Central Bank Gold Buying Remained Strong to Kick Off 2025

by Mike Maharrey Official central bank gold buying started 2025 the same way it ended 2024 – strong. Globally, central banks added a net 18 tonnes of gold to their holdings in January. A World Gold Council analyst said, “The sustained buying highlights the strategic importance of gold in official reserves, particularly as central banks …

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Buying a used Tesla can be a nightmare, if you need to replace the battery it cost $14,000 for refurbished and $18,000 for new battery

They say after 150,000 miles the battery starts to go For the long term Customers loyalty, Tesla needs to lower Main Battery pack replacement cost, costing 12K to replace Model 3 battery pack leaves bad taste, it should be around 5-6K, Battery replacement cost is reaching total car value ,means, if main battery pack fails, …

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If you’re buying here you are an idi*t.

$265B in market cap with just $5B in sales… If you’re buying here you are an idiot. pic.twitter.com/bK4XwB6NJa — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) February 10, 2025 $PLTR Palantir has hit a new all time high. The company is now the 38th most valuable company on earth, up +54% YTD. My take? I think …

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Retail investors keep buying tops. $8B inflows last week, mostly NVIDIA. Pain incoming.

‼️This is INSANE: Retail investors purchased a MASSIVE $900 million of Nvidia, $NVDA, stock in the last week of January. Meanwhile, $NVDA stock has gone nowhere for 8 months and is down ~20% from the peak What if the dip continues dipping? Read!👇https://t.co/PN8zRte7W8 — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) February 3, 2025 This has never happened …

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Heavy SPY trading volume often signals uncertainty. Early buying doesn’t guarantee strength. Watch for reversal.

$SPY first-hour trading volume was notably high, with approximately 24 million shares exchanged. A similar pattern occurred on December 30, 2024, when SPY experienced a gap down at the open, followed by two consecutive green hourly candles, before declining further later in the session. This historical context suggests that despite initial buying interest, the market …

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SNAP recipients may be barred from buying junk food under new GOP bill!

Food stamp recipients could be prevented from purchasing soft drinks, candy, ice cream and more under a new House bill. Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, introduced the Healthy SNAP Act last week. The bill would exclude junk food and prepared desserts from benefits provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the official name for food stamps. …

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Riders On The Storm! Buying Conditions For Housing Rises To 39, But Remains In The Doldrums (Home Prices UP 35.4% Under Biden, Mortgage Rates UP 148%)

by confoundedinterest17 We are all riders on the Biden housing storm. Existing-home sales have finally started to improve on a seasonally adjusted basis after a three-year decline. Cause? Raging home prices combined with higher than normal mortgage rates. Home prices are up 35.4% under Biden while conforming 30Y mortgage rates are up 148%.  

Corporate insider buying is at its lowest since 2010. Private jobs are in full economic collapse already. The correction is going to be historic.

Private jobs are in full economic collapse already https://t.co/Id684m0Ubw — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 30, 2024 Way overstretched. The correction is going to be historic. https://t.co/bTDpnWMbqN — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) December 31, 2024 Every time corporate insider buying reaches elevated levels, it has often coincided with stock market bottoms Right now, corporate insider buying …

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Everyone loves buying new highs and euphoria. The dumber you are in understanding the markets the better off you’ll perform ironically. The market will repeat the 2022 “drawdown”

The market is completely controlled by margin trading and the risk on appetite. As long as yen yield is low and sentiment is good we will double down on margin on the dips. So this bull market will continue but man will it have a seizure like end but I’m not timing it pic.twitter.com/WcU0nBEubo — …

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The Israeli Mossad joined 60 minutes to expose how they tricked Hezbollah into buying their pagers in an intimidating video that claims they are the ones who have created the world stage.

by External-Noise-4832 CBS – After nearly a year of war between Israel and the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, Lebanon was sent reeling in September when thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members exploded. Two recently retired senior Mossad agents, who were among those spearheading the years-long operation, detailed the inside story of how they …

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Saylor’s risky Bitcoin strategy: Buying high, losing fast, and inflating MSTR premiums. Saylor put $561m at ~$106,662 into BTC, pushing to the ATH top.

