Auto repossession spikes, with small dealerships folding and bankruptcies rising. 2025 could be tough for CREs and the auto sector.

Auto repossession is on the rise again, and it’s becoming a real issue. Small dealerships are struggling, with many going bankrupt, and the situation could get worse in 2025. Repossessions are spiking, though detailed data is hard to come by, especially since the last available numbers are from December 2022. …

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Top Transit Credit Cards for 2025

1. Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express This card offers 3% cash back on transit including parking, tolls, trains, buses, taxis, subways, ferries, and rideshare services. It also provides 6% cash back at U.S. supermarkets on up to $6,000 per year in purchases and 6% cash back on select …

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Are Return Expectations For 2025 Too High?

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In a recent post, I discussed Wall Street’s return estimates for 2025 for the S&P 500 index. To wit: “We have some early indications of Wall Street targets for the S&P 500 index, and, as is always the case, they are optimistic for the coming …

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Klaus Schwab opens 2025 WEF Davos meeting

Synopsis We are on the brink of “ The Intelligent Age” Everyone needs to be on board. 2 of the 4 biggest threats facing humanity is extreme weather and misinformation. Welcoming Remarks and Special Address with @keller_sutter, Klaus Schwab, @borgebrende #wef25 https://t.co/BIZVEiAw7M — World Economic Forum (@wef) January 21, 2025 …

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“If liquidity goes down at all in 2025, markets will crash.”… “There is one of the greatest global refinancing needs we’ve ever seen (in 2025).”

"If liquidity goes down at all in 2025, markets will crash." "There is one of the greatest global refinancing needs we've ever seen (in 2025)."https://t.co/RhEWHGaktg https://t.co/loBTMTxtqp pic.twitter.com/C6vA0uhbMW — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 16, 2025 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1879829865047949643

We are currently in the ‘Anxiety’ stage. The great bear market began in early 2025.

I believe we are currently in the ‘Anxiety’ stage. The great bear market has begun at the start of 2025 🐻 byu/Fun_Slip_4350 inWallStreetbetsELITE Stock market facing poor breadth, overvaluation, rising interest rates, trade war risks, and problems with Apple & Nvidia. The stock market is suffering from horrible breadth, massive …

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Frustrated workers poised for mass resignation in 2025.

The year 2025 could be marked by a significant shift in the workforce, as a wave of “revenge quitting” is expected to sweep through various industries. This trend, born from years of frustration, disengagement, and dissatisfaction with current job roles, finds workers ready to leave their positions en masse once …

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Just watched John Wick 4, did a quick search to see if they are making a 5th one. This is the abysmal state of Google and the internet as we go into 2025.

by KnightTrain Search anything remotely popular and you’re immediately thrown into this hellscape. I miss the days when a lack of information meant a lack of search results. Mark Zuckerberg plans to flood Facebook with millions of fake AI users to interact with real users in 2025. Is Facebook dead? 😂 …

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S&P 500’s best two-year gain since 1998 ends with a historic losing streak. 2025 could see a historic collapse, with a potential 40-60% decline.

The S&P 500 closed 2024 with its best two-year gain since the dot-com bubble years of 1997 and 1998. Yet it ended the year with four consecutive daily losses, a year-end losing streak that hasn't happened since 1966, the year stocks peaked before entering a 16-year bear market. — Peter …

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A Perfect Storm Is Brewing for 2025.

China 10 yr continues to fall. Looks like 1% in acting as a magnet. It’s now firmly below 1.7%. At what yield will the Japanese 10 yr be higher than its Chinese counter part. Historic times. 👇 pic.twitter.com/R3CMPavOwn — James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) December 31, 2024

Russia’s Glorious New First Electric Car Is a “Tesla Killer”, Set To Begin Production in 2025. But It Looks Like a Washing Machine.

The local industry is struggling to fill the void left by the Western car manufacturers. Therefore, in a land where emissions restrictions are close to zero, there is one carmaker that is trying to look environmentally conscious. And that is Avtotor, which has been revealed as the country’s first electric …

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Odds rising on a recession as defaults soar 50%. Complacent gamblers are going to party hard tomorrow and enter 2025 with a hangover.

Another Biden Miracle: Odds rising on a recession as defaults soar 50% 🤯 https://t.co/h4xXSsJVzE — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) December 30, 2024 Volatility-based breakout signals risk-off scenario, reminiscent of COVID-19 and 2008 crises. A breakout pattern based on volatility has just triggered a warning signal similar to the one …

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#GOLD confirms bullish breakout, retests $2,550 neckline, signaling potential energy buildup for next move. 2025 going to be stagflation innit

#GOLD has confirmed a bullish breakout from an inverse head & shoulders pattern, followed by a successful retest of the neckline near $2,550. Current consolidation signals a build of potential energy for the next move. pic.twitter.com/F511TAvvYP — Gold Predictors (@GoldPredictors) December 30, 2024 #Gold monthly chart highlights the significance of …

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