Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, As I often note, making Plans B and C is free. The stock market is always looking past “bad news” to front-run “good news.” Once it became clear that the Titanic was indeed going to sink, the stock market would rally on the prospect of sharp growth in lifeboat shares. In other …
We’re getting a look from the front lines of the war in Gaza. An American doctor, who is no stranger to war zones, claims this is on a whole new scale.
Please explain what the roommate said to "remember how I was engraving bullets" sounds A LOT like the roommate was informed ahead of time that this *could* happen.This was not a surprise (imho) — Blue Earth (@_Blue_Earth_) September 16, 2025 He could have used his talents in the Army but lost his way.
The footage of the Charlie Kirk Shooting from this angle exposes something new. We see the closest man in the crowd to Charlie. He is within feet of him and he is clearly doing something odd with his hand. Apon closer inspection, we can see there is something sticking out between his fingers. It’s at …
.@POTUS: "We're going to look into Soros because I think it's a RICO case against him and other people because this is more than protests. This is real agitation; this is riots on the street — and we're going to look into that." pic.twitter.com/zwUr03G5DA — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 12, 2025
Rising JGB yields will not stay in Japan, they pull global rates higher and pressure debt-laden governments everywhere. This is the canary in the coal mine for the era of free money. Japanese yields look set to rocket. Consequence of not raising rates. Wont be long. pic.twitter.com/oiY8zuXWjO — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 8, 2025 …
The market is being driven by blind faith, not reality. Traders are gambling on every jobs report, flooding the system with bets that ignore the long-term risks. Whether jobs are strong or weak, debt keeps rising, and financial instability grows behind the scenes. Short-term rallies create an illusion of health while the underlying economy becomes …
Truflation has been arguing that inflation is a non-problem and calling for the Fed to cut rates (below). But their latest readings are flashing a yellow to red flag on inflation. August 4th is labeled. It was 1.65%. Today it is 2.31%, a considerable increase of 0.66% in less than a month. And, as the …
US economy teeters on path to Japan-style stagnation! Take a close look at this chart because this is what’s going to happen in the future in the US and in any other country that will continue to persist on a similar irresponsible monetary and fiscal path like the one Japan entered and never left for …
per capita women numbers dont look great pic.twitter.com/WzUa509DUa — Mav (@0xMaveryk) August 25, 2025 Woman raped, out in the open, in the middle of Canary Wharf.pic.twitter.com/ZdxmQ2SVlo — Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) August 25, 2025 If horrifically raping a small child doesn’t result in deportation, what does? https://t.co/HgJPLdA4u2 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 25, 2025
Mayor Adams announces over 1,000 homeless New Yorkers moved from subways to permanent homes thanks to Subway Safety Plan https://t.co/yL3wWtBzyR pic.twitter.com/MaaFMWwsnS — New York Post (@nypost) August 11, 2025 Over 3,500 homeless New Yorkers have been taken off Big Apple streets and subways and placed in permanent housing since the start of Mayor Eric Adams’ …
Look who just got bought off, threatened, or both! https://t.co/OhqPSzvyyP — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) August 10, 2025
President Trump said he will announce a new Federal Reserve governor and a new Bureau of Labor Statistics chief this week. “The president said he will announce a new Federal Reserve governor and a new jobs data statistician in the coming days.” https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/trump-fed-governor-bls-labor-statistics-chief He removed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report …
The saddest part is the lack of focus on nuclear. We pay 2x per KwH what the Chinese pay because we wasted $8T fighting stupid wars in the Middle East while they built reactors 🤦♂️ — Lawrence Lepard, "fix the money, fix the world" (@LawrenceLepard) July 29, 2025
