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Beijing cracks open on producer prices, China PPI surges 1.7 percent mom and ends the deflation run, last domino falls hard into 2026. 1.7 percent mom producer price spike ends the long deflation party, China factories crank costs higher, last …
Just like the dot com bubble in 1999 where Nasdaq valuations went parabolic on internet hype before the brutal crash. Make no mistake: It IS the largest asset bubble in human history. https://t.co/16W9PBcNIZ — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) April 29, …
Cracks in the US private credit market are widening: Investors requested a record -$14.0 billion in redemptions from private credit funds in Q1 2026. This is up +146% from -$5.7 billion in Q4 2025 and +278% higher than the -$3.7 …
Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK 🚨 BREAKING: CRACKS APPEARING IN THE FINANCIAL GIANTS For the first time in its history, BlackRock’s $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund is facing major withdrawal pressure. Investors requested $1.2 billion in redemptions in a single quarter …
AI productivity bubble: Early adopters are already burning out. “There will be a wake up call and a reckoning for entire sectors who are adopting AI.” Natasha Bernal. pic.twitter.com/raHUrKMIgp — Ewan Morrison (@MrEwanMorrison) February 17, 2026 The market is EXTREMELY …
👇📌TLDR: For those short on time: * Life insurers hold more junk debt than 2007 subprime bonds * Private credit defaults hit 5.8% as fund values drop * Treasury basis trade leverage reached $1.4 trillion * Hedge fund leverage sits …
The firm’s senior financial strategist is concerned the advancements in the field of quantum computing will break Bitcoin. Senior financial strategist Christopher Wood said in the latest issue of the GREED & Fear newsletter that he’s removing the 10% Bitcoin …
If BlackRock is taking hits now, who is next in private credit? Friday evening news drop Troubled Loans Hammer BlackRock’s Private Credit Fund “A BlackRock Inc. private debt fund expects to mark down the net value of its assets 19% …
Gold is closing in on $4,700, and even longtime skeptics now admit the real story is currency decay. Meanwhile, mainstream investment house VanEck asks an interesting question: What is gold really worth if money breaks? By Peter Reagan Your News …
For a year, Wall Street’s dominant theme has been the so-called K-shaped economy, in which the well-to-do have powered financial activity despite lower earners’ struggles. This week, the nation’s largest banks reported a broadly disappointing set of quarterly earnings, marking …
This looks bigger than a protest, the regime is bracing for something ugly and it shows Protesters conducted a sit-in at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, witnesses say, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the rest of …
“They Gave Mortgages to Illegal Immigrants.” – Ed Dowd Most thought the housing bubble was just rent subsidies. Wrong. The FHA was selling homes to illegals, using taxpayer-backed mortgages. “I thought they were just supporting prices via the rental market… …
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86 NVIDIA POSTED RECORD EARNINGS AND ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED THE $112 BILLION SCAM WALL STREET MISSED Everyone celebrated. Nobody read the fine print. Nvidia crushed Q3: $57B revenue (+112% in one year), $1.30 earnings. Stock jumped, adding …
Text translation: BITCOIN EXTENDS LOSSES TO $95K AFTER CLOSING BELOW $100K FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 190 DAYS BITCOIN ESTENDE PERDAS PARA $95K APÓS FECHAR ABAIXO DOS $100K PELA PRIMEIRA VEZ EM 190 DIAS pic.twitter.com/8fG6sxUZKu — Felipe Demartini (@namcios) November …
First Brands BANKRUPTCY shakes credit markets: The collapse WIPED OUT $4 billion in leveraged loans held across ~80 CLOs from PGIM, Franklin Templeton, Blackstone, and others. The sudden failure is a major warning for the broader credit market and leveraged …
Week ending September 10 in Vaughan did not just nudge the market downward, it slammed it into a pit nobody wants to admit exists. Detached median sold price fell to $1.36 million, one of the lowest points anyone remembers, down …
While the cattle focus on the US market, cracks have begun appearing elsewhere. pic.twitter.com/0xNzPgNRP0 — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 18, 2025
The illusion of control is gone. What looked like separate flare-ups now feels like one unraveling chain tearing through the eastern seaboard. The Naval Academy locked down under gunfire from a man pretending to be military police. Hours later, the …
Delinquency rates are now ~1.5 percentage points above the 2008 Financial Crisis peak. At the same time, prime auto loan delinquencies rose to their highest in 15 years. Meanwhile, the total value of auto loans in the US jumped $13 …
The market’s heartbeat depends on one stock, and that stock just got a cold. $NVDA's "explosive growth is inevitably set to slow and Wednesday's results will be forensically examined for bumps in the road ahead."@Reuters pic.twitter.com/hCCFZaQMZ5 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) …
BALTIMORE,MD **MULTI VICTIM SHOOTING** POLICE REPORTING 6 SHOOTING VICTIMS INCLUDING A 5 YEAR OLD AND 15 YEAR OLD – CHECKING AREA HOSPITALS FOR OTHER WALK IN VICTIMS #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/ROIEiyGv9T — Alertpage, Inc (@alertpage) August 10, 2025 Baltimore Police: "BPD is …
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are now the center of a federal crackdown. The FDA has begun seizing counterfeit semaglutide and tirzepatide products from the U.S. supply chain. Some vials contained bacterial contamination. Others were mislabeled or chemically altered. The agency confirmed …
Just when the GOP thought it could sweep the Epstein mess under the rug, House Republicans themselves helped force its spotlight back. Suddenly the “release all the files” chorus looks bipartisan, not just MAGA claptrap. Trump may have thought calling …
When a firm like BlackRock takes a hit of this size, it raises deeper questions: Who pulled the capital, and why? Was this a sovereign wealth fund reallocating for political or liquidity reasons? A pension plan de-risking into cash or …
Eric Basmajian, economist and founder of EPB Research, breaks down the hidden cracks in the U.S. labor market, the return of tariffs, wage stagnation, and the Fed’s precarious monetary stance amid growing recession risks.
The current US administration cannot stop one of the best Biden’s trick to masquerade the health of the economy, why? Guess what’s going to happen to stock the moment NFP prints collapse https://t.co/arwdoBy3s6 — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) July 7, 2025
Inflation stays hot despite economic slump. So, we got negative consumer spending and negative consumer income, yet hot core PCE (i.e., inflation). Yet, still, stocks are making new all-time-highs on "trade deal" comments? I guess the data, indeed, does not …
BREAKING: Bank of Japan to supply U.S. Dollars against pooled collateral. This can trigger a sudden Yen carry trade unwind in U.S. stocks as investors liquidate positions to cover losses, especially in low-liquidity environments.pic.twitter.com/0cP3EGiT1F https://t.co/RFacCZofsY — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 3, …
This time, it’s not the Fed cutting rates buying us time. It’s Trump rolling back tariffs. And now everyone thinks we’re back to normal. But even before the tariff war began, the economy was already soft. In December 2024, we …
With foreign central bank appetite for US Treasuries in retreat, what will replace the current system? I don't think anyone knows. The chart below suggests we go back to substantial central bank gold holdings. Maybe. IMHO, fragmentation and a broad …