Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
People keep saying this housing market is nothing like 2008 and they're fucking right. Its worse. We have worse affordability, worse demographics, more speculation all done at lower interest rates with rising inflation. — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 11, 2025 pic.twitter.com/ZITWiXCCms — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 11, 2025 HOLY FUCK! Washington DC home listings are …
This won’t ever be paid back. It’s nothing but a giant Ponzi scheme at this point. https://t.co/1ok4LJIWZT — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 11, 2025 Gold scores highest weekly close in history 📈📈 pic.twitter.com/DOjfooThwz — Barchart (@Barchart) May 11, 2025 The U.S. dollar has lost 99% of its purchasing power since 1971 80% of all dollars …
I just want to put this Bessent gem here on top of @MacroEdgeRes post since it makes such a good combination to print and frame https://t.co/FEf2aMHE20 pic.twitter.com/VIKqyT3mkd — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) April 29, 2025 BREAKING: CEOs are telling their investment bankers that the impact of the tariffs will be known over the next 6 to …
You cannot fix a supply shock with either fiscal or monetary stimulus. Real consumption is set by the quantity of goods and services available, and tariffs pull those real goods and services out of the economy. Lowering interest rates won’t make more stuff. It will just make more… https://t.co/gkkkGOZeXz — Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) April 28, …
Barack Obama: 75% of illegals deported received NO Due Process Bill Clinton: 90% of illegals deported received NO Due Process All the sudden Democrats in 2025 want 100% of illegals to receive Due Process BECAUSE NOW IT’S ABOUT VOTES Barack Obama “If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported. If you plan to enter The US …
BREAKING: Putin agrees to the ceasefire but insists it must lead to lasting peace and the reversal of the original causes of the crisis. pic.twitter.com/zWmwRRL4Ud — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 13, 2025 This is completely backwards. He categorically does not agree with the US/Ukrainian proposals for a ceasefire; he's making his own proposal that …
The so-called “center-right” CDU wins, yet refuses to close the borders. AfD surges to a record 20%, but the establishment locks them out of power. The political firewall ensures only pro-migration parties govern—whether they wear “conservative” or “leftist” masks. “Center Right” Party in Germany Wins Elections, Vows to Not Close the Borders. The fake “center right” party …
“President Trump signed an executive order to establish the MAHA Commission to study what has caused the precipitous decline in American health over the past two generations. Some of the possible factors we will investigate were formerly taboo or insufficiently scrutinized: a childhood vaccine schedule, electromagnetic radiation, glyphosate, other pesticides, ultra-processed foods, artificial food additives, …
President Trump’s online base is splintering over the administration’s handling of two major news stories related to sex trafficking, which converged this week in dramatic fashion. Why it matters: The online MAGA universe is diverse, powerful, and extremely volatile. With a mix of ultra Trump loyalists and conservative ideologues, infighting is inevitable — and often explosive. That’s become …
In a development that has sent shockwaves through political and legal circles, President-elect Donald J. Trump has been sentenced to an “unconditional discharge” in the New York hush money case. This sentence, delivered just days before his second inauguration, means Trump will serve no jail time, pay no fines, and face no probation. Essentially, he …
Many of us have been wondering though if the economy has been propped up by credit card spending, and it seems we are getting the answer on that now. Same thing happened in 06 credit card delinquencies spiked while mortgage delinquency/foreclosures were relatively low.. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/seriesBeta/DRSFRMACBS https://fred.stlouisfed.org/seriesBeta/DRCCLACBS Bond Default Rates Surpass 2008 Crisis Levels h/t …
Man dubbed ‘Living Nostradamus’ gives his seven scary predictions for 2025 Brazilian Athos Salomé, who the New York Post this year revealed had correctly predicted four prophecies, has now revealed his predictions for what could come during the year ahead “2025 will be the point of time when the authorities start to officially declare existence …
The American dream is now considered to be a “trap”. Don’t worry though true freedom comes with fiat and nothing to show for it. h/t LarryNoodlesOnGuitar
There is some early reporting of talks within the Biden administration to preemptively pardon a few crisis actors, including Fauci. We can only hope the psyop from 2020 is exposed and Fauci is shown accountable on some level. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/04/biden-white-house-pardons-00192610 h/t lboog423
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The top 10% are the dog sipping a drink as the cafe burns down, saying “this is fine.” What’s the one thing we need to fix or nothing else matters? There are plenty of potential candidates: immigration, healthcare, wokeism, hot war in Europe, inflation, draining The Swamp, etc. Human history …
https://twitter.com/Dani3lAndrew/status/1862163986159981018 Someone is lying hard here. pic.twitter.com/Pj5z1EOcAB — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) November 27, 2024 U.S Home Sales on track for worst year since 1995 🚨 pic.twitter.com/y374xS1HMw — Barchart (@Barchart) November 29, 2024
by Ant10102 Thankfully I work in MA so my wife got 6 months off work and I got 3 months. Both at 70% of pay which is difficult but we make it work. He’s now 2 months old. Since we make 70% we get Medicaid which is a god send. But when we go back to …
Stopping the revolving door between private business and the institutions that regulate them would be awesome. h/t Masterpicker
By Egon von Greyerz There is a fine line between happiness and misery, as Dickens describes in David Copperfield. Copperfield’s landlord, Mr Micawber, was just on the wrong side of happiness by six pence. In a recent article called THE END OF THE US ECONOMIC AND MILITARY EMPIRE AND THE RISE OF GOLD, I stated: “Unsustainable deficits and …
Trump: “Kamala Is Just A Vessel; We Are Running Against Something Far More Powerful” “She means nothing…” During a historic rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden, president Trump urged that Kamala Harris is purely “a vessel” and in reality the MAGA movement is fighting against “something far more powerful.” Trump told the crowd, “We are …
CHRIS RUFO EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book, Smart on Crime, according to a new investigation. The current vice president even lifted material from Wikipedia. EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book, Smart on Crime, according to a new investigation. The current …
The British taxpayer was billed £21,630 for these trips. Then the CPS destroyed all the records. The public body now claims it doesn't even know what it destroyed. Nothing about this is normal. pic.twitter.com/uf7kMcAGZR — Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) September 27, 2024
It’s a campaign about nothing. — Justin Harris (@JustinAulden) September 7, 2024 Preview of the debate 💀 pic.twitter.com/8cxOTrPTRk — NewsForce (@Newsforce) September 7, 2024 According to Kamala Harris, heart disease and high blood pressure is the result of slavery. https://twitter.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1832986781530181953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
There's nothing more dangerous than those who seek to determine the limitations and boundaries of speech. — Klay Thompson (@Thompsonklay) August 29, 2024
Brittany Catucci rents everything she can. Like lots of 20-somethings, she doesn’t own the place where she lives, a three-story townhouse in Emeryville, Calif. But she and her boyfriend, Eric Markley, also rent their queen-size bed, Catucci’s work clothes and repair tools from Home Depot or AutoZone. “My friends don’t even blink at the fact …
