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Latest updates at the top: FINRA has proposed eliminating the $25,000 Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule and replacing it with risk-based intraday margin requirements, potentially lowering the effective threshold for margin day trading to around $2,000. The SEC’s decision deadline is April 14–16, 2026, with the change not yet finalized or effective. US blockade of …
Latest updates at the top: After 16 years in power, Viktor Orban loses in landslide. Buzzfeed is searching for (secret) conservative women. IDF gearing up for renewed conflict with Iran according to multiple Israeli outlets including Ynet, Channel 12, and Kan This surfaces hours after Vance’s exit from Islamabad with no deal reached European officials …
Latest updates at the top: NOW – Vance on Iran: "The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement… We go back to the United States having not come to an agreement." pic.twitter.com/q62K8adOaC — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 12, 2026 Tucker suggests ‘Trump might be victim of Israeli blackmail campaign.’ US Navy destroyers USS …
Latest updates at the top: A massive fleet of empty VLCCs, that’s Very Large Crude Carriers, the giant supertankers that can haul around 2 million barrels each, is racing full speed toward the US Gulf Coast right now.pic.twitter.com/FuJ7OQSIO2 https://t.co/rZQ6OEw20b — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 10, 2026 They stall on preconditions, talks drag, and headlines flip …
Latest updates at the top: W.H.O. simulates Ebola outbreak. PLTR dropped sharply today, falling over 7–8% to around $130 after Michael Burry renewed his criticism of the stock, specifically warning that Anthropic is ‘eating Palantir’s lunch’ in the enterprise AI space. The move triggered some contagion selling across other high-valuation AI names. Half of data …
Latest updates at the top: YouTube deletes Bitcoin.com channel citing harmful and dangerous content. Only 4 ships passed thru Hormuz today — Million dollar tolls must be paid in crypto or Chinese Yuan. What occurred in Lebanon todayIsrael launched its largest single-day airstrike campaign of the current Lebanon war (codenamed "Operation Eternal Darkness" by the …
Latest updates at the top: Ayatollah orders all military units to stop launching missiles. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604080768 Gold isn’t buying the ceasefire. A 3% spike during a “de-escalation” window means the big money is still positioning for a systemic break. The dominos index closest to The Pentagon just spiked BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council formally accepted …
Latest updates at the top: Gold is fighting a “double bearish” headwind: sticky inflation keeps the Fed hawkish, while the USD is sucking all the oxygen out of the safe-haven room. Pentagon cancels scheduled press conference tomorrow ADVISOR TO IRAN’S GHALIBAF: TRUMP HAS ABOUT 20 HOURS TO EITHER SURRENDER TO IRAN OR HIS ALLIES WILL …
Latest updates at the top: IRGC: “ACCORDING TO ACCURATE REPORTS” 25 U.S. CASUALTIES International diplomacy in 2026 summed up in two sentences Trump: “Open the fucking strait you crazy bastards.” Iran: “We’ve lost the keys.” 🇺🇸🇮🇷 International diplomacy in 2026 summed up in two sentences Trump: "Open the fucking strait you crazy bastards." Iran: "We've …
So to be clear, the war began in March. And now EVERYONE knows it will escalate in April. Bulls bought the escalation dip this morning. They were worried it was the last chance to get in, and they are probably right. pic.twitter.com/l9kN19gR9f — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 2, 2026 TRUMP SIGNALS PROLONGED IRAN CONFLICT Trump’s latest …
Today global leaders are addressing their nations about heightened geopolitical tensions and critical energy and security issues. ✅President Donald Trump ✅UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer ✅ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ✅ India’s Narendra Modi chairs security meeting These corrupt leaders have CREATED the crisis. Now they’ll use it to TRY to lock us down …
Tensions in the Middle East have reached a critical level. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened major American technology and aerospace companies, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp-parent company Meta, Google and Apple, with an attack and urged the staff to evacuate their office in the region. The Iran’s multi-service primary force has said …
JP Morgan analysts mapped out how the Hormuz closure may unfold over the world. The red lines are oil from the Persian Gulf. Asia: April 1. Europe: April 10. North America: April 15. Australia: April 20. This is a game to see who blinks first. JP Morgan analysts mapped out how the Hormuz closure may …
🚨 JUST IN: In a huge win, the White House just confirmed the US trade deficit has PLUMMETED -30% with China in the past year "Our trade deficit with the rest of the world, since last April, has gone down by -17%!" 🇺🇸 The experts lose again. "The president's trade policy is… pic.twitter.com/XmeRlYg7H3 — Eric …
