Stock prices surge despite modest earnings growth, US consumer confidence drops to 104.7 in December, largest decline in 3 years.

This chart is eye-opening: The S&P 500 has seen modest growth in corporate earnings compared to its notable price appreciation since 2023, the year where, among other things, ChatGPT was released. pic.twitter.com/N03i8gn7Bs — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) December 23, 2024 BREAKING: The US consumer confidence index fell to 104.7 points in December, marking one of …

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China’s 2-year government bond yields drop below 1%, economy is rapidly slowing. Second largest economy in world DEFLATING now.

For reference, Chinese yields are already lower than during the peak of the Great Financial Crisis and the pandemic meltdown. Something huge is happening in China – and we should pay attention. 2/ pic.twitter.com/zwWT9y7jsQ — Alf (@MacroAlf) December 20, 2024 The Chinese private sector debt as a % of GDP has exploded north of 200%, …

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A devastating market correction is imminent after two years of a bull run, with the largest ETF outflow in 4 months. The topping process is nearly complete.

My fear is that too many people are not prepared for a market correction 2 years of a Bull Market has created the mentality that every dip is just an opportunity to buy It is not. We are in Wave 5, the Bull Run is coming to an end The only question now is whether …

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CHINA JUST GOT MUCH RICHER:”Supergiant” gold deposit find claims to be the world’s largest discovery ever

A recent discovery has drawn attention to a deposit containing about 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of high-quality gold ore. If ultimately proven true, this massive find would make it the largest gold deposit on Earth The news has turned heads around the world, considering that such a find could influence global markets, local economies, …

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China’s economy faces its largest financial collapse, with bonds yielding under 2%, banks insolvent. Limited credit demand in China drives bond buying, not QE.

This isn’t bullish as many claim. What’s happening is there’s limited demand for credit/leverage in China. Yet, b/c banks are sitting on liquidity, they are piling into Chinese bonds, which is driving rates on these bonds lower. While some are saying this is QE, THEY ARE WRONG. https://t.co/rIH1RNoXkP — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) December 17, 2024 …

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Rising debt signals potential repeat of 1970s double-digit mortgage rates. If gold repeats 1970s parabola move. The largest bull market in history will be in gold.

Yields pre-warning that history is about to repeat. 1972 national debts 400million2024 national debt 35 trillion. How does a 10 to 15% mortgage rate look like today? pic.twitter.com/9Ki8eewmJb — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 15, 2024 If gold repeats 1970s parabola move. The largest bull market in history will be in gold. 200 $ up …

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Biden Boogie! Biden’s Final Punch In The Jaw, Greatest Fiscal Deficit To Start The Year In History, Largest Debt Load, Interest Expense Now Exceeds Social Security

by confoundedinterest17 It is the Biden Boogie! Joe Biden is leaving the Presidency with an attrocious record. While saying he is leaving Trump with the strongest economy in modern times, the is actually leaving Trump and Republicans with a hollow shell for an economy. It is the final punch in the jaw from an angry, failed …

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‘World’s largest investigative journalism organization’ secretly controlled by US government – report

The US government secretly controls roughly one-half of the funding for the world’s largest investigative journalism network, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a joint investigation by Mediapart, Drop Site News, Il Fatto Quotidiano, and others has revealed. The probe also found that the US exerts veto power over OCCRP’s leadership and editorial direction. …

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Ukraine the Largest Money Laundering Scam in Modern History

by Martin Armstrong The pardon Biden gave his son identified these two cases and any offenses that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. However, reliable sources suggest that Hunter was involved with the bio-labs in Ukraine before 2014 to …

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In the 1950s, President Eisenhower launched the largest U.S. deportation effort.

In the 1950s after being elected President Eisenhower was shocked to learn that do many illegal aliens from Mexico were in the U.S. and launched the largest mass deportation program ever, now widely known as “Operation Wetback”. That, of course, was not it’s official name; however, supporters of mass illegal immigration continue to use the …

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East Coast’s Largest Grocer Hit by Cyber Attack: Ahold Delhaize Operations Halted

Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Food Lion, and Giant Food, has suffered a crippling cyber attack, disrupting operations across its grocery chains. Detected on November 8, 2024, the breach forced the company to take key systems offline, halting deliveries and leaving shelves bare in many New England stores. Customers have …

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Trump will preside over the largest financial crisis in American history.

