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Leverage is a volatility machine (paraphrasing Pettis). HY/IG/Loans/Distressed.

“….Trump’s team wants to stem losses in the stock market and avoid a public diversion from his Middle East peace deal, which they have groused about being overshadowed by the latest trade flare-up.”

NEW: Trump changed course to a more deescalatory tone versus China as he discussed with aides ways to say something publicly that could halt the market drop Trump spoke with Treasury Secretary Bessent about such a message. W/@Lingling_Wei @GavinBade wsj.com/world/china/tr…



Land of the free, you guys.

A Chicago woman who was adopted carries around a copy of her passport but was still detained by federal agents who didn’t believe that was her last name bc she’s Latina. Latest dispatch from @royalpratt: chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice…

byaliceyin's tweet image. A Chicago woman who was adopted carries around a copy of her passport but was still detained by federal agents who didn’t believe that was her last name bc she’s Latina. Latest dispatch from @royalpratt: chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice…


Feels right.

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Earlier today, Collins and Grassley complained about Vought cutting funding for IGs. Now this. I know rescissions aren't topic 1, 2 or 3 here. But how exactly is a funding deal to be struck when Russ Vought gets to determine what the final deal is?


Gen Z, why would you volunteer that you play pickle ball on weekends?


People with dud personality and zero creativity think it’s only about the money because that’s all they think they can ever offer.

Income brackets for men dating: $0-100k = you get no girls $100k-250k = you can now start dating $250k-1mm = you develop a roster $1mm-5mm = you have multiple girls at the same time and they all know about each other $5mm+ = your wife texts your GF to check in on you



Does anyone have a good breakdown of how much of the $400 bn AI capex is to help better serve ads (even if marketed as an effort to make god in a box)? Genuinely interested.

Excited to share Vibes — a new feed in the Meta AI app for short-form, AI-generated videos.



Imagine sending out this run with a straight face.

VolMachine's tweet image. Imagine sending out this run with a straight face.

One of the more interesting charts out there. Steeper govie curve but the chase for yield is inverting the corp curve.

VolMachine's tweet image. One of the more interesting charts out there. Steeper govie curve but the chase for yield is inverting the corp curve.

Never seen anything like this. I’ve had paper go from par to 10c forget 40c but it was a process. This… 95 to 40-ish just like that. And it’s a HUGE tranche… this will leave a mark.

VolMachine's tweet image. Never seen anything like this. I’ve had paper go from par to 10c forget 40c but it was a process. This… 95 to 40-ish just like that. And it’s a HUGE tranche… this will leave a mark.

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No way the director of the FBI is writing himself affirmations in the middle of congressional hearings

Kash Patel's notes during his congressional testimony as photographed by Getty: "Good fight with Swalwell"

atrupar's tweet image. Kash Patel's notes during his congressional testimony as photographed by Getty: "Good fight with Swalwell"


Oh, SNAP.

The Trump administration is canceling an annual government effort to gather data on how many Americans struggle to get enough food that the Agriculture Department began collecting in the mid-90s Employees were told the survey wouldn’t be funded this year wsj.com/economy/trump-…



This is a fun exhibit. “The wealthiest billionaire in Nebraska is Warren Buffett. The second richest is Susan Alfond, whose father swapped his Dexter Shoe Co. for shares in Buffett's conglomerate.” What a trade!

VolMachine's tweet image. This is a fun exhibit. 

“The wealthiest billionaire in Nebraska is Warren Buffett. The second richest is Susan Alfond, whose father swapped his Dexter Shoe Co. for shares in Buffett's conglomerate.”

What a trade!

“$125,000 cost to build catio”.

VolMachine's tweet image. “$125,000 cost to build catio”.

Only the stupidest people in the world thought this was something that was needed. The classic 85 IQ crowd that’s convinced it’s an 125 IQ crowd.

VolMachine's tweet image. Only the stupidest people in the world thought this was something that was needed. The classic 85 IQ crowd that’s convinced it’s an 125 IQ crowd.

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On the one hand, these purported comments by an HHS secretary about CDC staff are astonishing. On the other, they echo much of what RFK Jr. has said publicly in the past. Via @_daniel_payne @isabellacueto statnews.com/2025/09/17/mon…

JasonUkman's tweet image. On the one hand, these purported comments by an HHS secretary about CDC staff are astonishing. On the other, they echo much of what RFK Jr. has said publicly in the past.

Via @_daniel_payne @isabellacueto 

statnews.com/2025/09/17/mon…

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before we give military aid to a country we should make their leaders wear a cowboy hat and touch the wall of a bass pro shops

Marco Rubio and Mike Huckabee prayed at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem alongside Prime Minister Netanyahu. Follow: @AFpost



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