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Builders are sitting on more houses than they can sell, and that could spell trouble for the entire housing sector. We currently have the most homes for sale in the sunbelt in US history. This would be front page news if they didn't think it would cause a panic pic.twitter.com/FyhTIZu5ka — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May …
by Michael In secret labs all over the planet, researchers are playing around with the deadliest diseases that humanity has ever known. In some cases, the goal is to make those diseases even more deadly and even easier to spread. If a terrorist organization or one of our enemies really wanted to create complete and utter …
$2.5 trillion in silent dollar holdings could be dumped—and no one’s paying attention. Everyone’s watching central banks, but the real danger to the dollar lies elsewhere. A quiet sell-off from Asia could spark a rapid collapse in confidence, inflation, and your standard of living. This video breaks down how close we are to the edge—and …
The S&P 500 is now up more than 14% since 🇺🇸 President Trump said it was a great time to buy stocks on April 9th – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/2OCbiEjNwc — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 12, 2025 Sentiment check: The last time US tariffs on China were this high, the S&P 500 was ~200 points lower, 4 Fed …
And now, it is showing up in the hard data. Credit card transactions began falling in a highly unseasonal manner in the last week of April. Spending slows down, layoffs speed up. It’s just that simple. pic.twitter.com/I7zBVDie5u — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) May 5, 2025 Bonds are setting up the ultimate catch-up trade. All the hard …
S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow 11% this quarter and another 26% next year. We better hope there’s no recession, because if there is, a sharp downgrade in earnings estimates could be a real drag on the market, in my view. pic.twitter.com/gDXHwh4KDC — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 28, 2025 Goldman Sachs is now projecting …
S&P 500 at the Great Liberation Day Divide pic.twitter.com/mhRfSFfXyt — Michael J. Kramer (@MichaelMOTTCM) April 25, 2025 Bank Of America’s Hartnett – Sell U.S. stock rallies and buy the dip on everything else. — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) April 25, 2025 Technicians are pointing to a rare technical indicator called the "Zweig Breadth Thrust" which purportedly has …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-04-24/norway-s-sovereign-wealth-fund-reports-tech-driven-loss-video https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/norway-1-7-trillion-wealth-fund-reports-tech-stock-driven-loss?embedded-checkout=true World’s largest sovereign wealth fund reports $40 billion loss in first quarter on tech downturn Norges Bank Investment Management — the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world — on Thursday reported a first-quarter loss of 415 billion kroner ($40 billion), citing weakness in the tech sector. “The quarter has been impacted by …
by Mike Shedlock The share of manufacturing employment keeps declining. What role did NAFTA play? Contrary to popular myth, neither NAFTA nor China entering the WTO impacted long-term trends in manufacturing employment in place since 1953. Services vs Manufacturing Automation Irony Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on CBS News that an “army of millions and …
by David Haggith It’s “sell America” everywhere in a tectonic-scale economic breakdown. Get out of American stocks, then leap back in. Dump US bonds, then buy hard. Ditch the dollar. Get your gold out of the country. Today morphed into a do-everything-the-opposite-at-the-same-time kind of day. The morning started with loud screams of deleveraging everywhere, but …
TRUMP: "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY" pic.twitter.com/03Mvddm0UN — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) April 9, 2025
WHY IS EVERYTHING CRASHING??!! 😭 pic.twitter.com/rdwWx8r4e0 — SlumDOGE Millionaire (@ProTheDoge) April 6, 2025 Good god NQ opening down 5.4% and ES down 4.7% The black Monday boys might get their wish pic.twitter.com/7ADZH8tK5A — Robert (infra 🏛️⌛️) (@infraa_) April 6, 2025 TECH STOCKS IN OVERNIGHT TRADING: 1. Robinhood, $HOOD: -17%2. AppLovin, $APP: -17%3. Palantir, $PLTR: -10%4. …
Before we dive in… I gave you the best calls so far and warned you about the market dump I am asking only to follow me @bored2boar and RT this thread so more people notice my hard work It gives me motivation to give you even more alpha, thanks pic.twitter.com/x7Y0wHPHvo — Oracle Boar (@bored2boar) April …
https://twitter.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1908567682682675322 Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, believed that the Great Depression wasn’t caused by tariffs, stock market crashes, or any external force. It was caused by the Federal Reserve’s disastrous failure to manage the money supply. In fact, Friedman’s perspective on the origins of the Depression turns traditional …
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by Michael Have you ever not been able to sleep at night because you are stressed out about your finances? If so, you are certainly not alone. When there is simply not enough money coming in to pay all the bills, the pressure can be excruciating. The cost of food, housing and other essentials has been …
Constantine converted to Christianity in 312 after a vision, won a battle, legalized it in 313, built churches, and set rules in 325. It made Christianity big in Rome. Great things ahead. — Marlinda van der Vos (@marlindavdervos) March 24, 2025
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Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The binary ahead is the result of a simple law of Nature: adapt or die. Will we revel in a New Roaring 20s of exhilarating expansion, or will we suffer a Great Depression 2.0? Gordon Long and I explore this binary in our latest podcast. Why is the next decade a binary of …
Instead of rewarding excellence, we keep giving raises to those who aren’t helping students succeed. If we want to improve education, we need to pay the great teachers what they’re worth and get rid of the ones dragging our system down. The unions need to get out of the way. https://twitter.com/usuallypregnant/status/1899654750540537902
“China’s GDP figures originate from annual targets, not end-of-year calculations.” “It’s just a number with no real feeling behind it. Even if they claim 10% growth, I couldn’t refute it.” “We all knew when the target was set last year that it would be 5%.” “These figures are no longer reliable.” “How can GDP grow …
Fewer hours worked means less money in pockets, and it signals weak labor demand. Yet the media still pushes the narrative of a “strong labor market.” ⚠️Americans work the LEAST hours since the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis: Average Weekly Hours worked came at 34.1 in February, in line with the lowest level in …
by cbusoh66 First, the highly-suspicious, half-assed post on Truth Social that he, or whoever wrote that post had to amend because they forgot to include BTC and ETH. A U.S. Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of corrupt attacks by the Biden Administration, which is why my Executive Order on Digital Assets …
by Michael More than 18 million students are enrolled at over 5,800 colleges and universities in the United States. On average, it costs more than $100,000 to attend a college or a university in the U.S. for four years. It has been estimated that a college eduction is now over 400 percent more expensive than it …
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The last significant trade conflict between the U.S. and Canada was indeed during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 led to increased tariffs on thousands of imported goods, which resulted in retaliatory tariffs from Canada and other countries, exacerbating the economic downturn. The last big trade war between the …
And here's Trump coin. It's sitting just above its $36 support. If that gives way, it's lights out. pic.twitter.com/uPRPzCEefG — Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble) January 20, 2025 THE PASTOR THAT SANG AT THE INAUGURATION IS NOW SHILLING HIS OWN MEMECOIN 😭😭😭 https://t.co/vBCPiKr4RY — Q-Cap (@qcapital2020) January 20, 2025 Heading to zero. pic.twitter.com/Lovm71TgKq — The …
