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Trump bought at least $51 million in bonds in March — while stocks swing, bonds keep paying and sit first in line when things break.

Bonds do not move with stock prices like shares do. If the stock market crashes, Trump’s bond holdings (especially the many municipal bonds and U.S. Treasuries) should stay much steadier. The issuers — cities, states, school districts, or the U.S. government — still have to pay the same fixed interest …

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Trump claims Black Friday proves the economy is fixed, but the data shows 41% of BNPL users are already missing payments.

Trump claims Black Friday proves the economy is fixed, but the data shows 41% of BNPL users are already missing payments. byu/DumbMoneyMedia inEducatedInvesting Trump economic advisor Kevin Hassett touts ‘best Black Friday that we’ve ever seen’ as holiday spending surges Kevin Hassett credits Trump policies for holiday spending surge while …

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China’s retail sales miss expectations. The yuan is fixed below 7.20, and 10-year yields drop to 1.75%, marking the steepest drop since September 2008.

Steepest drop since September 2008. pic.twitter.com/8lMdk43vdb — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 16, 2024 China’s retail sales rose by 3% in November from a year ago, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Monday, missing the forecast of 4.6% in a Reuters poll. That marked a sharp slowdown from 4.8% growth in the …

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Peter Schiff’s grand idea: Sell off $2.7 trillion in Treasuries, buy Bitcoin, and voila, Social Security fixed. [Sarcasm]

I’m finally coming around. #Bitcoin fixes Social Security. I’ve got the plan: The Social Security Trust Fund now owns about $2.7 trillion in Treasuries. It should sell all of those Treasuries and buy Bitcoin. This buying will surely send Bitcoin to the moon, especially since a new QE program will …

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Unprecedented Tech Bubble: The Ratio of The Nasdaq To US Treasuries Soar Beyond Historic Levels; Stocks Are Also The Most Expensive Relative To Fixed Income In Over 20 Years

The Nasdaq’s return compared to US Treasuries is now at a record high, surpassing levels seen during previous bubbles and indicating a significant gap between equity and bond returns. So many unsustainable metrics out there right now. This also underscores the significant outperformance of the S&P 7 to the remainder …

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The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hits 8.00% for the first time since 2000… The Nasdaq 100 Index could be the next shoe to drop.

🚨🚨🚨 The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hits 8.00% for the first time since 2000. Taking into account mortgage rates, incomes, and house prices, October 2023 stands out as the least affordable month for U.S. housing this century. Spread: 308 bps pic.twitter.com/2MH8BlaXJM — Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) October 18, 2023 Ladies …

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Corporate net interest payments stay low due to fixed debt, higher interest rates slow to drive a recession

This chart is FASCINATING! Corporates have seen NET INTEREST payments fall bc they fixed debt when rates were low (2020/21) and now are benefitting from higher rates on their cash. A reason why higher interest rates slow to drive a #recession. Thoughts @KeithMcCullough? pic.twitter.com/Ulm9RK2ch7 — Enrique Abeyta (@enriqueabeyta) July 22, …

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Canada fixed their affordability problem…

Lenders now seeing 60-, 70-, even 90-year mortgages as Canadians struggle with rocketing interest rates Now, in the face of crippling interest rates, some existing homeowners are seeing their amortization period go as high as 90-years as their ‘fixed-payment’ variable-rate mortgages adjust automatically to rising interest rates. “We’ve seen 60 …

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Nothing got fixed after the 2008 financial crisis, and no one was ever held accountable – and now Great Financial Crisis 2.0 is going to make 2008 seem like a walk in the park

Bloomberg: Mortgage indicators ring alarms as spreads near post-subprime highs Background Worsening conditions in the U.S. mortgage-backed securities market are doing little to ease fears over financial contagion. Demand for home purchases and refinancing continued to take a hit last month, as U.S. mortgage rates increased to their highest levels …

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Snowden on Trump’s indictment: it’s not wrong to say that the indictment of Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents is a case of selective prosecution, but he could have fixed the system when he had the chance.

Edward Snowden on Twitter: All kidding aside, it’s not wrong to say that the indictment of Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents is a case of selective prosecution. Spilled secrets are very much the currency of Washington, and Trump was not alone in splashing them around. He was just the least …

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