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It's all about Japan now. pic.twitter.com/k6qEvqWrY7 — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) April 17, 2025 Japan's Ministry of Finance admits they sold foreign bonds during the market turmoil last week https://t.co/oaPYAF8vEX — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) April 17, 2025 Japan's Bond Market is Flashing a Serious Warning Japan's government bond yields dropped sharply today, marking another critical signal that …
🚨BREAKING: MASSIVE X crackdown on engagement farming The delay in X payouts this week was because of X implementing a new system that DEMONETIZES engagement farmers Tons of people didn't get paid Friday It looks like the following groups of people are not getting paid: •… pic.twitter.com/I4z1XnsKSg — Alex Finn (@AlexFinn) April 15, 2025
BREAKING: Gold prices officially surge above $3,150/oz for the first time in history. pic.twitter.com/bPOF4P1GSg — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 31, 2025 Gold has officially crossed a major threshold, pushing above $3,150 per ounce for the first time in history. This surge comes as investors flock to the most historically reliable store of value known …
🔴YIKES, S&P 500 bull trend looks broken, peak in sight? Wall Street's narrative is cracking, where's smart money going next? My Substack post reveals 2025–27’s best contrarian bets. https://t.co/MTHMTRa3tD pic.twitter.com/8TlMSlRuOC — The Macro Pulse (@TheMacroPulse) March 23, 2025 https://twitter.com/Jedi_ant/status/1904205083811696841 The stock market doesn’t reflect reality for 95% of people. It’s all a façade and a …
Revolving debt, which mostly includes credit card balances, jumped 8.2% in January, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest consumer credit report. Altogether, consumer debt, including student loans, auto loans and credit card debt, now stands at $5 trillion. Higher prices driven by tariffs could stretch household budgets even more in the months ahead, experts say. …
A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London had spent years working out and proving why some superbugs are immune to antibiotics. He gave …
Duty-free treatment for parcels under 150 euros is on the chopping block and almost certainly will be adopted by the EU countries. China in shambles. via CNBC: Chinese online marketplace Temu and fast-fashion retailer Shein will be liable for the sale of unsafe and dangerous products on their platforms, the European Commission said on Wednesday, …
BY DAVID HAGGITH It’s never a good sign when an old dormant volcano starts showing numerous new cracks. Photo by Filipe Freitas on Unsplash A huge crack just busted open in the US financial world. It reeks of the sulpherous fumes of the old financial crisis: First Time Since GFC: Holders Of AAA ‘CRE-Backed’ Debt Hit With Losses …
🇺🇸 Cracks in the US labor market are beginning to appear as 6 of 7 employment-based #recession indicators have appeared. H/t: @hussmanjp pic.twitter.com/rgAgcMFI3G — Alex Joosten (@joosteninvestor) November 23, 2023 https://twitter.com/joosteninvestor/status/1727721023150129258/history
As Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand on Thursday, a crowded galley of onlookers saw firsthand why defendants typically do not testify at their own criminal trials, with prosecutors eviscerating the disgraced crypto founder during an hours-long cross-examination without jurors present. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers first indicated at a teleconference call on Wednesday that their client would testify …
by Cautious_Kamakazi The largest banks in the US are reportedly taking big hits to their bottom line as borrowers default on billions of dollars worth of loans. Citing data compiled by Bloomberg, the Financial Times says that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America (BofA), Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley appear to have written …
