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Reverse repo surges $72BN to $268.7BN for year-end window dressing. Funding market spreads already had blown out to 3 month highs amid spike in repo tightness pic.twitter.com/wyBoMBEPN8 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 27, 2024 The Federal Reserve's emergency Bank Term Funding Program dropped to $5 billion this week. It'll be $0 in January. pic.twitter.com/md8wCxDkVv — Financelot …
This timing is epic. Saylor is massively exposed and out of cash in January 2025.https://t.co/Hf4kA0I7U2 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 27, 2024 Bitcoin Churn below the undercarriage is text book, before it lets go. https://t.co/brMztgiSCJ pic.twitter.com/WSuGSR6bCG — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 26, 2024 WOW WTF https://t.co/wd0YM7EORP — Acres and Ounces (@RetirementRight) December 26, 2024 This …
President Trump just posted this on Truth Social. The Ukraine war will likely have a ceasefire declared soon after January 20th. Trump will force Zelensky (or his replacement if Zelensky flees into exile) into peace talks. pic.twitter.com/lCwOQvCGtv — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) December 26, 2024
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted a poll on X early Wednesday morning, asking users on the platform if failed House Speaker Mike Johnson should be reelected to serve another term as Speaker on January 3, 2025. Poll respondents, most of whom are likely Republican voters, overwhelmingly called for Johnson to be removed from leadership. This …
37 of 40 murderers pardoned. https://archive.is/boAVI President Biden announced on Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row. The men will continue to serve life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Here is a full list of those granted commutations, as well as the three men remaining on …
2 words. Bubbles. pic.twitter.com/mcXdx53aWg — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 15, 2024 Where are we? https://t.co/k6Xv3ZGedR pic.twitter.com/c9XqZm4cMA — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 16, 2024 NVIDIA could very easily fall 70% next year. Very bad for #Bitcoin & #Crypto if so. 2025 could be a doozy #StockMarkets #CapitalRotation #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals pic.twitter.com/MegZxOvzCV — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) December 15, …
The entire civil servant staff at the USMA must be removed @DOGE pic.twitter.com/SitwSpda7A — 🇺🇸ColonelMAGAMark🇺🇸 (@ColonelMark4) December 11, 2024
Sounds like a massive cover-up of a coordinated attack on Trump is beginning to be revealed. A lot of heads may roll and people going to jail after inauguration day. By the way, Trump said he would do it. Stay tuned for updates. WHERE IS THE HAMMER OF JUSTICE NOW ? Fani Willis is refusing …
Hard to believe this time line. Interesting nonetheless. h/t Orangutan
Big Brother is watching you tour Big Ben or drink pints in that Irish pub. The United Kingdom, which comprises England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, now has an Electronic Travel Authorization System (ETA). According to the Travel Weekly website, the ETA started in 2023 and was just required for travelers from several Middle Eastern …
You won’t believe this: starting January 1, 2025, new motorhomes will be banned in several states, all in the name of an extreme environmental agenda. California, Oregon, Washington, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts are set to enforce regulations that will drastically limit the sale of new motorhomes with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) …
The latest report from the Labor Department reveals a concerning trend in the U.S. labor market: job openings have dropped to 7.44 million as of September 2024, down from 7.86 million in August. This decline marks the lowest level of job openings since January 2021, signaling potential trouble ahead. This reduction in job availability indicates …
Special Counsel Jack Smith made a new claim about Trump’s role on January 6, 2021, with less than two weeks until Election Day. A desperate Jack Smith claimed in a new filing that Trump “willfully caused his supporters to obstruct and attempt to obstruct” the certification of the 2020 election. The special counsel’s prosecutors said …
A U.S. appeals court has vacated the felony convictions of 12 people convicted for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, a move expected to lead to the release of many of the prisoners. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Sept. 9 threw out …
BREAKING 🚨: China Chinese Stocks fall to lowest prices since January 2019 pic.twitter.com/It0LO0kZkC — Barchart (@Barchart) September 12, 2024 China 3-Year Yields Close Near Record Lows pic.twitter.com/r7Pu9jg8lr — Sunchartist (@sunchartist) September 12, 2024 2/8The article goes on to note that "in 2018, at the height of VC investment, 51,302 start-ups were founded in China, according …
