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Japan’s Finance Minister just signaled a massive $900 billion repatriation of U.S. assets back to Japan. This aggressive move could trigger a simultaneous collapse in the U.S. Dollar, the stock market, and the bond market.
One thing immediately stood out. This doesn’t look like Meta trying to beat Nvidia. It looks like Meta trying to escape dependence on Nvidia. Meta plans to spend up to $145 billion on AI infrastructure this year. Its first in house Iris AI chip enters production in September. The company wants to double computing capacity …
Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday announced it has entered into a chip deal valued at more than $30 billion with Broadcom (AVGO). Under the terms of the deal, Broadcom will design and produce “custom silicon components and cutting-edge wireless connectivity technologies” for Apple products. The news comes after Broadcom filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange …
This isn’t another contract. The government bought the facilities. CoreCivic sold two of its biggest California detention centers to the Department of Homeland Security for $1.5 billion in cash. That number caught my attention. Washington didn’t lease more space. It bought the infrastructure. The facilities were already being used for immigration detention. Now DHS owns …
🇺🇸 Nearly 1 MILLION Trump supporters lost $3.81 BILLION on $TRUMP memecoin According to Nansen, 988,905 wallets are down, roughly 2 out of every 3 buyers. The coin is down 97% from its $75 peak, now ~$1.76. Meanwhile, President Trump personally pocketed $636 million from the… pic.twitter.com/sxE8MSLF82 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 5, 2026 $TRUMP …
This is starting to feel familiar. US tech companies have now committed a record $850 billion in future data center leases for AI, up 204 percent from a year ago. Oracle alone accounts for about $250 billion. Meta added $79 billion. Microsoft added $41 billion. That is an enormous amount of money being committed before …
The US goods trade deficit widened by -$22.8 billion, or -27%, in May, to -$105.8 billion, the largest since March 2025. This marks the largest monthly increase since November 2025. US goods exports fell -$11.8 billion, or -5%, to $207.7 billion, the lowest since February, driven by a sharp decline in industrial supplies, particularly energy …
Something changed this week. First came reports that OpenAI is in early discussions about giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake, which could be worth roughly $42 billion based on the company’s latest valuation. According to reports, the idea is to let the public share in AI’s upside while strengthening ties between America’s biggest …
The numbers keep getting bigger. President Trump’s 2025 financial disclosures and related business deals show the Trump family’s crypto ventures generated an estimated $1.2 billion to $2.3 billion in value through meme coins, token sales, stablecoin ventures, and other digital asset businesses. BREAKING: President Trump earned over $1.4 billion in 2025 from crypto and memecoin-related …
The obesity drug market is booming. But the stock market is treating these two companies very differently. Eli Lilly is now worth roughly $1.08 trillion. Novo Nordisk sits around $199 billion. That’s an $881 billion gap between two companies leading one of the fastest-growing drug markets in history. The obvious question is why. Eli Lilly …
REPORT: Dominion Voting Systems facilitated the overthrow of the United States government on November 3, 2020 DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN. 941,000 TRUMP VOTES… https://t.co/BVstXD5m5w — 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) June 25, 2026 New massive evidence report hits at same time. Liberty Vote …
MSTR is currently sitting on a $12.5B unrealized loss, exceeding the largest trading loss in history (Bill Hwang/Archegos) by $2.5B byu/Independent-Cress382 inwallstreetbets
The White House on Wednesday asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental spending to pay for the Iran war and a host of other things including aid to U.S. farmers, and Ebola response. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought made the request in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson. “I …
Imagine spending $73.4 billion in a single month trying to stop your currency from falling. Then a few weeks later it is right back near a 40-year low. That is basically where Japan finds itself. In May alone, Japan spent a record $73.4 billion supporting the yen. The goal was simple: Stop the slide. Restore …
