases brought by the US Justice Department, according to former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Politics
Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him
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Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him
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Paramount Would Have to Add $10B To Succeed With WBD Bid, Says Gerber
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Paramount Would Have to Add $10B To Succeed With WBD Bid, Says Gerber
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January 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Paramount Would Have to Add $10B To Succeed With WBD Bid, Says Gerber
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#TreasuriesToday: Yields little changed. Month-end index changes (at 1pm in line with early CME interest-rate futures settlement) to extend duration by ~0.06 year. $220b coupon settlement ($88.3b net). Other early-close times include 2pm SIFMA reco for cash. (Stocks normal.)
December 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#TreasuriesToday: Yields little changed. Month-end index changes (at 1pm in line with early CME interest-rate futures settlement) to extend duration by ~0.06 year. $220b coupon settlement ($88.3b net). Other early-close times include 2pm SIFMA reco for cash. (Stocks normal.)
Opinion | @marcchampion1.bsky.social , Columnist
‘The West’ Is Near Death. It’s Also Worth Fighting For
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‘The West’ Is Near Death. It’s Also Worth Fighting For
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‘The West’ Is Near Death. It’s Also Worth Fighting For
“The West” is a club on life support, skewered on the lance of Donald Trump’s Hobbesian view of the world as a series of protection rackets carved up by countries strong enough to command a seat at th...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Opinion | @marcchampion1.bsky.social , Columnist
‘The West’ Is Near Death. It’s Also Worth Fighting For
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‘The West’ Is Near Death. It’s Also Worth Fighting For
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The 2025 Trades You Should Have Made
Where did fictional hedge fund Hindsight Capital put its money this year? Bloomberg Opinion columnist @johnauthers.bsky.social explains the trades you should have made in 2025.
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Where did fictional hedge fund Hindsight Capital put its money this year? Bloomberg Opinion columnist @johnauthers.bsky.social explains the trades you should have made in 2025.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The 2025 Trades You Should Have Made
Where did fictional hedge fund Hindsight Capital put its money this year? Bloomberg Opinion columnist @johnauthers.bsky.social explains the trades you should have made in 2025.
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Where did fictional hedge fund Hindsight Capital put its money this year? Bloomberg Opinion columnist @johnauthers.bsky.social explains the trades you should have made in 2025.
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Reposted by Robert Jameson
#TreasuriesToday: Yields up 1bp-3bp near session highs on year's last full-length trading day. Wednesday's month-end index extension (at 1pm in line with early settlement time for CME interest-rate futures) to extend its duration by an estimated 0.06 year.
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#TreasuriesToday: Yields up 1bp-3bp near session highs on year's last full-length trading day. Wednesday's month-end index extension (at 1pm in line with early settlement time for CME interest-rate futures) to extend its duration by an estimated 0.06 year.
Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist
Capitalism and Crime: The Books That Got Me Through the Year
Here’s one cold-eyed reading list.
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Capitalism and Crime: The Books That Got Me Through the Year
Here’s one cold-eyed reading list.
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Capitalism and Crime: The Books That Got Me Through the Year
Here’s one cold-eyed reading list.
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December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist
Capitalism and Crime: The Books That Got Me Through the Year
Here’s one cold-eyed reading list.
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Capitalism and Crime: The Books That Got Me Through the Year
Here’s one cold-eyed reading list.
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Reposted by Robert Jameson
#TreasuriesToday: Yields lower by about 1bp to begin year's last Monday session. Ahead this week: month-end index extension (at 1pm Wednesday in line with early settlement time for CME interest-rate futures) to extend its duration by an estimated 0.06 year.
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#TreasuriesToday: Yields lower by about 1bp to begin year's last Monday session. Ahead this week: month-end index extension (at 1pm Wednesday in line with early settlement time for CME interest-rate futures) to extend its duration by an estimated 0.06 year.
