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The Fed is openly acknowledging a weakening labor market. AI hype overshot reality and now the supply chain is stuck dealing with it. The Walmart Recession Signal (WRS) currently warns of a potential recession or at least a significant economic slowdown.

As shown below, the Walmart Recession Signal (WRS) currently warns of a potential recession or at least a significant economic slowdown. I haven’t published the WRS for some time and “Walmart Worries” just keep multiplying. For the details see my latest @ https://t.co/cmZvbGqspf pic.twitter.com/GU4EJg2Hx6 — Jim Paulsen (@jimwpaulsen) March 30, 2026 Walmart recession signal on …

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Stan Druckenmiller ditches AI hype for huge Korea, Japan, Brazil, and copper bets

Stan Druckenmiller’s current positions: – LONG Korea + Japan (+ Brazil)– LONG Copper (AI + tight supply)– LONG Gold (geopolitics)– SHORT Bonds Portfolio is no longer "AI-driven". He’s bearish on the Dollar but bullish on the US economy with disinflationary growth. pic.twitter.com/P9GfIB97EP — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) February 27, 2026 Druckenmiller once said, “Skate to where …

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Three years after ChatGPT, AI is everywhere, except in macroeconomic data. They hype job losses partly to get attention, partly because it justifies government intervention and UBI.

Three years after ChatGPT, AI is everywhere, except in macroeconomic data. If AI’s value is in productivity enhancement, it's still not showing up in the numbers. AI = LOTS OF HYPE. pic.twitter.com/x96Abr0tD7 — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) February 15, 2026 AI job predictions that were supposed to happen by now according to “experts” – 85 million …

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If AI were living up to its hype, it would be benefiting the ENTIRE ECONOMY. IT ISN’T. AI was always more hype than substance. Now the market will figure it out.

He’s not wrong!🎯#Capex #AI #Memory #MAG7 https://t.co/DUe36W2mHO — Samantha LaDuc (@SamanthaLaDuc) February 13, 2026 If AI were living up to its hype, it would be benefiting the ENTIRE ECONOMY. IT ISN'T. Profit margins outside the tech sector would be growing. THEY'RE NOT. pic.twitter.com/GXT1r783t0 — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) February 13, 2026 Poof… and it’s gone. pic.twitter.com/Edc3b5DlAV …

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SoftBank just missed Wall Street Net Income estimates by 70%. Meta hides $27 billion in AI debt off the books. Oracle piles on $38 billion more through shadow financing. ‘The AI hype will die.’

SoftBank just missed Wall Street Net Income estimates by 70% https://t.co/615qtOBOAZ pic.twitter.com/KlUrlbZfiM — JustDario 🏊‍♂️ (@DarioCpx) February 12, 2026 Meta is paying $6.5 billion extra in interest to keep $27 billion in AI infrastructure debt off its balance sheet. They’re using something called conduit financing, where a special purpose vehicle borrows the money, builds the …

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Institutional private equity fund insiders say Claude hype is a bubble, workflows unchanged since 2022, and corporate adoption is decades away

“Just spoke with a couple of MDs at a large institutional private equity fund They still believe that Claude is a fad and it will take decades before any real companies adopt them Currently only subscribed to a ChatGPT corporate account at work Mentioned multiple times that absolutely nothing has changed about their workflow since …

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AI hype drives companies to borrow, private debt set to become the next financial flashpoint. AI shock could trigger mass defaults

UBS worst-case AI disruption scenarios: – Private credit: 13% defaults – Leveraged loans: 8% – High-yield bonds: 4% PC most exposed because that’s where 2021-2022 vintage software deals got funded when banks couldn’t syndicate. The concentration is now becoming the vulnerability. UBS worst-case AI disruption scenarios: – Private credit: 13% defaults– Leveraged loans: 8%– High-yield …

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Jim Cramer sounds alarm on AI hype

Remember the Year of Magical Investing is drawing to a close and we are now talking about investing in profitable companies. Too much OpenAI IOUS flying around for me…Time to be more conservative and diversified — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) November 12, 2025

Quantum computing hype is a dangerous illusion that could wipe out billions and mislead investors

Wall Street is breathing a myth so dangerous it could destroy fortunes overnight. Everyone is talking about quantum computing as if it is the next great leap in technology, but the truth hides beneath the glossy headlines claiming IBM and HSBC are transforming bond trading and the market will explode to $100 billion by 2035. …

