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New highs – lows peaked the week of the election and are now negative. The election gap that was a bear trap on the way up, will be a bull trap on the way down. Bank reserves drop below $3 trillion, nearing pre-March 2023 banking crisis levels.

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 …

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The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 53 months, by far the longest in history. The banking system may break hard.

The US bond market has been in a drawdown for over 52 months, by far the longest in history. Video: https://t.co/PlZ0poWqfU pic.twitter.com/a948poplO9 — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December 27, 2024 The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 53 months, by far the longest in history.https://t.co/l5IYmkf6Ih pic.twitter.com/bGFIn2cMFW — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) January 1, …

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An armored vehicle is now approaching Jabbad’s home along with heavy police presence.

Update: an armored vehicle is now approaching Jabbad’s home along with heavy police presence. https://t.co/hb8WM5QdZ0 pic.twitter.com/a2WGJ5rG0Z — Merissa Hansen (@merissahansen17) January 1, 2025 FBI Houston and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are currently conducting law enforcement activity near the intersection of Hugh Road and Crescent Peak Drive in north Houston. We have secured a perimeter …

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At Least 600,000 Indian H-1B Visas now hold White Collar Jobs needed by American Graduates

H-1B: Indian Migrants Want Elon Musk to Help Them Win Green Cards A lobby group for Indian H-1B contract workers is trying to use the GOP’s planned 2025 reconciliation bill to get fast-track green cards for roughly 1.2 million Indian citizens living in the United States. The lobbying effort is built on the hope that President Donald …

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Liquidity is drying up as rates explode higher. The selloff is accelerating rapidly. $VIX is now up 25%!

BREAKING: #Bitcoin tumbles under 94K. pic.twitter.com/sn0IuI52Qv — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) December 27, 2024 They need liquidity 😈 — TrippyMike (@TrippyMike_TC) December 27, 2024 The market woke up and realized rates are high, liquidity is drying up and Powell is still serious about not cutting as much as what is desired. NASDAQ down over 2% S&P …

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Now I am worried: “The probability of a US recession materializing in 2025 is 0%, according to a Monday note from Torsten Sløk, the chief economist at Apollo.”

pic.twitter.com/AjAiL7vFzA — Saw Chuck (@Saw_Chuck2023) December 25, 2024 RCH Fed: manufacturing contracts again in Dec w/ employment, new orders, and shipments all falling; although firms expect significantly better conditions 6 months from now, the sector is currently still hemorrhaging: pic.twitter.com/WQrxj4k76c — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) December 26, 2024 🚨🇺🇸BIDEN CAUGHT LYING ABOUT THE LABOR MARKET…AGAIN …

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“Right Now, Things Are So Out Of Whack It’s INSANE” – Mike Maloney

Are we on the brink of a severe recession—or could the markets somehow keep soaring? In this eye-opening discussion, Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard unveil the key data points that have signaled every modern recession without fail. From year-over-year employment metrics to the notorious yield curve inversion, you’ll see why they believe “things are so …

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It’s pretty wild to say, but Intel now has the single greatest bang for your buck GPU on the market. Sold out everywhere. A total triumph.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/intel-arc-b580-review The $400 price range is the most competitive GPU market. Most users are stuck using xx50-60series cards(steam GPU survey). If intel can break into this market at a lower price point, they could eat up a good size chunk of the market. Most kids buy prebuilt, and Prebuilt pcs will rush to get these …

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DoorDash By Drone: Google’s Wing Subsidiary Now Delivers In Dallas-Fort Worth and Frisco

Just what we need at the peak of drone hysteria – more drones in the skies over the U.S. But this latest batch will be courtesy of Google’s parent company Alphabet, whose subsidiary Wing will be “expanding its drone delivery service to DoorDash customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex”, according to The Verge. Wing’s drones …

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Armstrong: Now is the Time to Stockpile Cash

by Martin Armstrong  COMMENT: Marty, I don’t know how your computer does it, but it called for high in stocks, gold, and a coming recession. At the WEC, you said rates would decline into 2025, but not dramatically, because of the war. You also said the dollar was not dead. You said Trump would not have …

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Terrorist Attack in Germany, 11 dead 80 hurt, what now?

There are questions now in the German news about how this was at all possible, considering the police was pre warned that an attack at a Christmas market was imminent. The suspect is a Saudi national. Hmmm, terror suspects from Saudi Arabia, where have we heard that before? h/t Eurogal2023

China’s 2-year government bond yields drop below 1%, economy is rapidly slowing. Second largest economy in world DEFLATING now.

