The Latest Breaking News from Politburo

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.18%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.32%. Stock indexes this morning are moderately lower as technology stocks retreat on disappointing earnings results from Microsoft and Texas Instruments. Also, long liquidation and position-squaring...

Both Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War

September WTI crude oil (CLU23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.89 (+1.13%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU23 ) closed down -4.28 (-1.51%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Tuesday settled mixed, with crude posting a 3-month nearest-futures high. Crude found support Tuesday on optimism of stronger Chinese energy demand after China...

September WTI crude oil (CLU23 ) this morning is up +0.61 (+0.77%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU23 ) is down -4.46 (-1.57%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are mixed, with crude climbing to a 3-month nearest-futures high. Crude found support today after China signaled further measures to bolster...

China’s Shanghai Composite Stock Index ($CHSC ) rallied by more than +2% today to a 1-week high as market sentiment improved after this week’s Politburo meeting laid out a pre-growth tone that was more dovish than markets expected. The Chinese Communist Party’s 24-member Politburo, the country’s top decision-making body led...

US markets continue to climb, fueled by earnings reports and Fed meeting, while Chinese stocks surge on government support.

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are up +0.04%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are up +0.29%. Stock indexes this morning are slightly higher ahead of a raft of mega-cap stock earnings results, with Microsoft and Alphabet due to report their first...

Real estate and tech stocks in Hong Kong and China soared this Tuesday after a Politburo meeting signalled the government would provide more support to the economy. The July meeting is often seen as crucial in setting the tone for economic policy in the country. China says it is on…

During the failed August 1991 putsch in Russia, the good guys were reformers Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. The bad guys were an incompetent claque of the military and KGB within the Politburo and the rebellion fizzled when Yeltsin climbed on that tank in Moscow. The Kremlin’s nukes were kept…

A North Korean state media report says top officials have vowed to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite during a recently ended meeting of the ruling party

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios