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Wall Street is alarmed??? Please… Main Street is figuring out our financial markets are a casino where regulators, Congress, big banks etc do what they want. And get very rich doing it. This is not even close to a fair fight and if you think politicians on either side of… pic.twitter.com/Rjqw4d8HSr — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) …
The weather bureau issued storm warning signal 3 – the second-lowest on its scale of five – on Sept 4 evening and said the weather over the coast of Guangdong will deteriorate on Sept 5 and Sept 6. The observatory said it will assess the need to issue higher alert. If the weather office issues …
Semiconductor stocks are leading benchmarks across Asia lower following a drop in US equites after Nvidia Corp. suffered a record-setting $279 billion rout. The US Justice Department sent subpoenas to Nvidia and other companies as it seeks evidence that the chipmaker violated antitrust laws. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-03/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?embedded-checkout=true Nvidia down 2% in premarket trading after plunge that wiped …
US corporate bankruptcies are the highest in 7 years https://t.co/HjmfYYpxR9 pic.twitter.com/gKJMkltxJQ — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 30, 2024 Home buying conditions have NEVER been worse: UMich pic.twitter.com/2hnslFk8vS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 30, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQjTaJIzhtk
The US stock and bond markets will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, 2024 due to the Labor Day federal holiday. If you need to get anything done before Tuesday you’ve got the rest of today and Friday for your transactions. The next holiday closure is: Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2024 with a 1/2 day (9:30AM-1:00PM) …
Textbook recession: 2 consecutive quarters of negative real GDP Textbook depression: 12 consecutive quarters (3yrs) of negative real GDP 🇺🇸 currently in 9th consecutive quarter of negative real GDP ⚠️ — CJK (@CJKonstantinos) August 29, 2024 31% of parents say they are unable to afford back-to-school shopping for their kids this year, per Credit Karma. …
On this long-term chart the pandemic is barely visible as a minor blip in a 15 year blow-off top to a long-term secular bull market. Marked by unprecedented political acrimony, constant monetary intervention, and a 6% budget deficit to obtain 2% "growth". In a more honest time… pic.twitter.com/svL7Rgo7Wy — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 22, 2024 Expectations …
It's Going to Be Different This Time (Really) Markets expect fed funds cuts, but they'll stop above 3% pic.twitter.com/uDx3LbGTuP — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) August 14, 2024
🚨 The markets are spooked. The stink from the deteriorating fundamentals and overleveraged consumers are seeping. The BOJ's rate hike just sped up the process. Now, the markets are beyond spooked, BOJ will raise interest again and it had happened before – a reality check 🧵 — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) August 10, 2024 2. Japan flip-flopped …
"Markets pricing in the most cuts since 2008."@marketdesk via @MikeZaccardi pic.twitter.com/qIUTMQymi8 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) August 10, 2024 This is where the bull shit hits the road. This entire week's global rally was based on the widespread belief that the BOJ has paused permanently. However, the majority of economists in Japan expect rates to continue …
The “pain trade” is back… That means for traders it's a good time to consider smaller position sizing, wider stops and much more discerning execution. – Smaller size to reduce total exposure – Wider stops to account for illiquid, volatile trading conditions – Discerning execution to limit overtrading — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) August 6, …
Worries about the economy and a seemingly slow-footed response from the Fed, along with concerns over corporate earnings, dragged markets Monday. Put that against the backdrop of a stock market with high valuation, and it had all the makings of a sell-off waiting to happen. “It’s just a perfect storm of slowing growth, crowded positioning …
🚨LIVE COVERAGE: MARKET COLLAPSE CONTINUES – ROBINHOOD HALTS TRADING– TRADERS BET ON EMERGENCY FED MEETING Analysts debate live on stage https://t.co/5A4mDZ67oU — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 5, 2024 🚨 RECAP ON ASIAN MARKET TURMOIL Japan's Topix Index plummeted by as much as 10.6%, its worst decline since 1987, surpassing the 2011 nuclear crisis drop. The …