MSTR’s latest BTC buy shows Saylor’s strategy relies on 2 things: “numbers go up” and exciting the less sophisticated herd. MSTR issued $561mm of stock between Dec 16-22. And bought $561mm of BTC at $106,662 – and he’s already lost 10% on that latest BTC buy over the weekend.… pic.twitter.com/QHdcjlzcW1 — Novacula Occami (@OccamiCrypto) December …

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China’s economy faces its largest financial collapse, with bonds yielding under 2%, banks insolvent. Limited credit demand in China drives bond buying, not QE.

This isn’t bullish as many claim. What’s happening is there’s limited demand for credit/leverage in China. Yet, b/c banks are sitting on liquidity, they are piling into Chinese bonds, which is driving rates on these bonds lower. While some are saying this is QE, THEY ARE WRONG. https://t.co/rIH1RNoXkP — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) December 17, 2024 …

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Kennedy Jr. exposes BlackRock’s hidden home buying through LLCs.

AMH owns a rental community by my neighborhood…just googled who owns AMH…this is what came up 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/DhJwvt02wD — SamJ❤️🇺🇸💙 (@SamJuneau) December 11, 2024 Robert F Kennedy Jr. breaks down how BlackRock gets away with lying saying they “don’t purchase single family homes” in America When you get outbid buying a home by an “LLC …

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Buying BTC is like buying a company with no revenue that only has 21 million shares. Bitcoin is just one of 15,807 other cryptos. They’re a dime a dozen.

You know what grinds my gears? When Bitcoin fanatics say that Bitcoin isn't the same as crypto (and similar arguments). Just stop. Read the original white paper and you'll see that it is indeed crypto. Bitcoin is just one of 15,807 other cryptos. They're a dime a dozen. — Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble) December 3, 2024 …

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Buying a home right now at these elevated prices makes absolutely zero sense with rates this high. You can smell the desperation of the agents any house you walk into.

Yeah, I go to open houses every weekend, because I would like to buy a house but by the end of the day I’m just depressed. Rates double from a few years ago, sky high prices, and most houses need some work. People are pricing their houses higher than what they paid in 2022. 🙄 …

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Enjoy the final weeks of elevated equity prices and narrow credit spreads, before a reversion to the mean. The cattle buying up here will be served during XMAS lunch.

Enjoy the final weeks of elevated equity prices and narrow credit spreads, before a reversion to the mean. Only a miracle can fix this chart. pic.twitter.com/bS0iiblkmg — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) December 2, 2024 The Monday after Thanksgiving in 2021 was an up day. It was the last chance to get out. pic.twitter.com/pULj8PJcRf — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) …

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Oh, look mummy! Bubbles! The ratio of insider selling to buying has just hit a new 20+ year high

Oh, look mummy! Bubbles!🫧📌 pic.twitter.com/sMe3tN9RTk — The Great Martis (@great_martis) November 29, 2024 INSIDERS AND INSTITUTIONS KNOW A CRASH IS IMMINENT VERY SOON… 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 THE RATIO OF INSIDER SELLING TO BUYING HAS JUST HIT A NEW 20+ YEAR HIGH WHILE STOCKS ARE AT ALL TIMEHIGHS THE INSIDERS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE SELLING WHILE …

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Going Down! UMich Inflation Expectations Jump To 16-Year-High, Housing Buying Conditions Remains Depressed

by confoundedinterest17 To quote Freddie King, the US is going down. Longer-term inflation jumped to their highest since June 2008, according to the latest UMich Sentiment survey, while short-term inflation expectations dropped to four year lows… Housing sentiment (buying conditions for housing) remains depressed under Biden/Harris “Reign of (economic) error.” Here is a picture depicting the …

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