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Trump made a bold tax pitch during a meeting with the Philippine president. He proposed no federal tax on profits from selling a primary residence. The idea mirrors a bill introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the No Tax on Home Sales Act. Details are scarce but the effects …
Powell avoided the rate topic entirely. No hints. No guidance. Instead, he opened the Fed’s capital rule review on July 22 with a blunt message: big banks need stronger capital buffers, and they need freedom to compete. The speech dropped at 10:04 AM Eastern. No policy lines. Just structure. Fed …
Positioning for a market downturn in 2025 has become more tactical than ever especially after June’s macro fireworks and the July 11 CPI print looming ahead. Equities hover near record highs while the 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to about 4.42 %. Some traders now split their risk between long duration …
Some numbers never move. Not because they shouldn’t. Because Congress never bothered. The U.S. tax code is riddled with thresholds that were set decades ago and never indexed to inflation. They sit frozen in time while the cost of everything else climbs. The result is a quiet tax hike that …
2008 starts to look like a warm-up… The new synthetic mortgage back securities 2008 is going to look like a bull market. https://t.co/jZHvpWq6dQ — The Great Martis (@great_martis) June 25, 2025 .@pulte is easily the most ignorant bloated imbecile to head any federal housing bureaucracy and that's really saying something. …
*SWISS CENTRAL BANK CUTS KEY INTEREST RATE BY 25BPS TO 0.0%, LOWEST SINCE JUNE 2022$CHF 🇨🇭🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/Ajfw639gAz — Investing.com (@Investingcom) June 19, 2025 Zero yields are back! For those who believed zero and negative interest rates were something of the past. It already happened again, even without a new economic …
The UK government’s attempt to raise revenue through higher capital gains taxes has backfired, triggering an exodus of high-net-worth individuals and a 10 percent drop in net tax collections. Officials had anticipated increased revenue, but instead, the policy has led to fewer taxable transactions and a shrinking tax base. This …
Just gonna post this here and let it speak for itself pic.twitter.com/g2pNaSLRJH — Pledditor (@Pledditor) May 16, 2025 We are probably nearing that stage in the bubble where their internal pitch decks explicitly admit the funding hinges on their ability to create a large enough 'Irresponsibly Long $BMGL' twitter group …
On Tuesday, May 13, multiple areas in Beijing were hit by a rare and extreme hailstorm, shocking residents and causing widespread damage. The hailstones that fell across the capital were unusually large, with some reportedly bigger than eggs, slamming into the ground. The channel lists such natural disasters as: 1) …
The AI boom has reached an unsustainable level. Investors are throwing money at projects with little regard for the real risks or long-term viability. Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing into the AI sector like a river, and the vast majority of it is going to waste. This is …
The current regulatory capital rules were designed for banks, making them complex and not tailored to investment firms’ business models. These changes would reduce the volume of legal text by 70%. This is part of the FCA’s work to make sure its rulebook works better for the UK market and …
Capital is rushing to the sidelines: In March, hedge funds conducted their most aggressive selling of world stocks since 2013, according to Goldman Sachs data. Not even the 2020 pandemic saw such a sharp exposure reduction in global equities. This was particularly driven by… pic.twitter.com/6t3dsIPsh0 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …
An oil shock is coming. Yes, I know, deflation….blah…recession…blah…oils is plunging…blah blah. Gold & silver are heading for a huge bull era. I don't care about fairytale narratives. Oil will follow AFTER this drop. Way past $100 and, in all likelihood, past $200. https://t.co/gQM2gxLmhQ — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) April 9, 2025 …
Just like 2000, Saylor doesn't have a plan to strategically deploy capital. As soon as he gets money he blows it, regardless of price. This erratic, cocaine addict behavior is the reason he destroyed MicroStrategy 25 years ago. https://t.co/uLGVOgw2fv — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) April 8, 2025 Why MICROSTRATEGY is definitely a …
🔥🔥NEW — POILIEVRE ANNOUNCES NO CAPITAL GAINS ON ANY INVESTMENT RE-INVESTED IN CANADA This is huge! Stocks, real-estate, bonds, businesses, farms, crypto … sell it, and buy a Canadian asset? Capital gains are deferred! pic.twitter.com/NB2BEBwb71 — Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) March 30, 2025
