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Stock futures shot higher in a sudden move after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran have held productive talks over the last two days and he was halting any strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures jumped 1,100 points, or 2.6% higher. S&P 500 futures jumped 2.7%, …
Median U.S. gas price jumped 20c/gal overnight with all the price jumps happening in the Midwest, now stands at $3.69/gal. Most common price also $3.69/gal, while second most common price is $3.99/gal. — Patrick De Haan (@GasBuddyGuy) March 18, 2026 The national average price of gasoline in the US continues to climb toward $4/gal- $3.86 …
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: The US has spent nearly 2 billion dollars on the war in Iran, according to estimates. pic.twitter.com/uKjI7wFMKe — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) March 3, 2026 🚨BREAKING: JESSE WATTERS TURNS ON TRUMP “Gas prices are gonna jump. Mortgage rates are already ticking up. You're gonna see inflation.” pic.twitter.com/cHygnRCxfm — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) March 2, …
The jump in oil prices could lead to a jump in prices as soon as Monday, but it won’t be a spike, an analyst said The price of oil surged Sunday after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, which killed its supreme leader. U.S. crude oil initially soared more than 10%, while Brent, the international …
Social Security numbers issued under Biden to illegals doubled every year, per Fox News. 2021: 270K2022: 590K2023: 964K2024: 2M — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) February 23, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, the figures align with SSA Enumeration Beyond Entry data from the DOGE audit: FY2021 ~270k, 2022 ~590k, 2023 ~964k, 2024 ~2.1M SSNs to noncitizens. They went to …
Ricardo @Ric_RTP AI companies just BROKE the global supply chain for every piece of technology you own. And the fallout is way worse than anyone predicted… Sony is delaying the next PlayStation to 2028 or 2029. Nintendo is hiking the Switch 2 price mid-cycle. Apple warned investors that iPhone margins are getting crushed. Cisco just …
https://www.ig.com/en/indices/markets-indices/weekend-us-tech-100-e1 A gap up early next week is good to enter puts imo $SPY. Have a good weekend pic.twitter.com/TchUKASg6U — JLoc (@JohnLoc18) February 6, 2026 We are suppose to get another government shutdown next week 😂 pic.twitter.com/bs3dIsd2RC — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) February 7, 2026 S&P PEG is 1.47x, for you retards unfamiliar with EPS growth pic.twitter.com/BcBUW1lYt7 …
So it has begun. This will jump by summer. — John Ravenda (@JohnRavenda) January 26, 2026 Only 23.1% of people made $100,000+/yr last year https://t.co/w2KnHXdAQj — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) January 26, 2026
Business owner: I have seen a constant increase of 25-50% in the cost of our equipment because of tariffs. Our most recent project, I received a $30,000 tariff bill. That cost was never forecasted and could have never been anticipated for. For a new small business, that kind of… pic.twitter.com/MaRaZ4qv2X — FactPost (@factpostnews) January 22, …
The system is quietly trapping everyone while pretending nothing’s wrong. According to the BLM's most recent numbers, private employers are reporting 13,500 job cuts a WEEK. These are PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. NOT GOVERNMENT JOBS. The BLM reports we are seeing the worst job numbers since 2008. If you can HONESTLY justify that, you're a lot of …
This is exactly why futures whipsaw right before the open — sentiment vs liquidity is never aligned.I’ll take the actual order flow over the overnight emotions every time. — Nafees Khaiser | HedgeLong Wealth (@fees75) November 24, 2025 It’s amazing to me how much a .25% point rate cut from the Fed can have on …
“THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM JUST BROKE IN TOKYO Japan’s 30-year bond yield hit 3.41% today. That number means nothing to you. Here’s why it should terrify you. Japan owes 230% of everything it produces. It’s the most indebted nation in human history. For 35 years, they kept the lights on by borrowing at near-zero rates. …
“Here’s what’s going on with the Fed and Wall Street right now and it’s kinda wild when you understand the full picture (save this). The Fed created something called the Standing Repo Facility (SRF) back in 2021 as basically an emergency lending window for banks and dealers. Think of it like this, banks need cash …
US grocery prices have never been more expensive: The average cost of groceries for a family of 4 is now up to a record $1,030/month. This marks a +$280 increase since January 2017, when the average family spent $750 a month. In 2021-2022 alone, grocery costs surged by +$150. To put this differently, a family …
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported a sharp rebound in operating profit on Saturday, while its cash pile swelled to a new high with no buybacks. Berkshire’s operating profit generated from the conglomerate’s wholly owned businesses including insurance and railroads jumped 34% year over year to $13.485 billion in the third quarter. The gains were driven …
