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Only 28% of S&P 500 stocks are outperforming the overall $SPX, the lowest amount since 1998 and the 2nd lowest in the last 33 years 👀 pic.twitter.com/E8tXbbhAlR — Barchart (@Barchart) December 25, 2023 S&P 500 $SPX has now spent the most amount of time in overbought levels since late 2019/early 2020 pic.twitter.com/rvKvAFS9Yd — Barchart (@Barchart) …
The survey shows that 70% of Chinese will continue to save and 30% will take action, involving $5 trillion. Source: Bank of China.Now all Chinese are discussing what to do with deposits. 🇨🇳 #China’s 30-Year Yield Hits Lowest Since ‘05 on Deposit Rate Cuts – Bloomberghttps://t.co/FczKh5NYHqhttps://t.co/XUm8CDdEw3 pic.twitter.com/Mfk2LDwOdm — Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) December 22, 2023 h/t …
Famous last words…and it's all bad.Never had $34 Trillion in Debt beforeNever had an alternative payment system like BRICS before.Never had a leader like Biden before. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) December 24, 2023 Inflation is dead Long live Inflation pic.twitter.com/mwx1dXj8RA — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 21, 2023 Central Banks are on pace to buy more …
Unacceptable! The border crisis is so bad that it looks like a movie scene! pic.twitter.com/0I9rMmmK7J — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) December 24, 2023 No signs of slowing down https://t.co/alknNTyGNt — Blake (@_BlakeHabyan) December 23, 2023 "Non-US Citizens Without Passports" Yes, this is a real line for people boarding domestic flights in Tucson Airport. The same regime …
I always find this chart staggering to look at. We've never seen the Federal Reserve slow the economy this violently before. Rates went from 0% to 5.33% within 18 months. That's unheard of. https://t.co/KoQ4CsPV0H pic.twitter.com/2vldAWuGei — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 23, 2023 Don't believe that data. If inflation is 10% but official numbers say 5%, then …
Indeed, that's a key point. Additionally, the coming commodity super cycle is going to be driven by the supply crunch of essential commodities such as copper and silver. Contributing to their growing scarcity… pic.twitter.com/Kc06kclh6G — Phoenix Capital (@PhoenixCapitalH) December 23, 2023 Equities are expensive. Commodities are generationally cheap Do with this as you wish. pic.twitter.com/SpHmqL6eKk …
LOUISIANA GOV PARDONS 40 MURDERERS BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE — ENJOY https://t.co/nurdgy2F3b — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) December 23, 2023 Outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards pardons 40 murderers — including man who stabbed store worker 39 times https://t.co/6xTYBSWb4i pic.twitter.com/pdCyqWjFNf — New York Post (@nypost) December 23, 2023 FULL LIST OF WHO GOT PARDONED HERE: https://www.knoe.com/2023/12/21/governor-edwards-pardons-57-inmates-october-through-december/ https://www.oann.com/newsroom/louisiana-gov-pardons-56-inmates-40-of-which-are-convicted-murders/ Nick …
Public domain photo courtesy of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group For the last two years, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been maintaining a moderate stance on raising rates to combat a historic wave of red-hot inflation. (Although initially, the Fed didn’t start raising rates fast enough). But something has …
Biden's New America strolling across our border. Our taxes subsidize this and our elections are worthless because of it. Joseph Biden is the most dangerous president in the history of our nation. pic.twitter.com/Qgi7hl2WzB — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 23, 2023 Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, Arizona said when the invaders are coming across the …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds Not only does everyone love getting “free money” from the state, they also love hearing the fantasy repeated endlessly that debts are no problem because we will continue to “grow our way out of debt.” Governments, like individuals, can spend liberally with great generosity, or they can be frugal. Everyone …
by confoundedinterest17 Alarm! New home sales dropped like Biden’s popularity in November, down -12.2% from October. While existing home sales bounced very modestly off record lows in November, it has been the ‘strength’ of new home sales – with buyer heavily subsidized by homebuilders – that has held up the housing market. Of course, investors don’t …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1737837756938846613 “A member of Julian Assange’s team confirmed that Seth Rich leaked the DNC emails to Wikileaks prior to his assassination which contradicts Mueller’s report that blamed the leaks on Russian hackers.” This also Makes Barack Obama a liar who abused his office. On 12/28/2015 OBAMA LIED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, claiming the DNC Server …
Every student who was forced to unenroll for plagiarism since 1995 (when Gay wrote her thesis) also has a case against the college. — Maynard (@ItIsMaynard) December 21, 2023 HMM: House committee to probe plagiarism allegations against Harvard president. Fire Claudine Gay: I see Gay as getting her post at Harvard because she was a diversity, …
Members of Congress are being blackmailed. Rep. @TimBurchett broke the internet on The Benny Show for speaking out on it. Thank you @JesseBWatters for covering pic.twitter.com/x95jjQshgy — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 22, 2023
