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Next week will be interesting because many charts are indicating market weakness which lines up with week 21. https://t.co/ggQXxGybX0 pic.twitter.com/U2aMp07RLv — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 29, 2023 Here's an interesting chart. Volatility spikes have been occurring on the same weekly intervals …
From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group After the most recent FOMC meeting, Chairman Powell issued an official statement explaining the decision to raise interest rates another quarter-point. That brings the Federal target funding rate to 5.25-5.5%, the highest rate in over two …
by DesmondMilesDant This is concerning for bondholders. Stock holders love real GDP going higher. Inflation running above 4% is bad for both though.
by Dismal-Jellyfish Reminder, while banks have the liquidity fairy, ‘we’ get the promise of 2 more rate hikes this year, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic yet again enrichens himself inappropriately from his position. What I want to talk about this afternoon is–Commercial and …
Photo by Katie Nesling From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group If you were to ask some market optimists about the possibility the U.S. would officially enter a recession this year, one answer one answer is, “What recession?” Despite widespread expectations that the …
by confoundedinterest17 I wanted to play Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man, but thought that The Federal Reserve theme song (laughing song from “Death in Venice”) was more appropriate given their insane money printing since 2008 then 2020 with Covid. Yes, The …
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/personal-income-and-outlays-june-2023 Wut mean?: In June, people earned $69.5 billion more, which is a 0.3% monthly rise–more money earned more money to spend, adding to inflation… Prices of things people bought (PCE price index) went up slightly by 0.2%. Even …
by DesmondMilesDant Germany is in Stagflation ( 1973 vs 2023 )
"Yield curve control is a dangerous policy which needs to be retired as soon as possible…It has been a major factor in the yen reaching its lowest level, in real terms, since the 1970s. So, the BOJ wants to very …
by Hephaestus4 Almost $1 trillion in interest payments now, compared to $1 trillion in debt from 1783 to 1981. US INTEREST TO SERVICE NATIONAL DEBT APPROACHES $1T * pic.twitter.com/EMFEWoCAw9 — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) July 28, 2023 The fiscal deficit in the …
Jesse Watters contends that those who deny the evidence of Joe Biden's involvement in Hunter's unregistered foreign lobbying, money laundering, and influence peddling scheme are intentionally avoiding reviewing the laptop, listening to whistleblowers, reading the FBI informant… pic.twitter.com/Ajc76ALhoh — KanekoaTheGreat …
by Michael Central bank digital currencies are feverishly being developed all over the globe, and this is something that should deeply alarm all of us. For a moment, I would like for you to imagine a world where the government …
This tweet should be in the Smithsonian. There has never been a more democrat post in history. The lack of awareness, the lack of shame, the double standard, the absolutely insanity and soy induced frail boy bitchiness. Amazing. Absolute 10/10 …
by 2201992 https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-new-charges-mar-lago-documents-case-explained-1815884 America has never had two simultaneous incidents of a sitting President arresting his political opponent during a election season, while simultaneously being under bribery investigations for foreign interference. This is as close to Civil War that the …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/large-bank-capital-requirements-20230727.pdf Wut mean?: Following its stress test earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Board today announced the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1. Large bank capital requirements are in part determined by the …
“BREAKING Rep. James Comer says six banks, including JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, submitted over 170 suspicious activity reports to the Treasury Department regarding the Biden family, alleging their involvement in money laundering, human trafficking, and tax fraud. …
The European Central Bank just raised rates for the 9th consecutive time Inflation in Europe is still 5.5% Rates are now at a 23-year high in Europe: pic.twitter.com/YSpUeBSw1H — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) July 27, 2023 Business credit conditions in …
BREAKING: Campaign finance charges on Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX have been dropped. This is unusual. He gave millions to politicians. And there wasn't a list of who which politicians and groups he gave money to. Until now. See it here: …
by confoundedinterest17 I love orange juice! Unfortnately, as a diabetic, OJ is off limits. So I have to watch others drink one of my favorite beverages. But like everything else under Bidenomics, orange juice is far more expensive. Orange juice …
Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives. — Alex Kaplan (@alexkaplan0) July 26, …
Per BofA/Zerohedge, it has never been cheaper to hedge.https://t.co/sVqJwRsKyE Nominal hedges are cheap but from a portfolio performance perspective hedging is VERY expensive in this melt-up. And, it's not their money. Therefore they're the longest since the top. pic.twitter.com/GVOe2QkJo3 — …
by Truinity Select your state and tap “utility.” Scroll down until you see “Other Contaminants Tested” to see if your state adds estrogen or testosterone. https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/ Of course, they would claim it’s accidental. And some of it could be. However, …
The runway for equities looks limited Retail investor sentiment has cycled from extreme fear to euphoria in just 10 months pic.twitter.com/wCJiJux29B — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) July 27, 2023 Faceplant has round-tripped back to the level it was at when it …
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/key-topics/margin-accounts/margin-statistics Source: https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/margin-statistics.xlsx Wut mean?: According to FINRA Rule 4521(d), FINRA member firms with customer margin accounts must report by the last business day of each month: Total debit balances in securities margin accounts. Total free credit balances …
Senator @RandPaul Accuses the Government of Fraud in $113 Billion Sent to Ukraine “It is impossible to send this much aid this fast into wartorn Ukraine without waste, fraud, and abuse,” asserted Senator Paul. “Yet we are told by departmental …
OOPS! #Eurozone M2 money growth turned NEGATIVE for the first time in Eurozone history, in a promising sign for #inflation. M2 growth revised to -0.1% in May from initially +0.3%, and falls deeper into negative territory in June to …
Without ZIRP, how are many large public companies going make those interest payments?https://t.co/pfCc29lVwD — Eventually Consistent Capital (@EventuallyCC) July 26, 2023 Everything is fine. 🔥🔥🔥Not a recession. Just one of the largest trucking companies in the USA filing for bankruptcy. …
by Michael Just because we have the technology to do certain kinds of things does not mean that we should actually be doing them. In theory, science is supposed to be constrained by morality, but in our day and time …
by Hephaestus4 Oil prices also increasing. The Fed and mainstream media are living in an alternate universe. People are currently having to make choices between medicine, paying rents, food, or car payments/filling the gas tank. Church Food pantry near where …
BREAKING NEWS: Famine on its way! Panic buying of rice has begun in North America. India the worlds largest exporter of rice with 40% of the global rice supply has just been taken off the markets. The price of rice …