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Something big has changed in the financial system. A market most people barely paid attention to has exploded. Private credit grew from roughly $500 billion in 2020 to around $2 trillion today. Some estimates are even higher depending on what counts. The industry expects it could reach around $4 trillion by 2030. The appeal was …
IRC is screaming this one is smashing every record if it keeps going. Treatment tents torched for the second time this week — 18 suspected cases just escaped into the crowds. 1,000+ cases already, no vaccine for this strain, 40% death rate and climbing. Trump’s team is building a full quarantine camp in Kenya and …
Beef hits record highs, no quick fix on horizon… Iran chaos joins bad weather, food supplies take heavy hit… Voters line up ready to punish empty promises, full carts… Hate to say it but this one’s gonna sting come election time… Gas is sky high, groceries are unaffordable, I keep hearing that a housing crash …
Is this a warning before the next crash? The bond market is flashing a major warning sign — and most Americans have no idea how serious this could get. Rising bond yields, collapsing consumer strength, record household exposure to stocks and real estate, and growing stress in the global financial system are all pointing toward …
Food prices have families worried about the rising costs! People are saying enough but have no choice to pay rising food prices! Food prices are going up all over America! What do you think?
Supporters block streets and wave banners screaming we want our Chelsea back… American owners blow hundreds of millions on flops and turn historic club into soulless cash machine… Ticket and merch prices keep climbing while regular fans get crushed by normal life costs… ❗️The protest has started outside Wembley Stadium. [@BobbyVincentFL] pic.twitter.com/1W3hDjv1W9 — CFCDaily (@CFCDaily) …
Private credit market hits $2 trillion with banks insurers and pensions dangerously tangled in. FSB warns the sector has never faced a real downturn and data is too patchy to track dangers. Bailey just admitted the shadow banking bomb is wired up and ticking. FSB warns in a new report that traditional banks, insurers and …
Newsom got the 87-page report on dying patients getting looted. Weak oversight let crooks prey on the sick and Gavin did nothing. Four years later the same governor still shrugs while billions vanish. Gavin Newsom is a straight-up ghoul. Well yeah, that’s California democrats cashing in on grandma’s deathbed. “We have unearthed an explosive report.” …
By Peter Reagan If there is one thing that the CEO of the fifth largest bank in the world should know something about, it’s what is going on in the economy. Not the numbers in government reports that don’t connect to the reality that everyday Americans live in. Abstractions like GDP and consumer sentiment. What we’re interested in is …
By Peter Reagan There are a few ways economists try to measure how the economy is doing. Gross domestic product is the one you’ll hear about most often. It gets reported, revised, debated – and then repeated as shorthand for “everything is fine.” But if you’ve ever stood in a grocery aisle lately or looked …
Here is a very normal chart that we shouldn't debate or scrutinize in any way. pic.twitter.com/2F9rD46Rcq — Jeff Weniger (@JeffWeniger) March 2, 2026 Disabilities in the U.S. in 2025 The landscape of disability in America continues to evolve, with recent data revealing significant insights about the millions of Americans living with functional disabilities. According to …
Another day, several more critical development in the credit markets. Loss projections are soaring. A second fund stepped forward acknowledging asset sales (at lower prices). Big (related) shift in rates markets that ties in the Fed, yield curve, and everything else. Here we go over all three; what happened, what it all means.
