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Democrats now overwhelmingly favor socialism over capitalism, new poll shows.

Futures are back!

Israel launches airstrike on southern Lebanon.

President Trump posts image of himself with "Trump 2028" hat. "We are going to win."

SpaceX has completed its $60 billion acquisition of Cursor. The all-stock deal is the largest startup acquisition on record. Cursor now sits inside SpaceX's AI division and gets access to its GPU fleet to help train Grok.

Luigi Mangione admits shooting health care CEO

Uranium hit its highest level since February, up 20% from last year. Global nuclear power generation reached a record high in 2025, increasing demand for Uranium. China, India, South Korea and France all produced their highest nuclear electricity in at least five years.

THE NUMBER THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO US GDP JUST WENT NEGATIVE. Retail control fell 0.4% in July. The market expected a 0.3% gain, and June came in at a 0.4% rise. This is the line economists plug straight into their GDP models, so estimates for the quarter get revised down the same day it prints. The rest of the report was just as weak. Headline retail sales fell 0.6% against a 0.1% expected gain, reversing June's 0.2% rise.

Reddit $RDDT is set to join the S&P 500.

TARIFF REFUNDS ARE POURING BILLIONS INTO AMERICA’S BIGGEST COMPANIES More than 40 S&P 500 companies reported $9.6B in tariff refunds, including $2.1B already received in cash. - Apple: $2.2B - Nike: $986M - FedEx: $800M - Amazon: $640M - GM: $500M Companies are getting their tariff money back, but the higher prices passed on to consumers haven’t come down. FedEx, Costco and Amazon say they’ll return tariff refunds to customers.

Massive bounce in memory stocks Over $115 BILLION has been added to memory stocks as investors rotate back into the AI and semiconductor trade. Sandisk is heading into its fourth straight day of gains. Micron surged today despite Michael Burry disclosing yesterday that he added to his Micron short at $924. $MU up +6%, adding $61B. $SNDK up +15%, adding $25B. $STX up +9%, adding $17B. $WDC up +9%, adding $13B.

The 10 AM manipulation is back. August 11: US market opens, Bitcoin dumps. August 12: US market opens, Bitcoin dumps. August 13: same story. Today, August 14: Bitcoin jumped to $64k on lower-than-expected PPI, but as the US market opened, BTC dropped straight to $62,800. Bitcoin builds strength overnight, climbs steadily, then gets erased as US trading hours begin. Some big entity is manipulating Bitcoin just like it did last year. This is another reason crypto investors need the Clarity Act to regulate the market.

Oil surges +3% as Yemen’s Houthis launch a drone strike on an Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia.

US PPI falls to 4.7%, lower than expectations.

US says it's prepared to blockade Iran for "as long as necessary."

Trump says Karoline Leavitt resigning as White House press secretary

President Trump says the US has "total control over the Strait of Hormuz." "I think we will keep it."

Apple $AAPL reportedly faces up to 40% higher component costs for its next iPhone

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until its conditions are met.

Pakistan says the US and Iran are close to reaching an arrangement on peace.