Diamonds fall to their lowest value this century
Diamonds fall to their lowest value this century byu/BigSupermark inEconomyCharts Should be lower. Considering how cheap it is to lab grown those things nowadays.
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South Korea surges past Canada to become world’s 7th largest stock market
The total market capitalization of Korea-listed companies has surged 74% this year to $4.59 trillion, while Canada’s has climbed about 7% to $4.5 trillion, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Samsung Electronics Co., which recently crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark, and SK …
Ceasefire hangs by a thread: U.S. Navy intercepts Iranian strike in Hormuz
U.S. Central Command confirms the interception of multiple Iranian projectiles targeting three Navy vessels… The exchange follows a tense 24 hours of “mixed messages” from the White House regarding the 14-point peace memo… President Trump insists the ceasefire is “still …
Consumer confidence falls to new low.
🇺🇸 U.S. Consumer sentiment falls to lowest reading on record pic.twitter.com/yHT0zCSdNI — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) May 8, 2026 Consumer sentiment falls to fresh record low in May as surging gas prices hit outlook Surging gas prices due to the Iran war …
Trump jobs report just crushed it with 115,000 new hires while the experts swore it would only hit 62,000
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The Trump economy just nearly DOUBLED jobs expectations, adding +115,000 while 62,000 were estimated "We are MUCH stronger!" "Last month — UPWARD revision from 178K to 185K. These are GOOD numbers." Experts LOSE 🔥🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/uEqIwnUw6W — Eric …
Milken elite bask in “blissful ignorance” as markets ignore the war
Financial titans at the Milken Institute conference describe a “weird” schism between records and reality… While the Middle East burns, the global elite at the Peninsula and Maybourne focus on AI and IPO exits… Goldman Sachs partners report “a lot …
California gas hits $6.165 a gallon and some stations are already above $6.50, widening the gap with the national average again
California gas prices average $6.165 per gallon, highest in the US. California’s average gas price reached $6.165 per gallon this morning, the highest in the country. The spike is driven by refinery maintenance and lower supply from the Gulf. Some …
Gold shatters $4,700 as “super-spike” triggers global metal mania
COMEX gold futures explode to an intraday high of $4,770 as the “Safe Haven” trade hits a fever pitch… The yellow metal build on a massive 2.75% jump, marking the most violent upward move since the March crash… Silver follows …
EU agrees to “digital omnibus” ban on AI nudification apps to protect citizens
European Parliament and Council reach political agreement on simplified, innovation-friendly AI regulations… New rules include an immediate ban on AI “nudification” apps that generate non-consensual sexually explicit content… The agreement sets a hard implementation timeline for high-risk AI in biometrics …
Shell profits explode to $6.9bn as energy giant cashes in on war windfall
Energy titan Shell reports Q1 earnings of $6.9 billion, far exceeding analyst expectations of $5 billion… Climate campaigners and UK lawmakers attack the “obscene” windfall generated by the spike in global oil prices… The profit surge is directly linked to …
Amos Hochstein drops bomb we’re heading straight off a cliff on oil by end of May
Summer vacations about to get brutally expensive as jet fuel and diesel go through the roof. Hochstein basically just said the energy party is over and the hangover starts now. "I've never seen anything like it before." Oil storage tanks …
Remote job postings jump 28% in a month, workers push back on commuting costs
New LinkedIn data shows a 28 percent increase in remote work job postings in the last 30 days. Companies in tech and finance are loosening hybrid requirements to attract talent. This reverses a trend from earlier this year toward more …
This is why the markets are still high — BOJ owns half the float, Fed quietly pumps $40 billion monthly and nobody gives a damn about real risks
via notayesmanseconomics Over the past week or two we have seen a rather curious development if you consider that the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. It has been highlighted today by the news from Nihon or Japan. The benchmark …
IMF Warning: “Claude Mythos” AI could collapse global financial stability
The IMF is openly warning that frontier AI models like Claude Mythos may have shattered the traditional cybersecurity timeline entirely. In a new blog post published today, IMF researchers warned that AI is driving the cost and time needed to …
Humanity’s Future: War, Famine, Pestilence And Great Earthquakes
by Michael If you ask 1,000 random people on the street what the future of humanity is going to be like, you will probably get 1,000 different answers. But the truth is that there shouldn’t be any confusion about what …
Young Americans are falling behind on credit cards at the worst rate since 2009
Credit card delinquency rates among borrowers under 35 reached 8.2 percent in Q1 according to new Federal Reserve data. This is the highest level since 2009 for that age group. High interest rates and cost of living pressures are the …
PTJ’s AI Buy Signal: Is the ‘1999’ Correction Imminent?