The 2008 parallels aren’t subtle anymore. Let me lay them out: ✓ Credit bubble reversing ✓ Shadow banks gating investor redemptions ✓ Forced asset sales to raise cash ✓ Collateral getting marked down (JP Morgan just did this) ✓ Oil shock driving prices toward $100 ✓ Central bankers focused on inflation, the wrong risk ✓ …
JUST IN – 200 US troops wounded in seven countries during Iran war: spokesman — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 16, 2026 Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & UAE. More than 200 US service members injured so far in seven countries since the start of Iran war, @ellee_watson reports. Ten are considered seriously wounded, …
Personal savings have dropped by -$469.2 billion since April, a decline of -37%. Americans have less and less cushion… pic.twitter.com/4s9DZ1IzEp — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) February 19, 2026
So every single “trade deal” he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? pic.twitter.com/VprQdlQyFN — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 26, 2026 As expected, the $350B was fake. It’s not happening. Trump is now going to tariff South Korea. Everything he does is fake. https://t.co/Xew72kw7Rt — ADAM (@AdameMedia) January …
The S&P 500 is now above 6,900 for the first time in history, adding +$18 trillion in market cap since the April 2025 bottom byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts So like 95% of real estate and 99% of energy are getting wrecked while tech carries the whole thing. Not exactly broad based strength. $SPY — StockStorm (@StockStormX) October …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21JzcHHS-QE A new memo has been unearthed, showing that the Trump Administration is preparing to mobilize National Guard troops across the nation by April 2026 to stop potential uprisings amid the nationwide No Kings protests and violent anti-ICE protests in cities like Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon. This comes after the Trump administration won a …
Trump’s approval rating on the economy is at an all time low. Worst than April 2020. pic.twitter.com/DGCbZjtyD7 — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 23, 2025 President Trump hit his lowest approval rating on the economy in a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday. Just 38 percent of respondents said they approve of the president’s handling of the …
The US now has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021. pic.twitter.com/D82jmvYP4L — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) September 3, 2025 “The number of job openings fell to 8.8 million in July, the lowest level since March 2021. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed people rose to 6.4 million.” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/01/job-openings-fall-to-lowest-level-since-2021.html Two numbers. …
Watch closely when #VIX specs short $VIX in size as the $markets are rising. Previous two episodes of large VIX selling over the past year ended with the $SPX correcting… and this time the VIX action has been extreme.h/t @themarketear pic.twitter.com/SHZw8BZPzz — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) August 27, 2025 The 2-10 curve is at its steepest …
The numbers are not adding up. In April 2025, the family of 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony raised over $500,000 through a GiveSendGo campaign. The stated purpose was legal defense. Two months later, they are asking for $1.4 million more. The new goal is posted. The explanation is vague. The court filings tell a different story. Karmelo …
April came with blood on the screen. Stocks sold off, yields surged, and the Fed kept its poker face. Retail panicked. But one group didn’t buy the dip: hedge funds. They saw the trap. Or at least they thought they did. They didn’t touch equities. Instead, they went after bonds with a vengeance. Hedge Funds …
Once again markets are celebrating a "strong" May jobs report, with 139K jobs beating estimates by 10K, while ignoring the 95K downward revisions to the prior two months. But beneath the surface, the May jobs report, which showed even slower job growth than the prior month, was… — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 6, 2025 The …
This Gold Bar he bought from Costco in April 2024 for $2,359.99 is now worth ~$3,300 pic.twitter.com/b3sPC4Xx4t — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 31, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Personal income skyrocketed by 0.8% in April which is 3x the expectation. The Trump Effect. pic.twitter.com/mUoLy8rnmF — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 30, 2025 And they were surprised about the Inflation came in cool as well.
The April 2025 breakout in US M2 supply is a macro inflection point.After a multi-year plateau and contraction, renewed expansion suggests:•Reflation bias returning•Market liquidity tailwinds•Potential policy pivot beneath the surfaceTactical exposure to real assets and… — Bladimir Ruiz (@BladimirWealth) May 27, 2025
