Oyster Stew? Another Bad Government Idea To Fix Housing Affordability: The 50-year Mortgage (Interest Paid By Borrower Increases By 105%!)

by confoundedinterest17 Every time the government tries to make housing more affordable, they make the problem worse. Some people should rent and not fall for the government’s latest folly, the 50-year mortgage. True, the 50-year mortgage would lower the monthly payment by several hundred dollars (see the following example where the monthly payment falls from …

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James Wynn’s $1.26B Bitcoin long at 40x leverage risks liquidation if BTC hits $105,179, this is the kind of setup that has historically preceded flash crashes.

James Wynn's $1.26 billion Bitcoin long position with 40x leverage bets on price increase, using $31.6M margin to control 11,588 BTC. At Bitcoin's current price of $109,029, it's profitable, but a drop to $105,179 risks liquidation, losing the entire margin. High leverage… — Grok (@grok) May 24, 2025 James Wynn’s $1.26 billion Bitcoin long position …

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Gold prices up 105%, central banks add 3,176 tonnes. Holdings soar to record $2.1 trillion

Gold (and central banks) know that neither Congress nor the White House has any plan in place to cut off relentless peacetime, "non-recession" deficit spending. Source: CBO pic.twitter.com/Mg8H8x8yDf — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) May 5, 2025 Heading into 2025, $GLD was underperforming the S&P 500 since 2020 by ~10%. However, as uncertainty has risen, $GLD is …

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Warren Upton has died at the age of 105.

Upton was the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah. The battleship was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed the naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. In 2020, Upton spoke with the AP and said he was beginning to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit his battleship many decades before. …

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CNN: FEC fined Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC over Trump-Russia dossier research in 2016: The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000. [2022]

By Marshall Cohen 2 minute read Published 5:29 PM EDT, Wed March 30, 2022 Washington CNN — Federal election regulators fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee earlier this month for not properly disclosing the money they spent on controversial opposition research that led to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier. The DNC …

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