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Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), which oversees traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, announced Friday that all vessels must now submit transit requests at least 48 hours in advance. In a post on social media platform X, the PGSA …
Amazon is dropping an $11 BILLION AI data center right in Indiana. This monster will guzzle electricity for 1 MILLION homes and 300 MILLION gallons of water EVERY SINGLE YEAR — just ONE facility. Drone footage shows the insane scale: …
This is one of those changes that sounds almost impossible until you look into it. The US government is no longer only handing out grants, loans, and tax credits to support key industries. In some cases, it is taking ownership. …
This chart explains why so many people are packing up and leaving. New York collects about $12,506 per person in state and local taxes, one of the highest levels in America. Only Washington DC collects more. And if you live …
One number jumped out at me today. Nearly 2 million Americans have now been unemployed for more than six months. That is up by more than 500,000 from a year ago. Even more interesting, long term unemployed workers now make …
By Peter Reagan For many Americans, retirement represents a long-awaited reward for decades of work and saving. It’s the season of life when the mortgage is hopefully paid down, the schedule becomes more flexible, and there is finally time to enjoy family, …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to all vessels and warned ships not to approach because their security could be at risk. BREAKING: Iran's IRGC has officially declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to …
This is the part of the franchise world that many people do not think about. You can spend years building a successful business, invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into improvements, inventory, and upgrades, and still discover that the most …
This is one of those stories where you hear the details and think, wait… how did this become normal? In Sterling, Virginia, residents near Vantage’s VA2 data center say natural gas turbines powering the facility have been running constantly since …
Something about the IRA contribution limit feels a little strange when you look back at where it started. When the IRA was created in 1974, the contribution limit was $1,500. That sounds small today, but here is the interesting part: …
In a death spiral byu/WTD_Ducks21 inButtcoin “Genuinely asking how they can get back to their $100 peg. This is on a day when market is pretty hot as well.”
By Peter Reagan Public domain photo Human beings may be the most naturally argumentative species on the planet. If there is something that can be debated, someone will almost certainly take the opposite side. Sometimes those disagreements are minor and …
A major liquidity indicator just turned negative for the first time since 2021. That matters because this indicator is designed to track whether liquidity conditions are helping or hurting markets. And right now, it is flashing a warning. Then you …
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of key parts of California’s AB 1955, the law that prevents schools from being required to notify parents about a student’s gender identity or transition without the student’s consent. The ruling …
I had to double-check this one because the number looks ridiculous. A house in Forney, Texas sold for about $388,000 in 2022. Now it’s listed as a HUD foreclosure for about $216,000. That’s a drop of roughly $172,000. Or about …
The Fed just held rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75% and sounded pretty hawkish. No rush to cut. Inflation still matters. Higher-for-longer remains the message. So far, pretty straightforward. Then I looked at the balance sheet. According to David Rosenberg, …
The debate is no longer just: “Will AI change the world?” The bigger question is: “Did investors already pay for too much of that future?” A Michigan pension fund has sued Microsoft, accusing the company of misleading investors about AI …
⚠️Liquidity conditions are DETERIORATING rapidly: The Excess Liquidity Leading Indicator has rolled over sharply and turned negative for the first time since 2021. This metric measures real money growth relative to economic growth, and historically has led the US stock …
This clip is getting attention because the question is bigger than Medicaid. Holy shit. This video of a Trump advisor saying on CNN that the White House is “not afraid” to cut Medicaid and says “everything” is “on the table” …
After the U.S. reached a deal with Iran, the focus may now be moving to another nuclear problem. South Korea’s president said Trump told him: The time has come to focus on North Korea’s nuclear program. The comment came during …
Awesome rant: Bravo! pic.twitter.com/QUwXg7uYJz — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June 19, 2026
The U.S. Labor Department just sent letters to all 50 states and territories telling them to do more to stop unemployment fraud, waste, and abuse. The warning? If states do not improve their systems, they could lose federal funding used …
This is one of those numbers where the context matters. Cushing, Oklahoma oil storage is down to around 20 million barrels. That is the lowest level since 2014 and close to the point where the physical oil market can start …
SpaceX just went public on June 12. Now, only days later, bankers are preparing to talk with investors about a new bond sale worth at least $20 billion. The reason? SpaceX wants to refinance a $20 billion bridge loan it …
This number is what caught my attention. China’s government debt to GDP ratio jumped from 90.4% to 99.2% in one year. Almost a 10 percentage point increase. That means debt grew much faster than the economy. China’s official GDP growth …
The statistic that surprised me wasn’t the number of young adults living with their parents. It was this: 70% of them already have jobs. We’re talking about 25.2 million Americans between 18 and 34 years old living at home. About …
Ukraine has joined Israel in trying to spike global oil prices. This is what they’re doing to Russia’s oil refineries. pic.twitter.com/kYVgTrZ6pP — ADAM (@adamemedia1) June 18, 2026
The SpaceX hype right now is all about one idea. SpaceX has a market value of roughly $2.5 trillion, so when it gets added to the Nasdaq 100, people think index funds will be forced to buy an enormous amount …
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen is backing a proposal that could allow many lower and middle income workers to pay little or no federal income tax on part of their earnings. The thresholds are roughly $46,000 for single filers and …
There is one thing about this market that keeps showing up. The biggest warning signs are not coming from people saying AI is fake. They are coming from people saying the AI story might be real… but the money going …