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Female student killed, 4 others shot at Brownsville pre-prom gathering Story by Karen Bray Davis MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A high school student has died after a shooting at a pre-prom gathering in Brownsville that left four other people injured Friday evening, according to officials. Police said the shooting happened at Webb Banks Passive Park while …
via Many_Ebb7816 There’s a house two streets from me that’s been sitting as a bank-owned REO since February- listed at $265k, probably worth $210k in current condition, and getting worse every month it sits. I know for a fact they’ve had offers. Reasonable ones. Rejected every single one. Had an auction in April, nobody met …
Food banks in multiple states reported record demand in April as more families struggled with high grocery prices. Several large networks said they distributed 20-30 percent more food than the same period last year. Many working families who never used food assistance before are now showing up. Donations are struggling to keep pace with the …
JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley spent six months begging buyers for AI construction loans.
Most people know the 2008 crash happened. Very few know who designed the response. Henry Paulson was the US Treasury Secretary in 2008. He was the man who went to Congress and demanded 700 billion dollars of taxpayer money to bail out the banks. Before becoming Treasury Secretary — Paulson was the CEO of Goldman …
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 restricts access to gold-linked assets …
Foreign Private Investors now own more U.S. Treasuries than Foreign Central Banks for the first time in history byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts 🇺🇸 Foreigners dumped ANOTHER $200 BILLION into U.S. Treasuries in February, a new ALL-TIME RECORD at $9.49 TRILLION Japan +$14B, UK +$17B, stacking hard. China barely touched theirs. The world’s still obsessed with American debt. …
Central banks grabbing the most gold this century is the biggest quiet middle finger to the dollar system we have seen in years. Global Central Banks now own the most Gold this century byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts The global debt crisis is set to get even worse: Total sovereign and corporate bond issuance is estimated to rise …
🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷 The US threatens to sanction Chinese banks for buying Iranian oil pic.twitter.com/WAxW3wrbKn — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) April 15, 2026 NOW – Scott Bessent: "Two Chinese banks received letters from the U.S. Treasury… If we can prove that there is Iranian money flowing through your accounts then we are willing to put on secondary …
By weaponizing the USD and SWIFT and terrorizing banks all over the world he is just accelerating the demise of the US dollar as reserve currency. He made his money, with George Soros, destroying the Japanese Yen and then the British Pound. Is the US dollar his next victim? — Ignatius van Zyl (@naasvzyl) April …
via WSB: everyone is talking about the iran war and trump’s tariffs, but i wanted to see which companies are actually panicking in their official sec filings. i spent my entire weekend digging through the “risk factors” section of the 2 most recent 10-Ks for 98 s&p 500 companies. i looked for 8 specific themes: …
Foreign central banks sell Treasuries Foreign central banks have slashed their holdings of Treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve to the lowest level since 2012, as countries sell the US government bonds to prop up their economies and currencies in the wake of the Iran war. The value of Treasuries held in custody at …
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 ✓ …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought some bad news for the central banking fraternity and sorority. It comes from a land down under so let us take a look. At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.10 per cent. That is from the Reserve Bank of Australia …
Median family income in the US increased from $10,000 in 1971 to $106,000 today, a 10x increase. However, the median cost of homes increased from $25,000 to $445,000, a 17x increase. And the median cost of cars increased from $3,600 to $50,000, a 14x increase. The median cost of college increased from $2,900 a year …
Fund Seen As ‘First Domino In Private Credit Bank Run’ Hit With Over 7% In Redemptions: THE AVALANCHE IS NEXT! *MORGAN STANLEY LIMITS REDEMPTIONS ON PRIVATE CREDIT FUND — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 11, 2026 this is a disaster *CLIFFWATER $33 BLN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND Q1 REDEMPTIONS REACH 14% And Cliffwater is interval, meaning it is …
THE WAR JUST MOVED INTO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM: Iran just told everyone in the region to stay 1 kilometer away from US and Israeli banks and financial centers. This came after the US and Israel struck Iranian banks overnight. Iran’s response: US and Israeli banks “should wait for our painful response.” Think about what this …
This conflict is crossing new lines almost every week. First the targets were military bases. Then senior leadership. Then oil infrastructure. Then desalination plants that provide water to millions. Now the war is moving directly into the financial system. According to reports circulating overnight, the United States and Israel struck Iranian banking institutions, an escalation …
President Donald Trump, as of March 2026, has pressured the banking industry to stop hindering cryptocurrency legislation, urging Wall Street to cooperate with the digital asset sector. He has stated that banks must accept a “Crypto Agenda,” aiming to finalize legislation like The Clarity Act to prevent digital asset innovation from moving to other countries.