Paul Tudor Jones (PTJ) didn’t just say “buy”; he gave a specific timeline and a warning that adds massive value to your “Sell Signal” thesis. Paul Tudor Jones was on CNBC this morning telling everyone to buy AI and Tech …
Walmart slaps electronic tags on candy so prices jump while your cart’s still rolling
Candy prices change in front of customers at Walmart because of these new electronic pricing tags This means you could pick up an item, put it in your cart, and by the time you get to the checkout the price …
Iran’s Tasnim says there are signs of hostile action by the UAE
Iran's Tasnim says there are sSigns of hostile action by the UAE at Bahman Qeshm Pier Some sources say that the sound of several explosions in Bandar Abbas was related to the defense confrontation with two small aircraft. Some sources …
Retail degenerates swarm Grok begging for the next five realistic 10x stocks
Grok casually drops JOBY CRSP GTBIF IREN and SOFI like they’re easy moon tickets. Grok @grok Here are 5 stocks with credible shots at massive upside (10x is rare & high-risk, but these have catalysts): 1. JOBY – eVTOL air …
Bernie and AOC call billionaire wealth evil while that money keeps building companies and jobs
Elon Musk’s Terafab chip factory in Texas could cost up to $119 billion, filing shows. Musk, who’s also CEO of Tesla, is aiming for Terafab to be the “most epic chip-building effort ever — combining logic, memory and advanced packaging …
Intel screams along at 119x forward P/E after one blowout quarter while the rest of chips trade half that
Ride the hype if you want but when that 119x dream cracks the next bagholder massacre will be biblical for everyone who bought the fairy tale at the top.
Tehran official Rezaei rejects Washington’s entire framework
*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone IRAN REJECTS U.S. STRAIT OF HORMUZ DEAL AS ‘UNREALISTIC’ Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran will not accept a U.S. plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz unless it includes reparations for war damage. He rejected …
Zuckerberg’s massive Georgia data center sits hundreds of yards from homes and wrecks everything
Water pressure collapses sinks run dry toilets won’t refill and houses shake nonstop from the build. Power outages hammer families while the billionaire’s servers keep humming on their dime. Some people wonder why there's a growing pushback against data center …
Wall Street quietly admits hyperscaler free cash flow gets slashed by over 70 percent by end of 2026
Amazon Meta Microsoft Google earnings keep climbing on paper while real cash gets vaporized on AI buildouts. ⚠️ Private Credit woes won’t help this either… https://t.co/jjd0dvp99o — Kap (@AustrianEcon201) May 7, 2026
Tucker Carlson says the markets look fake. His conclusion is brutal: the system is rigged.
Record sentiment meets crashing consumer reality in the ultimate setup for the next rug pull. pic.twitter.com/eNuNd4sqTV — Jron (@Jron73074698) May 7, 2026 Anyone that believes consumers would get skidish after $5/gas prices should look at DoorDash and Uber Eats reports. …
UBS drops bomb that US headline CPI spikes to 4.44 percent in May on brutal 12 percent gasoline surge
UBS quietly nuked every rate cut fantasy while the suits still scream everything is fine. https://x.com/sayonarashorts/status/2052106342840815922 Oil at $100 for months quietly wrecks the global economy without ever needing to hit $200. Here’s the reality. Oil doesn’t need to go …
Hedge funds dump Magnificent 7 stocks at record speed. Burry bought more puts again yesterday, added to $SOXX $NVDA and $QQQ short position.
Wall Street quietly rotates out while Main Street FOMOs into the exact top hedge funds are fleeing. This is the exact handoff that turns yesterday’s heroes into tomorrow’s bagholders when the music finally stops. Burry bought more puts again yesterday, …
This is why Saudi Arabia is furious and forced Trump to cancel Project Freedom.
Aimen Dean @AimenDean Having spoken to a senior Saudi official about the NBC article regarding Project Freedom, I honestly think the article completely misunderstood what actually happened because it was written almost entirely from a US perspective rather than from …