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He is a clown show just trying to get attention. Foreign players have been in college tennis for 30 years. He was the worst director of player development that the USTA ever had. — David Sloane (@vabeach10s) May 21, 2026
Wall Street crowd ignores the option data, pushes the nonstop rally story… Past patterns like this trigger sudden market drops, retail accounts take the pain… ⚠️THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE: ~24% of the S&P 500's top 100 stocks now have an inverted 3-month call skew, approaching the 25% peak seen during the 2021 meme stock frenzy. …
Fast track Nasdaq 100 spot after 15 days forces pension funds and ETFs to chase tiny supply… Zero real price discovery as low float pumps vibes valuation straight into index buyer trap… via WSB New rules from Nasdaq remove the 10% minimum requirement. Under the old rules, a new stock had to season for at …
Shortage my ass, it’s all overpriced rate-locked bullshit finally breaking. Insider cheerleaders ignore the pain and push the narrative for another round of bagholders… Sellers are cutting their prices at a record 34.2% rate. The highest level since 2012. But yeah, we have a housing shortage. pic.twitter.com/YObuOrbKJC — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) May 16, 2026 “I …
PPI surges to 6 percent year over year, algorithms blind to inflation torching Treasuries at 19-year highs… 30-year yield blasts 5.12 percent as traders sell gold on the most bullish setup ever… Oil at 105 bucks, AI crypto bubble one shock from popping, Schiff loads the truck on metals… Fed easing bias meets runaway producer …
Union demands hundreds of thousands per head or else total shutdown. Samsung strike looms: Why analysts say to “watch MU” as memory fabs warm down Investing.com — Samsung Electronics has entered emergency management mode as up to 50,000 employees prepare to strike for 18 days starting May 21, according to Mizuho TMT Sector Specialist Jordan …
Insider exit screams trouble while retail still chases the top… Gates knows the game’s over… Even he can’t stomach holding this bag… $MSFT stock slips -5% after hours as the Bill Gates Foundation has sold their entire position. pic.twitter.com/3fPqCfbvSq — The Market Matrix (@MarketMatrixs) May 15, 2026 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sold 100% of …
Euphoria ends now, equities must crash or bleeding continues… No more easy money to save them… This reckoning is here… Worsening. To stop the bleeding, equities need to be slaughtered without central bank intervention. There is no other path. pic.twitter.com/bbPXm1CXIA — The Great Martis (@great_martis) May 15, 2026 Our 5th warning: The bond market crisis …
Quality of life for troops suddenly front and center. NEW: War Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils a massive $1.5 trillion budget aimed at restoring American commercial dominance and overhauling a "broken" military system. “This budget also includes a historic troop pay increase 7% that builds on the pay increases that Congress has… pic.twitter.com/V8e4BNaebm — Fox News …
Tax dollars funded zero down homes for H-1B non citizens under Biden… Trump shuts down the scam in May 2025, Celina Texas prices crash fast… H-1B tech workers bought peak bubble houses with your money… Here you can very clearly see the impact of Trump’s policy change in May of 2025 We went from 6% …
Tariff war mutates into permanent cash grab, bigger bite coming… Consumers get bent over again… Bull Theory @BullTheoryio 🚨TRUMP’S 10% TARIFFS ARE BACK. A U.S. appeals court just blocked the order that would have killed Trump’s 10% tariffs on imports from every country in the world. The tariffs were declared illegal because Trump used the …
Several issues weighed on Nippon Steel during the year, including an extended suspension of operations at its Muroran Works location in Hokkaido, Japan, following a December fire reported by Argus Media. No injuries were reported at the time. The plant had just resumed normal operations in late November following repairs from a slag leak in …
The “quick win” strategy in Tehran has officially evaporated. After the massive US-Israeli opening strikes on February 28, the Iranian regime has not only absorbed the initial kinetic shock but has successfully transitioned into a war of attrition. The conflict, which was sold as a path to rapid capitulation, has instead morphed into a regional …
This collapse is just getting started. Kids can’t get jobs and fast food giants scramble as broke Americans pull back hard. Labor Force participation is collapsing at a pace only seen during the 2020 crisis. Participation always drops before the official unemployment numbers skyrocket. Of-course that's only if you assume the BLS unemployment numbers are …
Beijing cracks open on producer prices, China PPI surges 1.7 percent mom and ends the deflation run, last domino falls hard into 2026. 1.7 percent mom producer price spike ends the long deflation party, China factories crank costs higher, last domino tumbles while global buyers get the bill. They swore deflation was permanent, now look …