For reference, Chinese yields are already lower than during the peak of the Great Financial Crisis and the pandemic meltdown. Something huge is happening in China – and we should pay attention. 2/ pic.twitter.com/zwWT9y7jsQ — Alf (@MacroAlf) December 20, 2024 The Chinese private sector debt as a % of GDP has exploded north of 200%, …

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Bitcoin, tied to USD and U.S. Treasuries, now props up the system it opposed. Coinbase controls Ethereum more than Bitcoin through ETFs

The fact that Trump threatens competition to the USD, but then embraces Bitcoin, should tell you a lot about how much of a threat Bitcoin is to the U.S. Dollar. — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) December 19, 2024 Bitcoiners sure went from #Bitcoin will end the dollar to #Bitcoin is needed to …

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FOMC hawkish pivot right before the holidays. Powell confirmed we are now seeing stagflation.

https://finviz.com/ It's begun .. pic.twitter.com/LPPK8arfBz — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 18, 2024 I cannot wait to see this pig in an actual recession pic.twitter.com/0PeFOiX8GA — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 18, 2024 As we said in May 2024 when this clip was taken, this is the 2024 version of "inflation is transitory.” Fed Chair Powell …

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Value is now down 11 days in a row, more decliners than advancers, the VIX up 4%. Textbook Head & Shoulders pattern playing out for Nvidia

https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1868776221615759669 Yup pic.twitter.com/EUPCKrVnbz — Alex Desjardins (@PrimeTrading_) December 16, 2024 DJIA topped in Dec ‘99, and the NASDAQ didn’t top until 3/4/2000 — TitansJets (@TitansJets) December 16, 2024 Textbook Head & Shoulders pattern playing out for Nvidia $NVDA – does it get a close below the important $132 level tomorrow? pic.twitter.com/ho7srqGIO7 — Barchart (@Barchart) December …

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Mike Benz on Rogan: “the apparatus that stopped left-wing-antiwar-populism is now being used to stop right-wing-antiwar-populism.”

by Substantialmajestic I finally watched the Joe Rogan interview of Mike Benz. He worked for the state department and also heavily researched the censorship online. At first he thought it was a culture war. However, when he dug deeper, he kept seeing gasoline executives speak at summits for “disinformation.” He cites two timelines. For one, the …

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US stocks dominate 65% of global equity, 11x Japan’s 5.5% share. ZIRP fueled deficits, QE forced risks, Fed’s policies now unravel stability.

Most of the US stock market are tech, that has a very high valuation plot from multpl. com pic.twitter.com/YQgSP5LoRy — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) December 15, 2024 European Stocks trading at an all-time record discount relative to U.S. Stocks 🚨 https://t.co/MBwckCKVD2 pic.twitter.com/c1nwYFwjLJ — Barchart (@Barchart) December 16, 2024 ZIRP allowed the government to run up …

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Totally useless Fartcoin is now worth $700 million.

Memecoins like Fartcoin are riding Trump’s victory to huge valuations. Experts say it may have only begun. The carnival-casino era of cryptocurrencies has come back with a vengeance. Yes, it’s called Fartcoin. Yes, it is totally useless. And yes, it has nevertheless tripled in value over the past week to a market capitalization of more …

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Warren profited from pharma, now targets RFK Jr. instead.

@SenWarren says the corrupt and compromised leftist millionaire supported by Big Pharma! pic.twitter.com/75xQH2WLIu — Ryno23 (@ZMKCR) December 14, 2024 Yes. Open Secrets lists top lobbying recipients by year. Look under pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical manufacturing 👌 — Lauren Lee (@laurenlee) December 14, 2024 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips?cycle=2020&ind=H04  

Collapse is happening right now.

by AIAddict1935   So shockingly, right now we are literally experiencing cascading collapses. Here is a list of all the current collapses: France – Causes Politics (ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier based on austerity budget ) South Korea – Causes Martial Law (President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt to impose martial law) The Philippines – Causes VP (Vice President Sara Duterte publicly threatened to have President …

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IRS recoups only $4.7B with $80B boost from Inflation Reduction Act and now faces $20B GOP cuts.

TLDR: IRS recouped $4.7B from unpaid taxes and criminal proceeds after Inflation Reduction Act boost. $1.3B from overdue taxes by wealthy individuals. $2.9B from criminal cases targeting drug traffickers, cybercriminals, and terrorist financiers. $475M from whistleblower tips on hidden income and tax fraud. $292M from 28,000 high earners who hadn’t filed since 2017. IRS-Criminal Investigation …

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Google claims to have accessed ‘parallel universe.’ Scientists are now mocking Google.

Google has made an eyebrow-raising claim, saying that its new quantum chip may be tapping into parallel universes to achieve its results. The search giant recently unveiled a new quantum computer chip, dubbed Willow, which — on a specific benchmark, at least — the company says can outperform any supercomputer in the world. “Willow’s performance …

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