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Trump and Melania’s memecoin loses nearly all value after dinner invite and Nasdaq bell hype, investors left holding pennies

Trump’s meme coin hit $75 in January. It’s now $9, an 88% collapse. The April bump? A dinner invite for the top 220 holders at Trump’s Virginia golf club. That fizzled. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-melania-s-scammy-meme-coins-have-lost-almost-all-value/ar-AA1KTNGu Eric Trump rang the Nasdaq bell with WLFI and ALT5 executives. TRUMP coin jumped 9% on speculation alone. No fundamentals changed, just optics. …

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Bloomberg claims massive Epstein disclosure but delivers recycled files with key names blacked out. If hype was justice, these files would solve every crime.

Bloomberg claims the FBI removed President Trump’s name and other prominent figures from over 100,000 Epstein documents, citing privacy concerns, not evidence of wrongdoing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/fbi-redacted-president-donald-trump-s-name-in-the-epstein-files Yet the same outlet prominently pushed unverified claims about Trump Russia collusion long after Mueller said no criminal conspiracy was found https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/fbi-probed-if-purported-hunter-biden-emails-are-a-russian-plot That pattern repeats: blockbuster hype, ambiguous sourcing, and …

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Berkshire hoards cash while AI spending keeps the recession hidden. The economy looks steady but is not.

Berkshire Hathaway’s cash position is now 30% of their total assets, the most in history 🚨 Probably Fine? pic.twitter.com/ILr70bCct7 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 3, 2025 Berkshire Hathaway’s cash is now 30% of its total assets, the highest in its history. The company holds $344 billion in cash because it sees few good places to invest. …

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Media outlets hype recycled Trump-Epstein wedding photos like breaking news to distract from Maxwell’s looming subpoena and deeper truths

The media’s Epstein coverage just split into a thousand scattered pieces and nobody’s telling the whole story. The New York Post wants you focused on the House Oversight Committee dragging Ghislaine Maxwell back into the spotlight. They paint it like a righteous GOP crusade but ignore how long lawmakers and prosecutors on both sides have …

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The stock market isn’t a serious thing anymore. Market cycles repeat: rich buy low, hype builds, rug pull, sheep panic.

The stock market isn't a serious thing anymore How the FUCK is $KULR a $1b company with $3m in revenue in the last quarter and 50% operating LOSS pic.twitter.com/jMA6Y94PNU — Daniel Romero (@HyperTechInvest) December 26, 2024 100x P/S with such margins is bonkers — Daniel Romero (@HyperTechInvest) December 26, 2024 All this talk about the …

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What Trump is Facing – Separating Hype from Reality

By Matthew Piepenburg VON GREYERZ partner Matthew Piepenburg joins David Lin for a blunt-spoken perspective on the realities facing the incoming Trump administration. Tariff actions, job reshoring, DC “swamp cleaning,” and USD policies are juxtaposed against inevitable inflation realities in the backdrop of unsustainable debt levels. Will Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” and the proposed …

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Saylor profits by selling MSTR shares at a premium, capitalizing on Bitcoin hype. Fresh dumb money is available at the manic highs

https://twitter.com/WaltSanDiego/status/1863731174415171881 $MSTR was down over 75% from its peak in August 2021 to its low in Summer 2022. You’ll see the same price action in the next downturn which means there are a lot of newer investors that are going to take huge loses. Buckle up baby! — Ray Zalinsky (@RayZalinskyCAP) December 2, 2024 They …

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Corporations seek to capitalize on AI hype.

Here's a chart showing mentions of "AI" on earnings calls and transcripts. Mentions of "AI" in 2023 have basically broken this chart. We went from ~500 mentions in 2015 to ~30,000 this year and we still have 4 months left. Corporations really want to cash-in on the AI hype. pic.twitter.com/G9xwtAGD1a — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …

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Twitter Clone “Threads” Already Dying Off Following Initial Hype

by Chris Black Yikes. Embarrassing. CNBC: What comes up must come down — at least in the case of user engagement on Threads, Meta’s new Twitter competitor. Last week, the text-based social media platform reported a record 100 million sign-ups in just five days, but according to data from Sensor Tower and Similarweb, the service …

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