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WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS BROKE… Searches for ‘can’t pay credit card’ smash records… 11% of accounts now seriously delinquent… Savings rate vanishes… 🚨 Americans have never been this broke before. Google searches for “can’t pay credit card” just hit an all time high. At the same time, US consumer confidence has collapsed to one …
McDonald’s CEO is catching heat for openly worrying about higher gas prices hurting their business while regular people are already getting crushed at the pump and on grocery bills. Worried about fuel costs:$MCD CEO: "Obviously, higher gas prices…are not going to be helpful, particularly for lower income consumers who are already, I think, under pressure" …
We are past that point…Japan hurting…Europe hurting..we’re hurting https://t.co/Q0u8U8ceiV — Nicholas Mugalli (@RealNickMugalli) May 3, 2026 Inflation is on the way back up 🔥🔥🔥 Buckle up. pic.twitter.com/e6raSx52xu — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 3, 2026 1/ This is what $200 per barrel of oil would mean for US gas prices, which currently average $4.30 per gallon. …
Not what you want to see if you're a bull$SPY l $QQQ pic.twitter.com/7bsAVheUq0 — Tradable Astronaut (@TradableAstro) February 17, 2026 Wow. pic.twitter.com/Bw2KyivVlE — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) February 18, 2026 🚨 THE WORLD HAS NEVER BEEN THIS UNCERTAIN!!! Global uncertainty just reached the HIGHEST level in history. The World Uncertainty Index (WUI) has now surpassed …
Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists. Experts and …
People are going to freak out when they realize the large A.I. labs can train a model to do your job by simply feeding it a screen recording of what you do on a daily basis. The acceleration is coming. — Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano) February 7, 2026 More signs of labor market weakness https://t.co/6LxkzTEjjF …
A DANGEROUS ARCTIC BLAST is coming this weekend, with temperatures expected to fall to record-breaking levels, especially in the Southeast. This could lead to a winter storm along the East Coast. pic.twitter.com/QumvTPFYUV — Max Velocity (@MaxVelocityWX) January 27, 2026
Turns out printing confidence does not work forever. Gold just embarrassed every major currency at the same time. The Yen, Euro and US Dollar currencies all reached new all time record lows against Gold (real money) today. Gold is money.Everything else is just a currency. pic.twitter.com/TONvfyFZsp — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 27, 2026 News …
Hear that sound? Over $20 trillion in market cap quietly breaking down to new 4-month lows relative to the S&P500. pic.twitter.com/MxZDHdyE3F — J.C. Parets (@JC_ParetsX) January 14, 2026 Fink Translator here: "There is a bubble and i am at the center of it. I am finding my exit liquidity. Check your 401Ks." https://t.co/Q9JYtqbd9i — Unicus …
Japan was always the endgame https://t.co/Aa2Z1PAwu2 pic.twitter.com/MVzGkZfB1G — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 14, 2026 THE GLOBAL COLLAPSE IS STARTING IN JAPAN JPY-USD: ALL TIME LOW JPY-EUR: ALL TIME LOW JPY-GOLD: ALL TIME LOW This is a WARNING. You don’t see this in a normal market. Japan is the key domino. When JPY slides like this, it …
BOJ rate decision this week.💹 The bond market has decided for the BOJ, which is why it’s most likely they will hike rates and it would be a colossal mistake if they don’t. More importantly, the BOJ is likely to pledge continued gradual rate hikes this week. This could trigger the carry trade unwind and …
When the Fed cuts rates while $SPY is trading near all-time highs (within 1%), the market usually falls sharply 2–3 months later. That aligns closely with our model’s prediction of a serious correction beginning in February 2026. Every time rate cuts begin near market peaks, the aftermath has been very bad. Historically, the pattern is …
$VIX looks calm, but the rate of change is not. Higher lows, higher closes, and a seven-month high while the market sits a few percent off all-time highs. The tape is tightening, not relaxing. pic.twitter.com/InUuwhFXkH — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) November 27, 2025 can i have the permission to chart vix future? pic.twitter.com/IRJxCWvuCL — …
6 doesn’t sound like a lot. But an additional 6 percent demand for houses drives up costs more than 6%. 6% is a lot. Adding 5% more cars to a city can make traffic 25% worse. Same situation. 6% can take a buyer’s market and make it a sellers one. It’s a big deal. On …
Look at HYG and JNK closed at 2 week lows. Credit leads equities… something lurking there 👀 — Will O'Hara, CMT (@WillOHara131) October 8, 2025 Breadth wasn’t good XLF XLC and XLY have broken up trends from April. Also HYG is quietly going lower — Will O'Hara, CMT (@WillOHara131) October 8, 2025 "Credit scores are …
