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It’s to establish a new corridor over the entry and exit points of the Strait of Hormuz that would remain under Iranian control. Any vessel entering the zone "without permission" would be blacklisted by Iran. However, we both know in today’s world agreements mean nothing and that money talks.
🇺🇸U.S. 401(K) MILLIONAIRES HIT RECORD 769,000 IN Q2 2026
THE NUMBER OF FIDELITY 401(K) ACCOUNTS WITH $1 MILLION+ JUMPED 19% FROM Q1, HELPED BY A 15% S&P 500 RALLY AND RECORD RETIREMENT SAVINGS RATES.
🇺🇸 US JOBS SURPRISE
162K jobs added vs 56K expected.
Nearly 3× higher than forecast.
Trump wants rate cuts, but stronger employment gives the Fed less reason to cut.
What do you think the Fed does? 👀
Google searches for “can’t sell house” just hit an all-time high. Above 2008.
“Help with mortgage” is back at 2009 levels.
Sellers can’t sell and owners can’t pay.
Women accounted for 98% of U.S. job gains in August.
Women gained roughly 158,000 jobs compared with just 4,000 for men, making up nearly all of the month’s net employment growth.
After falling -80% from its record high, Nike, $NKE, will be removed from the S&P 100 at the end of this month, ending a near 18-year run in the index.
The stock has now erased -$230 billion in market cap since its all time high.