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by DesmondMilesDant Only a few months left before this thing blows up. This chart shows the total loan assets funded by FHLB at $348,731,000. This is in contrast to Schwab’s current available assets at $325,993,000. To put context to how critical the situation is for Schwab, the only bank overextended to this degree was …
F*ck You” shouted more residents as Biden’s motorcade rolled down the street. We imagine many Hawaiians regret voting for the pariah prez. 🚨 VIDEO ALERT: Maui Residents Chant “F*CK YOU” to Joe Biden As He Finally Shows Up 13 DAYS After The Fires ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/hmjtxKX5qN — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) August 22, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1691446776375701505 Trump vs …
by mrmrmrj This is BEFORE student debt repayments begin again. It is clear that household interest expense has increased significantly over the past few decades. This is likely due to a combination of factors, including rising house prices and increasing debt levels. Given the current economic conditions, it is unlikely that this trend will reverse …
by Logical_Ninja Signs the US consumer is struggling more: 1) Outstanding credit card debt is at a record high of $1.03 trillion 2) The avg APR on that debt is at a record high of 21% 3) Credit card delinquencies hit a record high of 7.2% at small banks in Q1 The lag effect is …
A government shutdown on Oct 2nd could trigger a series of bank runs as furloughed government employees + regular customers pull deposits to pay bills. These banks are already pushed to the brink. A failure to pass the 12 appropriations bills will have "unforeseen" consequences. https://t.co/gGJD4yrHah — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 22, 2023 BREAKING: S&P downgrades …
Lord give me the confidence of an investor piling into NVDA at 226x trailing PE ahead of earnings being released. pic.twitter.com/kNSGxq1RLd — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) August 21, 2023 What was their total position size? — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) August 21, 2023 Material change ! — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) August 21, 2023 $NVDA …
From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: The surprising motives behind inflation, unpacking central bank gold buying figures for 2023, and Turkey is becoming the world’s top consumer of gold out of necessity. If inflation is …
The same police chief, who was the incident commander for the Las Vegas Shooting, who was just put on as Police cheif of Maui before the disaster IS ALSO THE CORONER for the area?!?! WHAT?! You CAN NOT Make This Stuff Up 🚨 The same police chief, who was the incident commander for the Las …
1. Adjusting for inflation, home prices are up 118% since 1965, while median household income has increased by just 15%. (2/9) pic.twitter.com/NeogOIDjIu — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 21, 2023 Worrying Sign Not Seen Since the Great Recession: Mortgage Rates Could Hit 8% Mortgage rates exceeding 7% are straining the U.S. housing market with potential …
Xbox introduces new strike system to curtail bad behavior Xbox will issue strikes for behaviors it deems “bad”, with suspensions and one years bans depending on what one did and how many strikes. As per The verge article “In the new system, if a player violates the Xbox community standards, they’ll receive a strike. The …
via Charles Hugh-Smith So hey, central bank cheerleaders, lackeys, toadies, apologists, apparatchiks and sycophants: no, the central banks aren’t going to “save” your precious asset bubbles from popping. There’s a fanciful confidence afoot that central banks will once again coordinate a global “save” as markets careen out of control. They won’t. There are many reasons for …
2016: Sanctuary cities stand firm against Trump Municipal and police leaders from the following cities have publicly reaffirmed their sanctuary status…San Francisco https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration-232449 Fast forward, 2023: Council meeting in San Francisco’s overwhelmingly Democrat city of Millbrae descends into chaos as HUNDREDS of affluent locals rage at plan to house 100 homeless people in city center …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTrpLVUGxy4 With food prices still rising in most parts of the country, it’s easy to understand the appeal of shopping at Trader Joe’s. The grocery chain is considered one of the cheapest stores in the United States, and its amazing selection of products continues to impress fans and draw more and more customers in. However, …
by squaremild “Reports of COVID” F*CK YOU. Page 2 — https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1693676011399819553/photo/2 https://www.ajc.com/education/atlanta-college-reinstates-covid-19-mask-mandate-as-students-return-to-city/VRAZSDSKJ5B2DG4L7D6I7GCR7I/ A week after classes began, Morris Brown College is once again requiring students and employees to wear face masks on campus. New York hospital reinstates mask mandate amid COVID-19 uptick “Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., reinstated a mask mandate Aug. 17 amid …