Chapter 7 Individual Bankruptcy Filings Jump 15 Percent In First 9 Months Of 2025 — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) October 6, 2025 A total of 249,152 individual Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings were made in the first nine months of this year in the United States, which is a 15 percent jump compared to the same period last …
Independent view:You are correct in what you are saying but did the insurance companies not sell Obama on the ACA in the first place? Seemed like that was a sweetheart deal to insurance companies while the people lost good coverage.I don’t see the insurance companies going… — RKbarbourjr (@RKbarbourjr) October 6, 2025 Mark Kelly: "In …
Generative AI Traffic Share.. 12 months ago: 1) ChatGPT ➔ 84.7% 2) Gemini ➔ 8.1% 3) Claude ➔ 2.2% 4) Perplexity ➔ 1.6% 5) Copilot ➔ 0.8% 6 months ago: 1) ChatGPT ➔ 79.7% 2) DeepSeek ➔ 9.2% 3) Gemini ➔ 4.9% 4) Perplexity… — The Data of Everything (@TheDataHubX) October 6, 2025 OpenAI’s “nonprofit” …
The lights are still on, but keeping them that way is getting expensive fast. No one in charge wants to admit how bad it has become. Electricity in the average U.S. city now costs 18 cents per kilowatt-hour. That is a 35 percent increase in five years. Prices are rising faster than wages, faster than …
You can’t cut rates when you have inflation. David Tepper says Fed could cut a few more times, but easing too much risks entering ‘danger territory’ Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper said the Federal Reserve could cut rates a bit more, but then risks more inflation and other dangers to the economy and markets if …
Oracle’s reported backlog growth masks serious risk. Much of the revenue depends on fragile assumptions about supply, capital, and infrastructure. Margins are likely to compress sharply, and competitors will feel the impact as revenue is shifted rather than created. The market may be mispricing both risk and sustainability, leaving investors exposed if these expectations fail. …
OpenAI has reportedly lifted its projected cash burn to $115B through 2029, up $80B from earlier forecasts, per The Information. The AI firm expects to burn $8B this year, $17B in 2026, $35B in 2027, and $45B in 2028 as it scales data centers and chips. pic.twitter.com/dB4gGBz5Qf — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) September 8, 2025 …
Brand new $1M luxury yacht tips over and sinks just minutes after launching — forcing crew to jump overboard https://t.co/k2DG8c6eJQ pic.twitter.com/o7hMghIKVw — New York Post (@nypost) September 3, 2025 A luxury yacht worth nearly $1 million plunged into the waters off the shore of Turkey just 15 minutes after its maiden voyage as panicked passengers …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Continued claims hit a new high since November 2021. Continued unemployment claims, data from Department of Labor, chart by Mish Today, the US Department of Labor released Unemployment Claims for the week ending August 16. Initial Claims In the week ending August 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims …
Data centers in the U.S. are using a lot more electricity, and that number is going up fast. Right now, they use about 5% of all the power in the country. By 2030, that could grow to more than 10%. “Forecasts show that data center energy demand will grow from 5% of total US power …
American Eagle stood strong against woke critics after its recent ad with Sydney Sweeny caused a stir. The company made it clear it would not give in. People said the ad pushed old beauty ideas. American Eagle said it was about jeans and style, not about genetics or politics. Even with the fuss, the brand’s …
BREAKING Packed boat erupts in huge fireball as passengers forced to jump into the seahttps://t.co/TiaVeuaTCO pic.twitter.com/L8RJ1wsXeu — Mirror Breaking News (@MirrorBreaking_) July 20, 2025 A boat has burst into fire off the coast of Indonesia, with terrified passengers seen jumping for their lives into the sea. The Gregorius Barcelona V was sailing off the coast …
The economic data released this morning, July 17, 2025 at 08:30am ET, paints a clear picture: inflation is not accelerating. It’s cooling, and the Fed has breathing room. Import prices rose just 0.1% month-over-month in June, with the year-over-year rate at -0.2%. That’s deflationary. Export prices jumped 0.5% MoM and 2.8% YoY, but that’s external-facing. …
Leading indicators suggest inflation is set to rebound: The index of prices paid by New York manufacturers jumped to 51 points in April, the highest since August 2022. At the same time, the Philadelphia manufacturing prices paid index rose to 51 points, the highest since July 2022. All while the Dallas and Kansas manufacturing prices …
The IMF now estimates Argentina's economy will grow at 5.5% in 2025, the highest in all of the Americas except for oil-rich Guyana. Meanwhile U.S. growth got revised down to 1.8% Here’s what Argentina did: pic.twitter.com/UD8OOup4LN — John Stossel (@JohnStossel) April 24, 2025