Banks choke on $38 billion Oracle data center debt and dump it at discounts, single borrower risk screams 2008 single-name CDOs all over again
JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley spent six months begging buyers for AI construction loans.
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Hormuz today, Malacca tomorrow? US choke point strategy targets China
🗣️The US is shifting to a full “global maritime blockade strategy,” Chinese policy adviser Gu Dingguo tells SCMP. 🔸After observing Iran’s leverage over Hormuz, the US will next target the Strait of Malacca — through which 80% of China’s oil and 90% of its sea trade flows. 🔸Recent US-Indonesia defense …
Trump to Iran: “If they don’t sign this thing, the whole country is going to get blown up.” Iran threatens multi choke point strike on global oil routes
Same dumb script every round. One side screams total wipeout the other promises to burn oil routes and both pretend the other will cave. 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump just handed Iran an ultimatum most presidents wouldn't say out loud: "If they don't sign this thing, the whole country is going to get …
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson warns the escalating Iran conflict could choke off 20% of global oil, 25% of LNG, and more than a third of fertilizer exports
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson on RUSSIA'S WINS as a result of the US-Israel war on Iran: "[It's not] just the oil. [Russia's] got liquid natural gas… and fertilizer… [The US and Israel] have shored up the foundation of the Russian economy." pic.twitter.com/W2dqabq0Zj — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) March 16, 2026 …
Regional banks are breaking again, shutdown delays choke liquidity and expose hidden weakness in U.S. financial system
Something broke again in the banking system today. The headlines say regional banks fell because of a few bad loans. That is not the real story. Zions Bancorporation confessed to a $50 million loss on two California loans, and Western Alliance collapsed 11% after admitting it was suing a borrower …
Shiller PE near 40, Buffett indicator at 200 percent of GDP, and tariffs choke margins while consumer demand stalls
If consumer demand is frozen and margins are squeezed, are stocks about to fall? Data and full report here: https://t.co/pxYDtGgI1a pic.twitter.com/Lp3Bzo280Z — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) August 20, 2025 Corporate bankruptcies are heading for a record high this year higher than any other down turn in US history Report link: …
Tariffs choke supply lowering rates only fuels inflation. Stimulus fails when there’s nothing left to buy.
You cannot fix a supply shock with either fiscal or monetary stimulus. Real consumption is set by the quantity of goods and services available, and tariffs pull those real goods and services out of the economy. Lowering interest rates won’t make more stuff. It will just make more… https://t.co/gkkkGOZeXz — …
Parents Try to Choke their Daughter, 17, to Death in an Honor Killing’ Outside Washington State High School
A teenage girl was almost choked to death outside her school in an alleged ‘honor killing’ by her parents after she refused an arranged marriage. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, were charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping after their arrest on October 18. …
Foreclosures in China Soar, Threatening to Choke Off Bank Profits
Banks in China are foreclosing on a growing number of apartments after homeowners could not pay their mortgages, as the country’s housing crash threatens the financial system. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/china-foreclosures-mortgages.html
Car industry faces choke point as US hurricane shuts down critical microchip mine
Global supplies of microchips that feature in cars and smartphones have been threatened after the US hurricane Helene forced the closure of a mine that is critical to production. Flooding and power outages caused by the hurricane have shut down mining and processing operations at Spruce Pine, a quartz facility …
China Prepares To Choke Off America’s Rare-Earth Metal Supply
China will tighten reporting controls on strategic rare earth elements, according to its Commerce Ministry, in a move that could choke off America’s supply of critical minerals used in the production of electric cars and missiles. The decision is being viewed as a message to Washington about Beijing’s potential to …
Panic spreads as White powder sent to trump and other republicans , telling them to “choke on their own ambition”
Republican senators say they received letter from someone who referred to themselves as ‘your secret despirer’ White powder’ sparks scare at New York Port Authority Nearly 100 letters containing a mysterious white powder were addressed to Donald Trump and several Republican lawmakers in Kansas, according to officials. At least two …