Weekend Essay
The Quiet Liberation of Living With Less Clutter
A move across continents forces a reckoning with decades of possessions and raises questions about what it means to walk a lighter path.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Rosalind Mathieson
The Quiet Liberation of Living With Less Clutter
A move across continents forces a reckoning with decades of possessions and raises questions about what it means to walk a lighter path.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Rosalind Mathieson
The Quiet Liberation of Living With Less Clutter
A move across continents forces a reckoning with decades of possessions and raises questions about what it means to walk a lighter path.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Weekend Essay
The Quiet Liberation of Living With Less Clutter
A move across continents forces a reckoning with decades of possessions and raises questions about what it means to walk a lighter path.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Rosalind Mathieson
The Quiet Liberation of Living With Less Clutter
A move across continents forces a reckoning with decades of possessions and raises questions about what it means to walk a lighter path.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Rosalind Mathieson
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduras' ex-president, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the DOJ
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com Monte Reel
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduras' ex-president, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the DOJ
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com Monte Reel
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon
Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justic...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduras' ex-president, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the DOJ
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com Monte Reel
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduras' ex-president, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the DOJ
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com Monte Reel
www.bloomberg.com/features/202... via @bloomberg.com By Philip Heijmans, Martin Quick, Gonzalo Soto, Dan Strumpf, Souhail Karam, Marcelo Rochabrun, Misha Savic, Tom Fevrier and L. Eric Rakotonirina
Gen-Z Revolts Against ‘Dystopian Future’ as Protests Sweep the Globe
Mass movements have ousted leaders and disrupted governments worldwide. Bloomberg Economics examines what countries may face unrest in 2026
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December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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#TreasuriesToday: Yields narrowly mixed to begin year's last Friday session. Ahead next week: month-end index rebalancing (at 1pm Wednesday in line with early settlement time for CME interest-rate futures) to extend its duration by an estimated 0.06 year.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#TreasuriesToday: Yields narrowly mixed to begin year's last Friday session. Ahead next week: month-end index rebalancing (at 1pm Wednesday in line with early settlement time for CME interest-rate futures) to extend its duration by an estimated 0.06 year.
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Use National Guard in Chicago
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Use National Guard in Chicago
The US Supreme Court refused to let President Donald Trump start deploying National Guard troops in Chicago, dealing a setback to his drive to use the military in liberal cities across the country.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Use National Guard in Chicago
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The clock currently stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it has ever been
To @andreaskluth.bsky.social , every threat described by the Bulletin in 2025 has gotten more dire.
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To @andreaskluth.bsky.social , every threat described by the Bulletin in 2025 has gotten more dire.
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Dismiss the Doomsday Clock at Your Own Peril
We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a group of very smart people, moved the hand...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The clock currently stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it has ever been
To @andreaskluth.bsky.social , every threat described by the Bulletin in 2025 has gotten more dire.
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To @andreaskluth.bsky.social , every threat described by the Bulletin in 2025 has gotten more dire.
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Bessent suggested that the discussion could potentially be framed around a switch to a range, such as 1.5% to 2.5% or 1% to 3%, and said that the idea of “decimal-point certainty is just absurd.”
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Daniel Flatley, Chris Anstey
Bessent Sees Room for Future Revamp of Fed 2% Inflation Target
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent backed the idea of reconsidering the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target once the US has sustainably brought price increases back down to that pace.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Bessent suggested that the discussion could potentially be framed around a switch to a range, such as 1.5% to 2.5% or 1% to 3%, and said that the idea of “decimal-point certainty is just absurd.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Daniel Flatley, Chris Anstey
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Daniel Flatley, Chris Anstey
The long-promised move threatens some of the most economically-vulnerable households in the country.
Total student debt = $1.6 trillion, 5 million borrowers are in default.
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Total student debt = $1.6 trillion, 5 million borrowers are in default.
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US to Begin Garnishing Wages for Student Debt Collection in 2026
The Trump administration will begin to seize student debt repayments from the wages of borrowers in default early next year, the US Education Department said Tuesday, a long-promised move that threate...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The long-promised move threatens some of the most economically-vulnerable households in the country.
Total student debt = $1.6 trillion, 5 million borrowers are in default.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com @liamknox.bsky.social
Total student debt = $1.6 trillion, 5 million borrowers are in default.
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Opinion
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social , Columnist
MAGA’s Book Bans Are Coming Back With a Vengeance
The Trump administration’s executive orders are fueling a wave of book bans, and South Carolina is leading the pack.
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@franciswilkinson.bsky.social , Columnist
MAGA’s Book Bans Are Coming Back With a Vengeance
The Trump administration’s executive orders are fueling a wave of book bans, and South Carolina is leading the pack.
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MAGA’s Book Bans Are Coming Back With a Vengeance
The Trump administration’s executive orders are fueling a wave of book bans, and South Carolina is leading the pack.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Opinion
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social , Columnist
MAGA’s Book Bans Are Coming Back With a Vengeance
The Trump administration’s executive orders are fueling a wave of book bans, and South Carolina is leading the pack.
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@franciswilkinson.bsky.social , Columnist
MAGA’s Book Bans Are Coming Back With a Vengeance
The Trump administration’s executive orders are fueling a wave of book bans, and South Carolina is leading the pack.