PANIC 🫨 Look at the panic on Starmers face when asked about free speech. pic.twitter.com/I83LuPIPeX — Steve Miller (@StevenJonMiller) July 28, 2025 BREAKING: British media is now reporting that authorities could BAN the use of VPNs. This comes after a massive surge in VPN use after the new draconian "Online Safety Bill" has been censoring …
The U.S. economy is showing signs of strain that official headlines aren’t capturing. Despite stock market gains, underlying indicators suggest a slowdown. Labor market indicators are weakening. Initial jobless claims for the week ending June 28, 2025, were 227,980, a slight decrease from the previous week. However, continuing claims increased to 1,974,000, up from 1,937,000 …
Powell admitted that even though the markets are pricing in multiple rate cuts this year, Powell himself has no idea if the Fed will be cutting rates at all this year. The truth is the Fed should be hiking rates. Cutting rates instead would just compound the Fed's mistake. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 7, …
This is absolutely nuts 👀 How is this not a fiasco in a few weeks? pic.twitter.com/zOtGV3VqiD — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April 29, 2025 Live look at the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in the United States. There's no traffic thanks to Donald Trump and his ridiculous trade wars and tariffs. 🤦♀️ pic.twitter.com/N5MJdD8obx — …
S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow 11% this quarter and another 26% next year. We better hope there’s no recession, because if there is, a sharp downgrade in earnings estimates could be a real drag on the market, in my view. pic.twitter.com/gDXHwh4KDC — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 28, 2025 Goldman Sachs is now projecting …
It’s hard to get excited about the rally in equities when Dow Transports look like this. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/fVnd7juFbL — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April 25, 2025 🚨US bankruptcies are rising as if there is a CRISIS: 188 US large companies declared bankruptcy in Q1 2025, the most in 15 YEARS. This is up 35% from …
Wait so an elected Government official is telling foreign countries to go against the President?? Sounds treasonous. pic.twitter.com/hj2AcDil5a — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 21, 2025 Rep. Jamie Raskin threatened foreign leaders who “facilitated authoritarianism in our country” by currying favor with President Trump on issues like deportation — saying that Democrats will not “look …
Famed hedge fund investor Steve Eisman, famous for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, now appears to be two-for-two. In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail, hours before President Donald Trump announced a pause on new global tariff hikes, Eisman said he expected ‘cooler heads to prevail’. At least for the time being, they have. On …
This make up wearing mofo used clothes pins to pull in the fire jacket he’s wearing as a prop, so he would look snacky for TV. pic.twitter.com/t9s1Z92iL5 — Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 9, 2025 ABC’s ‘narcissistic’ David Muir roasted for sprucing up ‘svelte’ looks while reporting on deadly LA fires ABC News anchor David Muir is …
SENATOR MIKE LEE — VIVEK OR ELON SHOULD BE HOUSE SPEAKER Mike Lee, with Jesse Watters earlier tonight, says Mike Johnson should probably lose his job after the breakdown in the House.pic.twitter.com/C1FS3y1tiH — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 20, 2024 You mean like this thing, the swamp creature above and the now almost defunct squad …
NEW: Donald Trump says there is “something wrong” with autism rates in America and promises a full investigation into what’s causing it. “We’re going to look into why the autism rate is so much higher than it was 20, 25, 30 years ago. I mean, it’s like it’s 100 times higher. There’s something wrong, and …
#PPI #CPI #Inflation The only reason analysts etc. talk about the threat of INFLATION at this point, is because they don't understand that the Economy is heading into a Recession 🤦♂️ The confusion and lack of Business Cycle understanding is truly remarkable! 🤷♂️ Inflation is a… pic.twitter.com/TFZyBiQddu — Henrik Zeberg (@HenrikZeberg) December 12, 2024
This is the most bullish! https://t.co/UjbXSsNRBk — Rock Bottom Entries (@RockBtmEntries) December 4, 2024 $3730 per ounce of silver? Scenario: stocks crash, gold rises, silver skyrockets = the Dow/Silver ratio collapses. How far this time? If the Dow falls by 50%, then silver price would be: at 60:1 = $373at 19:1 = $1180at 6:1 = …
