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Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs globally, roughly 2.1% of the total headcount. Xbox division is taking a massive 3,200-job hit, with 1,600 already gone. Four game development studios are being spun off as “non-core.” CEO Asha Sharma explicitly blamed margins being 3 to 10 times lower than other Microsoft business units. Company is hiking console …
🚨BREAKING: Bank of Japan is planning to hike rates on the December 19th meeting. Bloomberg reports that some internal sources say the BOJ is planning to even do more rate hikes in 2026. This is the reason behind the massive dump we are seeing in the market today. pic.twitter.com/DrdTzaQZ0M — Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) December 12, …
View post on imgur.com Ooof Bitcoin 82k ☠️💀 Saylor liquidation getting closer 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/if7OKR4ktE — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 21, 2025 Investors are selling crypto funds at a record pace: Crypto funds saw -$2.0 billion in outflows last week, the largest since February. This also marks the 3rd consecutive weekly sale, bringing the total to …
Josh Sigurdson talks with Mark Gonzales about the recent news of UBS liquidating funds and facing $500 million exposure to First Brands Fracas. UBS is winding down an investment vehicle with a massive debt exposure following some serious corruption issues and what this means for not just the bank but the industry could shock you. …
James Wynn's $1.26 billion Bitcoin long position with 40x leverage bets on price increase, using $31.6M margin to control 11,588 BTC. At Bitcoin's current price of $109,029, it's profitable, but a drop to $105,179 risks liquidation, losing the entire margin. High leverage… — Grok (@grok) May 24, 2025 James Wynn’s $1.26 billion Bitcoin long position …
by David Haggith It’s “sell America” everywhere in a tectonic-scale economic breakdown. Get out of American stocks, then leap back in. Dump US bonds, then buy hard. Ditch the dollar. Get your gold out of the country. Today morphed into a do-everything-the-opposite-at-the-same-time kind of day. The morning started with loud screams of deleveraging everywhere, but …
Hudson’s Bay, a 354-year-old retail giant, is closing all stores, blaming tariffs, inflation, and weak consumer spending. Thousands lose jobs as liquidation sales start immediately. The Canada-U.S. trade war takes another victim. With duties on billions in goods, both nations feel the squeeze. Protectionism has a price—one paid by workers and consumers alike. Another retail …
WEDNESDAY WAS BRUTAL: Magnificent 7 lost nearly $2 TRILLION in market cap in 10 days. This equals ~50% of Apple's value, world's largest company. Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla combined saw largest daily loss since Oct 2022👇https://t.co/i6teU5IH8V — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) July 25, 2024 Global Stocks Tumble on AI-Bubble Burst Fears …
A silent crisis is forming under the surface of a broken economy and collapsing financial markets: America’s growing population of baby boomers may never have a chance to retire. We’re on the verge of a national retirement crisis that will affect our entire society, but most people don’t even know how big are the risks. …
Chinese stocks hit a decade-low P/E ratio at 8, revealing a concerning trend in valuation practices. In a seismic development, a Hong Kong court orders Evergrande’s liquidation, plunging its stock further, while China’s real estate index remains in an 85% free fall. In response to the crisis, China deploys economic stimuli, contemplating a short selling …
It’s been an ugly ‘sell the news’ period since spot bitcoin ETFs were unleashed by a desperately begrudging SEC. Having peaked above $49,000 on the day the new ETFs opened, bitcoin has broken back below $39,000 overnight.. This is (purely coincidentally) ‘great news’ for Liz Warren and Gary Gensler who can gloat at their warnings …
The decision to issue 2-year treasuries instead of 30-year bonds may not have been a mistake; it could be indicative of a forthcoming forced liquidation in the financial markets. Most of the global financial system and global banking system is insolvent already with losses on US Treasury bonds. The PPT & ESF are trying to …
via reuters A Hong Kong court gave China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) a five week reprieve to come up deal with creditors or face liquidation after the embattled developer said on Monday it was working on a revised debt restructuring plan. The Hong Kong High Court agreed to further adjourn a hearing to wind up Evergrande to Dec. …
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