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When silver and platinum explode together, you’re watching the quiet part of the market finally roar. *SPOT PLATINUM JUMPS 2% TO HIT NEW RECORD HIGH OF $2,332.95/OZ pic.twitter.com/QrXQRbcVQo — Investing.com (@Investingcom) December 24, 2025 #Silver surges above long-term channel resistance. Momentum is accelerating as the price enters a new zone after years of compression. If …
The View From Inside the AI Bubble Secret parties, lavish buffets, and talks of annihilation at one of the largest AI-research conferences In a small room in San Diego last week, a man in a black leather jacket explained to me how to save the world from destruction by AI. Max Tegmark, a notable figure …
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google’s parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an “extraordinary moment”, there was some “irrationality” in the current AI boom. In comments …
The regional banking crisis 2.0 Soon. pic.twitter.com/ofFj6Qlpw7 — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 30, 2025 Fun fact: US Banks’ reserves are very close to the same level where the 2023 US regional banks crisis began – the bubble standing upon these reserves is also much larger today than it was 2 years ago https://t.co/4RJlfMcjrK pic.twitter.com/mYEUwnfQ5p …
BREAKING Packed boat erupts in huge fireball as passengers forced to jump into the seahttps://t.co/TiaVeuaTCO pic.twitter.com/L8RJ1wsXeu — Mirror Breaking News (@MirrorBreaking_) July 20, 2025 A boat has burst into fire off the coast of Indonesia, with terrified passengers seen jumping for their lives into the sea. The Gregorius Barcelona V was sailing off the coast …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Corporate / private equity / STVR investors are all fair-weather owners of housing. Let’s indulge in some basic logic: 1. All credit-asset bubbles burst. 2. U.S. housing is a credit-asset bubble. 3. The U.S. housing bubble will burst. The only variables are how and when Housing Bubble #2 will …
The damage to the economy is becoming undeniable as we face government layoffs, spending cuts, tariffs, and increasingly strained international relations. The Trump administration’s policies have angered some of our closest allies, deported countless individuals, and led to the harassment of international travelers—some even facing imprisonment at the border. The economic fallout is beginning to …
Because while the economy looks solid, it's built on debt, inflation, and overvalued assets. Add in rising interest rates and global instability, and the conditions are ripe for a sharp correction, even in a seemingly strong market. — Rooted_In_Reality (@realonesknow87) December 30, 2024 Trump Just said we are heading to a 1929 scenario in the …
I now predict something that is not priced into ANY Wall Street earnings model: A secular Tech recession. I base this on the fact that the Cloud outsourcing bubble that began during the pandemic is now four years old and encompasses the last manic AI melt-up phase. Which will… pic.twitter.com/8Bbv8hmzj9 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 13, …
The gold rush of central banks. Today’s Michael Lewis “Big Short” opportunity is rather the ongoing devaluation of fiat currencies relative to real assets with limited supply, which are imperative to society either as commodities or sound money. pic.twitter.com/t6JZMmbAmm — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) June 1, 2024 I've been asked for years, "What is going …
By Graham Summers, MBA Everything changed for the financial system in March 2023. What happened then? The Fed and the Treasury implemented a backdoor bailout of the banking system. If you’ll recall, in late February/ early March 2023, a number of smaller/ regional banks failed in the U.S. While we say these banks were “small” …
(7a) Lower Priced Teslas The average price of a used Tesla is over $24k lower than the peak last July. Video: https://t.co/uwLwbR3ssh pic.twitter.com/9qfGaCetiH — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) July 19, 2023 h/t Simian_Stacker
‘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 have revealed. Figures published by Halifax on Friday showed there has been a 2.6 per …