🤔The US: (Jan 2026) "UK Chagos deal with Mauritius 'stupid' and 'weak''"
🤯Also the US: (May 2025) "The Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint US/UK military facility at Diego Garcia"
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ugh! Burst water main... what a bunch of drips! 💦 😆(I hope they fix it soon... water flowing a little further south to you)
🌞Morning! A bit more stability creeping into markets today, especially as bonds have regained some composure.
📉Stocks are still edging lower
🪙Gold is up
🧟VIX is toying with the 19/20 level
And there's still #Trump due to arrive in #Davos in a few hours
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www.reuters.com/business/dav...
🌮Morning! Markets are enjoying the taste of TACOs today, after #Trump backs down on #tariffs and #Greenland. No detail yet on the agreement over the concepts of a plan for a framework but:
📈Futures and USD are up
🪙Gold a touch softer
⚠️Stocks/USD haven't gone back to where they were on Friday
🐲 EXCLUSIVE: #Starmer is set to make the first visit to #China by a British leader since 2018
🎶"I can tell that we are going to be friends"
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
That's really sad, actually... I almost feel bad for her. Almost... 😼
"If it weren't for us, you'd all be speaking German."
🎙️Today on Reuters Morning Bid, Peter Deviln and I do some "Seoul Searching"
🚧 Trump threatens Korea with extra tariffs
💽 #Microsoft unveils a new AI chip to rival Nvidia
❄️ #StormFern is sending natural gas prices to 5y highs
Have a listen 🎧 follow us ➡️ and give us a like! 😍
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Might just end up being a lot of hot air, mind... 🎈