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It’s Going Down! Explosions Rock Iran’s Coast; Trump Vows to “Finish Them”, UFO Disclosure Speech
Another US Strike Wave On Iran Commences: Reports After 11pm Tehran time, there are fresh reports of explosions across multiple locations along Iran’s coast, coming from several regional sources: Explosions heard in Bandar Abbas and Sirik in the south of the country Explosions heard in several areas of Hormozgan, Al Jazeera reports; Air defenses activated …
TRUMP: IRAN CALLED A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL
Is call a euphemism for bombs? Because they are literally this moment still bombing the gulf countries. pic.twitter.com/H8F1SbQDHV — Michael Bento (@MichaelPBento) July 9, 2026
The Price Of Oil Skyrockets And Stock Prices Crash After Trump Declares That The Ceasefire With Iran Is Over
by Michael A lot can happen in 48 hours. Just two days ago, things were relatively calm in the Middle East and global financial markets were humming along. But now everything has changed. Just like that, the ceasefire is over, the price of oil is soaring and stock prices are plummeting. It appears that all-out …
SK Hynix US Offering Is More Than 7 Times Oversubscribed – Bloomberg
SK Hynix US Offering Is More Than 7 Times Oversubscribed – Bloomberg Bloomberg reported that SK Hynix Inc.’s US listing is more than seven times oversubscribed, according to people familiar with the matter, as the South Korean memory chipmaker prepares to price its offering Thursday. The sale of 177.9 million American depositary receipts has attracted …
US diesel futures post biggest daily gains in four years after Russia bans exports
NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters) – U.S. diesel futures were set for their biggest daily gains in four years on Wednesday after Russia announced a ban on exports of the industrial fuel, supercharging supply concerns in a market grappling with uncertainty about Middle Eastern oil flows. The ultra-low sulfur diesel futures benchmark on the New …
Hate to break it to you, your home is WILDLY overpriced
Hate to break it to you, your home is WILDLY overpriced pic.twitter.com/D82Rxm6uZ5 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 7, 2026 Every 1% increase in mortgage rates cuts buying power by ~10%. 3% mortgage → $1,600/mo 8% mortgage → $2,900/mo That’s a 74% payment increase. Incomes didn’t rise 74%. That’s why housing affordability collapsed. — Jon Brooks …
‘God I hope this is the end of $META. Facebook destroyed this country.’
Agreed. Destroyed not this country only but many across the globe. Destroyed great % of youth population — Mohsin Ali (@3Ddyali) July 7, 2026 META COULD LOSE $1.4 TRILLION. Meta is facing a lawsuit that could become the largest corporate penalty in history, an amount nearly equal to its entire market value of $1.5 trillion. …
Trump confused Iran with Japan calling it the “Islamic Republic of Japan” then confused Zelenskyy who is sitting next to him with Putin calling him “President Putin”
Trump confused Iran with Japan calling it the “Islamic Republic of Japan” then confused Zelenskyy who is sitting next to him with Putin calling him “President Putin” byu/Jevus_himself inPublicFreakout
Trump stirring Iran stuff to shake out the market and set up a bigger rally. Nvidia $NVDA looks ready for a technical bounce, along with all the others.
Expect chop then higher moves if the dip plays out as planned. Trump is doing this for one reason and one reason only: Markets have stalled at these levels, the AI trade is getting deleveraged. Put/Call ratio is at record lows = Nobody is short. He needs a dip and ensuing VIX spike in order …
‘Anthropic and Open AI should not be allowed to go public.’
Ed Zitron, CEO at EZ Primary Research, said that the risk of balancing the equity market on record public offerings for AI companies that have never reported profit is a dangerous proposition and that those companies should not be allowed to IPO. Zitron, an AI skeptic, said that many of these companies will not last …
Indian born leaders run big US tech firms and take jobs from Americans
Satya Nadella at Microsoft, Sundar Pichai at Google and others born in India now run major firms. Companies move engineering and support roles overseas to cut costs. H-1B visas bring in foreign workers often at lower wages than US talent. Recent layoffs at Microsoft and Xbox paired with new visa filings fuel replacement claims. Without …
US oil reserve at 43 year low, Trump ends Iran ceasefire and oil spikes
Buffer used to cushion war driven prices is nearly exhausted. “BREAKING: The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve just hit its lowest level since 1983. Crude oil stocks fell to 319.5 million barrels, down 6.2 million barrels in a single week. And the timing could not be worse. Every time oil prices spiked since the Iran war …
Wall Street finally likes Chipotle after the stock got cut in half
This is how the game usually works. Nobody wanted to chase Chipotle near the highs. Now the stock is down roughly 46%, and suddenly it’s a “rare valuation opportunity.” JPMorgan just upgraded the stock to overweight. The timing is interesting. Chipotle spent four straight quarters losing customer traffic. It posted its first annual same store …
Apple announces chip deal with Broadcom worth more than $30 billion
Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday announced it has entered into a chip deal valued at more than $30 billion with Broadcom (AVGO). Under the terms of the deal, Broadcom will design and produce “custom silicon components and cutting-edge wireless connectivity technologies” for Apple products. The news comes after Broadcom filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange …
Your car is being logged every time it passes one of these cameras
Flock cameras scan up 20 billion plates a month. Tell me again how this isn’t a nationwide tracking system. Answer the questions @glangley 🤌 pic.twitter.com/oeqWHrnBic — Jason Bassler (@JasonBassler1) July 7, 2026 I think a lot of people still believe these cameras just catch stolen cars. That’s only part of the story. Flock Safety has …
Trump says we already have Iran’s nuclear materials.