WASHINGTON — A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. David Nicholas Dempsey’s sentence is one of the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. …
Someone just dropped >$800,000 on 80 dollar January 2025 NVDA puts lump sum. byu/SqueezeStreet inwallstreetbets
The speed of this crash already exceeds the 2022 bear market. When the 50 dma (blue line) breaks, the decline will accelerate. pic.twitter.com/Ammt0BemoF — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 23, 2024 NVIDIA execs sold 5.7 million shares, 77% of all sales, in three months. 🚨NVIDIA Insider Activity alert: The number of sales by NVIDIA executives rose to …
China’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has indeed seen a significant decline. As of the latest reports, FDI into China dropped by 28.2% year-on-year, marking the lowest level since January 2009. This decline reflects broader economic challenges and shifts in global investment patterns. https://twitter.com/joosteninvestor/status/1813953331217436971
Macro was ugly – really ugly – today: Personal Consumption ugly (Q1 downgraded on 3rd look), continuing jobless claims ugly (highest since Nov 2021), core capital goods new orders and shipments ugly (not a great signals for Q2 GDP), pending home sales ugly (puke to record lows SAAR), and finally, Kansas City Fed manufacturing ugly (21st month in a row without expansion)… This smashed the …
Between prices rising faster than earnings and now higher interest rates drastically pushing up borrowing costs, the typical American family has gotten crushed financially – it's the equivalent of knocking about $7,800 off their annual income, compared to Jan '21: pic.twitter.com/VoUU3aRyqr — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) June 12, 2024 Inflation Impact: Inflation has indeed surged, …
WARNING: Trucking employment has been collapsing This is a precursor to recessions since 1991 pic.twitter.com/QwxGaAGIZO — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) June 13, 2024 US ECONOMY: UNEMPLOYMENT 📈 📈 Initial claims up nearly 20% since January to 242,000! 📈Continued claims up 6.4%, reaching 1.82 million. Economic pressures persist, underlining the need for support. Stay informed and stay …
Lol, of course they revised the PPI numbers to be worse for the last four months in a row. Of course they did. The headline is all that they need today to make the markets go green. They’ll tell you the truth two months from now. — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) June 13, 2024
The NAAIM Exposure Index dropped to 92.2 from 68.6, the sharpest decline since January. pic.twitter.com/VJCtYT1HDC — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) June 7, 2024 The NAAIM Exposure Index is a tool used to gauge the sentiment of active investment managers in the stock market towards US equities. Here’s a breakdown: Source: The National Association of Active Investment …
BREAKING: FBI agent Marcus Allen, who was suspended and stripped of his security clearance for challenging the official narrative of the January 6 protest as attested by FBI Director Christopher Wray, has been fully reinstated, and awarded 27 months of back pay, according to a… pic.twitter.com/JZWU6fM5RZ — Patrick Webb (@Patrickwebb) June 4, 2024 According to PCMag, …
Never thought I'd agree with Al Sharpton — Short Cotton Ball (@shortcottonball) May 2, 2024
https://twitter.com/Willhappen411/status/1778727446147207511 Energy prices, particularly the cost of electricity, have skyrocketed since President Biden took office, outpacing inflation and putting a dent in Americans’ wallets. Since January 2021, electricity prices have soared 29.4% — 50% more than overall inflation — rising 13 times faster than the previous seven years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Bureau …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics was born under a bad sign. Or born under large corporate donor payoffs. In the real world labor market, 2024 has been a deluge of layoffs of the US economy… 1. Everybuddy: 100% of workforce 2. Wisense: 100% of workforce 3. CodeSee: 100% of workforce 4. Twig: 100% of workforce 5. Twitch: 35% of …
Home Prices rose by 6% year-over-year during January, the fastest increase since January 2022 pic.twitter.com/SxWWnQ4BcA — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 27, 2024 Home prices increased at the fastest clip since 2022 at the start of the year, according to one closely watched home price gauge published Tuesday. Home prices nationally in January were 6% …
That whole committee should be in jail for withholding evidence, and wrongfully, accusing countless Americans of crimes