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-Erosion of privacy, 'industrial-scale harvest of user data”
-ruthless giant corps > nation-states
-powerful new oligarch class
-collapse of old media
-loss of consensus reality
“utopian para-universe of the early net didn’t pan out”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... via @nybooks.com James Gleick
-ruthless giant corps > nation-states
-powerful new oligarch class
-collapse of old media
-loss of consensus reality
“utopian para-universe of the early net didn’t pan out”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... via @nybooks.com James Gleick
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
-Erosion of privacy, 'industrial-scale harvest of user data”
-ruthless giant corps > nation-states
-powerful new oligarch class
-collapse of old media
-loss of consensus reality
“utopian para-universe of the early net didn’t pan out”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... via @nybooks.com James Gleick
-ruthless giant corps > nation-states
-powerful new oligarch class
-collapse of old media
-loss of consensus reality
“utopian para-universe of the early net didn’t pan out”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... via @nybooks.com James Gleick
Opinion | @noahfeldman.bsky.social , Columnist
The Supreme Court Generals Failed Their Troops This Year
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The Supreme Court Generals Failed Their Troops This Year
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The Supreme Court Generals Failed Their Troops This Year
This will go down as the year when the president of the United States openly went to war against the rule of law. I’ve been writing about the many battles of this war throughout 2025. In this column, ...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Opinion | @noahfeldman.bsky.social , Columnist
The Supreme Court Generals Failed Their Troops This Year
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The Supreme Court Generals Failed Their Troops This Year
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President Donald Trump’s executive order giving federal workers extra days off on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 this year has prompted a question for bosses at private employers across the US: Do we get the days off, too?
Short answer: No.
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Short answer: No.
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Trump’s 5-Day Christmas Break Probably Isn’t Coming to Your Office
President Donald Trump’s executive order giving federal workers extra days off on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 this year has prompted a question for bosses at private employers across the US: Do we get the day...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
President Donald Trump’s executive order giving federal workers extra days off on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 this year has prompted a question for bosses at private employers across the US: Do we get the days off, too?
Short answer: No.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Jo Constantz
Short answer: No.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Jo Constantz
Opinion
Javier Blas, Columnist
The Suez Canal Reopening Is a 2026 Gift for Commodities
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Javier Blas, Columnist
The Suez Canal Reopening Is a 2026 Gift for Commodities
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The Suez Canal Reopening Is a 2026 Gift for Commodities
The business of shipping goods around the world has suffered shock after shock since 2000, culminating in the effective closure of the Red Sea and Suez Canal two years ago. Don’t say it too loud, but ...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Opinion
Javier Blas, Columnist
The Suez Canal Reopening Is a 2026 Gift for Commodities
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Javier Blas, Columnist
The Suez Canal Reopening Is a 2026 Gift for Commodities
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Reposted by Robert Jameson
#TreasuriesToday: Yields higher by 2bp-4bp inside this week's ranges as oil price rebounds from YTD low. $13b 20Y reopening (1st) at 1pm. WI yield near 4.81% exceeds 20Y auction results since August. Buyback (liquidity support) of up to $4b in 3Y-5Y sector closes at 2pm.
December 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#TreasuriesToday: Yields higher by 2bp-4bp inside this week's ranges as oil price rebounds from YTD low. $13b 20Y reopening (1st) at 1pm. WI yield near 4.81% exceeds 20Y auction results since August. Buyback (liquidity support) of up to $4b in 3Y-5Y sector closes at 2pm.
Opinion
Gene Sperling, Guest Columnist
The Affordability Crisis Is Real and Tariffs Caused It
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Gene Sperling, Guest Columnist
The Affordability Crisis Is Real and Tariffs Caused It
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The Affordability Crisis Is Real and Tariffs Caused It
President Donald Trump traveled to Pennsylvania last week to double down on his economic messages: The affordability concerns of Americans are a Democratic “hoax” and if anyone is unhappy, it's a Blam...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Opinion
Gene Sperling, Guest Columnist
The Affordability Crisis Is Real and Tariffs Caused It
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Gene Sperling, Guest Columnist
The Affordability Crisis Is Real and Tariffs Caused It
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Opinion | Allison Schrager, Columnist
The Bond Market Will Not Be Fooled
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The Bond Market Will Not Be Fooled
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The Bond Market Will Not Be Fooled
There’s no such thing as a sure thing in markets, but some things come pretty close. One of them is the proposition that there will be more interest-rate cuts next year — and another is that these red...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Opinion | Allison Schrager, Columnist
The Bond Market Will Not Be Fooled
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The Bond Market Will Not Be Fooled
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