Amazon is dropping an $11 BILLION AI data center right in Indiana. This monster will guzzle electricity for 1 MILLION homes and 300 MILLION gallons of water EVERY SINGLE YEAR — just ONE facility. Drone footage shows the insane scale: endless buildings, massive cooling tanks,… pic.twitter.com/R3fcTJTWTX — Valerie Anne Smith (@ValerieAnne1970) June 20, 2026
Vance says Iran would need 'a lot of money to rebuild the nuclear program'. Luckily, Trump's deal gives it $300 billion byu/lexi_con inWallStreetbetsELITE
Iranian crude production currently sits at 3.5 million barrels per day. Sanctions relief could trigger an immediate 15 percent drop in global energy prices. US lifting oil sanctions could hand Iran $100 billion within two years The US is effectively lifting sanctions on Iranian oil exports, despite its statements that funds will be transferred to …
This company lost $5 billion last year. What makes it worth $2.5T right now? pic.twitter.com/0ZHH6KeE4V — NoLimit (@NoLimitGains) June 15, 2026 SpaceX now trades at 110x sales, 75% higher than Palantir’s 63x and the highest valuation multiple in megacap tech Step aside, Palantir (PLTR), there’s a new valuation multiple king in the megacap tech stock …
Joe Rogan watches in disbelief as a video reveals America’s “nonprofit” hospitals actually rake in $45,000,000,000 in profit every year. ROGAN: “Motherf*ckers.” One CEO at NYU Langone paid himself $15,300,000 a year. Other CEOs paid themselves $4,500,000 while nurses made about $70,000 a year. P. DAVIS JONES: “A congressman recently described some nonprofit hospitals as …
AI cash loop running dry fast Oracle already deep negative on free cash flow The hype machine needs fresh debt to keep spinning 🚨 BREAKING #NVIDIA TAKING ON $20 BILLION…. BECAUSE DEMAND'S INSANE? TELL ME YOUR BOOKS ARE CROOKED WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING IT ANOTHER #AI Ponzi company burned through all its cash and taking on …
CBS: The Iranians are saying they're gonna have access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. True or false? JD VANCE: That's the sort of things they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation pic.twitter.com/30Ip8CGItn — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 15, 2026 🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️– Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei: …
Iran agrees not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons in draft MOU – Reuters Iran has agreed under a draft memorandum with the United States that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing a senior Iranian official. The official said Washington had also agreed that Tehran would dilute its …
Amazon said its global data-center operations withdrew about 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, as data center companies around the world face growing scrutiny over the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. The company disclosed the figure in a blog post Thursday outlining its water-efficiency efforts. Amazon said water use at sites it owns and …
Zero results after burning taxpayer money since 2021 Crisis exploded while officials and NGOs pocketed the rest pic.twitter.com/PoY3udcxV7 — TrenchxLife (@xDeFi_Economics) June 11, 2026
Throwing a party in North America, known as the 2026 World Cup for the entire planet, sounds fun until a multi-billion-dollar bill arrives, and the USA, Mexico, and Canada won’t be able to dine and dash. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, the United States is learning that hosting the world’s biggest …
Private shares too illiquid too risky too fake Banks see the trap the herd still chases 🚨BREAKING: SoftBank tried to borrow $6 billion against its 13% OpenAI stock… to keep funding OpenAI Banks said NO They don’t believe OpenAI is worth $852 billion 💀 pic.twitter.com/SguYi39jmy — NIK (@ns123abc) June 10, 2026 Factcheck: Bloomberg reports SoftBank’s …
View post on imgur.com Britain spent more than £28 billion in taxes funding terrorists and human traffickers, according to the Telegraph. This applies to the period 2015–2021. Officially, the funds were allocated for the fight against COVID-19 and humanitarian aid. In fact, the money went to various criminal groups and structures, as well as radical …
Social Security is barreling toward a 24% across-the-board benefit cut in 2032 that would slash roughly $500 a month from the average retiree’s check — a hit that totals about $345 billion a year nationwide, according to a first-of-its-kind report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington fiscal watchdog. The CRFB warns …
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Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund just did something it had never done before. Investors tried to pull out about 10% of the fund’s shares. Blackstone finally and for the first time ever said, NO. The $79 billion Blackstone Private Credit Fund, known as B-CRED, told shareholders it would only allow 5% of shares to be …