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House This Week Passed $839 Billion Defense Bill Bursting With Pork https://t.co/Ah6BORN7vk — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 25, 2026 Authored by Alan Mosley via AntiWar.com, The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an $838.7 billion fiscal 2026 defense spending bill, moving …
IBM’s CEO said there is “no way” that the massive spending on AI and data centers will ever pay off. For the first time in this bubble cycle people are finally wondering if maybe he is right. It couldn’t have …
HYG and JNK have been weak for the last 2 weeks. There is stress in credit and financials have been weak. — Will O'Hara, CMT (@WillOHara131) October 11, 2025 Foreigners have not even started dumping UST. Japan has not even …
by confoundedinterest17 Too much debt? The car market bubble is bursting! Subprime auto loan delinquency rates have now surpassed 5% for the first time in history. The 60-day delinquency rate for subprime auto loans has more than DOUBLED over the last 3 …
by Michael Did you know that U.S. households are carrying $1.18 trillion in credit card debt? Considering the fact that the average rate of interest on credit card balances is now over 20 percent, that is not good news at all. …
Housing Bubble 2.0 is bursting, and the wipeout of Yellen Bux "wealth" is going to be epic byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver Foreclosures climb in this major city—and even the most elite ZIP codes aren’t spared New York City saw a double-digit increase …
It’s a desperate move. If their core business were solid, they wouldn’t need to hype it up by adding Bitcoin to make it more attractive. This is a sign of the AI bubble bursting. — Citizen Watch Report (@Citizenwatchrep) May …
Wall Street wants sympathy because the music stopped. For years, they danced on a floor built from zero rates, fake growth, and free money. Now the lights are on, the floor’s buckling, and they’re blaming tariffs for the collapse. Tariffs …
$SPY people believe that the 2007 Great Financial Crash was a large surprise (below) But it was anything but a surprise. The moving averages were textbook. Clear tests of support, followed by a rejection from below twice and then Lehmans …
ESG funds are hemorrhaging money, and it’s not a surprise. Investors pulled $20 billion from these funds in 2024 alone, following a similar trend last year. It’s clear that ESG investing is falling flat—despite all the hype. https://twitter.com/barrymhauch/status/1887202084438577301
I'm sure it's nothing pic.twitter.com/BJRqoQVFQb — Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) January 7, 2025 A nice comparison here from @Stansberry showing just how ridiculous this recent rip higher in stocks is vs earnings Back in 1995-2000 the tech bubble ripped higher because …
by ComputerTrashbag Inventory in almost all major areas is extremely high now. Bubble hotspots like Austin, Boise, Phoenix, Asheville, Jacksonville, Las Vegas etc etc haven’t seen much price reduction even though inventory has returned to pre pandemic levels. Inventory is …
US stocks are priced for perfection in an “imperfect and dangerous” world, Jeremy Grantham said. Grantham’s worries include overseas wars and weakness, unaffordable housing, and climate damage. The top investor said AI could be bigger than the internet but the …
From Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group If you were to do nothing but listen to President Biden and the corporate media prattle on about the economy, you might think things sound great! You would hear endless claims of “record economic growth” and …
Like many Chinese people, Jacky hoped that he could make enough money investing in China’s stock markets to help pay for an apartment in a big city. But in 2015 he lost $30,000, and in 2021 he lost $80,000. After …
They are saving the environment mind you… via dailymail: An electric bus has caught fire in London just days after two sparked panic in the capital after they also went up in flames. Videos posted on social media show flames …
Fastest Declining US Housing Markets (1-Year Drop): 1. Austin, TX: -11.6%2. Boise, ID: -8.6%3. New Orleans, LA: -8.0%4. Lake Charles, LA: -8.0%5. Phoenix, AZ: -7.0%6. Las Vegas, NV: -7.0%7. Provo, UT: -6.7%8. Reno, NV: -5.7%9. Chico, CA: -5.7%10. San Jose, …
In August, China experienced its largest monthly capital outflow in nearly eight years. China had a capital outflow of $49 billion in August, the largest monthly outflow in almost 8 years 🚨 pic.twitter.com/h9dXDHxC8s — Barchart (@Barchart) October 22, 2023 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1716166335049114018 …
by David Haggith Photo by Micah Williams on Unsplash Wolf Richter is calling it a “bond bloodbath,” which he says is happening because delusions about the Fed’s fight with inflation are finally giving way. Reality struck home in the latest retail report that showed …
In contrast to the national trend, metropolitan areas with a population exceeding one million that witnessed a decline in foreclosure starts in Q3 2023 included Salt Lake City, Utah (down 74 percent) and Chicago, Illinois (down 35 percent). Read more: …
LinkedIn cuts 668 jobs in second redundancy round as ‘tech wreck’ worsens Networking platform LinkedIn has just laid off nearly 700 people in a second redundancy round this year. Earlier on Tuesday, LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, announced in …
Despite the recent market-rescue efforts, Chinese real estate is now seen as the number one source for the next global credit event among investors surveyed by Bank of America Corp. (Bloomberg) — A spurt of home sales in China’s biggest …
We've never seen this before. A buffoonish level of complacency in a global RISK OFF event. pic.twitter.com/GgJPZWs1fP — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 19, 2023 There is a high probability that Powell will finish off China this week. And then U.S. gamblers …
The UK housing market sees weak activity caused by rising interest rates, pushing mortgage rates above 6 percent for home buyers and existing mortgagors looking to refinance. British house prices fell by the most since 2009 in the 12 months …
‘Clients are taking £20,000 off the asking price’: How the house price slump is causing misery for sellers Homeowners are having to knock as much as £20,000 off their asking price in an effort to find a buyer, housing insiders …
How much of the recent surge of “housing recovery” this Spring was driven by people who didn’t believe the Fed when it said, “higher for longer?” How many people paid top dollar and took an unaffordable monthly payment believing they …
by BoatSurfer600 via YAHOO: (Bloomberg) — Sweden’s beleaguered property sector suffered another blow when one of the largest office landlords in the capital was downgraded to junk status by Moody’s Investors Service. Stockholm-based FastPartner AB saw its rating cut one …
"Coming Back To Earth": UK House Prices Book First Annual Drop Since 2012 https://t.co/IFHbSaM10x — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 8, 2023 UK house prices recorded their first annual contraction in May, attributed to affordability crisis. Lender Halifax published a new report showing UK …
