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Erik Prince’s “The Future of War” speech is a must-read for all investors (FFTT, 4/1/25)

…what’s happened in the Ukraine/Russia war has massively accelerated warfare in a way that I think it’s the greatest advancement or it’s the greatest swing in the pendulum, really, since Genghis Khan put stirrups on horses. Now, if you go back that far, I think that was 1218 or so, he set off literally the Mongol Empire when he was done, went from the Pacific to Hungary, and he mauled and terrorized his way through

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Bessent, Powell hint at “Not-QE QE” as Trump Administration policy contradictions mount (FFTT, 3/25/25)

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that starting next month it will slow the pace of its balance sheet drawdown amid an ongoing impasse over lifting the government’s borrowing limit, a shift that will likely hold for the remainder of the process.      -Reuters, 3/19/25 Ahead of the Fed meeting, a number of banks had expected some sort of change in QT given the guidance of the minutes. But most who saw a shift also expected

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First crack in Bessent’s “detox” narrative emerges as 6% SPX decline drives 3 bp rise in 10y UST yields (FFTT, 3/18/25)

“Look what I have to do is build a strong country. You can’t really watch the stock market. If you look at China, they have a 100-year perspective. We go by quarters, and you can’t go by that. You have to do what’s right. We’re building a tremendous foundation for the future, a tremendous foundation. Everything’s been taken away. We don’t make ships anymore…Honda, Toyota, they’re all coming in. You take a look at what’s

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