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by David Haggith Who says there isn’t plenty of pork in the military budget? According to Hegseth, US military leadership is stuffed full of pork bellies. Investors couldn’t be more euphoric about the government shutdown today, taking the S&P up to yet another record in a long string of records. Warren Buffet, however, is not …
The surface looks euphoric. Underneath, it’s leaking pressure. U.S. equity markets are flashing signals that don’t line up. On one side, retail traders are piling into penny stocks, margin debt is hitting new highs, and social media is pumping vaporware IPOs like it’s 2021 again. On the other side, corporate insiders are quietly heading for …
An all-time high 43% of investors think there is a less than 10% chance of a stock market crash occurring in the next 6 months 🚨 pic.twitter.com/c46U09cdsC — Barchart (@Barchart) December 6, 2024 This is wild: The Euphoriameter, an indicator measuring investor sentiment, hit a record 1.1 points, according to Topdown Charts. This metric uses …