Investment Watch Blog https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/ We provide unfiltered news and market signals for people who have no time to search. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:01:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IWB-150x150.png Investment Watch Blog https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/ 32 32 The man who taught Scott Bessent markets just torched his bond-buyback programme. https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-man-who-taught-scott-bessent-markets-just-torched-his-bond-buyback-programme/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-man-who-taught-scott-bessent-markets-just-torched-his-bond-buyback-programme/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:01:45 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223586 His mentor’s verdict: – Druckenmiller ran markets for 5 decades – Calls this “price management”, not liquidity – $4B buybacks vs a $30T market = a subsidy to procrastination – Suppressed yields let Washington dodge entitlement reform His warning: Every bps saved now costs multiples in delay. Fix the deficit, or the bond market does ... Read more

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-man-who-taught-scott-bessent-markets-just-torched-his-bond-buyback-programme/feed/ 0 Copper just blew through $14,000 a ton to a record, and the AI boom is the reason. https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/copper-just-blew-through-14000-a-ton-to-a-record-and-the-ai-boom-is-the-reason/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/copper-just-blew-through-14000-a-ton-to-a-record-and-the-ai-boom-is-the-reason/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:01:01 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223585 Copper just blew through $14,000 a ton to a record, and the AI boom is the reason. It is up about 14% in 2026. Data centers and power grids need copper faster than mines can dig it, and US tariff front-running has pulled metal into America. Copper is the tollbooth on… pic.twitter.com/QEtHZ84HSR — Kurt S. ... Read more

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/copper-just-blew-through-14000-a-ton-to-a-record-and-the-ai-boom-is-the-reason/feed/ 0 London Mayor Sadiq Khan and a bloke in a miniskirt team up for public transport video https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-and-a-bloke-in-a-miniskirt-team-up-for-public-transport-video/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-and-a-bloke-in-a-miniskirt-team-up-for-public-transport-video/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:00:11 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223584 It’s like a dog and a cat doing some propaganda together. pic.twitter.com/Avh3x8hqnQ — Jack Jewell (@JackxJewell) August 24, 2026 Video marks 10 years of Night Tube service Features Mayor Sadiq Khan and Bimini Bon-Boulash Bimini says it lets people dress how they want and feel safe Khan appears smiling and supportive throughout Released by official ... Read more

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-and-a-bloke-in-a-miniskirt-team-up-for-public-transport-video/feed/ 0 The biggest short squeeze of 2026 will be US Bonds $TLT . https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-biggest-short-squeeze-of-2026-will-be-us-bonds-tlt/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-biggest-short-squeeze-of-2026-will-be-us-bonds-tlt/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:45:47 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223549 The biggest short squeeze of 2026 will be US Bonds$TLT. Scott Bessent is manufacturing it right now! I'm long with 40% of my portfolio. pic.twitter.com/pAZUbOS2cp — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) August 25, 2026

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-biggest-short-squeeze-of-2026-will-be-us-bonds-tlt/feed/ 0 New Sophisticated Job Scam Taking Place in America https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/new-sophisticated-job-scam-taking-place-in-america/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/new-sophisticated-job-scam-taking-place-in-america/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:45:19 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223580 Scammers are posting fake jobs on Indeed. They are using real companies and conducting real webcam interviews Once they “hire you” they ask for your information like your social security number, personal information and bank info. They also send you a list of items you need to purchase for the new job. Things like cloud ... Read more

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/new-sophisticated-job-scam-taking-place-in-america/feed/ 0 Anthropic races toward record $2 trillion IPO https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/anthropic-races-toward-record-2-trillion-ipo/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/anthropic-races-toward-record-2-trillion-ipo/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:43:24 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223566 Filed confidential S-1 with the SEC on June 1. Targeting Nasdaq listing as early as October 2026 .Last private round valued it at $965 billion in May. Investors and bankers now talking $2 trillion or more at IPO. Annualized revenue run-rate already past $65 billion by July. This is the purest bet on the AI ... Read more

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/anthropic-races-toward-record-2-trillion-ipo/feed/ 0 UN and Red Cross warn killer robots are almost here https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/un-and-red-cross-warn-killer-robots-are-almost-here/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/un-and-red-cross-warn-killer-robots-are-almost-here/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:34:44 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223583 The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems, often called killer robots GENEVA — The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday ratcheted up a joint call for countries to adopt bans and restrictions on use of autonomous ... Read more

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/un-and-red-cross-warn-killer-robots-are-almost-here/feed/ 0 Asia’s top climate expert warns of ‘humanitarian disasters’ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/asias-top-climate-expert-warns-of-humanitarian-disasters/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/asias-top-climate-expert-warns-of-humanitarian-disasters/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:31:02 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223579 The post Asia’s top climate expert warns of ‘humanitarian disasters’ appeared first on Investment Watch Blog.

]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/asias-top-climate-expert-warns-of-humanitarian-disasters/feed/ 0 DNA backlog of 1.81 million samples is now zero says Kash Patel. https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/dna-backlog-of-1-81-million-samples-is-now-zero-says-kash-patel/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/dna-backlog-of-1-81-million-samples-is-now-zero-says-kash-patel/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:19:34 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223577 When we took over, the FBI Laboratory faced a DNA-processing backlog of more than 1.81 MILLION samples. Today: ZERO. 🔺 1.81M+ samples processed🔺 Backlog had been growing by roughly 75,000 samples per month🔺 Hundreds of thousands of samples were arriving each year🔺… pic.twitter.com/Ad7F2FviVh — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) August 24, 2026

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]]> https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/dna-backlog-of-1-81-million-samples-is-now-zero-says-kash-patel/feed/ 0 Russian scientist’s red light work finally goes mainstream https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/russian-scientists-red-light-work-finally-goes-mainstream/ https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/russian-scientists-red-light-work-finally-goes-mainstream/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:17:40 +0000 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/?p=1223578 The core biology is solid and decades old. Mainstream medicine mostly ignored it until consumer devices and one rich biohacker made it trendy. Real benefits exist for hair, wounds, and inflammation, but the commercial hype still runs ahead of the strongest evidence. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00878-1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20681024/ A Russian biophysicist spent 30 years proving that shining red light ... Read more

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