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95-year-old Buffett parks $380 billion in cash while flat-out warning the dollar could collapse. Market is now a church with a casino bolted on and the casino has never been more packed. Avis rental car gets GameStop-style meme-squeezed while Buffett calls one-day options pure gambling. Oracle admits he no longer understands most businesses and sees …
This billionaire just warned the debt is unsustainable and he expects forced sell-offs and a wave of deals that leaves only the strong standing. “…There’s billions and billions of refinancing required just to keep these things sustainable. When does enough become enough for some of the big banks?”….” https://t.co/gcMSQZcEki — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) April 22, …
USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of "cash crisis." https://t.co/lDumyrmfGD — CBS News (@CBSNews) April 9, 2026 The U.S. Postal Service is suspending its contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System, a pension plan for its workers and other civil servants, as the agency struggles with mounting losses that put it at …
Uncle Sam needs you to help crush the billion-dollar financial fraud gangs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is launching a new program on Monday that will reward tipsters with up to 30% of the fines imposed on criminals who are trying to bleed US taxpayers dry, The Post has learned. The program includes tips for Medicaid …
How ATM jackpotting attacks work Instead of asking the bank for permission, the malware overrides that process. It sends its own commands to the machine. The result? The ATM dispenses cash without a card, without an account and without a legitimate transaction. That is jackpotting. Here is the uncomfortable truth. Many ATMs run on aging …
The Iran-US-Israel conflict is turning into an economic war as an oil tanker operator reportedly paid Tehran a $2 million fee for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is now charging “favoured” countries millions of dollars per oil tanker for safe passage, even as gasoline prices have crossed $8 a gallon in some …
The bond market is getting twitchy. Over the past 20 years, when credit spreads blew out but the S&P 500 wasn't even beyond a pullback yet, it was 3-for-3 in bear markets. h/t @sentimentrader pic.twitter.com/xiba9GU3z2 — Jason Goepfert (@jasongoepfert) March 17, 2026 The market is green today and nobody's talking about the sector that refused …
From the AAII Sentiment Survey: Cash Allocations is at 14.19%. Investors are holding the least cash in 4 years. This happened 3 times in the past 20 years: late-2017, Jan 2020, late-2021. Each case preceded significant market volatility and losses for $SPX pic.twitter.com/T7G2LJTuJj — Subu Trade (@SubuTrade) March 17, 2026 In bull markets, this line …
Record outflows from US financial stock funds are flashing a warning few are paying attention to. In the week ending March 11, equity funds lost $7.77 BILLION, with global financial sector funds alone shedding $2.31 BILLION, according to a Twitter analyst @DefiWimar. Meanwhile, bond funds took in $5.72 BILLION and money market funds added $6.93 …
via Ok_Chemical9 I found this out the hard way last month when I picked up my generic blood pressure medication. My insurance copay was $47. On a whim, I asked the pharmacist what it would cost without insurance. $12. **Why YSK:** Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) negotiate prices between insurance companies and pharmacies, and sometimes those …
At least 15 dead after military plane carrying wads of cash crashes on busy street in Bolivia https://t.co/WS4aJHAqHH — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) February 28, 2026 At least 15 people were killed and at least 30 more were injured on Friday evening after an Air Force Hercules aircraft carrying new banknotes crashed in Bolivia. The cargo …
OpenAI’s planned cash burn is insane… byu/I_killed_the_kraken inwallstreetbets I see a lot of red in the image; I don’t know if it’s a coincidence.
