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The crash of 1987 was caused by a market melt-up during Fed tightening. The same thing happening now. No happy dance for FOMC:https://t.co/DDht7jDjCn"Markets have consistently front-run the Fed. That has eased credit conditions and could stoke an acceleration in growth." pic.twitter.com/vEhOMu1ozt — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 26, 2023 Last week saw the highest QQQ call option …
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HSBC's Kettner: The danger is “we're all getting sort of lulled into, ‘Oh yeah, everything's fine…inflation is going to slow itself. One of the concerns that we have is that headline US inflation on our measure is going to reaccelerate” https://t.co/KV5rI02Ruh — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) July 26, 2023 #Gasoline, #Jet #Fuel, #Oil are all going …
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via newsbusters: The New York Times buried the lede in a story about Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos owning The Washington Post. It isn’t quite profitable, you learn in the eighth paragraph: “The Post is on a pace to lose about $100 million in 2023, according to two people with knowledge of the company’s finances.” The …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden Press Secretary KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “The American people are beginning to feel Bidenomics” Prices are up 16.6% and real wages are down 3% since Biden took office. Well, at least Jean-Pierre didn’t claim like her boss Joe Biden claimed that he “ended cancer as we know it.” But getting back to Jean-Pierre’s claim that …
Darth Powell knows: This is the result of economic and social terrorism caused by the elite/donor class and Federal Reserve. Rewarding the most worthless, least productive members of society (asset price speculators) over actual production/innovation. https://t.co/UhRkGnrXJL — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 25, 2023 How long can the Fed & its PE accomplices delay the inevitable? …
@kbear315 #liberalsarecriminals #peirreforprimeminister #trudeaumustresign ♬ original sound – kbear315 A little background… The student and her family were apparently paid a few million in hush money to bury the story. Trudeau’s West Grey accuser was much younger than first thought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s underage accuser was much younger at the time of their relationship …
by Michael Is the global dominance of the U.S. dollar in danger? In recent weeks, there has been lots of speculation about the introduction of a new BRICS currency that would be backed by gold. In this article, my goal is to sort through what is true and what is not true. From August 22nd …
Nate Silver: Journalists should be skeptical of all sources —including scientists. “Here’s the scandal. In March 2020, a group of scientists — in particular1, Kristian G. Andersen the of The Scripps Research Institute, Andrew Rambaut of The University of Edinburgh, Edward C. Holmes of the University of Sydney, and Robert F. Garry of Tulane University — …
by DesmondMilesDant Europeans are facing a new economic reality, one they haven’t experienced in decades: they are becoming poorer, per WSJ — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 25, 2023 https://twitter.com/runews/status/1683903111046234122
This market will spontaneously explode. THIS is the warning: pic.twitter.com/G5G8YZNCZT — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 25, 2023 "What I want to know is when will the Fed pause rally begin" pic.twitter.com/Lcq12tPJ2j — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 25, 2023 Existing home sales are a good predictor of S&P 500 earnings Plummeting home sales point to an earnings contraction …
Kind of shocking even NPR published this a year ago. https://t.co/SuiQJzGc0A pic.twitter.com/kdRCmDQKT3 — PDD (@DeGirlDeBoy) July 25, 2023 🚨 JUST IN: Hunter Biden sold his “art” for $875K to a Democrat donor who Joe Biden named to a prestigious commission Although Joe Biden promised on the campaign trail there’d be an “ABSOLUTE WALL” between his …
Imagine my shocked face! We observed that some FDIC-insured banks are not reporting estimated uninsured deposits as outlined in the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Reports). Today, we’re reminding banks of the importance of reporting accurate data.https://t.co/jJd5rU3cJV — FDIC (@FDICgov) July 24, 2023 This chart shows that post-pandemic, banks are hyper-sensitive to financial …
The economic news is getting really bad but markets are still rising. The brief final stage of the market cycle.pic.twitter.com/55ZY4MGgPy https://t.co/rX8hxr3YI3 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 25, 2023 The overwhelming temptation of every financial pundit is to lure sheeple into a market powered by five stocks:https://t.co/vCedAfNQWd And then after the crash tell everyone no one saw …