OMG. It went from 16 percent death tax to 50 percent. In NYC. pic.twitter.com/tFdbq6YEIX — Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) May 6, 2026
Amazon Meta Microsoft Google earnings keep climbing on paper while real cash gets vaporized on AI buildouts. ⚠️ Private Credit woes won’t help this either… https://t.co/jjd0dvp99o — Kap (@AustrianEcon201) May 7, 2026
UBS quietly nuked every rate cut fantasy while the suits still scream everything is fine. https://x.com/sayonarashorts/status/2052106342840815922 Oil at $100 for months quietly wrecks the global economy without ever needing to hit $200. Here’s the reality. Oil doesn’t need to go to $130, $150 or $200. It just needs to stay around $100 a barrel for …
New data shows renters in many major US cities are now spending more than 40 percent of their income on housing. This is well above the recommended 30 percent threshold and is squeezing household budgets hard. In some cities the figure is approaching 50 percent for lower-income households. This trend is pushing more people to …
Ukraine burns cash on expensive missiles against cheap Iranian clones flooding the sky. The Europe losing a war of attrition on purpose. 10k a year of drone interceptors when Russia is building 200 Shaheed clones a day is ~13% that drone’s production rate. 🤦♂️ https://t.co/mD1NH28n3C — Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) May 3, 2026
A new ABC News and Washington Post poll released this evening shows President Trump’s disapproval rating reaching 62 percent. The survey highlights growing frustration with inflation, foreign policy handling and domestic issues. This marks the highest disapproval number recorded for him in any major poll. Respondents pointed to economic pressures and recent Middle East developments …
TikTok continues to meltdown over the cost of living here. pic.twitter.com/rtNJ91NY7Z — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 4, 2026 The gas prices are disgusting.My gas bill has doubled. We are living in Energy crisis. — Prof (@TheProfInvestor) May 4, 2026 A recent survey by Generation Lab found that more than 8 in 10 young adults rate …
Severe droughts developing throughout the US are causing several states to impose water restrictions, as some American towns fear they will run out of water within weeks. The US Drought Monitor, the nation’s weekly map showing where and how severe drought conditions are, has warned that the situation has already reached ‘extreme’ or ‘exceptional’ levels …
Newsom is drawing a line in the sand on this one. On Monday, April 27, the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act” officially cleared the signature hurdle to land on the November ballot, and the Governor isn’t hiding his frustration. He’s calling the proposal “really damaging” and “makes no sense” for a state that already leans on …
The tariff applies to all internal combustion and electric passenger vehicles. Light trucks and SUVs—already at 25% under the “Chicken Tax”—will see additional enforcement of origin rules. Trump announces tariffs on European cars going to 25% next week – claims block 'not complying' with trade deal https://t.co/G5yLqRAR7J pic.twitter.com/pQviq46HHb — New York Post (@nypost) May 1, …
by Michael Americans were not even this stressed about their financial situations during the Great Recession. As you will see below, a brand new Gallup survey has discovered that 55 percent of Americans believe that their finances are getting worse. That is higher than any reading that Gallup recorded during the recession of 2008 and …
by Michael They aren’t telling you the truth about what is coming. Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tomorrow, and there is no way that is going to happen, oil production will not return to pre-war levels for years. In other words, we are facing an extended global energy crisis no matter what happens …
by Michael We might want to listen to what the farmers are telling us, because if they don’t grow our food we do not eat. Coming into this year, we were already facing the worst farming crisis in America in at least 50 years. Farmers all over the nation are drowning in debt, and farm …
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have been deemed illegal by the U.S. supreme court, but that doesn’t mean he’s changing his view on the policy tool — far from it. “The TRADE DEFICIT was down 55%, the biggest drop in history,” Trump declared in a recent post on Truth Social (1). “THANK YOU MR. TARIFF!” …
OFFICE TOWERS PLUNGE UP TO WHOPPING 95% OFF AS A FIRE SALE SWEEPS THE US MARKET The US office market is in freefall. Aging towers are trading at fractions of their former worth as owners finally admit that the post-pandemic workplace is not coming back. From… pic.twitter.com/tzgdyX36Xs — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) April 7, 2026 Rumors are …