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Via International Man International Man: Gold has seen a dramatic rise recently. What do you think is driving this surge—inflation, geopolitical instability, loss of faith in fiat currency like the US dollar? Doug Casey: The answer is all of the above. First, inflation is not retail price rises, as most people think. The rise in prices is …
The economy is booming, if you are the tow truck driver. 00:00 Car Repos Explode to New Highs 07:17 Use Vehicle Sales Just Crashed By 25% 08:58 Real Life Viewer Inflation Story 11:55 Why the Dollar is Worthless Today 17:54 There’s No Way Out of the Mess The FED Created Subprime car buyers are …
by Michael In 1962, the U.S. was absolutely determined to keep Russian missiles out of Cuba, because any Russian missiles launched from Cuba could potentially deliver nuclear warheads to major U.S. cities on the east coast in just minutes. After all these years, now we are facing another missile crisis. The Russians are considering sending …
The cash squeeze in wholesale money markets that we’ve been following got a whole more exciting on Friday, and now we have the full set of numbers on it. Interest rates soared the most since 2020 further proving the Federal Reserve’s program which is supposed to keep this from happening doesn’t keep it from happening. …
Judge Praises Trump Over SNAP Funding, Sets Monday Deadline For Payments https://t.co/7dKVYaFiWB — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 3, 2025 A Rhode Island federal judge praised President Donald Trump’s “quick and definitive response” to a Friday order for facilitating the timely funding of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments “The court greatly appreciates the president’s quick and …
The meeting, though without a formal agenda, is expected to focus on current market conditions, say sources The Reserve Bank of India will meet select primary dealers and banks on Tuesday, three traders aware of the developments told Reuters, amid concerns that tightening liquidity in the banking system is pressuring the government bond market. The …
by Michael What is the Fed not telling us? The numbers clearly indicate that big trouble is brewing in the banking system. I wish that I could specifically tell you which banks are in the most trouble, but at this stage we simply aren’t being told anything. They probably figure that the best approach is …
The world’s richest nations are out of fiscal options. Even The Economist now admits debt can’t be repaid and growth won’t fix it. When governments inevitably inflate away currencies, where does that leave their citizens? By Peter Reagan For years, we’ve said the global financial system was running out of exits. Now even The Economist – pretty …
WALL STREET SHOCKER: MOST U.S. STOCK TRADING NOW HAPPENS IN THE SHADOWS — NOT ON EXCHANGES For the first time in history, more than half of U.S. stock trading is happening off the public exchanges — funneled into dark pools and internal trading desks of major Wall Street firms. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) October 25, …
Institutional knows when to bail. They milked the housing game for all it was worth. Now we get to watch inventories rise as retail is left holding the bag. https://t.co/DWGLugCHZk — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 21, 2025 🚨 *IT'S `PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999' IN CREDIT MARKETS: JIM CHANOS — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 22, 2025 …
This story just won’t go away. Private credit=subprime MBS 💀 https://t.co/LlOq0NvN1u — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 22, 2025 Andrew Bailey has said the crisis in the $3tn shadow banking industry has echoes of 2008, in comments that will fuel concerns about a looming crash. The Governor of the Bank of England said private credit lenders …
Public broadcasters just dropped a bombshell: nearly half of all automated news responses are wrong and the companies behind them are still pushing these systems into classrooms, search engines, and government portals without friction, disclaimers, or oversight. This isn’t a tech hiccup. It’s a systemic failure, coordinated across platforms and languages, where fabricated quotes, misdated …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, While we focus on AI and finance, society is crumbling beneath our feet. According to both the mainstream media and social media, the forces that will shape the future are: 1) AI (i.e. technology’s impact on jobs and growth), 2) geopolitical competition for AI dominance, energy, resources, trade, military …
We’re living under the most lawless administration in U.S. history. https://t.co/aAu8DOYEkQ — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 20, 2025 If they're overturned (and many have been), the exec branch continues. If Congress doesn't like / want it, they don't fund it. Exactly what's happening right now. It's incredible that so many people don't know how …
GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries. We thought 25% of consumers using BNPL for groceries is nuts. Now, this? https://t.co/4ejLhDyl6o — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) October 14, 2025 People are literally crowdfunding groceries. Let that sink in. The CEO of GoFundMe says …
Sam Altman warns AI could outsmart banks and steal your money OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning banks and financial institutions about AI-driven fraud. He highlights how voice clones and deepfakes are already bypassing current security systems, posing a serious threat to people’s money. AI is becoming smarter and is helping humans in all possible …
Gold starts the week storming out of the gates and immediately hitting a new ATH – just a fyi https://t.co/hJmL8ZdqYO — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) October 12, 2025 Now $63 lol — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 12, 2025 The HY spread has been lower only 3% of the time… pic.twitter.com/EZwCOsEIz0 — Yeoman (@yeoman650) October 12, 2025 …
SONOMA, Calif.—The U.S. wine industry hasn’t had it this bad since Prohibition. The list of problems is long in California, the cradle of American wine. Vineyards have an oversupply of grapes. People are drinking less, especially younger drinkers, and tariffs have caused the biggest foreign market for U.S. wine—Canada—to dry up overnight. With this year’s …
13,000 case backlog proves failed leadership. Now cutting deals with predators while demanding more taxpayer $. DeSantis was right. FL needs prosecutors who protect kids, not criminals. @RonDeSantis Please protect the children! Remover and keep her out of office any way you can. She’s an evil enabler for predators preying on our children. She and …
Chapter 7 Individual Bankruptcy Filings Jump 15 Percent In First 9 Months Of 2025 — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) October 6, 2025 A total of 249,152 individual Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings were made in the first nine months of this year in the United States, which is a 15 percent jump compared to the same period last …
71,227 rapes last year. 7,801 in 2000. That’s nine times higher. You can feel it in every courthouse, every police station. Every number is a person whose world has been ripped apart. Only 5 percent of these cases even lead to a charge. Do the math: over 67,000 survivors last year got nothing. Nothing. Not …
The American Trucking Association (ATA) is out here feigning outrage over cargo thefts like the Guy Fieri tequila heist that just hit 60 Minutes—24,000 bottles of Santo Tequila vanished in a slick double-brokering scam. For years, the ATA has lied to the entire country, federal agencies, and legislators about a “truck driver shortage” that doesn’t …
American citizen breaks down in tears because she is now living in her car “for the foreseeable future” She has a job but rent prices are so out of control in America and you need 2.5x the rent to qualify for an apartment, she has to live in her car Illegal immigration and fake refugees …
Shutdowns make for political theater, but the true risk isn’t missed paychecks – it’s the mounting debt, weakened confidence and rising mistrust they reveal. Here’s why the Congressional “budget drama” points to a deeper crisis… By Peter Reagan Well, it’s time for another government shutdown. While the news media wants you to focus on the political conflicts that led …
https://twitter.com/Minutes_ae/status/1973755096820326611 Ukraine’s new strategy of targeting oil refineries is taking its toll on Russia’s economy, dramatically cutting its refining capacity as the government seeks to balance massive military spending with falling revenue. Citing data from Seala, a Russian energy markets analysis agency, the Russian business daily RBC reported that nearly 40 percent of the country’s …
The regional banking crisis 2.0 Soon. pic.twitter.com/ofFj6Qlpw7 — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 30, 2025 Fun fact: US Banks’ reserves are very close to the same level where the 2023 US regional banks crisis began – the bubble standing upon these reserves is also much larger today than it was 2 years ago https://t.co/4RJlfMcjrK pic.twitter.com/mYEUwnfQ5p …
The woman you see above might look as real as any other human, but she’s not. She’s actually an artificial intelligence-generated actress named Tilly Norwood who, after a short time on the scene, has sparked interest among talent agents who are keen to hire her. As such, she’s been hailed as ‘the next Scarlett Johansson …
JUST IN 🚨: Japan 10-Year Bond Yield hits highest level since the Global Financial Crisis 🤯👀 pic.twitter.com/tYCu25ZL7R — Barchart (@Barchart) September 26, 2025 Bitcoin Major trend breach. This not good.This very bad. pic.twitter.com/zdp0u6thRk — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 26, 2025