Why is PLTR stock crashing today? The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army’s battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir (PLTR.O), opens new tab and others is rife with “fundamental security” problems and vulnerabilities, and should be treated as a “very high risk,” according to a recent internal Army memo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pRjAbZx8hE
BTC peaks before stocks. QQQ soon will follow. $BTC is trading near 2 month lows currently. Diverging from the $QQQ lately. Last time BTC was trading this low, Q’s were about 4% lower than current levels. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ALwrZMOLm9 — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) September 1, 2025 XRP The rare, majestic broadening top has appeared. The abyss awaits. …
2/ The S&P 500 just broke above its 200-day moving average – one of the market’s most important resistance levels Investors are celebrating a temporary trade deal between the US and China, hoping it leads to a broader agreement But consumer sentiment is telling a different… pic.twitter.com/VEzmH0Wuyy — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) May 28, 2025 4/ …
In 1975, 81% of American men under 30 were married. For women, it was 91%. Today, only 16% of men and 25% of women under 30 have a spouse. This is not a social drift. It is a free fall. A collapse that says more about the cost of living than it does about the …
During the recent White House Correspondents Dinner, Alex Thompson, currently at Axios, steps up to accept the Aldo Beckham Award for Overall Excellence and says that the media did a poor job covering President Biden’s mental and physical decline during the final years of his presidency. The one thing he says that really sticks out to …
I don't think people got scared enough at the recent lows. https://t.co/FBgpGRhT5d — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) April 15, 2025 It means it's COVID time. The only difference is that the Fed isn’t pumping billions, and Congress hasn’t started sending out checks. — Citizen Watch Report (@Citizenwatchrep) April 15, 2025 Goldman Sachs also expecting zero …
Expectations for Personal Finances drop to most bearish level in history 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/w7G2j4cmUP — Barchart (@Barchart) April 14, 2025 The % of borrowers at least 60 days late on their car payments has reached an all-time high 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Nl1sM8jVQg — Barchart (@Barchart) April 14, 2025 60% of general admission ticket buyers at Coachella used Buy-Now-Pay-Later …
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The S&P 500 is at the same level today as it was on the day after the election. It has gone nowhere for two months, amid EPIC levels of bull shit. New highs – lows peaked the week of the election and are now negative. The election gap that was a bear trap on the …
https://twitter.com/liberty_fan_/status/1862064036457631819 Germany faces high taxes; green populists push for even higher taxes. https://twitter.com/MichaelAArouet/status/1862399801301635286 And inflation is rebounding: Good Morning from #Germany where #inflation has picked up for the 2nd straight month. In November, prices rose 2.2% YoY, up from 2% in October. The core #inflation rate accelerated to 3% YoY. pic.twitter.com/IK96JqAp11 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) …
Commodities are not feeling very inflationary right now. https://t.co/cS1Yveed7h pic.twitter.com/LbdPayQmSx — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) November 11, 2024 I'm keeping a close eye on 5 year and 10 year breakeven inflation. We saw a similar breakout in 2008 when inflation expectations were the complete opposite of the real economy. https://t.co/8T6u9d8NV4 pic.twitter.com/7RTwh6ApRm — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) November 10, 2024 …
BREAKING 🚨: China Chinese Stocks fall to lowest prices since January 2019 pic.twitter.com/It0LO0kZkC — Barchart (@Barchart) September 12, 2024 China 3-Year Yields Close Near Record Lows pic.twitter.com/r7Pu9jg8lr — Sunchartist (@sunchartist) September 12, 2024 2/8The article goes on to note that "in 2018, at the height of VC investment, 51,302 start-ups were founded in China, according …
Money is pouring into Chinese government bonds. The buying has bid up prices and forced yields down to near record lows. The move has upset the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), which has expressed considerable concern over what will happen to China’s financial stability when the rally reverses and people, especially banks, suffer losses. Behind …
