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The market is still climbing. But underneath the surface, multiple warning signs are flashing at the same time. Here are the numbers investors are watching. 1. Margin debt hits $1.42 trillion Investors have borrowed a record $1.42 trillion to buy stocks. The bigger warning is the speed. Margin debt surged 53.7% year over year, reaching …
by David Haggith The sounds of peace are louder now. As Trump’s schmeasefire with Iran and Israel stumbles again this week, so does his latest jawboning of markets. The bond market returned to rising yields again upon the news of wider breakouts of fire in the Middle East. Stocks saw the action in bonds in …
The U.S. economy is currently a “hollowed-out” powerhouse. While the 2% GDP surge looks decent on a teleprompter, new data confirms that nearly three-quarters of that growth is just the tech giants frantically buying server racks and H100 chips to avoid falling behind in the AI arms race. Outside the Silicon Valley bubble, the “real” …
What I expect in the next 24–48 hours: They will let 30–50 ships per day through (maybe up to 60 on some days). (Current level is ~15 ships/day. Normal is 130–140.) Most of those ships will be from “friendly” countries: China, India, Russia, Iraq, Malaysia, etc. They will still inspect, delay, or selectively approve tankers …
BREAKING: A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after "multiple pedestrians" were struck by a car in Derby city centre. Sky's @katiebarnfield has the latest on this story. Read more: https://t.co/ltgqt31mXf 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/QL8QlhzZ10 — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 29, 2026 Counter-terror police are investigating …
It’s all part of the strategy of keeping stability in energy prices while winning the operation. — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 20, 2026 We knew Iran would close Hormuz to drive up the price of oil. We will unsanction Iran oil to drive the price back down. CHECKMATE!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/miNFJcjccw — Alex Christoforou (@AXChristoforou) …
"As seen in PNC’s Christmas Price Index, which tracks the cost of each gift in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” prices rose by 4.5% in 2025, down from 2024’s 5.4% gain." -JPMorgan AM pic.twitter.com/AKmUtyNVSf — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) December 24, 2025
Trump better start keeping some campaign promises or we're fucked — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 12, 2025 So riddle me this: Inflation on electricity is already running at 4-6% and this is before we started building most of these data centers. What’s your electric bill going to look like 3 years from now? 🔥💀 pic.twitter.com/Qi8OtXCVQV …
BREAKING – 24 Republican senators want to keep the filibuster in place, with only nine senators confirming they want it removed, while the rest remain “undecided.” These are who to blame when President Trump gets impeached in 2026. pic.twitter.com/i4MQQMr3qi — Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) November 7, 2025 President Donald Trump’s crusade to end the …
U may take a look into what is happening with SOFR-EFFR spread I plotted a chart for Last 8 yearsSOFR – EFFR 9 ( 5 day moving average ) pic.twitter.com/nEdtw2Iw9k — Shabeer Ali (@shabeeraly) November 3, 2025 The Fed’s recent repo injections, like the ~$29B on Nov 1, aim to ease short-term funding pressures amid …
Senator Hagerty joined Senate Republicans in approving a plan that could let Trump keep the Qatari jet when he leaves office. The jet, estimated at $400 million, was gifted by Qatar to the U.S. Defense Department. That raises serious emoluments and ethics concerns. Senate Democratic leaders said, “No, Donald Trump cannot accept a $400 million …
Foreign tourists should absolutely pay more to visit America’s parks—they’re OUR natural treasures. Prioritizing U.S. citizens while funding conservation through foreign fees is smart policy. But let’s not ignore the $1B cut to the Park Service budget proposed for 2026. Staff… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) July 4, 2025
This hotel in Vegas that charges a fee for keeping your own bottles in the mini fridge of the room you paid for by inmildlyinfuriating You picked it up and put it back down, that’ll be another $10.
