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Is the stock market walking off a cliff and investors don’t see it coming? Macro investor Kevin Muir, author of the MacroTourist Newsletter, joins Maggie Lake to break down why we’ve entered a new economic era—one where tariffs, trade deficits, and fiscal tightening could reshape markets in ways most investors aren’t ready for.
In this reaction video, I share my take on a CNN interview with a laid-off 59-year-old HR exec who went from earning $A200K to making $16.50 an hour as a bathroom attendant. Her story—1,000 resumes, life savings gone, startinAg over—reveals the harsh reality of age-related job struggles.
This blue Lobster was caught off the coast of Portland and returned to the water to continue to grow. Blue lobsters are one in two million. pic.twitter.com/lNYMvmmfnI — Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 16, 2025
Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s threat that “all hell” will break out if the militant group does not release the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza by this weekend. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday that the dozens of hostages would only be returned if all parties remain committed to the ceasefire …
Google has extended voluntary buyout offers to more than 25,000 employees in its platforms and devices division, a move aimed at ensuring the workforce remains “deeply committed” to the company’s strategic goals. https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-02-04-google-offers-25000-staff-voluntary-buyouts-as-it-restructures Google has offered “voluntary” buyouts to more than 25,000 staffers in an effort to ensure its workforce is “deeply committed” to its …
Protestors against ICE mass deportations in Glendale, Arizona were seen beating and destroying police cars Completely shattering police SUV’s windshields and causing chaos. These people are in our country illegally and are literally attacking our police protesting being deported pic.twitter.com/Xzvbo0cZaU — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 5, 2025
So what was it exactly when the government bureaucracy acted against its purported leader from 2017-2021? And then continued ruling itself from 2021-2025? Well I guess it wasn't all that hostile at least… — Electric Shemp (@StoogeRunner) February 4, 2025 How deep does the corruption run when you see politicians protesting like their lives depend …
America’s debt crisis just continues to get worse as we continue to carry higher and higher balances from month to month, at a time when credit card interest rates are practically at all time highs. At the same time, we have more and more people only paying the minimum payments each month. Americans are essentially …
Mel Gibson just now on Hannity on Trump being in California today: “It’s like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off.” pic.twitter.com/d7Y9rkhC2M — Courtney Holland 🇺🇸 (@hollandcourtney) January 25, 2025 View post on imgur.com
The share of mortgages outstanding with rates below 3% – as close to free money as regular folks could get – has been declining slowly but steadily to 21.3% of all mortgages outstanding at the end of Q3 2024, from the peak in Q1 2022 (24.6%), according to the Federal Housing Finance Authority’s National Mortgage …
An recently resurfaced video from Feb. of 2018 from an appearance by actress Claire Danes on Stephen Colbert’s show has gone viral for what it reveals about the connection between Hollywood and the intelligence community. In the clip Danes talks about how her “Homeland” show went to a weeklong “spy camp” with “actual spooks” in …
I can do this ALL DAY in CPG. The consumer is dead pic.twitter.com/5vRBTU6sKF — USA Divides by 32 (@sabregold19991) January 8, 2025 Consumer revolving credit in the US just fell off of a cliff. The last 6-month drop is even larger than the drop seen in 2008, 2nd largest behind 2020. What is happening here? …
Why didn’t Democrats have anything to say about this? Ohh wait… that’s (D)ifferent pic.twitter.com/uJwxnAhYrE — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 7, 2025
We have seen a tremendous amount of layoffs over the past year and at the same time, companies are slowing way down on new hires due to the sluggish economy. This is leaving many people unemployed for a lot longer than originally anticipated and forcing many to rely on savings and credit cards to get …
