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via jessefelder Jensen Huang has now accomplished in just 6 weeks what it took Warren Buffett 60 years to do. But the market’s growing dependence upon just one stock may not be very healthy. In fact, by certain measures the broader market now exhibits more signs of fragility than at any time in decades. What’s more, …
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KC Fed Labor Market Index update for April #MacroEdge Labor and cuts are next in the saga. Job market is cooked like gumbo before an LSU football game. pic.twitter.com/N1WXe75cb3 — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) May 10, 2024 Red X marks March 2001 and December 2007 – start of the two previous NBER indicated downturns pic.twitter.com/Oc7A41pfN5 — …
"We have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx; they don't even know what the word computer is. They don't know. They don't know these things." ~ New York Governor Kathy Hochul Despicable! Disgusting! Disturbing! White liberal democrats are the enemy of Black people.… pic.twitter.com/mVjxElYjY6 — Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) May 7, 2024 How liberals …
I mean… Biden admin said they were gonna pay influencers to reach younger audiences, what did she expect she was gonna get paid to say? https://www.axios.com/2023/04/09/bidens-digital-strategy-an-army-of-influencers h/t 2201992
via Mike Shedlock Food away from home has risen at least 0.3 percent for 34 out of the last 36 months. CPI data from the BLS, California Fast Food Prices Gordon Haskett Sticker Shock in California Higher state minimum wage went into effect April 1; chains say burritos and burgers are getting more expensive in …
BY DAVID HAGGITH It’s the kind of balloon that just won’t fly; it only settles to the ground Photo by Sean Robertson on Unsplash We’re in for a weird ride, which I’ve been talking about for some time, where prices rise even as the economy settles into recession. Those who lived through the 70s remember it well. Stagflation …
China’s economy isn’t in a great place and its currency is floundering. The tumult is sending prices of gold, considered a safe-haven asset, skyrocketing. Spot gold prices have recently hit record highs — above $2,400 an ounce — thanks to global demand on the back of economic and geopolitical uncertainties. Expectations of central bank interest …
From Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group Back in March 2021, we explored why you’d be wise to look elsewhere if the Social Security trust were a private investment you’d chosen to invest in, rather than a government program you were obligated to participate in. The upshot? If Social Security were run like any other investment, there would …
Another dump on futures. The selling isn’t done yet. pic.twitter.com/Sb5ZGYhW4J — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April 19, 2024 US Futures Edge as Losing Streak Continues US stock futures edged lower on Friday as the losing streak on Wall Street continues. In extended trading, Netflix dropped 5% despite strong quarterly results, but the… More here: https://t.co/t5tNk3mpX5 pic.twitter.com/u0vQD7KDfl …
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, One of the more difficult aspects of working in economic analysis is the problem of rampant disinformation that you have to dig through in order to get to the truth of any particular issue. In this regard, economics is very similar to politics. The propaganda is endless and debunking it …
via ReclaimTheNet.org: But then – these “fact-checkers” are reacting in order to double down on their role as something positive, and justified. Because there are no facts to support this attitude, one of the key “fact-checkers” is hiding behind an opinion piece. But the claim is there: “Fact-checking is not censorship,” a post on Poynter …
TRUMP: "November 5th is going to be called ‘Christian Visibility Day’, when Christians turn out in numbers that nobody's ever seen before” 🔥 pic.twitter.com/knGEq2b8Rs — Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) April 2, 2024 TRUMP: “I stand before you today to declare that Joe Biden’s Border Bloodbath, that’s what it is a bloodbath… and it’s destroying our …
by Michael Officials had been greatly puzzled by a “mystery disease” that has been making dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico very sluggish and has been causing them to produce much less milk. So they decided to do some testing, and we now have the results. It turns out that the mystery illness …
#Ukraine tells its citizens that losing extremities and eye sight isn't a big dealBut thousands of veterans have not been paid by the #Ukranian g-ment for their medical care. Who is going to tell their stories? pic.twitter.com/CWSfDYSLeT — Arthur Morgan (@ArthurM40330824) March 28, 2024
That time when a CNN reporter thought it would be nice to interview cannibals and nearly ended up on the menu: That time when a CNN reporter thought it would be nice to interview cannibals and nearly ended up on the menu: pic.twitter.com/DnahjYXOzo — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 13, 2024
by theSilverVigilante This isn’t sustainable. Once debt to GDP goes above 90% it’s impossible to go back. We’re currently at 125%. “In 1994, the US GDP was $6.4Tr and the Federal debt $4.4Tr for a respectable debt-to-GDP ratio of 68%. Today the debt is going to cross the $35Tr mark in the next month, while GDP …
NATE SILVER: Google abandoned “don’t be evil” — and Gemini is the result. “I’ve long intended to write more about AI here at Silver Bulletin. It’s a major topic in my forthcoming book, and I’ve devoted a lot of bandwidth over the past few years to speaking with experts and generally educating myself on the terms …
via DCNF Rent prices have exploded since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and are unlikely to moderate, with shortages in supply and price stickiness leading to current increases, according to experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The average price of rent for Americans increased 6.1% year-over-year in January, far higher than the rate …
by Stephen Green When people say “experts say” they mean a person like this https://t.co/eEydpIHjFO — Daniel (@growing_daniel) February 16, 2024 And from the replies: I can tell you exactly why: pic.twitter.com/f0nOqHX1Mv — Sensurround (@ShamashAran) February 15, 2024 The personal finance expert who put her savings in a shoebox and handed it to a random …
Germans should relaize by now Climate Change desires are a farce and pushed by a political agenda. Stick to low cost energy and start up your closed nuclear plants and fire the politicians that sold Germany and all the other countries down the river. Do you see China & India… — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) February 19, …
BREAKING: US Senate Leader Schumer just threatened to send US soldiers to fight Russia in Eastern Ukraine if the border bill isn’t passedpic.twitter.com/VGcH1CPXub — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) February 5, 2024 Seriously, Lankford? https://t.co/5e8dJxHXLl pic.twitter.com/ZNpdZXcaRx — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 5, 2024 There is no imminent national security threat to the U.S. from Ukraine. Chuck Schumer …
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, expressed serious concerns about the future of the U.S. economy should President Joe Biden win another term in the White House. In an interview with Bloomberg in Davos, Switzerland, Schwarzman cited the current $2 trillion deficit, increasing debt-to-GDP ratio, and open borders policy as economic threats. He questioned whether the …
BY DAVID HAGGITH Last week, I started speaking of reported “real GDP” verses “real, real GDP” and of reported actual inflation v. “actual, actual inflation.” Today, Wolf Richter has begun to do the same thing with Biden’s Treasury reports of how much they will have to issue in new debt (Treasuries), saying, The actual actual increase in …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Fortunately, there’s an obvious answer staring us in the face: Tax the Casino. There is a generational war underway in the U.S., and to date the young generations have lost and the senior generations have won. In numerous posts over the past 15 years, I have endeavored to compare apples-to-apples …
Cheap Russian Oil Reduces OPEC’s Share in India’s Imports to Record-Low 50%. In 2023, India, the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer, witnessed a historic shift in its crude oil import dynamics. Data from trade and industry sources reveals that the annual share of oil from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in India’s …
