Verified crossings still at historic lows

Verified crossings still at historic lows As of 17 June, Kpler observed six verified crossings across the monitored zone. Traffic was weighted east to west, and most vessels followed established Iranian coastal passage routes. One sanctioned vessel, Ostria, was identified… pic.twitter.com/SBo6tF7sFP — Kpler (@Kpler) June 18, 2026 Recent US-Iran developments …

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The United States spent more than roughly $5 billion to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup with major cities, American taxpayers and fans absorbing historic rising costs nationwide

Throwing a party in North America, known as the 2026 World Cup for the entire planet, sounds fun until a multi-billion-dollar bill arrives, and the USA, Mexico, and Canada won’t be able to dine and dash. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, the United States is learning …

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A Historic Energy Squeeze Is Locked In: U.S. Oil Inventories Have Fallen For 7 Weeks In A Row, And Global Oil Inventories Will Soon Hit The Lowest Level Ever Recorded

by Michael Now that the war with the Iranians appears to be fully back on, there will be no turning back now. President Trump just told reporters in the White House that “we’re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard”, and so it should now be apparent to …

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Credit card defaults are at a 15-year high. We are back at 2008 levels. Consumer confidence has reached a historic low

We are back at 2008 levels. Household insolvency is moving faster than at any time since the financial crisis. Credit card highs with no signs of cooling inflation. Energy prices give you a break over the weekend, then boom. Trump headline ruined. https://t.co/5Ti4zNWKoj — Business Nature (@BusinessNMedia) May 26, 2026 …

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S&P 500 showing erratic swings near elevated valuations. Nasdaq streak ends while semis push 14 day melt up near historic extremes

Late 1999 saw similar volatility expansion with fading volume before the dot com peak rolled over. The erratic movements the S&P 500 is displaying right now are deeply worrisome. When wild, erratic price action appears during extremely elevated valuations exactly as we witnessed in the final stages of the dot-com …

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Historic heat wave breaks records in Southwest

An unprecedented spring heat wave has begun in the Southwest, one that is likely to rewrite the record books and set dozens of new temperature records for March and possibly even April. Record March heat in California on Tuesday (FOX Weather) The worst of the heat is on the way, …

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$SPX, $NDX, $DJI have all topped. Tech giants crushed despite historic profits. $SPX trapped in massive consolidation signals sharp break ahead.

$SPX has been going nowhere for months. That's about to change. Price is tracing out a bearish B-Wave triangle. If not already complete, one more bounce into the Daily FVG at 6,883–6,915 and the triangle terminates. What follows is a sharp C-Wave decline to SPX 6,720-6500.… pic.twitter.com/4AEmMSJl7s — TRIGGER TRADES …

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Iran says it will deliver a “historic lesson” to Israel and the United States. Iran launches the first wave of Ballistic Missile Retaliation.

BREAKING: Iran says it will deliver a "historic lesson" to Israel and the United States. — Polymarket (@Polymarket) February 28, 2026 🚨BREAKING: 🇮🇷Iran launches the first wave of Ballistic Missile Retaliation. More info coming. pic.twitter.com/s3AmJbKdLW — PLA Military Updates🇨🇳 (@PLA_MilitaryUpd) February 28, 2026 Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK 🚨 BREAKING: Reports are …

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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers. Younger Generations and Women Lead a Historic Exodus. British Citizenship Applications by US Nationals Hit Record High

In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration? Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to …

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Blockbuster blizzard hits the Northeast with 28 inches of “heart‑attack” snow and a historic 33 inches in Rhode Island, causing travel chaos and power outages

Neighbors, we are in the middle of the most severe blizzard to impact Providence in decades. Cities across New England are facing dangerous winds, low visibility and white-out conditions that require plows to pause for the safety of all of our community. Our crews were out… pic.twitter.com/7UZdSHZ6hL — Mayor Brett …

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The Beast is Here! According to numerous experts at the top of AI, the AI singularity—the moment that changes human history in an historic heartbeat—will be experienced this year.

by David Haggith “I think the best way to get a handle on the risks of AI is to ask the following question: suppose a literal ‘country of geniuses’ were to materialize somewhere in the world in ~2027. Imagine, say, 50 million people, all of whom are much more capable …

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So every single trade deal he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? Meanwhile, India and the EU just sealed a historic trade deal.

So every single “trade deal” he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? pic.twitter.com/VprQdlQyFN — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 26, 2026 As expected, the $350B was fake. It’s not happening. Trump is now going to tariff South Korea. Everything he does is fake. …

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Gold surge flashes historic warning for stocks

Gold is telling us something right now. https://t.co/glKwsZlOCB — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) January 21, 2026 Cause for pause. Today is like the 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 2000s. Over the last 100 years, every time Gold outperformed equities (shown against 200wma where the ratio crosses 0.70 here) the S&P …

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Japan’s bond market hits historic volatility, massive debasement of yen may be the only escape for Japan’s debt problem

Japan’s debt is a ticking time bomb and the whole world is about to get shredded while everyone pretends zero interest rates fixed anything. You've got to start asking: who's going to pay Japan's debt? Population growth is negative. Aging demographics are overwhelming the working. People aren't starting families. So …

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JPY hits historic lows vs USD, EUR, and gold. Japan could be the first domino in a global selloff.

Japan was always the endgame https://t.co/Aa2Z1PAwu2 pic.twitter.com/MVzGkZfB1G — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 14, 2026 THE GLOBAL COLLAPSE IS STARTING IN JAPAN JPY-USD: ALL TIME LOW JPY-EUR: ALL TIME LOW JPY-GOLD: ALL TIME LOW This is a WARNING. You don’t see this in a normal market. Japan is the key domino. When …

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China is leading a historic shift in the global auto industry

China is leading a historic shift in the global auto industry: Global sales of Chinese vehicles are estimated to have surged +17% YoY in 2025, to a record ~27 million units byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Japan — ~$60–65B Germany — ~$40–45B United States — ~$25–30B China — ~$17–20B South Korea — ~$14–16B …

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