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All signs point to the first double bear market in one year since the 1930s. Unforeseen by basically everyone. The criminal element can't predict their own handiwork coming undone. pic.twitter.com/YwRGWd0Nyl — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 9, 2025 How far can this go? Investors are in "all-in mode", as NYSE available cash as a percentage of market …
You have to hand it to Trump. Even after the weekend deal, tariffs are still the highest since the 1930s. But because he didn’t nuke the whole economy everything is A-OK. pic.twitter.com/7XrUOtqWsa — Peter Berezin (@PeterBerezinBCA) May 13, 2025 “.. The trade war shock is still material. .. we now estimate an effective ex-ante tariff …
The financial markets are starting to resemble the 1930s Smoot-Hawley tariff era. WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. If the markets do not change, we're in for a lot of trouble. More in my debate with UChicago Prof. Tomas Philipson on @AlArabiya_Eng: pic.twitter.com/SDuyYILkxb — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) April 12, 2025 Right now we have the highest …
Sorry folks, but even after today’s flip-flop, we’re still looking at the bigliest tariffs since the 1930s. pic.twitter.com/AZa9egjraK — Peter Berezin (@PeterBerezinBCA) April 9, 2025 Let me get this straight, every other country said they were willing to negotiate with Trump and reduce their tariffs to ZERO, so Trump put those negotiations on hold. Then …
by Michael Absolutely gigantic dust storms are “triggering massive highway pileups” in the middle of the country, virtually the entire Southwest is currently experiencing at least some level of drought, and dust storms and soil erosion are now costing our economy more than 100 billion dollars every year. If you think that what we are witnessing is “normal”, …
Daniela Cambone interviews Bert Dohmen, founder and president of Dohmen Capital Research, discussing the banking sector, China, the Fed, and the importance of having a Plan B in their recent conversation. Dohmen warns that the failure with regional banks last year was not a “one-off” situation, and he emphasizes that a “gigantic systemic meltdown” is …
via bettermarkets: Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Better Markets issued the following statement in response to the testimony of Wall Street’s CEOs today before the Senate Banking Committee. “Wall Street’s CEOs testified before the Senate Banking Committee today as if they were the chief employment and economic growth officers for the United States …
1930s soup lines soon. https://t.co/ItBI4sp9t3 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 16, 2023 Soup lines are for those who can't afford a car — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 16, 2023 Let’s go Brandon! Inflation: Could higher gas prices be good? (Latest DNC talking point: inflation is our friend)