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Mainstream media can’t explain gold’s rise, blaming uncertainty and geopolitics, while ignoring job losses, ballooning deficits, rate cuts, and a weakening dollar driving future inflation.

Gold is piercing a level that has held for 45 years. Moves of this size never happen in calm markets. Confidence in the current monetary system is fraying. The rally is powered by record central bank buying, ballooning U.S. debt, Fed credibility under question, and geopolitical fractures. The mainstream media has no idea why gold …

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100% Loan Losses Loom as Fed Shrinks Balance Sheet- Banks on the Brink

“The Fed playing God with the US economy and trying things they weren’t sure would work,” says Chris Whalen, chairman of Whelan Global Advisors. In today’s interview with Daniela Cambone, Whalen criticizes the Fed’s unconventional monetary policies—particularly the low interest rates and quantitative easing implemented during COVID. Now, the Fed is reversing some of that …

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Small banks are hiding massive losses in CRE. Massive, like going out of business levels of losses; Tom Lee said he thinks Financials will be one of the sectors leading over the next 1-2 years

Are office buildings the last prop holding banks from imploding? Small banks are hiding massive losses in CRE. Massive, like going out of business levels of losses. That's why they're kicking the can hoping they don't have to foreclose. There's nothing to foreclose on. This shit would make Lehman look like a walk in the …

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MSTR and Bitcoin could trigger biggest investor losses in history

View post on imgur.com https://twitter.com/princeofthef4ll/status/1957996975405638080 MicroStrategy’s entire business model in one chart: a reflexive loop that only works if BTC keeps rising. When this Ponzi loop inevitably implodes, it’ll make FTX, Enron, and Madoff look like ants. pic.twitter.com/Ov4zsT88Gr — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) August 20, 2025 BITCOIN Below 111,800, and it's game over! pic.twitter.com/RIc1L2DGVf — The …

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When ‘invest like the 1%’ fails: How Yieldstreet’s real estate bets left customers with massive losses

via Reddit: Yes, I know this is obvious to most but there’s still enough questions about these sorts of services (and wanting to invest because they think diversifying away from stocks is good or they are attracted to the novelty of asset classes previously unavailable to them with “invest like the 1%” tag lines, etc) …

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How Yieldstreet left customers with massive losses.

Yieldstreet is one of the best-known examples of American startups with the stated mission of democratizing access to assets such as real estate, litigation proceeds and private credit. But some Yieldstreet customers who participated in its real estate deals face huge losses on investments that they say turned out to be far riskier than they …

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AI job losses put millions of homes and infrastructure at risk of decay and collapse

What happens to assets when AI eliminates half of the jobs? They stop performing. They deteriorate. Their value drops. “AI could eliminate up to 50 percent of all entry-level white-collar jobs and push unemployment to between 10 and 20 percent in the next one to five years.” https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic Assets that rely on human hands—homes, cars, …

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New Medicaid rules will drop 30,000 Central New Yorkers from coverage. Syracuse hospitals brace for $65M in losses, staff cuts, and longer ER waits.

New Medicaid work rules are set to drop 30,000 Central New Yorkers from coverage That’s not a policy tweak That’s a system shock Syracuse’s three hospitals are bracing for 14,500 newly uninsured patients Not over a decade Over two years That’s one in five of their Medicaid load evaporating These hospitals don’t get to turn …

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BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for full review of the Federal Reserve. $2.5B luxury renovation. $1.6T in losses. Rand Paul’s audit bill gains momentum.

The Treasury just lit a fuse under the Fed. On July 21, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on CNBC and did not hold back. He called for a sweeping review of the entire Federal Reserve system. Not just interest rates. Not just monetary policy. The entire institution. His words were blunt. “All these PhDs over …

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Opendoor stock crashes 43% after meme rally fizzles, exposing deep losses and fragile fundamentals

Opendoor just gave back nearly half its value in 24 hours. The stock hit $4.97 during Tuesday’s meme-driven spike. It’s now trading under $2.80. That’s a 43% drawdown. Volume exploded past 38 million shares. RSI collapsed from 71 to 39. The chart looks like a cliff. This wasn’t earnings. No news catalyst. Just raw speculation. …

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Retail mob triggered options chain reaction that ended in losses, speculators hijack options market with social media frenzy

Boom turns bust as reckless call buying backfires. "Instead of using #options as part of a larger strategy to protect #portfolios from losses, individuals are mostly #speculating…with reckless buying organized on social media acted like a force-multiplier. Because options #market makers need to hedge call contracts, they buy… pic.twitter.com/7JKs4zB9sg — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) July 18, …

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One of history’s biggest losses looms?

