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2-year yield near 4.15 percent. This is the front end where Fed rate bets live. 10-year yield near 4.41 percent. Longer money also buying bonds. Dollar index rising strong while gold and oil slide. Tech and risk assets feel the pressure. This combo means traders worry growth is slowing faster than expected. Falling oil can …
People flooding into cheap Midwest spots like Indianapolis Columbus Louisville Sun Belt magnets like Florida Texas Arizona now bleeding residents Bank of America data confirms the regime change Affordability crushing the old boomtown hype 1) This represents a massive regime shift in the housing industry, as many of the underlying assumptions investors and builders had …
Virginia Supreme Court axes Democrats’ mid-decade redistricting scheme… Court rules Dems violated voter-approved map process with sneaky procedural tricks… Power grab that targeted four extra House seats in 2026 now dead on arrival… Virginia Supreme Court throws out new congressional map pushed by Democrats. The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic …
Multiple reputable outlets confirm that Democrats won: Florida House District 87 (Palm Beach/Mar‑a‑Lago area) by just under 800 votes. Florida Senate District 14 by 408 votes. The immediate story is a narrow victory. Democrat Emily Gregory will represent Florida’s State House District 87, a Palm Beach area that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, after …
via WSB: Yes, I shorted the market, because we are at war. Trump comes out LYING, and saves it. Iran denied his claims, and I thought, naturally, the market would reverse back down. I will never win in this game. Technicals, fundamentals, they mean nothing, because our leaders can simply lie and change the narrative. …
There’s a correlation to the size of the homes. On avg they’re also getting smaller. h/t RobertBartus
The Capture of Maduro and Energy Market ramifications. Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, now sits at the center of a major geopolitical shift. With Nicolás Maduro captured and U.S. influence likely to extend over Venezuelan oil assets, the balance of global crude supply could change meaningfully. A U.S.-controlled reopening of Venezuela’s …
Flipped red, some crazy vol https://t.co/PId1c0WwYy pic.twitter.com/6RPKSL7ZND — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) December 29, 2025 $TSLA is dumping in overnight trading tonight. pic.twitter.com/4Mou1S2dRu — Cole Grinde (@GrindeOptions) December 29, 2025 Had at least 1,000 people call me an idiot yesterday for calling this. https://t.co/RdITHpdyxO — Crypto Jebb (@CryptoJebb) December 29, 2025 SPOT PALLADIUM FALLS NEARLY 9% TO …
The mortgage market has been tanking for the last two years, suggesting that the U.S. housing market will continue to struggle in the final months of 2025. Mortgage applications to buy a house, as reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association, is still 35% below its pre-pandemic levels, and down 55% from the pandemic peak. This …
California’s housing market is slowing in 2025, with inventory skyrocketing and home values now dropping on a month-over-month basis.
Tesla just flipped the switch in Europe. After five straight months of bleeding market share, June came in hot. The Model Y is back in volume, and the numbers are loud. UK registrations jumped 224% month over month. Spain tripled. In the Netherlands, Tesla didn’t just top EVs. It became the best-selling brand across all …
The tide has turned. After years of sellers calling the shots, the housing market has finally shifted. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services isn’t whispering it. They’re spelling it out. The market now belongs to the buyers. This isn’t a theory or a forecast. It’s already happening. Inventory has ballooned past 500,000 active listings, the highest level …
President Trump's agenda flipped from financial austerity to money printing within the first 6 months of his term 🤪 https://t.co/BukqFTdY0t pic.twitter.com/04zGhJC8R0 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 4, 2025 JUST IN 🚨: President Donald Trump says the U.S. Debt Limit should be completely removed pic.twitter.com/zuSXh2qOZ5 — Barchart (@Barchart) June 4, 2025 As a reminder, Big Beautiful Bill …
240 Km/h Wind SLAMS China! Trees Down, Cars Flipped, Chaos Everywhere Unbelievable scenes from Zhejiang, China, as devastating 230km/h winds wreak havoc across cities and rural communities. This extreme weather event has caused massive destruction, tearing off roofs, toppling trees, and flipping cars. Watch shocking real footage of the storm’s raw power as emergency crews …
Switzerland’s Negative Yields Are Back And It’s a Global Red Flag, Not a Local Anomaly A remarkable event just unfolded quietly in global bond markets Swiss government bonds with maturities up to 4 years are once again offering negative yields. Investors are literally paying the Swiss government for the privilege of lending them money. While …
It’s funny. These are numbers you’d normally see with a Democratic president. Things have completely flipped. The middle class is now firmly Republican and the financial elite are Democrats. Mind boggling https://t.co/M1kYvBZetT — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March 20, 2025
JUSTI N: A record number of buyers backed out of purchase deals in July due to high costs and economic worries, per Redfin. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 30, 2024 Buyers’ Strike Deepens: Pending Home Sales Drop to Record Low Despite Surging Supply & Much Lower Mortgage Rates that Already Price in Massive Rate Cuts Pending …
Economists from Bank of America just warned that the Federal Reserve might not cut interest rates until March 2025. With other news outlets speculating that the next Fed move might actually be a rate hike.
BREAKING: Dems have FLIPPED this Alabama 10 state House seat tonight by 10 points in a special election. David Cole (R) won this seat in 2022 by 7 points. That’s a 17 point dem swing. Cole resigned last August after he was charged with… voter fraud. https://t.co/mmQpxraeAu — Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 27, 2024 …
Italy’s new ‘Far Right’ Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “I would be the first to throw myself into the water to save migrants AGI – Regarding the issue of migrants, “the point is that we can continue to grab as much as we want, but if we don’t understand that the only way to stop …
