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A number of economic indicators associated with forecasting recessions are currently reporting warning signals. The Game of Trades investment research platform, pointed out the presence of serious difficulties in the labor market, where the pace of job cuts is accelerating aggressively. Historically, since 1995, such trends have preceded recessions. Recent indications show that annual permanent job losses …
Renewable energy efforts in the northeastern U.S. are facing significant hurdles. Inflation and disruptions in the supply chain are forcing developers to delay or even scrap plans for offshore wind farms. These challenges are putting a major dent in the Biden administration’s vision to expand wind technologies. Renewable energy efforts in the northeastern U.S. are …
This week, we learned: • The United States plans to issue a bond backed by profits from frozen Russian assets. • Russia has seized €700 million of assets from three Western banks. • Russia and Iran are collaborating on creating a single BRICS currency. • Putin and Xi… pic.twitter.com/LqrXx9VMXv — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) May …
NYC has a serious garbage problem, and there were over 40k rodent sightings last year…. yet nobody seems to have any good solutions to this issue.
ATikTok user who goes by the name Blaisey Arnold says she has two massive car payments every month: one for her Chevy Tahoe SUV, which she financed for $84,000 at a 10% interest rate, and the other for her husband’s GMC Sierra 1500 AT4 pickup truck, financed for $78,000 at 14%. The monthly payment on …
Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe, but rise in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe Vivek Murthy: the US surgeon general highlighting unhappiness ‘You have to stand out’: six Dagenham teenagers on their future prospects Young people are becoming less happy than older generations as they suffer “the equivalent of …
By Martin Armstrong The US border crisis is slowly, very slowly, becoming a bipartisan issue for the government. Blue cities and states have pleaded for help in recent months as crime rises and their budgets implode. Still, the majority of Democrats have not broken rank with their party regarding the border crisis. The House recently …
JUST IN: #Bitcoin surpasses silver to become the 8th largest asset in the world. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 11, 2024 Hedge Fund equity long exposure is at 5-year highs according to Goldman Sachs 👀 pic.twitter.com/4DG9YVzjMq — Barchart (@Barchart) March 11, 2024
The speed at which Mad Max is becoming reality is astonishing — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2024 How imma doing so far? pic.twitter.com/dAmaHpBsxR — Richard Nixon (@TheGoldWindow) February 25, 2024 Sheriff warns: Progressive agenda vilifies law enforcement, making criminals victims; California faces severe public safety issues. Sheriff: “California public safety is in crisis…This is …
Celente, a heterodox thinker whose vast body of work includes predicting, among other things, the Great Recession, likens the contemporary financial system to the plantation economy, only circumstances are far more propitious for today’s plantation owners because they don’t lodge and feed their serfs. “You get a job at Walmart or Amazon or Home Depot …
by Michael In “The Wizard of Oz”, at one point Dorothy tells her dog that she has “a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore”. She had been dropped in a strange new world that was crazier than anything she had ever imagined. Needless to say, many of us feel the exact same way. We’re not …
Chery Industrial Expandable Prefab House 19ft x 20ft,Exquisitely Designed Modern Villa Prefab House for Live,Work: With homeownership being far out of reach for most millennials and Gen Zs due to inflated asking prices, astronomical interest rates and crushing student loan debts, twenty- and thirty-somethings are getting creative about buying abodes. So, rather than scrimping and …
Overnight, Bitcoins got spanked. In the lower pane we see that Bitcoin became overbought at +20% above the 50 dma. Each time that has happened, it pulled back below the 50 dma, on average -10%. Which implies a -30% decline at minimum. pic.twitter.com/xNRCilkele — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 11, 2023
via theguardian: A teenager from California’s Central Valley has become the youngest person to ever pass the state’s bar exam and is now working as a practicing attorney. The Tulare county district attorney’s office announced this week that Peter Park learned last month at 17 that he had passed the “rigorous exam” on his first …
by Michael In recent months, a number of high profile individuals have made headlines by deciding to give their lives to Christ. So exactly what in the world is going on here? Is this the beginning of a new trend? Ultimately, I believe that these high profile conversions to Christianity are just a very small …
The economy is doing great! You mouth-breathing peasants are just too stupid to notice. As economic woes deepen, recent indicators point to a stark reality. Holiday retail hiring has plummeted to its lowest point in half a decade, sounding an alarming note for the economy. Simultaneously, real median household income in the U.S. is experiencing …
https://t.co/nitFT7Q6jV — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 14, 2023
The Bear Market never ended. The end of this bear market rally is rapidly approaching……. https://t.co/kf0JCvL7XA — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 5, 2023 G, we already there… Long-duration US TSY bonds have now lost more in % terms than stocks did during the GFC in 2008-2009 The drawdown in Vanguard Ext Duration Treasury ETF …
Target is one of the many retail names facing increasing theft. Walmart recently said they are considering raising prices and shutting stores due to theft. What's the solution to this quickly developing crisis? Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 4, 2023 Now supermarket slaps security …
This week, the Fed made it clear that they want core inflation down to 2% and that is not changing. Meanwhile, supply-side inflation remains a major issue for the Fed. Higher rates have become the new normal. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) September 22, 2023
Record-High Household Debt: The fact that household debt in the U.S. has reached $17.1 trillion is alarming. High levels of household debt can strain individuals and families, making it difficult for them to manage their finances and save for the future. Mortgage Debt: The record $12.0 trillion in mortgage debt indicates a growing burden on …
by Michael America’s middle class is being systematically eviscerated. When the Federal Reserve pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system during the pandemic, most Americans didn’t realize what that would do to them. That money certainly made the wealthy a whole lot wealthier, but it also dramatically increased the cost of living for the …
by Chris Black It’s somewhat comforting that the rich can’t even have nice things anymore. They made these decisions for all of us, and it’s good they have to deal with at least some of the consequences. Of course, they don’t have to deal with the main consequences, as their homes are still safe, which …
https://t.co/DQ8EbFoijM — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 5, 2023 It’ll spread like wildfire, just how Fortune 500s all went woke at the same exact time. INFLATION: the more Wall Street begs for the "Fed to be done" (using Labor data as their excuse), the higher Commodities and Real World Inflation goes… CRB Commodities Index inflated …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-04/jpmorgan-s-matejka-says-us-stock-market-complacency-is-worrying?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg Note: this is why i am currently seeking cheap valued resilient dividend yielding european stocks. h/t gewur33
As I have predicted for many months, the closer we get to the start of US Election season, the louder the din to freeze the Ukrainian Conflict becomes. It wasn’t supposed to be this way, cutting Russia off from SWIFT was supposed to cause Russia to just roll over and die, tcollapsing into chaos and …
by Exotic-Indication419 Ok so here it goes. Expedia draws and attains customers by finding the lowest priced discounts for hotels, flights, rentals and such. The fact that this is sought after and convenient to use creates the industry of an online travel agent. Expedia was extremely successful as the first and best performing online travel …
“Bewildering” and “terrifying” is how some people are describing their sudden allergic reaction to their favorite red meat. What Causes Someone To Be Allergic To Red Meat? According to the Associated Press, as many as 450,000 Americans are now believed to have developed a red meat allergy after they were bitten by ticks. The Mayo Clinic …
George Carlin: “They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it.” The American Dream is alive and well for most, but the younger generation and less educated do not share such optimism, according to a new poll conducted by NORC – University of Chicago. In a survey of …
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