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Congress pushes bill to shield Uber from lawsuits and save them billions in payouts. Rideshare victims lose easy path to sue company. Politicians buy stock same time. House bill H.R. 8870 gets amendment on vicarious liability. This protects network companies like Uber from driver actions. Uber faces over 3000 sexual assault claims in court now. …
Trader follows almost every trade six full years. Around 400 trades total. Most trades individual stocks. Beats S&P 500 just two years out of six. Post says lesson learned how difficult active trading stays. Many similar stories appear in investing forums. Index funds win long term without all stress. I spent 6 years trying to …
Marc Faber: The U.S. Is Heading Toward a Fiscal Crisis #DebtCrisis #Economy #Investing Watch the full interview on https://t.co/RV9SG2Xn2D pic.twitter.com/2HDNmFkhn4 — Wealthion (@wealthion) June 25, 2026 Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, joins Maggie Lake to discuss why he believes markets are approaching a major top, why the AI investment boom …
MSTR is currently sitting on a $12.5B unrealized loss, exceeding the largest trading loss in history (Bill Hwang/Archegos) by $2.5B byu/Independent-Cress382 inwallstreetbets
PCE inflation rose to 4.1 percent annual rate in May. This up from 3.8 percent in April. Core PCE without food and energy also higher at around 3.4 percent. Energy prices main driver from ongoing Middle East issues. Real wages feel squeeze as prices outrun paychecks for many. Video from Rebel Capitalist points out this …
Mullin v Al Otro Lado June 2026 The Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration one of its biggest immigration wins yet. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court held that migrants waiting on the Mexico side of the border have not legally “arrived” in the United States and therefore do not have the right to …
Prime Day spending crashes and factory jobs slashed while investors still bet on soft or no landing economy. Ngl this might be the biggest recession indicator of all-time. https://t.co/C2hlqUawrr — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) June 24, 2026 Every corporation in America is running the same experiment right now. How much will we pay …
Multiple Democratic candidates and voices openly embrace or defend “Democratic Socialism,” with some past statements aligning with communist ideas like abolishing borders, seizing means of production, and nationalizing industries. Polling shows strong support among Democrats for socialism over capitalism. Joy Behar equated basic government services to socialism. Candidates like Darializa Avila Chevalier dodged direct “communist” …
$MSFT is down 28% since this tweet. Legendary. https://t.co/MixF79tG1c pic.twitter.com/u2k8RrBKZI — Noah (@antibearthesis) June 24, 2026
2-year yield near 4.15 percent. This is the front end where Fed rate bets live. 10-year yield near 4.41 percent. Longer money also buying bonds. Dollar index rising strong while gold and oil slide. Tech and risk assets feel the pressure. This combo means traders worry growth is slowing faster than expected. Falling oil can …
“Morgan Stanley caps withdrawals at private credit fund after rising pullout requests." Reuters reports Morgan Stanley’s $7B private credit fund is getting slammed with withdrawal requests again. byu/Boo_Randy_Revival ineconomy The private credit industry is facing a problem that only shows up when investors want their money back. Liquidity. Morgan Stanley has once again restricted withdrawals …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on CNBC that Iranians will now invoice oil in dollars. He believes Russia will also return to the dollar system. Wow. We invaded to support the USD (out loud) pic.twitter.com/KGRtegieim — VBL’s Ghost (@Sorenthek) June 24, 2026
The White House on Wednesday asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental spending to pay for the Iran war and a host of other things including aid to U.S. farmers, and Ebola response. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought made the request in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson. “I …
Just days after investors started questioning the entire AI trade, Micron delivered one of the most explosive earnings reports in the sector. The numbers were staggering. Fiscal Q3 2026 revenue reached $41.46 billion. That was a 346% increase from a year earlier. Non-GAAP earnings came in at $25.11 per share, crushing analyst estimates of roughly …
One of the investors who made a fortune betting against subprime mortgages before the 2008 financial crisis believes Wall Street may be overlooking another growing risk. This time, the target is private credit. Investor Lee Robinson reportedly generated gains of roughly 900% during the housing collapse by identifying risks that most of the market ignored. …
The middle class is definitely gone. You’re either wealthy or a $1,000 repair from financial stress. But most Americans put themselves in this position by living above their means. I know that will ruffle some feathers but it’s 100% true. https://t.co/zoU58S14oE pic.twitter.com/x0E4SYHSbb — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) June 23, 2026 The don’t care part is what …
Single person at 104200 dollars now qualifies as low income in Orange County. Family of four hits nearly 150000 dollars threshold. These numbers come from official area median income limits. California uses them for affordable housing programs. High cost areas push the numbers way up. What counts as low income stays much higher than national …
Although 80% to 90% of the wasteful money goes to the Dems, they do give 10% to 20% to Republicans to get their support to keep the money flowing. That’s the hard truth. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 23, 2026 Public frustration runs high over lack of big spending cuts.
Guy recording a Papa John’s worker through the window making “handmade pizza.” Bare hands mixing and stretching the dough, then scooping and spreading sauce with no gloves. People online are divided. Some say this is how pizza is made everywhere. Others call it unsanitary for a… pic.twitter.com/92EY20viAy — Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) June 24, …
by Martin Armstrong A new report from Realtor.com found that nearly one-third of employed young adults in the United States are now living with their parents. These are people with jobs. They are working, earning income, and still cannot afford to establish independent households. The politicians and economists who constantly celebrate employment statistics fail to understand that …
by Martin Armstrong The United States has struck a preliminary agreement with Kenya involving the massive Mrima Hill rare earth and niobium deposit, estimated to be worth roughly $62.4 billion. The press is portraying this as a victory for Washington over Beijing, but that interpretation misses the larger picture. What we are witnessing is the …
by Michael Americans that are over the age of 55 control approximately 73 percent of all wealth in the United States. Americans that are age 55 or younger control just 27 percent of all wealth in the United States. Never before in history has there been a generational divide of this magnitude. One of the reasons why …
Many investors assume gold should rise when markets get nervous. History says otherwise. When a real liquidity squeeze begins, investors often sell whatever they can to raise cash. That includes gold. That includes stocks. That includes commodities. Right now the market is showing several signs that investors are prioritizing dollars over everything else. The dollar …
by Martin Armstrong The Japanese government is now openly admitting what I have been warning about for years. Rising interest rates are beginning to dramatically increase the government’s debt-servicing costs. For decades, Japan survived by suppressing interest rates to nearly zero while endlessly rolling over debt. That strategy only works so long as rates remain artificially low. …
People are seeing something at grocery stores, and it confirms everything many Americans have been worried about. In this video, we look at what people are spotting in stores right now—from higher grocery prices and shrinking portions to locked-up items, empty shelves, and signs of a worsening cost of living crisis. If you’ve felt like …
They knocked off powerful incumbents like Rep. Adriano Espaillat and Rep. Dan Goldman. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s allies swept several key races. What happened in NYC tonight represents a larger trend among Dems… 1. Dem Socialists (+17 pt net fav) are more popular than Dems in Congress (+4 pt net fav) with Dems. 2. Socialism's popularity …
The AI trade may have a problem that Wall Street did not fully price in. The product is getting cheaper. Fast. 🔴Hyperscaler stocks are now directly tracking AI token prices: The UBS Hyperscaler Basket, including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet, is down -13% since the early June peak. This is closely mirroring the decline in …