via KEVIN Via several Michael Howell videos I explained that the money supply is the main driver of inflation and asset markets – so its a lot more complicated than “inflation is up, so rates must go up – central banks will try and reduce the money supply by making loans more expensive”.The money supply …
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. financial services industry is on heightened alert for potential cyberattacks amid the unfolding U.S. war in Iran, with firms stepping up monitoring for threats that often rise during periods of geopolitical conflict, said executives and analysts. The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last weekend in an …
Dalilah’s Law, a commercial driver’s license-related bill spoken about at length by President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, was recently introduced by U.S. Senator Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana. The bill, introduced on Wednesday by Banks, prohibits states from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to individuals who are not citizens or …
REPORT: Trump admin considers requiring banks to verify citizenship information. — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) February 24, 2026 The Trump administration is mulling an executive order or a different action that would have banks collecting citizenship information from their customers, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Treasury Department officials have discussed steps …
Something massive is happening in the global financial system right now, and most people aren’t paying attention. The US dollar is quietly losing its strength, gold just surpassed $5,000 an ounce, silver broke through $100, and central banks around the world are making unprecedented moves to distance themselves from fiat currencies. In this video, we …
CONSUMER CREDIT CRISIS HIDING BEHIND MODIFICATIONS? THIS WILL LEAD INTO HOUSINGDelinquencies highest since '17. Student debt vertical. SLM masks with $1B "rescue" that failed. Structural rot or elite denial? You decide. $SLM $TLT Full expose: https://t.co/Jk0TkOddWi pic.twitter.com/IGBrQiR1i3 — 7 (@quantLR) February 12, 2026 How is this possible? The Dow is over 50,000 right now https://t.co/UxDtEUQJwk …
Seriously, it’s ugly, and we’re the ones paying. This is not good… It’s very very bad pic.twitter.com/coBViTkxQL — Dr Danish (@operationdanish) February 9, 2026 Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has said that President Trump’s policies could spark “capital wars,” with countries and investors pulling back from U.S. assets, per BI — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 9, 2026 …
European banks were asked what they thought about corporate credit opportunities in the coming year given that most officials, anyway, in Europe believe everything is picking up. As Christine Lagarde, head of the ECB, is so fond of saying, Europe, European interest rate policy, inflation, the economy, everything is in a good place. Except, the …
via Phoenix Capital Research There are rumors that the crash in precious metals has rendered several financial firms “insolvent.” The reality is that while stocks have hit new all-time highs, things have been troubling for the banks/ financial firms “behind the scenes” for months now. Indeed, it is striking how few investors are aware of …
Four oceanfront homes in the Outer Banks in North Carolina have collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean after the Carolinas and Virginia were hit by a powerful nor’easter. The storm brought “heavy snow, powerful wind gusts, and even blowing sand along parts of the coastline,” Tyler Roys, AccuWeather senior meteorologist, tells Realtor.com®. As much as 18 …
And so it begins. View post on imgur.com Off to a great start so far! pic.twitter.com/FopdrjKd8J — ChrisNuke (@ChrisNuke69) January 31, 2026 They dumped 2.75 billion ounces of paper silver (maybe more) in less than 48 hours. That's equivalent to about 3 years' worth of silver production sold off in 2 days. IMO it's fraud. …