“Charles Schwab owes 130% of their total equity capital to short duration FHLB loans that have to be paid back soon. Total assets $350 billion… There’s your September Lehman Brothers.” Charles Schwab 📉 Probably nothing…pic.twitter.com/Bgn5i8uUHC https://t.co/S94qKp1SJV — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 21, 2023 BREAKING: Charles Schwab to cut jobs, close and downsize some corporate offices, with …
by Guysmarket This is coming from Tyson’s most recent earnings a little over a week ago Loss on chicken and pork: Notice that sales have not changed a whole lot: Right away, when I see something like this, I think of pricing power. If the economy was healthy, Tyson would have the power to mark …
My synopsis of video: Supreme Court case Nixon vs. Fitzgerald decision gives President absolute immunity for all actions done as president, even if unlawful. Judge in PA has ruled Trump can’t be sued or indicted due to protection provided by presidential immunity. This is beginning to happen in GA and will end all cases against …
Treasury Yields Reach Highest Since 2007 Amid Elevated Rate Fears: Rising Real Yields Reflect Firmer Economy and Higher Deficits; 10-Year Yield Surpasses 4.34%, Marking Highest Level Since Financial Crisis The US bond-market selloff resumed Monday, driving 10-year yields to a 16-year high, as the persistently resilient economy has investors positioning for interest rates to remain …
by Historical_Lie5701 TL;DR: China’s property developers move collaterals, take debts from banks, and issue off-shore bonds to acquire new lands and sell off-plan units, in order to pay off constructions on the older development. When new developments stop selling, everything goes burst, including those off-plan sold units which are under construction. As it is no …
by inWineVerit4x Argentina already experimented with the “peg to the dollar” in1990. But Don’t have a happy E Argentina pegged its peso to the U.S. dollar from the early 1990s to the early 2000s as part of a currency board arrangement. Issues and Failure: While the peg initially helped to control inflation, it also made …
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For the first time in history, the median monthly mortgage payment is nearing $3000/month. Mortgage rates are now at their highest since 2002. Inflation has made many basic necessities into unaffordable things. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 20, 2023 https://t.co/iEvXXZxXfn — Win Smart, CFA …
https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1693326860942180470 Arson isn’t climate change… it’s murder pic.twitter.com/lablUrtyaG — Pelham (@Resist_05) August 20, 2023 DEMOCRATIC GOV OF HAWAII SAYS CLIMATE CHANGED CAUSED HUMAN ERROR IN MAUI FIRESpic.twitter.com/UfBHRIPp57 — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 20, 2023 Honest question… How many of these fires have been purposely lit to push the climate change agenda and enforce full government control..? …
by Michael Not another one. As I have repeatedly warned my readers, leaders all over the globe seem to have come down with a really bad case of war fever. Instead of sitting down and attempting to find solutions through diplomacy, many of our leaders seem quite eager to use military force to settle matters …
by Boring Person Intriguing Commentary: While “independent” and social media videos are pushing the mismanagement of government, agencies #FEMA and #RedCross to push the Problem —–> Reaction part of the Hegelian dialectic, there is some serious censorship of commercial pilots that took place on August 8th (the day of the “fires” in Lahaina). When there …
We just met with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, at the Serbian Embassy in Budapest. Here’s what happened. pic.twitter.com/R4fcTMBTlV — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 20, 2023 Cold War / Arms Race of the 80s destroyed the Russian Economy. What goes around comes around. Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi’s trillion-dollar spending spree has ruined our …
Appeals Court Strikes Down Jan 6 Sentence In Ruling That Could Affect Hundreds Of Cases James Little of North Carolina was sentenced to both prison and probation in connection with a misdemeanor parading offense. Little, who walked around in the Capitol Building on January 6 but did not engage in any violence, was sentenced to …
Look at how these Dems/Biden have caused more destruction within NYC and the entire US with these migrants. Meanwhile more Americans are becoming homeless, unemployed, starving, dying, drugged up, etc. but these migrants will have an automatic full ride of all the basic necessities and come take over potential jobs. h/t Ascension2021
Hummm, this might be an issue. Just how many people are making a profit on their airbnb to pay the mortgage? I’ve never actually stayed at an airbnb. But the number of hotel rooms and airbnb rooms, seems like we have more supply than demand? There are 3,329 homes for sale in Austin There are …
We've never seen this before. A buffoonish level of complacency in a global RISK OFF event. pic.twitter.com/GgJPZWs1fP — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 19, 2023 There is a high probability that Powell will finish off China this week. And then U.S. gamblers will wish they had a map with more than one country on it. pic.twitter.com/90cy9Cz38j — …