🚨BofA’s Indicator is screaming 'SELL' stocks: The BofA Bull & Bear Index hit 9.3 points and is now at one of the highest readings on record. Historically, with the indicator this high, the median “max drawdown” over the following 3 months was -4.3% for the MSCI All-Country… pic.twitter.com/MYtcbBEJoo — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) February 22, …
🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- U.S. officials: 'Iran's exercises in the Strait of Hormuz seem to be a response to the dispatch of a second aircraft carrier to the region—and a warning to Trump' — MonitorX (@MonitorX99800) February 16, 2026 JUST IN: A new report reveals the MASSIVE scale of the US military buildup around Iran: – 33% of …
via confoundedinterest17 You got the silver? Lucky you! Silver ETF trading volume is exploding: Trading volume in the largest silver-backed ETF, $SLV, hit a record $40 billion on Monday. This marks the highest turnover among any other asset and is 15 TIMES its average daily volume. This also TRIPLES the previous peak seen in 2011. By comparison, …
by Michael You can throw out all of the old rules, because they simply don’t apply anymore. The dominance of western financial institutions is faltering, and cracks in the system are starting to show up all over the place. They can’t keep the price of silver from exploding, they can’t stop the price of gold from relentlessly …
Thomas Massie’s political snapshot 📸 pic.twitter.com/UxeHd76b3Y — Politician Pages (@politicianpages) January 19, 2026 Proud to be voting for him again! https://t.co/oQYpwal0nm — Kacee Allen (@KaceeRAllen) January 19, 2026
🚨BREAKING: For the FIRST TIME since 2008, the U.S. is LOSING BLUE COLLAR JOBS. pic.twitter.com/cStOYOLPsB — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 7, 2026
This isn’t some random commodities pop. This is what happens when governments fund deficits with short-term paper and quietly drain liquidity from the system. Money tightens, stress shows up first in hard assets, and suddenly everyone remembers what real collateral looks like. The market is front-running central banks because it knows the squeeze always breaks …
Today marks the end of QT and we already have signs that QE is right around the corner as the market forces the Fed's hand – SOFR 12bps above upper bound of Fed funds target range while standing repo facility usage ramping up; the printer is already warming up… pic.twitter.com/BUihld00ZP — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) …
Everything here points to stress building faster than anyone in charge wants to admit. When this many cracks show up at the same time, something bigger is already pushing underneath the surface. Odds of a U.S. recession in next year almost 40%https://t.co/b3edTK8whk — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) November 16, 2025 There’s never just one cockroach 🪳 https://t.co/yVDebFcIo7 …
23 states are now in a recession and 11 more are close to it. The last time this many states entered recession at once was 2008. Back then, unemployment hit 10% and foreclosures doubled within 18 months. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance 23 states are now in a recession and 11 more are close to it. The last …
NEW – Exploding electricity and gas prices: The "energy transition" is driving Germany towards deindustrialization — NZZ pic.twitter.com/xCj6KsODTn — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 1, 2025 The German Federal Network Agency warns that Germany could face electricity-supply gaps by 2030 if the transition stalls, citing shortages of controllable generation and delays in grid build-out. The DIHK – …
The UK now ranks #8 worldwide for VPN adoption There’s been over 10.7 million VPN downloads in the first half of 2025 The Online Safety Act appears to be behind what could be another record breaking year The UK has become one of the world’s fastest-growing VPN markets, according to independent research by Cybernews. Additionally, the …
In Washington state, nearly 1 million people use SNAP benefits to keep food on the table. https://t.co/3pbJEHYa4J — KOMO News (@komonews) October 29, 2025 SEATTLE — Washington and Oregon have joined a coalition of 25 states Tuesday that are suing the Trump administration over the suspension of SNAP benefits if the government shutdown continues. The …
The CPI is a joke. With these data centers popping up everywhere electricity cost is exploding. How can you even take these reports seriously anymore? https://t.co/xGpXGI2aEP — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 24, 2025 Anyone that tells you inflation is falling is a gaslighting liar. pic.twitter.com/7dkK5Qn1md — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 24, 2025 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 …
If you do the math. Food bank growth it’s exponential. That means by the end of this decade, nearly all of Canadians will be visiting food bank Complete communist state pic.twitter.com/Lm0rbtUhhK — Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) October 15, 2025 Poverty and food insecurity in Canada has risen almost 40% over the past two years, placing Canada at a historic …
BREAKING: Donald Trump has a Stage 5 freakout and threatens to sue over Jimmy Kimmel's triumphant return to late night in a deranged late night Truth Social post. We all knew that the nuclear meltdown was coming… "I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back.… pic.twitter.com/ssCCoKKOY6 — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September …
Tangipahoa Parish Alert: An immediate mandatory evacuation has been ordered for everyone within one mile of the intersection of Hwy 51 & Hwy 10 in Roseland. https://t.co/oriSxgDVHP pic.twitter.com/stYyOc2Cjt — WBRZ News (@WBRZ) August 22, 2025 Drone footage shows explosion and fire at Roseland plant. A mandatory evacuation is underway. Here's the latest>>>https://t.co/EkZzyYqage pic.twitter.com/2XIjfiNYlX — wdsu …
