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President Trump officially slammed Tehran’s latest proposal through Pakistani mediators… Iran’s demands include full sovereignty of the Strait and massive war reparations… Trump fired back on social media accusing the regime of “playing games” for 50 years… The White House says the naval blockade will remain in place with zero concessions… Tehran is offering to …
Beijing “deeply distressed” by the US-Iran war, pushing for immediate peace… Oil at 100 dollars per barrel as the market bets on a diplomatic cooling… Trump heading to Beijing May 14, the most consequential summit of the century… The dragon is tired of paying the war tax on its energy. Washington and Beijing find a …
Borrowing costs surged again this morning, the 30-year fixed rate hit a new spring high as the bond market reacts to wartime energy spikes… Freddie Mac reports the three-week slide in rates is officially over, the 10-year Treasury yield is dragging home ownership out of reach for thousands… Active listings have finally breached the 1-million …
The clock is officially ticking. At 08:00 local time in the Gulf, the first U.S. Navy-led convoy under “Project Freedom” began its transit. This is the ultimate “call their bluff” move. Trump is betting that Tehran wants the 14-point Islamabad peace deal enough to let the U.S. dismantle their blockade piece by piece without firing …
Over the past several hours fresh waves of airstrikes and missile attacks have erupted across multiple countries spreading the war far beyond its original battlefield. Israel has launched new strikes deep inside Iran including attacks on oil storage facilities around Tehran that triggered massive fires and thick smoke over the capital. At the same time …
BREAKING: 🚨 Federal Reserve purchases of short duration Treasury Bills now exceeds the height of the 2020 pandemic. Jerome Powell is currently holding $329B short duration T-Bills on the Fed's balance sheet, exceeding the previous crisis peak of $325B. This marks the first… https://t.co/fvDjn6VCQb pic.twitter.com/v4a9OZj3Zb — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 27, 2026 Yup, REPO jumped to …
pic.twitter.com/FbwtaJJXrO — Kenny Wayne (@TnMountain) January 30, 2026 Abby Phillip blames Greg Abbott for sending illegals to blue cities. Abby Phillip thinks Gov Abbott should have left all the illegals in Texaspic.twitter.com/NarRWCmRpn — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 30, 2026
View post on imgur.com BREAKING: Silver officially enters bear market territory, down -22% from its record high byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Silver: Parabolic + Thin Liquidity + Vol Panic = Tearshttps://t.co/sPnuELogbv — The Market Ear (@themarketear) January 30, 2026 Parabolic moves don’t fade, they always break. We warned in Silvergeddon earlier this week that silver was morphing …
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New York City nurses returned to the picket lines Tuesday as their strike targeting some of the city’s leading hospital systems entered its second day. Union officials say roughly 15,000 nurses walked off the job Monday morning at multiple campuses of three hospital systems: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and …
BREAKING: The US Labor Department announces that November CPI inflation data will be released on December 18th. The "employment situation" data for October and November and CPI inflation data are BOTH coming after the Fed meeting. The Fed is in a data blackout still. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 21, 2025 💥BREAKING: 🇺🇸 BLS …
Affordability crisis rattling mom-and-pop shops… “Surging import costs. Mounting payroll and healthcare expenses. A shortage of affordable loans. And a stressed-out workforce. Small businesses are facing mounting pressure from America’s affordability crisis. Doug Scheffel, owner of a family-run ETM Manufacturing in Massachusetts, laid off about a quarter of his employees in April as the Trump …
DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn — Trump’s first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller — and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations, court records show The settlement talks between the Trump administration …
by Michael What will the loss of hundreds of thousands of law-abiding citizens mean for New York City? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to answer that question. When large numbers of law-abiding citizens leave any area, conditions get worse. And when conditions get worse, that motivates even more law-abiding citizens to leave. Meanwhile, the …
Here is the list of subprime lenders and related firms that have recently collapsed or filed for bankruptcy: Tricolor – Subprime auto lender and used car retailer; filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September 2025 amid fraud allegations and triggered major losses for Barclays First Brands – Auto parts supplier with deep ties to subprime …
NVIDIA Once it enters the Jaws of Death, IT'S OVER! pic.twitter.com/7Unv0wCuol — The Great Martis (@great_martis) August 1, 2025 Markets have been late to the game of pricing in future reality. Consumers have been toast for several yrs, with debt & cash flows the worst it's been in decades, as debt levels reach record highs. …
The Bank for International Settlements just dropped its annual report, and it reads like a warning label. The global economy is entering what they call a pivotal moment. Not a soft patch. Not a cycle. A structural shift. The kind that doesn’t reverse with a rate cut or a stimulus bill. Agustín Carstens, the outgoing …
The latest housing market data reveals a troubling trend. Foreclosures are rising again, marking a shift from the unusually low levels seen during the pandemic years. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Debt and Credit Report confirms that distress is creeping back into the market, with 61,660 foreclosures recorded in the first quarter …
The Magnificent 7 has officially entered a Bear Market after falling more than 20% from the Peak 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/DODMqdplG6 — Barchart (@Barchart) April 1, 2025 NASDAQ 100 valuations are normalizing towards long-term averages pic.twitter.com/Kb8Gz7nkqC — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) March 31, 2025
Unitree unveiled a new video of its G1 robot performing acrobatic feats, as part of its lead up to production.