A must listen with Jeff Gundlach. He's gotten the fuck out Stock valuations are a joke Reminds him of 1999 and 2007 Scams last longer than anyone thinks "takes forever" for defaults to finally arrive pic.twitter.com/ecGYq4jiVx — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 14, 2025 A colossal inflection point – What are bonds telling us? *Book ideas, …
Trump said today he’s not selling his Tesla and will keep using Starlink. Polymarket currently gives a 34% chance that he and Elon reconcile by the end of the month. pic.twitter.com/Drx0QBGbjw — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) June 9, 2025 ICYMI — Whoopi Goldberg believes the Trump-Musk feud is fake. pic.twitter.com/gyd4Pe6EqB — Toria Brooke ☘️ (@realtoriabrooke) June 9, …
Dollars under the mattress: In Argentina, keeping savings outside the national banking system − whether hidden at home, in private vault companies, or abroad − and in US dollars is a deeply rooted habit. It stems from a long-standing mistrust of the peso’s value and from trauma that dates to the 2001 financial crisis, when …
https://twitter.com/rev_cap/status/1916831243775193204 🇺🇸 TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT JUST SAID: – FIRST TRADE DEAL MIGHT COME AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 28, 2025 Chinese policymakers continue to take a tough stance on extreme US tariffs. Refusing to negotiate, official accounts openly mocking the US, and today publishing a revisit of …
The Government has admitted to keeping 7,047,721 homes off the market using taxpayer dollars. https://t.co/OwKBolzEmG — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 15, 2025
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Democrats are point to lose the female vote. — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 4, 2025 Senate Democrats recently voted against a Republican-led bill aimed at banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. The bill, known as the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” sought to amend Title IX to define …
This is a full-scale, taxpayer-funded cover-up. The Department of Education, the agency entrusted with shaping our future, is instead engaged in a secret operation to protect illegal immigrants—and they’re using encrypted apps to evade oversight. Travis Combs himself admits they’ve deliberately removed citizenship status checks to keep the program off the books. Who authorized this? …
WASHINGTON — If she wins in November, Vice President Kamala Harris may face a hostile, Republican-controlled Senate in no mood to confirm the senior Cabinet officials she’ll need to run her administration. Anticipating that scenario, Harris’ team is exploring whether to keep in place some of the Biden administration officials who’ve already been confirmed by …
🚨🇺🇸 “You’re not free to leave” “What did I do Wrong? What did I do wrong? This is ridiculous” Unbelievable footage of Surfer being forcibly arrested by New Jersey Police for not have a ‘Beach Badge’. The new regime thinks it now owns the sea. Insane footage – tyranny… pic.twitter.com/JSwJ8f3gbK — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) August …
Institutions like the IMF keep wading into countries' debt problems by getting them into more debt. There are hardly any countries that went from "developing" to "developed" status over the past five decades. The global monetary system is structured to keep countries dependent. pic.twitter.com/kcmMV825NL — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) June 15, 2024 Oof. pic.twitter.com/kpbc9BKHQJ — Lyn …
Tonya Burns delivers a scathing rebuke to Flint City Council, accusing them of hiding secrets connected to residents’ suffering, including the water crisis. She alleges violations of the Open Meetings Act and vows to hold accountable those responsible, declaring, “Your next jumpsuit will be orange.” Tonya Burns Destroys Flint City Council, Exposes That Council Members …
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1777356336260399117 https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1777351900591239216 SEVEN MORE MONTHS OF THIS: Dems Realize They Can’t Win on Biden’s Record, Stake Everything on Trump-Hate.
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, What’s valuable is flexible, entrepreneurial, experiential-based skills that can be applied to a variety of problems–including those that have yet to arise. Finding or creating a job with real upside–and keeping it–has been increasingly challenging for a long time. Globalization exposed the economy and workforce to unprecedented cost-cutting competition, and …
MORE OF THIS 🇺🇸 American Coal Worker “Hope all of you that are sitting at home nice and warm today realize that it's the coal industry that's keeping your houses warm as much as you wanna deny it. Not your batteries, not your solar panels. It's coal. Keeping this power plant… pic.twitter.com/6MXPhi0ITN — Wall Street …