Something massive is happening in the global financial system right now, and most people aren’t paying attention. The US dollar is quietly losing its strength, gold just surpassed $5,000 an ounce, silver broke through $100, and central banks around the world are making unprecedented moves to distance themselves from fiat currencies. In this video, we …
Just saw this data from Kobeissi. The scariest part isn’t the cash drop, it’s the 47% spread between sellers and buyers. Smart money is clearly sitting on their hands. if you’re trying to offload property right now, good luck competing with that much inventory. the leverage cycle is breaking. h/t itsarmansheikh
Shanghai rolls out a gold ATM that melts your jewelry at 1200°C and wires the cash straight to your bank account Turn hard assets into digital numbers in minutes 🤯 pic.twitter.com/xsD82eTHLR — Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) February 15, 2026
CAPEX investements "competition" will now be replaced with who of MAG7 borrowed more. — Alex_Swiss_Investor (@Alex70848763197) February 9, 2026 Per Grok: These SEC filings allow companies to prepare for issuing securities like stocks or bonds. Google’s 424B5 prospectus supplements a registration for specific offerings. Amazon’s S-3ASR is an automatic shelf registration for flexible future issuances. …
Fund managers are holding the lowest cash levels on record (3.2%) byu/neda6117 inwallstreetbets US stock market concentration is at record levels: The S&P 500 Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is up to 195 points, near the highest on record. This metric measures how evenly market value is distributed across all 500 stocks in the index. A higher …
The viral panic claiming a new $3,000 reporting threshold for precious metals takes effect on February 15 is a complete fabrication with zero basis in 31 CFR 1010.330 or any recent IRS guidance. In reality, the “Streamline Act” introduced in late 2025 actually proposes tripling the current limit from $10,000 to $30,000 to account for …
Waste Of The Day: NYC Healthcare Fund Is Out Of Cash https://t.co/0SuFdkOHuR — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 2, 2026 Topline: Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander claims one of the city’s health insurance funds has “no path to solvency” after labor unions used it to cover pay raises, Weight Watchers and more. Key facts: New …
HOMESICK? DHS is offering a HUGE incentive for illegal aliens to leave now — receive $2,600 and a FREE flight home if you remigrate using the CBP Home app. Leave now. Avoid the discomfort of not knowing WHEN we’re going to arrest you.https://t.co/YGo3uuNvrE pic.twitter.com/i1Y1ym5l1h — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 29, 2026
“Global money is moving back toward safety and stability, and Switzerland is one of the cleanest places for that to show up. When investors start worrying about growth holding up, inflation staying weak, or political risk rising elsewhere, they’re willing to accept very low or even negative yields in exchange for certainty. In that sense, …
Illegal causally steps out to his car. ICE was waiting outside and nabs him. He never saw it coming. If I were an illegal I’d self-deport. A lot of upside: Free flights, $1K bonus and a chance to return legally. Otherwise, you get deported and banned.pic.twitter.com/vRL4aab6le — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 27, 2026
Our entire market and economy is a house of card of debts — ZeroSumTruths (@ZeroSumTruths) January 26, 2026 Meanwhile: TD Cowen had a data center themed analyst letter today that said that Oracle may lay off 20-30,000 people or sell Cerner to keep up with the debt on the data centers it’s building for OpenAI. …
FBI & ICE RAID Uncover Tunnel Under Somali Attorneys’ Minneapolis Mansion — 2.64 Tons Drugs, $18.7M cash, 96 Arrests! In a shocking twist that reads like a Hollywood blockbuster, a coordinated FBI and ICE raid has rocked Minneapolis, revealing a sophisticated tunnel network… pic.twitter.com/4qo1ziTpUP — TRUTH NOW ⭐️⭐️⭐️🗽 🎺 (@sxdoc) January 25, 2026 Third, allow …
Global institutional investors have never held so little cash: Cash allocation by fund managers is down to just 3.2%, the lowest since data began in the 1990s. This marks a -1.6 percentage point decline since April, one of the fastest drops since the survey started. Cash… pic.twitter.com/4hoUh1JNNa — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 22, 2026 …
Trump and his family have accumulated over $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since he was re-elected. pic.twitter.com/NwOxYX7Nvi — FactPost (@factpostnews) January 20, 2026 🚨Bloomberg says crypto added $1.4B to the Trump family’s wealth. Now 20% of their $6.8B net worth 💀 Meanwhile this cycle:👇• tariffs everywhere • attacking other countries • “kidnapping” presidents • …
Stocks now outweigh the money supply by three to one, which only works as long as liquidity keeps pretending it’s infinite. When cash tightens even a little, there’s nothing underneath that valuation but hope. That's when people want to be in the world reserve currency but even that has its limits…. And we are about …
How do fake stores pull six times the SNAP volume of a real supermarket without alarms? HOLY CRAP. Federal prosecutors just blew the lid off a $7 MILLION SNAP fraud scheme in Boston. Two Haitian nationals have been charged for running so-called “ghost stores” — tiny shops with barely any inventory that were somehow cashing …
They keep telling people everything is fine while quietly shoving emergency cash into the system like it is a house fire at 3 a.m. When banks start dumping mortgage paper just to get overnight money, that is not confidence, that is panic dressed up as plumbing. The scary part is not the headlines you see, …
In hindsight, she says the suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash seem like an obvious connection to the estimated billions of dollars in fraud. While traveling with large amounts of money is not illegal, as long as it’s documented, she also explains how much money she saw, how law enforcement officers were contacted—and …