A hub for independent voices and hard truths
Real-time market analysis with charts, signals, and coverage of key financial and geopolitical developments.
Conference Board: Index inches higher to 92.8 as labor market offsets gas pain… Present Situation Index retreats as consumers feel the Middle East “pincushion”… Inflation expectations surge to 4.7% as war shocks hit the household pocketbook… Economists: “Resilience is thin” as nearly 50% expect higher rates through 2027… US consumer …
AXP is being framed as a steady compounder at a reasonable multiple, but that stability depends on more moving parts than the headline growth suggests. Earnings growth at ~14% over 1Y and 5Y, with a P/E of 19.77 and forward P/E of 16.03, is pricing continuity rather than acceleration. That …
Gasoline prices in the United States rose on Tuesday to their highest level in four years as peace talks between the United States and Iran appeared at an impasse. The average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.18, according to the AAA motor club. The price at the …
This is not a simple “bull vs bear” earnings setup It is a fight between clean-looking unit economics and fragile distribution control The bull case is built on a very tight story Fast margin expansionHigh gross profitabilityRising ARPUStrong cash positionBuyback authorization On paper, it looks like a business that has …
NO AI SLOP! The data below is accurate, and I did my own research via Google Finance. Looks like the stocks were very hot last year, but it’s cooling down a little, y’all still holding or? Ticker Company Name Market Cap YTD Performance 1-Year Performance APLD Applied Digital $9.62B +19,78% …
Iran's Foreign Minister Araqchi announced that Donald Trump has requested negotiations because the United States has not achieved any of its goals, and we are reviewing this request. https://t.co/kQeLqWJ382 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 27, 2026
So we decided to go to war with a nation that can use a choke point as a weapon… That's true, Iran has realized that the Strait of Hormuz is no less powerful than a Nuclear weapon for them. pic.twitter.com/iuNssClZrT — BhaIndiStani (@BhaIndiStani) April 27, 2026
NYC is pushing a bill called the Delivery Protection Act that would basically kill Amazons cheap free delivery model. It forces Amazon to hire all their last mile delivery drivers and warehouse workers directly instead of using contractors. That means way higher costs for Amazon so free or fast delivery …
via Will Schryver They will blow the whole wad on one last attempt to turn the tide of affairs. I believe there is a coalescing faction in Washington that is pushing to get out of this war without further delay. Militarily, it is a lost cause. Yes, I understand how many …
Iran offers to end maritime blockade in exchange for immediate halt to US strikes… Trump: “The offer is better, but not good enough”—demands total nuclear surrender… Brent Crude whipsaws as physical markets remain skeptical of “voluntary” reopening… US Amphibious Assault units reportedly reinforcing for potential Kharg Island invasion… Iran Foreign …
China orders Mark Zuckerberg to “disentangle” from Singaporean AI startup… Founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao barred from leaving China during probe… NDRC: “Homegrown innovation cannot be sold to geopolitical rivals”… Major Silicon Valley investors caught in $2.5 billion legal and financial trap… China gives Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta deadline to …
Tech titans Elon Musk and Sam Altman head to court in trial over OpenAI: What to know. Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI claims that the company violated its founding mission as a nonprofit to develop AI for the benefit of humanity by creating a for-profit entity in 2019. His suit seeks …
United Arab Emirates officially withdraws from OPEC after 59 years… Decision follows brutal Saudi UAE rift over Yemen and production quotas… Move shatters the “Unified Front” against the US Israeli naval blockade… Brent Crude surges 4% as “OPEC discipline” evaporates in the middle of a war… 🚨 BREAKING 🇦🇪 UAE …
This proves OpenAI is sprinting straight into a cash crunch and the IPO will be the biggest bag dump of the decade on retail. OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO OpenAI recently missed its own targets for new users and revenue, stumbles that have raised …
