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S&P 500 hits its most expensive valuation in 4 years 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/afbN5BNL4o — Barchart (@Barchart) August 5, 2025 For those who believe the S&P 500 is reasonably valued. What an illusion. pic.twitter.com/1pRE3IHX7v — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) August 5, 2025 Based on July‘s S&P 500 monthly data, the market is OVERVALUED somewhere in the range of …
Blue states are now offering sanctuary to threatened legislators from red states—an unprecedented scene in U.S. politics this year. “Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps,” the AP reported. https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/texas-democrats-flee-state-to-block-gop-redistricting-vote-amid-threats-of-arrest-republican-seats This marks the second such walkout since 2021, as …
Economists are having trouble understanding why stocks are at all-time highs. Well, technically, they are not measured in currencies other than the US dollar, like the euro, but in local currency terms, yes. According to economic textbooks, tariffs hamper free trade, cause investment uncertainty, and lead to suboptimal economic outcomes. The reality is that US …
The market is bubbling over like never before. Weird moves everywhere, prices swinging wildly, and headlines screaming about froth and frenzy. But beneath the chaos, something deeper is rotting. Society itself feels more unraveled, more reckless than at any point in recent memory. Look back to the dot-com boom or even 2021’s crazed rally. Those …
President Donald Trump said China “agreed to open” after the two countries agreed to temporarily slash most of the tariffs on each other’s goods. Trump said that was “maybe the most important thing” to come out of trade talks with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer and their Chinese counterparts. The U.S. …
Artificial intelligence industry leaders who have openly stated a willingness to work on the emerging technology with China will testify to Congress on Thursday, likely facing a panel of U.S. senators urging them to instead pivot away from the global adversary. At the Senate hearing put together by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), “Winning the AI …
BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump now has said that tariffs on China will come down and he won't play hardball. pic.twitter.com/HcOARJUsJh — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) April 22, 2025 BREAKING: President Trump says tariffs on China won’t be as high as 145% and “will come down substantially, but won’t be zero.” — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 22, 2025 …
In the chaos of a trade war, most industries panic. But one sector might just thrive while others scramble. Energy. And we’re not talking about solar panels or wind turbines. It’s the old-school oil and gas companies that look ready to weather the storm better than the rest. Here’s why. Trump’s tariff war hits global …
Wait so an elected Government official is telling foreign countries to go against the President?? Sounds treasonous. pic.twitter.com/hj2AcDil5a — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 21, 2025 Rep. Jamie Raskin threatened foreign leaders who “facilitated authoritarianism in our country” by currying favor with President Trump on issues like deportation — saying that Democrats will not “look …
BREAKING: China says 'firmly opposes' trade deals that harm its interests – AFP — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 21, 2025 🇨🇳🇺🇸CHINA COMMERCE MINISTRY: CHINA RESPECTS ALL PARTIES TO RESOLVE THEIR ECONOMIC AND TRADE DIFFERENCES WITH THE UNITED STATES THROUGH CONSULTATIONS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING. FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY PARTY STRIKING A DEAL AT THE EXPENSE OF …
Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough. https://t.co/SzyhA6VEzF pic.twitter.com/qWZo7Dd0w4 — Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) April 17, 2025 No need for further comments 🥹 https://t.co/kO0zB21awA pic.twitter.com/AwoiUEap0L — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) April 17, 2025
Powell: There is not any real experience. The Smoot-Hawley tariffs were not this large and they were 95 years ago… pic.twitter.com/l8ZEsFV2fT — Acyn (@Acyn) April 16, 2025 Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough. https://t.co/SzyhA6VEzF pic.twitter.com/qWZo7Dd0w4 — Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) April 17, 2025
German Economy Ministry: Due to declining orders and US trade policy, a noticeable weakening in the industrial cycle is to be expected in the coming months — FinancialJuice (@financialjuice) April 14, 2025 United States President Donald Trump’s trade policies are raising the chances that the next financial crisis will occur “sooner than expected,” Germany’s incoming …
Forget the Six Flags ride in stocks. Look at 10y If yields were going up bc inflation/tariffs why didn’t yields come down when tariffs are reduced? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/mB9iUqLvXX — George Gammon (@GeorgeGammon) April 9, 2025 Shorts are squeezed, maybe good opportunity to sell the standard US stocks. Everybody is warned now. UST Yields not coming …
Just about the only thing that economists on the left and the right agree on is tariffs. Nobody likes them, but why? Brandon Smith of alt-market.com explains how tariffs make nations less dependent on one another, and how they undermine the socialist goals of globalism… By Brandon Smith Ever since the days of Herbert Hoover and …
JD Vance is asked about lowering the prices of groceries and babbles about jobs. If you recall, Donald Trump said this about voters' priorities: “They all said inflation was the No. 1 issue. I said, ‘I disagree." MAGA got conned. pic.twitter.com/fXpjCjEOEe — Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) January 26, 2025
The rest of us have to be on site 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Why are these a**holes special. Go to the office or give up your job. See if you can get a job that pays that well with all the benefits and perks. I say fire them all. They just …
Tell him – NOPE! https://t.co/GzliSskrjd — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 27, 2024 Bill Gates Calls for Crackdown on Meat Consumption to Fight ‘Climate Change’ | Frank Bergman, Slay News Billionaire Bill Gates is calling on governments to crack down on the general public’s meat consumption in order to allegedly tackle “climate change.” In particular, the… …
By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Has inflation been slain? According to the official data, the answer is “maybe” at best, but most likely “no.” There are three official inflation measures in the U.S. They are: The Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Producer Price Index (PPI). Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE). CPI has effectively …
The unemployment level is now higher than where it was when the Fed cut rates (September). pic.twitter.com/epNpEKuaSt — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 9, 2024
Since becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard’s rosy posture toward Moscow has prompted some Democratic critics to suggest that she could be “compromised,” or perhaps even a “Russian asset” — claims the ex-Hawaii representative and Army officer has forcefully denied. But former advisers to Gabbard suggest that her views …
McDonald’s just announced they are going to be extending their $5 meal deal all the way until June of 2025 at least. This was a program that was only supposed to last 1 month starting in June of 2024 however they are realizing this is the only way to get people to come back to …
by confoundedinterest17 If this isn’t election interference, I don’t know what is. The Fed today slashed interest rates by the biggest amount in 16 YEARS, a whopping 50 basis points from 5.50% to 5.00%. With the economy roaring along (thanks to Covid-related massive Federal spending), there was no good reason to slash rates. Other than …
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): "Mr. Speaker you are out of compliance with agreement that allowed you to assume this role. The path forward for the House of Representatives is to either bring you into immediate total compliance, or remove you pursuant to a motion to vacate the chair." pic.twitter.com/TXcrrsRuiF — CSPAN (@cspan) September 12, 2023
Sean Penn calls Covid a “mandatory rehearsal for things to come.” Someone has given him the plans. The Covid lockdowns are a “rehearsal” for future climate lockdowns. pic.twitter.com/JEoNhd13QC — Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) September 1, 2023