2) “Stalemate”, is the new talking point for Western MSM, in an attempt to slowly normalize the public to accept their defeat. But you’ll notice, the only articles about the “stalemate” over the weekend were from @nytimes and @WSJ , both of which have a paywall. They are… pic.twitter.com/JGZ3m9HKdT — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) July 24, 2023 …
by confoundedinterest17 How badly has Bidenomics and generally Federal spending has crippled the US? An example. The interest on US Federal debt is approaching $1 TRILLION (and Biden/Democrats REFUSE to cut any spending, not that Republicans are much better). To show up how messed up this is, the EU’s defense budget (remember Ukraine?) is far …
by Michael Rice is one of the most important staple foods for more than 3 billion people around the world, and the nation of India accounts for approximately 40 percent of all global rice exports. So if India decides to start placing restrictions on rice exports, that is a really big deal. Unfortunately, that is …
by Michael Have you had your eyes scanned by “The Orb” yet? All it takes is just one trip, and once your biometric data is in the database you will receive some free money and a new “digital identity” that you will be able to use all over the Internet. Doesn’t that sound grand? As …
by Dismal-Jellyfish I would like to review a few items this morning: Commercial deposit withdrawals Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) making up for gaps Todays notice from FDIC banks aren’t correctly reporting the amount of deposits they have that aren’t covered by federal insurance*. \When banks incorrectly report uninsured deposits, it could create a perception …
Last night, Russian Doritos hit the Ukrainian Ports of Ismaili and Reni, located along the Danube River on the Romanian Border. While they don’t seem to have caused much critical damage, the political ramifications are huge. If the Insurers start demanding War Risk Payments to transit the lower Danube, it could shut down water transit …
by Michael I am not one of those people that believe that everything in our society was better decades ago when I was growing up. But without a doubt, those that are running our society today have ruined so many of the things that were truly great when I was a child. Among other things, …
by confoundedinterest17 Jared Bernstein was VP Joe Biden’s former Chief Economist and is now chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers. Pretty impressive! Except that Bernstein is not really an economist. He has a PhD in social welfare from Columbia University. In other words, Bernstein is a Progressive Marxist cheerleader, not a real …
Long-overdue. Looks like somebody finally completed an analysis. 👀 pic.twitter.com/d5tHyjl0Qx — IZ (@siddiqui71) July 24, 2023 'America's $1.4tn risky corporate loan market has been hit by the biggest slew of downgrades since the depths of the Covid crisis in 2020, as rising borrowing costs strain businesses piled high with floating-rate debt.' https://t.co/zXj8Xzypwc pic.twitter.com/dUoFLa8INa — Jesse …
The Department of Homeland Security is out of control! Below are why they’re labeling Americans “right wing extremists The Department of Homeland security is officially out of their fucking mind. Check out the “reasons” they’re labeling Americans as right wing extremists now: • Combat veterans who are quote unquote “disgruntled about the takeover of their …
But even Services report points to severe contraction in economic activity: – Employment 53.3 (last 54.0)– Export orders 45.3 (48.6)– Price Pressure 60.4 (60.5) pic.twitter.com/zkpiC4vTQM — Mario Cavaggioni (@CavaggioniMario) July 24, 2023 WOW! #Germany's Manufacturing #PMI plummeted to 38.8, which points to outright #recession.Services held above 50.So, is this time different, and will Germany's self-inflicted …
by mark000 Judo Australian Service PMI in contraction territory again, small MFG sector there saw a bounce but still contracting Composite PMI actual 48.3, previous 50.1 Lowest since December 2022 pic.twitter.com/ROlCMamJyr — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) July 23, 2023 Despite leading economic indicators contracting sharply, the market has been moving higher A similar divergence occurred during …
Wef warned. “You will own nothing” Banking is rigged. Fraud. They are coming for peoples houses. Mass unemployment soon. Warn everyone so they can keep their homes. By Carol Roth investment banker. NWO. New financial world order. Some will lie and say banks don´t print money. So why is M2 money supply going up? LOL …
by confoundedinterest17 Joe Biden loves to tout “Bidenomics” which is a top-down command economy model with massive Federal spending directed primarily at green energy. But remember that a pillar of Bidenomics is support for labor unions. But “Union Joe” will be remembered as “Inflation Joe” as inflation remains hot. But now the labor unions are …
Leaders of Sanctuary Cities Express Regrets after Welcoming Illegals ‘The plain truth is that sanctuary city policies hobble law enforcement’s ability to protect the public from dangerous criminals…’ (Casey Harper, The Center Square) – Leaders of major metros around the U.S. have pushed for more progressive immigration policies in recent years by declaring themselves safe …