What it's like to be an oil&gas analyst these days byu/redditor3000 inwallstreetbets
The CFO news is the absolute center of the storm this morning.. Where is the green? Nevermind we have a party pooper – OpenAI pic.twitter.com/nBfTrKsxi9 — Avg Gal | Stocks & Life 🌱 (@theaveragegal__) April 28, 2026 Sarah Friar just pulled the fire alarm: she’s privately warning that the $600 …
The guy who tried to turn the media gala into a massacre is staying behind bars for now.. Cole Tomas Allen didn’t enter a plea.. instead he bragged about his master’s degree in computer science while US Marshals held him down.. The Feds are saying he sprinted past the first …
THIS LOOKS FINE ON THE SURFACE But the reaction tells you something is off. Spotify beats EPS.Revenue lands exactly in line.Users are still growing. And yet the market is not impressed. So what is actually going on here? Start with the obvious question most people skip:If everything is “solid,” why …
Florida LambdaRail partnership creates 100-mile quantum fiber backbone… Infrastructure designed to protect state data from “future” quantum computer attacks… First-of-its-kind US rollout signals beginning of the “Post-RSA” security era… DeSantis: “Florida will be the lead lab for the next generation of digital defense”… https://quantumcomputingreport.com/ionq-and-florida-lambdarail-launch-u-s-statewide-quantum-safe-network/ MIAMI, FL — April 27, 2026 …
By Peter Reagan Your News to Know: The gold disconnect no one’s talking about Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the overall economy. This week, we’ll cover: Central banks in developing economies are rapidly increasing gold reserves A major European platform quietly …
One of the fastest technical bounces in history leaves bears in the dust… Forward 12-month earnings growth hits 25% as “AI capex” ignores Gulf war… Morgan Stanley: “The market waits for no one once it decides to move”… Median company earnings join double-digit surge; small-caps finally catch a bid… https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/podcasts/thoughts-on-the-market/us-stock-market-remaining-bullish-mike-wilson
NEW: Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue — Tom's Hardware — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 27, 2026 View post on imgur.com https://t.co/ofucbVgkLV — JER (@lifeof_jer) April 25, 2026 The founder of PocketOS …
by Michael They aren’t telling you the truth about what is coming. Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tomorrow, and there is no way that is going to happen, oil production will not return to pre-war levels for years. In other words, we are facing an extended global energy …
“Gotcha headline with no supporting data” 🙄 Here’s Redfin’s “record rate” – a total of an entire 10 year study. Super. No doubt prices are coming off, but cmon man …. This is just lazy. pic.twitter.com/1oZkLd8EhG — Matt Carrell (@MatthewCarrell) April 28, 2026 Worst March numbers in 10 years. pic.twitter.com/AP94gn2OK8 …
One of these is not like the rest. Almost unbelievable to see the VIX declining amidst every other commodity booming and so much uncertainty in global trade. Do you guys think any developments here could cause a serious VIX spike? h/t North_Teacher_7522
via cookingboy “We all remember how the U.S. tech stocks took a dump last year when DeepSeek R1 was released. Looking back we all realized it was a gross over reaction. And the fear that AI tech stack will move away from U.S. companies seems to be unfounded. DeepSeek was …
by dominiond66 Just look at the financial facts. Last year Corporate America had RECORD Profits. Total of $3.4 Trillion! So much profit, they did not know what to do with it, so they bought back their stock at RECORD levels. $1.2 Trillion last year! Clearly, they got so much money …
1.5 million Californians just signed a petition to tax the state's 200 billionaires 5%.. one time.. to fund hospitals, schools and food programs.. they needed 875,000 signatures.. they got nearly double.. and California's own governor is fighting against it.. the billionaires… https://t.co/feNGqbxb7x pic.twitter.com/CK657jI9b3 — Tuki (@TukiFromKL) April 27, 2026 Just …
Is a Private-Credit Crisis Imminent? The rapid expansion of opaque and minimally regulated lending outside the traditional banking system over the past 15 years largely flew—as intended—under regulators’ radar. Now, however, signs of trouble in shadow banking are multiplying, with rising redemptions and notable fund failures stoking fears of a …
