BlackRock's $BLK assets under management

2008: $1.31 Trillion
2009: $3.35T
2010: $3.56T
2011: $3.51T
2012: $3.79T
2013: $4.32T
2014: $4.65T
2015: $4.65T
2016: $5.15T
2017: $6.29T
2018: $5.98T
2019: $7.43T
2020: $8.68T
2021: $10.01T
2022: $8.49T
2023: $9.09T
2024: $10.47T

JUST IN: Cathie Wood's $ARKV has said that it has invested in OpenAI (4% of the fund) and Anthropic (5% of the fund)

CITI $C JUST REPORTED EARNINGS

EPS of $1.58 beating expectations of $1.23
Revenue of $21.1B beating expectations of $20.4B

⚠️BREAKING:

*BRENT CRUDE HITS HIGHEST SINCE OCTOBER ON MIDEAST CONFLICT

#OOTT

AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL TOLD AL JAZEERA: REPORTS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF IRAN LAUNCHING AN ATTACK ON ISRAEL TODAY, FRIDAY, ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED - AL JAZEERA.

BREAKING REPORT: ⚠️ Qatar and Kuwait have informed the United States that they CANNOT USE THEIR BASES in any of their territories against Iran..

DEVELOPING..

Government debt as share of GDP, 2023.

🇺🇸 United States: 126.9%
🇨🇦 Canada: 103.3%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 90.3%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 79.9%
🇨🇴 Colombia: 55.1%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 54.7%
🇨🇱 Chile: 41.2%

Stock Signal Alert: SMCI bull flag

💥30 years after the bombing of the Israeli Embassy and Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina confirms the attacks were “organized, planned, financed and executed under the direction” of Iran. jpost.com/breaking-news/…

FED'S COLLINS: THERE IS A BROAD AGREEMENT TO SLOW PACE OF BALANCE SHEET RUNOFF.

MARKETS ARE NOW PRICING LESS THAN TWO 25BP RATE CUTS THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO CITI

🚨🇮🇷THE WORLD BRACES FOR IRAN TO STRIKE ISRAEL

Multiple governments, including Russia, India, the UK, the US, and France, have warned their citizens to steer clear of the Middle East, especially Israel, until further notice.

Warmongering rhetoric has been flying from both…

CHINA 🇨🇳 TELLS TELECOM CARRIERS TO PHASE OUT FOREIGN CHIPS IN BLOW TO INTEL $INTC, $AMD

Officials earlier this year directed the nation’s largest telecom carriers to phase out foreign processors that are core to their networks by 2027 - WSJ

X Brasil has filed many appeals, some of which have been pending for more than a year.

There are 42 cases where we have filed appeals and received no response.

We believe that by not hearing these appeals, this violates due process.

We also have three motions for clarification…

🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱ISRAEL: 'IRAN WILL ATTACK IN NEXT 48 HOURS' - IRAN: 'MAYBE...MAYBE NOT'

Israeli defense chiefs are preparing for a direct attack from Iran, which they believe will take place sometime in the next 24-48 hours.

The Iranian leadership, however, is reportedly still discussing…

Lockheed Martin $LMT was just awarded a contract with the 🇺🇸 Department of Defense with a ceiling value of $4.1 Billion

JUST IN - Sweden’s government said on Thursday it was investing 385 million kronor ($36 million) in strengthening its bomb shelters, emergency services and civil defence after warning the country to prepare for war rb.gy/2qnqb5

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BREAKING: US embassy in Israel has told its employees and their families to avoid travel outside Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Beersheba areas 'until further notice' amid Iranian threats

NEW: Texas surgeon accused of secretly manipulating government database to make patients unable to receive new livers.

Some patients were found to have impossible criteria in their file, requiring donors to be toddlers weighing 300 pounds.

Patients at Memorial Hermann in…