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Think your standard of living is not the same as it used to be? You’re right about that. Americans have lost over a third of their purchasing power in the past decade, and the biggest share of that loss happened …
Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives. — Alex Kaplan (@alexkaplan0) July 26, …
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/key-topics/margin-accounts/margin-statistics Source: https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/margin-statistics.xlsx Wut mean?: According to FINRA Rule 4521(d), FINRA member firms with customer margin accounts must report by the last business day of each month: Total debit balances in securities margin accounts. Total free credit balances …
via YAHOO: The National Council for Social Security Fund, which oversees about $417 billion according to the latest available figures, has advised asset managers that handle its money to sell some bonds including those from riskier LGFVs and private developers …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQJKDMYy9ZM A car market crash of epic proportions is already in motion, according to new data released by Manheim Market Insights and Cox Automotive. In June, car prices faced a record drop, marking the end of two years of hefty …
@DavidSacks THE AMMO SHORTAGE @MarcBodnick asks a good question: “Can’t we make more ammunition? Is this really a crisis?” According to the AP, it will take the U.S. 5 years to ramp production of 155mm artillery ammo to 85k shells …
Housing Bubble 2.0 is bursting, & the wipeout of fake “value” created by fake money is going to be epic. via dailymail.co.uk: House prices in Britain fell at the fastest annual rate in 12 years in June, latest figures show. …
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It bags a few questions. Why our military faces the biggest recruitment shortages in 50 years if it’s not for Wokeness and promoting people like Maj. Rachel Jones? pic.twitter.com/7yq5U5YXKM — I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) July 2, 2023 …
Bloomberg: American States Once Awash In Cash See Their Fortunes Suddenly Reversed California is an extreme case of a state that relies heavily on its richest residents for its tax base. But it’s not alone: revenue in 16 other states …
Members of President Biden’s family may have accepted in excess of $40 million from foreign nationals in exchange for favorable policy decisions, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer suggested Wednesday. The Kentucky Republican said that his panel has identified “six …
Did Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cut a secret deal with Communist China’s dictator Xi Jinping to cover up the role of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WVI) in genetically engineering COVID-19 in exchange for a smoothing of US-China relations? …
TLDR, FedEx would just put a new odometer in their old vans, drive it around for a little bit further, then sell the used vans at auction. via mensjournal: “When FedEx vehicles reach the end of their lifecycle they are …
via NYPOST: Sales of Bud Light suffered their steepest weekly drop yet since the beer brand launched its disastrous tie-up with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, according to the latest data. In the week ending June 17, sales of …
Our favorite restaurants are vanishing from sight as worsening economic conditions continue to squeeze U.S. businesses. With shoppers eating out less and tightening their budgets, even big names in the industry are seeing their operations rot from within. Over the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXvuWKPixeM Subway is now shuttering a huge number of stores, and new reports reveal that the mass closures have just brought the chain to its smallest size in almost two decades. The company has been struggling financially for years, and …
BREAKING: @BlackRock Recruiter Who “Decides People’s Fate” Spills Info on Company’s World Impact “It’s not who the president is- it’s who’s controlling the wallet of the president” “You got $10K? You can buy a senator" “War is real f***ing good …
25 countries, 250 aircraft and 10,000 soldiers will take part in the exercise, which has as its object the immediate response of the Alliance in the event of a crisis and the activation of Article 5 for a collective response …
via SCHIFFGOLD: A large sale by Turkey in April caused global central bank reserves to fall for the first time in over a year, even as central bank gold buying continued. Official global reserves dropped by 71 tons in April, …
Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job to demand an end to cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett. via dnyuz: Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off …
As long as they can fill in more money they won’t have to take any losses. Ohh wait, what happened to SVB. Translate for Retails… Unrealized gains or losses on investment securities refer to the changes in the value of …