Saylors’ average is slowly increasing toward the mid-70s. This is going to be one of the biggest losses in history. Pin this post. https://t.co/sj89nMycaY — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 1, 2025 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Connecticut officially bans the state from creating a Bitcoin Reserve or investing any digital assets. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) July 1, …

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Driverless trucks hit Texas highways, truckers warn of job losses

Truck driving was once a reliable path to middle-class stability, but that reality is changing fast. Autonomous trucks have officially hit the highways in Texas, and drivers are sounding the alarm. This shift is not just about efficiency. It is about livelihoods, and the consequences could ripple across the entire economy. Aurora Innovation has launched …

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Schiff slams Trump’s plan to make Fannie and Freddie public, explicit guarantees to fuel reckless risk and taxpayer losses

Of all the policy mistakes Trump has made as President, taking Fannie and Freddie public with explicit government guarantees would be the worst so far. Prior to their bankruptcy, the guarantees were only implicit. An explicit guarantee would allow the GSEs to be even more reckless than they were before, allowing the president’s friends to …

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What could possibly go wrong? A public company that can socialize all their risk and losses?

My understanding… “Implicit guarantee” = The government does not explicitly commit to backing the GSEs, but markets assume it would intervene to prevent failure. This was the case before the 2008 financial crisis when investors believed the government would rescue the GSEs if… — Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) May 27, 2025 1. Trump plans to push …

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Trump admits housing needs taxpayer bailouts to survive… FedGov forced to shoulder all housing market losses

Trump just admitted the housing market can't survive without taxpayer welfare and socialism – with all losses borne by taxpayers. When did it become FedGov's job to make housing even more unaffordable for legitimate homebuyers? byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver 🚨 *TRUMP SAYS HE'S 'WORKING' ON TAKING FANNIE, FREDDIE PUBLIC This is going to raise mortgage rates by …

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Consumer fear of job losses hits highest since 2008, survey signals historic warning for labor market

JUST IN: 67% of US consumers now expect higher unemployment over the next 12 months, the highest since 2008. This percentage has more than doubled over the last 5 months. Currently, more Americans anticipate higher unemployment than during the 1981-82, 1990-1991, and 2001… pic.twitter.com/oAw2AOUJ6w — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 26, 2025 The best leading …

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Japan’s top insurer bond losses triple echoes U.S. bank collapse warning. SVB crisis replay? Unrealized pain turns real without central bank shield

‘Japan’s Top Life Insurer Says Unrealized Bond Losses Tripled.’ This Bloomberg headline sounds familiar, right? Back in March 2023, several US regional banks, including Silicon Valley Bank and later First Republic Bank, collapsed when ‘unrealized losses’ became realized losses as people got their money out. Did the system collapse? NO! Why? Because the Federal Reserve …

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Bank of America buried under $100B bond losses from 1% yield binge. $11.5T Treasury storm looms foreign buyers dump debt for gold

Bank of America’s sitting on $700B in bonds bought at 1% yields in 2020. Those bonds are down ~40%, hiding $100B in losses. Meanwhile, the Treasury needs to refinance $9T and issue $2.5T in new debt this year. Foreign buyers like China are dumping Treasuries for gold. If Trump disrupts this debt recycling, we’re staring …

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Tesla robotaxi profit crushes Waymo… 100K fleet could earn $2.9B yearly by 2026

TESLA’S ROBOTAXI MATH IS INSANE – $2.9B PROFIT WITH JUST 100K CARS Waymo’s 1,500 robotaxis generate $250M in revenue – and still lose money. Now picture Tesla with 100,000 robotaxis by 2026: 100 miles/day, $1/mile, 80% margin = ~$2.9B in pure profit annually. That’s 12x Waymo’s revenue – and Tesla’s just getting started. Scale that …

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Small investment fees compound into massive losses over time, 1% annual fee slashes 25% of your portfolio’s value

A 1% annual investment fee will lower your portfolio by ~25.8% over 30 years. A 0.10% annual investment fee will lower it by only ~3% over 30 years. That 22 percentage point difference could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fees compound. pic.twitter.com/iv3zY0jQVh — The Money Cruncher, CPA (@money_cruncher) May 8, 2025 Most people …

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Target CEO Takes Pay Cut Over Losses amid DEI rollback Boycott

The declining pay is an indication of the financial struggles the Minneapolis-based retailer has endured in recent years, as performance-based equity awards provided a declining share of his overall compensation. Total compensation for the year ended Jan. 31: $9,858,980 Salary: $1,400,000 Bonus: $785,400 Non-equity incentive pay: $1,538,320 Other compensation: $596,391 https://www.startribune.com/target-ceo-brian-cornell-executive-pay-compensation-down/601342128 Why are people boycotting Target? Here’s what to know …

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“It Is A Full-Blown Crisis Already”: Farmers Cry Out For Help As Massive Financial Losses Pile Up And Demand For U.S. Agricultural Products Disappears

by Michael China is normally the largest export market for U.S. agricultural products.  In a typical year, we sell tens of billions of dollars worth of agricultural products to the Chinese, but now that door has been slammed shut thanks to the extremely high tariffs that China has imposed on U.S. imports.  If that door is …

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U.S. banks sitting on $482B in unrealized losses, silent crisis threatens systemic collapse. Shadow Banks rushing to bail out Commercial Banks via a fresh liquidity pool?

The Silent Banking Crisis: Understanding the $482 Billion Time Bomb U.S. banks are currently sitting on $482 billion in unrealized losses on their investment securities primarily long-dated Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities bought during the 0% interest rate era. This figure has jumped 33% in just the last quarter, making it the worst paper loss environment …

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