This is awesome and a must watch. We’ve all been wondering where all of this liquidity is coming from in the markets. Stealth QE was being done somehow. Now we have the answer! It’s all in the Treasury increased t-bill issuance. QE has now been replaced by ATI. pic.twitter.com/BJKVgvkEVM — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) July 31, …
$TLT $EDV $ZROZ $TMF 📈 👀https://t.co/iQpWfEerbA — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) July 31, 2024 #recession … #GFC2 US TREASURY #Bonds edition https://t.co/aeOy2pBdCG — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) July 31, 2024 2/ VIX is the S&P 500's volatility index Spikes in the VIX often mean the S&P 500 is moving lower As seen in recent corrections pic.twitter.com/NDXbxbMfzP — …
Has the day of reckoning finally arrived? Wednesday’s rout in tech stocks led by Tesla and Google parent Alphabet wiped a collective $1 trillion in value off U.S. equities, signaling a broad-based correction could be in store. Losses in the benchmark S&P 500 index and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite endured their worst days since the fourth …
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 …
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Florida is facing notable risks in its housing markets. According to a recent report by Parcl Labs, 13 out of the 15 housing markets labeled as “at risk” are located in Florida. Here are some key points: Reasons for Risk: Hurricane Ian: The impact of Hurricane Ian in September 2022 has contributed to additional softening in Southwest Florida. Spiked Home …
Check out the article about how California has 6 of the 10 counties nationwide with the highest risks of home-price declines. California’s high-risk counties are less-populated regions to the north. Their prices may have been pushed out of economic balance by remote workers seeking cheaper homes to live in away from the Bay Area job hubs. San …
Top 10 Housing Markets with the highest price cut rate in May 2024. More price cuts mean more seller desperation. And a greater likelihood that prices drop in the future. 1. Tampa – 37% price cut rate 📉2. Austin – 36%3. Colorado Springs – 36%4. Denver – 36%5. Jacksonville… pic.twitter.com/F3mGea53MK — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) June …
In US BLS numbers for Q3 (published end April) should have been the wake-up call, but everyone still asleep at the wheel. 190k jobs destroyed over Q3 (600 k creations were expected from nfp surveys). Talking about hard data… — Manu (@SolalM) June 11, 2024 Global labor market slowdown is underway UK Claimant claims largest …
$GME cannot be stopped. With @TheRoaringKitty’s livestream tomorrow, I feel a gamma squeeze coming. If we reach $70 per share, the kitty becomes a billionaire. Maybe this happens while he’s live or maybe he exercises his 12 million shares worth of options and pumps this… pic.twitter.com/4rg8SpkqeR — LiftingStocks (@LiftinStocks) June 6, 2024 Somehow this is …
8) You can get a sense of this "reversion" by looking at the metros with the biggest inventory growth over the last year. Where are they located…? Texas, Florida, Texas, Texas, Texas, Florida… Lots of supply coming online in these states. pic.twitter.com/kqBeCnkHwi — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) June 5, 2024 Housing markets where home prices have …
Recent economic updates from the U.S. paint a bleak picture, stirring deep unease among investors. The latest indicators, including the sharp decline in the Bloomberg Economic Surprise Index, signal a worrisome underperformance reminiscent of the tumultuous trends observed in 2019. This downturn in economic sentiment comes at a precarious moment, with all eyes fixed on …
Today it costs more to buy a Big Mac in developed countries than most emerging markets or less developed economies. The last time we observed a similar phenomenon was in the early 2000s when emerging markets’ investments significantly outperformed developed markets. One of the main reasons for this is that the performance of less developed …
FED Warns Against Rising Delinquency Rates, Calls It A “Leading Indicator That Things Are About To Get Worse”
It 100% feels like the stock is just being perpetually pumped to keep the markets from looking like a giant dumpster fire. But what goes up must eventually come down. — Generic Working Class Citizen (@GenericPlebeian) May 24, 2024 So what are we blaming for the -2% Dow Jones fall? pic.twitter.com/zWdwWZ11sL — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) May …