Trump will preside over the largest financial reset in American history. — -/EyeOfTheStorm- (@JAThornton2022) November 15, 2024 Turns out shelter cost inflation has consequences https://t.co/6S80BJUzxC — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November 16, 2024 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 THE FED JUST MADE A MASSIVE MISTAKE… AFTER AGGRESSIVE RATE CUTS INFLATION IS BACK ON THE RISE AND CORE …

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World’s Largest Captive Crocodile Cassius Dies in Australia

SYDNEY—A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday. He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since Oct. 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile …

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Fed’s Reverse Repo drops $50B to $155B, yet 10-year yield spikes 4.365%; US stocks face largest institutional outflow since September 2015

BREAKING: Federal Reserve’s Reverse Repo fell by $50B to $155B for the first time since 2021. Normally when this money market fund liquidity leaves RRP it goes into U.S. Treasuries, driving yields down. Instead the U.S. 10 year yield rocketed to 4.365% this week. BREAKING: Federal Reserve's Reverse Repo fell by $50B to $155B for …

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Hedge funds have amassed the largest 2-year Treasury short position ever recorded

They believe that the prices of these bonds will drop, which typically happens when interest rates rise. By shorting these bonds, they’re hoping to profit if their predictions about the market come true. Largest 2-Year Treasury Short Position in History 🚨 Hedge Funds have now built the largest 2-Year Treasury short position in history pic.twitter.com/mhzOmhCWWf …

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$NVDA – xAI to Double Down with 100,000 More NVIDIA GPUs, Building World’s Largest AI Supercomputer at Record Speed

NVIDIA and Elon Musk’s xAI are ramping up their colossal supercomputer, Colossus, to an unprecedented 200,000 Hopper GPUs—doubling the current 100,000 GPU setup in a scale never before seen. Leveraging NVIDIA’s advanced Spectrum-X Ethernet networking for seamless data throughput and zero packet loss, Colossus has already set records, becoming operational in just 122 days. As xAI’s …

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Japan’s largest aircraft carrier (full of F-35 jets) arrives on U.S. shores.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) arrived in San Diego shrouded in dense fog, marking the start of F-35B Lightning II training operations with the U.S. Navy. What You Need to Know: The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) arrived in San Diego shrouded in dense fog, marking …

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Oil prices soaring and eliminating the largest source of disinflation; The bond market is revolting against the Fed

Five year trend shows geopolitical risks create a floor, but long-term supply-demand trend is weak due to manufacturing weakness pic.twitter.com/NSn9PlR8OH — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) October 7, 2024 “This morning, yields on the U.S. 10-year bond soared over 4%. This continues a non-stop rise in yields following the Fed’s 50 basis point rate cut on September …

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Consumer confidence is falling off a cliff.

View post on imgur.com https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence Consumers’ view on the economy tumbled in September, falling by the largest level in more than three years as fears grew about jobs and business conditions, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board’s consumer confidence index slid to 98.7, down from 105.6 in August, the biggest one-month decline since August …

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The Largest Tax Increase In American History

More than 500 business groups across the U.S. are calling on Congress and the next administration to keep former President Trump’s tax cuts in place, warning that allowing them to expire at the end of next year would amount to “the largest tax increase in American history.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce led the hundreds …

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The largest gap we’ve ever seen in Corporate Bonds vs 20yr Treasuries. What could go wrong…

The largest gap we've ever seen in Corporate Bonds vs 20yr Treasuries. What could go wrong… https://t.co/YPzmmJ8EXB pic.twitter.com/xUZKPGBNsS — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 12, 2024 Here’s currently an unusually large gap between corporate bond yields and 20-year Treasury yields. This situation is quite rare and typically signals heightened market stress or uncertainty. Implications: Increased Risk Perception: …

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As of March 31, 2024, three of the largest U.S. banks had a combined total of $1.832 trillion in loans outstanding to giant Hedge Funds.

  By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: September 3, 2024 ~ The Office of Financial Research (OFR), the federal agency created after the 2008 financial collapse on Wall Street to defog the lenses of federal regulators to prevent a replay of that disaster, has posted frightening graphs on its website as part of its “Hedge Fund …

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