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Apple is pulling a classic “stealth hike” to protect their 48% margins, and the market is just starting to wake up to the trick. Yesterday’s guidance of 14-17% revenue growth looked like a miracle given the 9% consensus, but the math didn’t add up until the Mac Mini update dropped. By killing off the $599 …
🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump is reportedly seriously considering sending US special forces deep into Iran to seize the regime’s enriched uranium stockpile. Experts warn the mission would be extraordinarily complex and extremely high risk, with major chemical, logistical, and tactical challenges… https://t.co/74TBUD43M5 pic.twitter.com/M9Dd1jpC3b — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 3, 2026 🇺🇸 Dozens of U.S. military tankers are crossing …
Iran’s foreign minister Araghchi said in an interview broadcast on state television on Wednesday that no talks were being held with the US and that Iran would attack US interests wherever it saw them, state TV reported. pic.twitter.com/fy8ziF9Inq — Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 26, 2026 The Pentagon is weighing options for a potential “final …
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️TRUMP THREATENS IRAN: SHOULD IRAN DECIDE NOT TO MAKE A DEAL, IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE UNITED STATES TO USE DIEGO GARCIA, AND THE AIRFIELD LOCATED IN FAIRFORD, IN ORDER TO ERADICATE A POTENTIAL ATTACK BY A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND DANGEROUS REGIME – AN ATTACK THAT WOULD… — NYPrepper (@nyprepper1) February 18, 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️CNN …
Get to the back. Get to the back. There’s too much weight in the front. pic.twitter.com/AzRnR09Kb4 — Neil (@neilfromsa) October 5, 2025 They're running it hot…. pic.twitter.com/qLHDICSaWV — Michael J. Kramer (@MichaelMOTTCM) October 5, 2025 New highs in the S&P 500 continue. The pace of gain has slowed as the S&P 500 nears its 5-year …
Alp Mehmet explains why Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to speed up the processing of illegal migrants will only make the UK’s migration problems worse and why Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan is the only proposed policy that will work.
If you were sitting in Powell’s chair right now, the choices are all bad. Rate cuts with inflation heating back up would be reckless, but blindly hiking or extending QT into a slowing economy risks detonating credit markets. The Fed is boxed in because both sides of the balance sheet are broken: short-term liquidity is …
Bessent says that Trump is considering delisting all Chinese companies from the US stock market. 🚨🇺🇸TREASURY SEC: DELISTING CHINESE STOCKS FROM U.S. STOCK EXCHANGES IS AN OPTION Bessent just dropped a bombshell: delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges is officially on the table. Source: Fox https://t.co/pXPU8lXXe9 pic.twitter.com/2qaz328uoF — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 9, 2025 …
June opex spx Call option 6500 strike $46.5June opex spx Call option 5500 strike $81.5 — Simon Says (@Seniorstrategen) January 18, 2025 It's a pretty huge sign the doors are closing in tbh When you see this and all the coins are red, and everything is being funneled into like 3 coins, you start to …
BREAKING: After initially saying NO to receiving deported illegals, the President of Mexico just suddenly announced that she will allow President Trump to use Mexico as a deportation hub, even for non-Mexican migrants. “We will receive them here. We are going to receive them properly, and we have a plan.” It wouldn’t surprise me if …
Bellwethers. Large weekly topping formations depicted. pic.twitter.com/SkI4SUEnJj — The Great Martis (@great_martis) January 1, 2025 Santa Rally option skew through yesterday's close is the highest in history. As the algos maintain the illusion through year end. pic.twitter.com/hDWqahSbXe — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 31, 2024 $MEK.ax One of the cheapest Goldies on the ASX. Cup and Handle …
Option skew has only hit 180 once in history. That was today. The next highest level was 174 in early December. Eight out of the top ten skew readings in history are now in December. Every reading above 170 is in 2024 (blue rectangle). Wow. pic.twitter.com/MtnwoJxtI4 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 27, 2024 Last week's rate …
(Bloomberg) — The sense of calm in the US stock market was disrupted Tuesday as the S&P 500 Index plunged more than 2% and the VIX exploded higher. That’s rewarded a late-Friday options buyer with some $12 million in paper gains. The spike in volatility came as the S&P 500 index was dragged down by …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs it into law, the state apparently would be the first with such a punishment. The GOP-controlled Legislature passed the bill giving judges the option …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to employees on Monday informing them they have to show customers how to use “FSD” before completing a delivery in North America. “I know this will slow down the delivery process, but it is nonetheless a hard requirement,” Musk wrote in the email. Tesla is trying to avoid …
Used to type something in search, get results and then click the News button… It would always serve up the crap first, MSM stories, “Recommended”. But then you would click “Tools” dropdown and then “Sort by Date” and you would see WAY more stories from non-regime media sites. Today I noticed Tools is gone for …
Amazon will no longer allow users to pay with Venmo beginning Jan. 10, according to a notice sent to users. The company announced last October it would accept Venmo at checkout. Shares of PayPal, which owns Venmo, slid on Thursday. Amazon notified users late Wednesday it will soon stop accepting Venmo as a payment method. …
Israeli "heritage" minister: "Nuking Gaza is an option" pic.twitter.com/n2eEAOtDv9 — Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) November 5, 2023 BREAKING: Israeli Minister of Heritage Amihai Eliyahu says that dropping an atomic weapon on Gaza is 'one of the possible options' — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) November 5, 2023 BREAKING: Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says the comment by …
By Graham Summers, MBA As I noted yesterday, the great debt crisis of out lifetimes is approaching. The U.S. is now adding debt at an exponential rate. The U.S. racked up its first $10 trillion in debt over the course of 232 years. Following the Great Financial Crisis, it added another $10 trillion in just …