Miss the 10Y3M inversion chart updates with SPX and continuing claims. — Alex Joosten (@joosteninvestor) December 22, 2023 “Unrealized Losses” on Bonds Held by Banks pic.twitter.com/LpXMRVmDyO — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 9, 2023 Yesterday was the first NYSE 90% down volume day since the March bank run. Only the second one of 2023. Any …
The surge in congenital syphilis cases challenges the CDC’s claim that racism is the primary cause, as the numbers sharply increased regardless of racial disparities. In 2022 alone, cases rose to 3,700, leading to 51 deaths and 231 stillbirths. This alarming trend prompts a critical examination of the factors contributing to the epidemic. Simultaneously, the …
by Michael One of the biggest bombshells of the entire year just dropped, but now it has almost entirely disappeared from the news cycle. NBC News is reporting that during their recent summit meeting in San Francisco, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Joe Biden to his face that a decision has been made to “reunify Taiwan …
Trans activist Kendall Stephens was arrested for r*ping and s*xually assaulting 2 minors. Newsweek responds by calling out MAGA. You don’t hate the media enough pic.twitter.com/hcDU91tjBy — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 21, 2023 He was charged with raping two boys aged 14 and 9, but this is the headline @Newsweek went with. pic.twitter.com/bRgYaPRzHk — …
by Mike Shedlock In an amusing twist to a bankruptcy saga, Giuliani lists Hunter Biden as an unsecured creditor to his bankrupt estate. He failed to list Trump as a creditor. Bankruptcy Background On December 15, Rudy Giuliani was found guilty of defaming election workers and slapped with a $148 million verdict. Giuliani accused two …
% bullish (lower pane) is making a double top on the right shoulder, deja vu of the left shoulder. Note the correlation between Bitcoins and Internet stocks. pic.twitter.com/LPcMqilKR5 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 21, 2023 S&P 500: The odds in my analysis favor that the intermediate top is in or very near. The recent euphoria is …
by confoundedinterest17 For November, US existing home sales are down -7.28% since last year. At least that is an improvement over -14.6% YoY in October. Despite homebuilder sentiment ticking up (along with their stock prices) and housing starts soaring – buoyed by a 100bps decline from multi-decade highs in mortgage rates – analysts expected a …
BY CHARLES HUGH SMITH Speculation has its own expiration dynamics, and they don’t depend on us recognizing speculative excess for what it is. They will unravel the excesses regardless of what we think, hope or deny. The Federal Reserve has so completely normalized speculative excess that these extremes are no longer even recognized as extremes. Rather, …
“Do you see where we’re heading? They’re changing laws in New York just so Trump can be sued. They’re opening cases across the country against him for any semblance of a crime they can find. They’re trying to remove him from the ballot just to keep him out of office. They’re not allowing any debates …
In a surprising development, CITIGROUP has decided to exit the distressed-debt trading business, sending shockwaves through financial markets. This move is not just a business decision; it’s a signal that the economy might be entering a distressed cycle. Several indicators point to an economic downturn on the horizon. Employment growth has slowed, and the 30-Year …
🇦🇷 #AHORA | Manifestantes rodean el Congreso de Argentina en Buenos Aires. pic.twitter.com/uzHS62KIdY — Mundo en Conflicto 🌎 (@MundoEConflicto) December 21, 2023 Argentines Today is a historic day for our country after decades of failures, impoverishment, decadence and anomie, today we formally begin the path of reconstruction since we took office just 8 business days …
More than 10,800 immigrants illegally crossed the border at Eagle Pass, TX within last 24 hours. They have now been processed and admitted into the country. This might be the largest single day illegal crossing on record: pic.twitter.com/XaQQhNA195 — Bashkarma🇺🇸🌏🇷🇺 (@Karmabash) December 20, 2023 The recent surge of over 10,800 immigrants illegally crossing the border …
Unfortunately, illegal apartments are a growing problem in NYC and renting one has cost some families more than anyone could imagine.
by Michael The Biden administration and the corporate media are telling us over and over that the economy is just fine, but the term “silent depression” has been going viral on TikTok. Housing, vehicles, food and just about everything else that we spend money on is far more unaffordable today than it was during the …
Consumers are opting for BNPL services despite potential financial risks. This is how you delay a banking collapse by continually extending credit. Yes, and these BNPL offerings are also happening as the personal savings rate has been in a downtrend since May.https://t.co/iytYsrl5X1 — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) December 20, 2023
by Michael At this moment, the United States is conducting a massive social experiment. We have thrown our borders wide open and we are allowing vast hordes of extremely desperate illegal immigrants into this country every single day. We are doing this even though our nation is already a powder keg that could erupt at …