With a countdown and a series of quick booms, a piece of Beaver Stadium’s history came down to make way for its future. A crowd of spectators gathered on a snowy Saturday morning to watch the Beaver Stadium press box, part of which predates the stadium itself, come tumbling to the ground. The structure was …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The artificial hill of pottery shards is puny and localized; the consewuences of our system will bring down the system in ways the system is completely blind to. We’re all familiar with the plot device of the self-destruct sequence counting down while our hero / heroine frantically tries to …
Context/Details 🚨 19-year-old Taylor Smith received two days in jail for pushing her friend off a bridge in Washington state. Jordan Holgerson’s friends were all jumping off a bridge in Moulton Falls Regional Park and she wanted to participate. What she didn’t know was that… pic.twitter.com/dfUFP5rsR6 — Global Statistics (@Globalstats11) January 4, 2025
Credit card companies wrote off $46B in seriously delinquent loan balances in just the first 9 months of 2024. 50% increase YoYHighest in 14 years pic.twitter.com/IH3yW47xHq — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) January 3, 2025 Linkhttps://t.co/wD6lnwO923 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 3, 2025 Auto loan delinquency rates are at their highest in more than a decade, per …
Investors lose faith in China’s recovery; $18 trillion in wealth destroyed. China iPhone shipments fell by 47% y/y. 🚨INVESTORS LOST FAITH IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY🚨 China's 10-year government bond yield fell below 1.6% for the FIRST TIME EVER. CSI 300 index FELL for the 3rd STRAIGHT day in the worst start to a year in …
Tesla lays off 2,688 Texas employees immediately following having 2,639 H1B visas approved in 2022-23 Abbott begged Elon to come to Texas, offering him tax breaks to do so, while keeping our property taxes high -resulting in taxing seniors out of their homes. Follow the money. pic.twitter.com/xQ0tS7LPPo — Merissa Hansen (@merissahansen17) December 31, 2024 See …
https://archive.is/20241230130345/https://www.ft.com/content/c755a34d-eb97-40d1-b780-ae2e2f0e7ad9 “High-income households are fine, but the bottom third of US consumers are tapped out,” said Mark Zandi, the head of Moody’s Analytics. “Their savings rate right now is zero.” US economy so STRONG. Just ignore 110 million bottom turd of society. F**k dem riffraff right? h/t mark000
After reading about guards beating an inmate, I went to check the reviews of the Madison County Jail. When a regular business is brigaded, Google just removes some reviews. When a part of the system is exposed, Google removes all the reviews and the score. Good timing, holy shit: Last year, and in the first …
The market is completely controlled by margin trading and the risk on appetite. As long as yen yield is low and sentiment is good we will double down on margin on the dips. So this bull market will continue but man will it have a seizure like end but I’m not timing it pic.twitter.com/WcU0nBEubo — …
Per the @FT: “US companies are defaulting on junk loans at the fastest rate in four years, as they struggle to refinance a wave of cheap borrowing that followed the Covid pandemic.” This is not about weak demand. Rather, it’s the consequence of excessive borrowing by companies,… pic.twitter.com/V9kOs5Y37e — Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) December 24, …
A gay Georgia couple convicted of sickening sexually abuse of their two adopted sons will spend the rest of the lives behind bars. William and Zachary Zulock, 34 and 36, were each sentenced last week to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole, the Walton County District Attorney’s office announced. “These two Defendants …
Conference Board: the leading economic index rose in Nov for the 1st time in over 2 years and now no longer signals an impending recession; the increase (which immediately followed the presidential election) was driven mostly by surging equity prices: pic.twitter.com/xqKrZuBtvi — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) December 20, 2024 h/t mark000
Dow jones Update Keep it simple. Bounced off major trend-line (text book) Lower high expected over the weeks before it lets go. Unless it simply lets go. pic.twitter.com/hfCoiv0HnG — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 20, 2024 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1870078316029313153 …..and how do you conclude "Soft Landing" based on this? Give me your best shot 💪 ["This time …
A Chinese tourist in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was knocked off a moving train by tree branches as she leaned out to pose for a photo.
by Michael The number of job openings in the United States has been “falling off a cliff”, and that is a major red flag. The last four years have been an economic nightmare for most Americans, and that is one of the primary reasons why Donald Trump won the election. But as we approach 2025, things are …