BARCLAYS JUST CUT ITS YEAR END TARGET FOR THE S&P 500 DOWN TO 5900 FROM 6600 pic.twitter.com/iUeRyNjouC — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) March 26, 2025 UBS trying everything to prevent its capital reserve requirement from increasing by up to $25 Billion "UBS Group AG executives have suggested that a permanent limit on …
For 2024, long-term capital gains offer a rare tax loophole for married couples filing jointly. If taxable income stays below $96,700, those gains are taxed at 0%. With the standard deduction of $30,000, that effectively means a couple can make up to $126,700 in total income and still owe nothing …
Simon, a trader on Twitter, has been tracking the shifting winds in the market. The old-school bulls are adjusting their year-end targets downward, while inflation concerns refuse to fade. The new narrative? US assets are set to deflate as foreign capital retreats home. The market just endured a 10% correction, …
At this point I am convinced $MSTR is a social experiment to see how long people will keep buying into the scam cap raises when the facts are literally staring them in the face and the company is not even hiding it. Like, what else can Saylor get away with. …
(Bloomberg) — Capital One Financial Corp. and Discover Financial Services shareholders voted in favor of the planned $35 billion merger of the two financial-services companies. Investors representing 85.1% of Capital One’s outstanding shares voted in favor of the deal, while stockholders representing 81.6% of outstanding Discover shares gave their approval, …
Midwest state set to become ‘liquid gold’ capital of the world after billions more gallons of oil discovered. North Dakota could help America become a dominant player in the oil industry after experts found a significant amount of undeveloped oil resources yet to be extracted. Geologists determined the middle Three …
by Michael The past couple of weeks have been really, really strange. On New Year’s Eve, four of the most iconic buildings in the entire country were all hit by lightning. In our political capital, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol were hit. In our financial capital, the Empire State Building …
Was looking through 2024 capital gains taxes: Capital gains tax Capital Gains Rate Single Taxable Income 0% Up to $48,350 15% $48,351 to $533,400 20% Over $533,400 h/t WarmFormal9881
Announced late today: Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) today announced that each company intends to hold a special meeting of stockholders on February 18, 2025 for the companies’ respective common stockholders to consider and vote on Capital One’s acquisition of Discover and related matters. …
Says 100 drones & 90 missiles were launched over the last 48 hours “in response to strikes deep” inside Russia. Another day, another record-setting Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine at a moment the West is escalating its support to Kiev. President Vladimir Putin announced to security officials at …
Says 100 drones & 90 missiles were launched over the last 48 hours “in response to strikes deep” inside Russia. Another day, another record-setting Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine at a moment the West is escalating its support to Kiev. President Vladimir Putin announced to security officials at …
California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife have moved their family to an exclusive part of the state where all four of his children are now enrolled in Marin County schools. The Democrat, touted as a possible future presidential candidate, will keep his six-bedroom $3.7 million in Fair Oaks in …
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is trying to reassure investors who may be worried about the future payoff of the company’s massive investments in generative artificial intelligence. On a conference call with analysts following the company’s third-quarter earnings report on Thursday, Jassy pointed to the success of Amazon’s cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services, …
In 16th century Japan, the Daimyo feudal lords, like their Medieval European counterparts, battled to secure control of the realm. Today, in the current US presidential race, a similar conflict has emerged, over an increasingly feudalised landscape. The discord among the American elites is far more pronounced now than in …
"Americans are consuming more capital than they produce. US national net savings by households, businesses and the government have been negative since 1Q23, for only the third time since 1947. The other two times were 2008-11 and 2020." Gavekal pic.twitter.com/jWUcaT66Md — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 18, 2024 BREAKING: Total …