Trump on Iran: "We've already got the nuclear material" pic.twitter.com/5YEiWp3TXu — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2026 I’m confused. Also today: Trump: Any time we hit Iran, oil goes up a little bit. It's all right. We're de-nuking it. We're de-nuking Iran. pic.twitter.com/Yva8TBkzJm — FactPost (@factpostnews) July 8, 2026 AC
NYC rent controls pit neighbors against each other and destroy housing supply
Bill Ackman @BillAckman How to destroy a city. Win an election by promising half the tenants frozen rents paid for by increased rents on the rest of the city’s tenants who often live in the same buildings with their subsidized neighbors. Pit neighbor against neighbor. Create a city hostile to developers of apartments eliminating the …
The government just spent $1.5 billion buying two private detention centers
This isn’t another contract. The government bought the facilities. CoreCivic sold two of its biggest California detention centers to the Department of Homeland Security for $1.5 billion in cash. That number caught my attention. Washington didn’t lease more space. It bought the infrastructure. The facilities were already being used for immigration detention. Now DHS owns …
Why are Western political classes ignoring the rise in debt costs?
via notayesmanseconomics One of my main themes is that the western political structure seems unable to wean itself off a policy of fiscal stimulus and largesse.There were the extraordinary spending efforts in the Covid pandemic which you might reasonably think would be followed by some retrenchment. But that has not happened and we have seen …
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is offering 1.5% loans
This caught my eye for one reason. Who still gets to borrow money at 1.5% today? The NCUA is offering $13 million in low interest loans to low income designated credit unions. Each institution can borrow up to $500,000. The money is supposed to help pay for new products and office expansions. Applications are already …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to let Americans use their phone or laptop camera to capture passport photos from home
Your next passport photo could be taken in your living room. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to let Americans use their phone or laptop camera to capture passport photos from home instead of visiting CVS, Walgreens, or another photo service. The State Department says the images would be verified in real time using …
Wow. For the first time I have ever seen, 200/200 of the largest insider trades over the week were all SELLS. This is absolutely not normal.
Wow. For the first time I have ever seen, 200/200 of the largest insider trades over the week were all SELLS. This is absolutely not normal. pic.twitter.com/SA7vE3JxWe — Kevin Malone (@Malone_Wealth) July 8, 2026 It can't be a coincidence, the day after every American is encouraged to buy stocks the entire market begins its downturn. …
America’s Credibility Problem Isn’t Just Financial
via gainspainscapital The U.S. is looking poorly on the global stage. For one thing, the debacle in Iran is dragging on far too long. Iran’s military capabilities are nowhere near the level of the U.S. And while the U.S. has crippled Iran’s navy, air force, and most of its missile defense systems, the latter nation …
Germany is seeing features of a Japan style lost decade
via notayesmanseconomics The economic problems of Germany have been an issue for some years now. Regular readers will recall the period around 2018 when notable downwards revisions to the economic growth or GDP numbers rather changed the mood. Things went from being part of what was considered to be the Euro Boom at the time …
If you think this is a “physical” job your a moron.
If you think physical jobs are safe from AI, you're a moron pic.twitter.com/ryfA7tUIg4 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 8, 2026 It'll be a while before robots can pull this off. pic.twitter.com/Cr66U6MX65 — Kaleb (@scaasibelak) July 8, 2026
“This Is Punishment” – Does The Massive Wave Of U.S. Airstrikes In Iran Mean That The Next Chapter Of World War III Has Begun?
by Michael As I write this article, large explosions are being reported all over Iran. Does this mean that the “Memorandum of Understanding” is doomed? Iran made a very foolish move when it decided to start attacking commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz again. It was inevitable that the U.S. would respond militarily, and this time …
Subsidies make things expensive, neglect makes them cheap
Healthcare, college tuition, and childcare prices exploded with heavy government involvement. TVs, smartphones, and clothing prices collapsed through market competition. Subsidies create donor lobbies that push costs higher. Neglected sectors face real competition and innovation pressure. Pattern holds across decades of data on price changes. Everything government subsidizes gets expensive, from medical to college to …
The Pentagon is spending millions to make sure it never runs short of munitions again
This isn’t about one chemical plant. It’s about what the Pentagon thinks it may need for years to come. Alzchem Group AG is building a $150 million nitroguanidine plant in Bushy Park, South Carolina. Nitroguanidine isn’t a household name. But it is a critical ingredient for modern military propellants. No propellant. No steady flow of …