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Oops, you probably don’t want people to see this. https://t.co/l97kibQy2r — Eric Den (@den282242) October 24, 2025 “Republicans control the House. Republicans control the Senate. Republicans control the White House. This is their shutdown.” The line is repeated. It sounds …
The elephant in the room isn’t hiding. Nobody trusts fiat money anymore. You can see it everywhere if you stop listening to the TV. Cash allocations for institutional investors are down to 3.8 percent, the lowest in 12 years. That …
by Michael It is exciting to see the price of gold soar to unprecedented levels, but we should also be horrified by what is happening to the U.S. dollar. For years, many of us warned that debasing our currency was a …
The alarms aren’t just blinking anymore. They’re blaring. America’s debt-fueled consumer economy is starting to crack. Families who used to keep the stores and car dealers busy are now falling behind on payments. This isn’t some slow leak. It looks …
It’s begun! pic.twitter.com/VqO2s06qjZ — The Great Martis (@great_martis) October 6, 2025 France will implode first. Croissant? pic.twitter.com/WAAeUN6RXu — The Great Martis (@great_martis) October 6, 2025 BREAKING: The French government just collapsed 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/Ts4yVHGzbN — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 6, 2025 …
The digital asset world is in trouble. Market panic and Washington politics are about to collide head-on. On October 1 the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing that claims to bring clarity, but the reality looks much closer to …
HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist Cuba’s national power grid collapsed for the fourth time in less than a year on Wednesday morning causing a nationwide blackout, authorities said. “There has been a total disconnection of the Electric System,” the Energy Ministry …
Emerging market stocks, long fueled by global trade, are now showing cracks as export momentum fades. Investors may be walking into the late stages of a rally built on weakening foundations. If trade continues to contract, the ripple effects could …
“Outside of the pandemic, the last time jobs growth was this low over a 12-month period was during the recession caused by the global financial crisis.” https://t.co/ay4fu2fJdt — Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) August 25, 2025 America’s jobs market is bracing for …
Interest rates are stuck. Inventory is swelling. Buyers are gone. More than half of all homes now sell below asking. It’s the weakest housing market since 2012. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/housing-market-craters-56-homes-123114860.html Rents are falling, vacancies hitting records. National apartment rents dropped 0.8% year …
“Payroll employment growth slowed sharply to only 35,000 jobs per month over the three months ending in July. This is well below the moderate pace seen earlier in the year, likely due to a significant softening in labor demand.” https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/09/federal-reserve-rate-bowman/1681754774717/ …
“83% of S&P 500 companies beat EPS estimates in Q2 2025” https://www.factset.com/earningsinsight But the real driver? A 15% USD slide from 109 to 96. That FX tailwind inflated overseas earnings, padded margins, and made weak quarters look strong. Consensus EPS …
Canada’s labor market did more than stumble in July, it collapsed spectacularly. Missing job growth forecasts by over 54,000 is not just a minor slip. It signals serious cracks in the economy’s foundation. When youth unemployment reaches levels unseen since …
Ground beef just hit $6.12 Highest price ever recorded by the USDA Up 12% year over year Up more than 50% since 2022 This isn’t a seasonal spike It’s systemic US cattle inventory has collapsed 94.2 million head as of …
Diners are still coming in. But they are tipping less. Not out of rudeness. Out of strain. Square data shows the average tip at sit-down restaurants dropped to 14.99% in Q2 2025. That is down from 15.4% in 2024. Toast …
Moody’s latest report on credit market dynamics showed a significant increase in the number of distressed borrowers, primarily those relating to private equity. In addition, bank stats show that while everyone else has forgotten about commercial real estate and its …
Record 14 million homes set to flood market. There is a US record 14 million homes coming to market over the next 5 years (assuming no housing crash). With only 4.3 million households being formed — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June …
The gold-to-silver ratio is now breaking down as silver accelerates and begins to catch up with gold. Just a month ago, investors were telling me this time was different — that the ratio wouldn’t revert and we were witnessing a …
A Bloomberg TV headline was warning that breadth is imploding on this rally. Why? Because hedge funds are piling back into mega cap Tech. Why? Because S&P momentum algos are manipulating the futures higher due to the collapsing VIX and …
Container shipping traffic from China to the US is plummeting: The number of ships departing from China to the US over the last 15 days has dropped to its lowest since February. Excluding the Chinese New Year-related decline in February, …
"Home price collapses are rare!" Sure, so are bubbles of this magnitude pic.twitter.com/IQiKRu3I7t — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 30, 2025 Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Re-Spikes to 10.6%, to Worst Levels of the Financial Crisis Meltdown.It’s the older office towers that …
Cherry growers in Yantai, Shandong, are facing heavy losses this year. Prices for cherries have dropped so drastically that they no longer even cover the cost of fertilizer. In fact, cherries are now cheaper than pork, so farmers would even …
Currencies are designed as a form of payment with short-term stability; by definition, they cannot appreciate too much or nobody would spend it, and they can't depreciate too much or nobody would hold it. They are not a form of …
The world is more divided than ever, but there’s still something (nearly) everyone agrees on: The U.S. is unloved. The United States is becoming less popular globally in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to …
Something amazing happens when you ask a Democrat about taxes. First, they claim they don’t want to raise taxes. Then, they say they only want to raise taxes on “rich people.” But when you try to get them to define …
In 1975, 81% of American men under 30 were married. For women, it was 91%. Today, only 16% of men and 25% of women under 30 have a spouse. This is not a social drift. It is a free fall. …
Denny’s used to be a bellwether for middle America. Open late, breakfast all day, booths filled with families and night-shift workers. Now it looks like a relic from an economy that no longer exists. Its stock has collapsed to levels …
Shares of conservative news channel Newsmax plunged more than 70% on Wednesday as its meteoric rise as a new public company proved to be short-lived. The stock tumbled a whopping 77.5%, following a 2,230% surge in Newsmax’s first two days …
Since 2017, the Turkish Lira has lost approximately 91% of its value against the U.S. Dollar. This dramatic depreciation is attributed to factors such as high inflation, unconventional monetary policies, and political instability in Turkey. For example, the exchange rate …
Canada’s small business sector is grappling with a severe crisis as its confidence plummets. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has reported an alarming decline in the Small Business Confidence Index, which dropped to 23.2 in March 2025. This …