Elon Musk’s DOGE team entered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters on Friday – and staffers are pissed off! “Elon Musk’s team on Friday entered the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, sources tell us,” Politico reported. According to Politico, at least 3 of Elon Musk’s DOGE workers are now “senior advisors” …
From NBC News: With new fee increases and more shoppers ditching cash, small businesses urge their customers to consider sticking with bills and coins. Many small businesses are breathing a bit easier as inflation has cooled and the race for workers slows. But consumers’ steady embrace of credit cards is taking a growing bite out of …
🚨🇨🇦 BREAKING | TRUDEAU: NETANYAHU WILL BE ARRESTED IF HE COMES TO CANADA "Canada has always said, it's really important that everyone abide by international law. This is something we've been calling on from the beginning of the conflict. We stand up for international law and… pic.twitter.com/O3wK5JT6GF — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 21, 2024
Trump’s Win Sets Off Race to Complete Chips Act Subsidy Deals Companies seek to finalize agreements as quickly as possible Republicans are brainstorming reforms to semiconductor law https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-08/trump-s-win-sets-off-race-to-complete-chips-act-subsidy-deals h/t HighYieldLarry
Nvidia briefly eclipsed Apple to become the world’s most valuable company on Friday. It’s the first time Nvidia has been the world’s largest company since mid-June. Nvidia stock jumped as much as 3% on Friday to an intra-day high of $144.13, catapulting its market valuation to $3.53 trillion. In contrast, Apple traded up less than …
Global Liquidity entering the next bullish phase in a long-term cycle pic.twitter.com/sGPKyymZZh — Barchart (@Barchart) October 6, 2024 #GOLD formed another inside bar and is poised for its next big move. However, it needs to break above record levels to confirm the setup.#XAUUSD pic.twitter.com/pPRpRlyxj7 — Gold Predictors (@GoldPredictors) October 5, 2024 Another inside bar in …
BRUSSELS (AP) — As the war in Ukraine enters a critical period, the European Union has decided that it must take responsibility for what it sees as an existential threat to security in its own neighborhood and is preparing to tackle some of the financial burden, perhaps even without the United States. EU envoys have …
Michelle Obama says Americans don't have a right to decide who enters our country: "No one has a monopoly on what it means to be an American! No one!" pic.twitter.com/Xu2bZGTcp3 — TheBlaze (@theblaze) August 21, 2024
https://twitter.com/_/status/1818308729596461285 Erdogan will send Turkish forces if Israel enters Lebanon – former envoy https://t.co/HNrtgkGJHF — EndGameWW3 🇺🇸 (@EndGameWW3) July 30, 2024 WW3 looming??? Israel foreign minister urges NATO expel Turkey over threat to enter Israel – Reuters https://t.co/vRmO9xQ8le — ChumyChuks (@chumychuks) July 30, 2024 Initial Reports of an Explosion near the Airport in the Lebanese …
Nvidia, which makes graphics processing units, or GPUs, has been a key beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom thanks to demand for its chips. The company’s shares were briefly off 10% from their most recent all-time closing high of more than $950 apiece. The stock closed at a price of $853.54 on Tuesday, down 2% …
New Zealand has dipped back into a recession after its economy shrank for the second quarter in a row, figures released by government agency Stats NZ showed on Thursday. The country’s gross domestic product dipped in the last two quarters of 2023, the figures showed, partly fuelled by a downturn in New Zealand’s crucial agricultural …