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Working Americans have been in depression since 2008. They bailed out the establishment by stealing YOUR quality of life. It doesn't just "feel" worse, it IS worse. pic.twitter.com/oWLyAme7Nv — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 23, 2025 Insane chart: Boomers for the win. Sickening https://t.co/8Ldcixm4OL — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 24, 2025 What bubble? 😳 pic.twitter.com/f3Lmfvz5t0 — …
by confoundedinterest17 Is This My Free One-Way Bus Ticket To Cleveland? Cleveland is leading the nation in home price growth at 4.7% YoY. Followed closely by Hartford CT, Louisville KY, Detroit MI and Buffalo NY. Well, if The Fed would stop printing money (M2), home prices would decline. But The Fed will keep on printing! Of course, …
Americans are breaking down, a grown woman crying because she can’t afford to live anymore “I'm wondering if anybody else is feeling like they're drowning and they can't get out. I work overtime, and I cannot get above water. I mean, I literally have no gas for next week. It was… pic.twitter.com/tS5Io7bY91 — Wall Street …
Looks like gold just put PPI to shame. Gold has beaten producer price inflation by around 600% so far this century. We have also crossed the 'paradigm shift breakout line' as we forecast 6 years ago. pic.twitter.com/4bFoyujuwS — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) August 16, 2025 https://twitter.com/AlessioTMAD/status/1956709412602515634 Tariffs blamed for inflation spike core goods push consumer prices higher. …
by Michael Well, that was quite a shock. We just got confirmation that inflation is starting to accelerate once again. That is really bad news, because the cost of living has already been stressing people out all over the country. In fact, one recent survey found that 86 percent of Americans are stressed out about grocery prices. But …
“Between October 2019 and June 2020, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles paid about $609,600 to Del Richardson & Associates, a company owned by Price’s wife… Price participated and voted in favor of a $35 million federal grant and a state grant application for $252 million… Price’s staff flagged the conflict before …
Big UBS Shareholder Dumps All Its Stock, $621 Million, and Stock Price is Barely Impacted?? https://t.co/RT9q4obxNn pic.twitter.com/njCBjsQDMC — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) August 13, 2025
It is mathematically impossible to pay off the national debt unless the Fed literally prints it away, which will cause Weimar-style hyperinflation. Got silver? byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver It is mathematically impossible to pay off the national debt unless the Fed literally prints it away, which will cause Weimar-style hyperinflation. Got silver? byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver
One Union Square in San Francisco, California sells for 44% of its price 12 years ago. Sold for $42.5M. Purchased for $95.8M in 2013. An ownership entity led by Douglas MacMahon bought the debt on the building, which was in foreclosure, for $42.5M. “It’s MacMahon’s latest buy in a year-long streak of purchases in the …
Tariffs hit fast. Inflation moves slower but with purpose. The consumer price index (CPI) doesn’t capture the full story. When tariffs arrive, importers take the initial hit, but CPI only partially reflects that cost. It undervalues imported goods, ignores wholesale price spikes, and delays the real impact of healthcare and insurance through flawed measurements. In …
It’s official 🚨 New York is actually moving ahead with opening up a homeless shelter exclusively for transgender people It’s not costing taxpayers $63 million as originally thought, it’s costing taxpayers $63 million PER YEAR “The city is unveiling its latest investment, a homeless shelter called Ace’s Place. Which they’re calling, quote, the country’s first …
Magnificent 7 mask ugly earnings across the broader market. OUCH! The S&P 493 – that’s the S&P 500 excl “Magnificent 7” – is expected to deliver just 2-3% net income growth in Q2, Q3, and Q4. That’s slower than inflation, meaning most of the market is barely growing in real terms. Measured against this, US …
Republicans just ended Federal car mileage mandates. The rules added $6,000 to the cost of a car. They siphoned billions from American car companies to foreigners. And they killed 100,000 Americans by forcing them to drive tin cans. pic.twitter.com/iaVt8bH4IM — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 6, 2025 Republicans just ended federal car mileage rules …
Just in: Goldman Sachs told clients to go long copper just a day before the price crashed. pic.twitter.com/htDRa5TPZ4 — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) August 1, 2025 Goldman Sachs told clients to buy copper just one day before the price crashed. On July 29, the bank recommended short-term call options, betting on a 50% tariff on …
U.S. firms are carrying most of the tariff cost for now, holding prices steady and shrinking margins. “American businesses have been absorbing Trump’s tariffs so far, but eventually the burden will be shifted on to American consumers” — Fed Chair Powell It looks like Trump made a mistake https://t.co/P25q5bjEba — sandile swana (@sandileswana) July 31, …
California just redefined “low income” and it no longer means what people think it does. A single person earning $111,700 in Santa Clara County now qualifies. In San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties, the line is set at $109,700. These are the official income limits for 2025, released by the Department of Housing and …
AMD just pulled the pin. The MI350 chip, previously priced at $15,000, is now selling for $25,000. That’s a 67% jump. HSBC analysts say the chip now rivals Nvidia’s Blackwell B200 in performance. The MI355X variant, launched in June, is already shipping to Tesla and OpenAI. AMD’s 2026 AI chip revenue forecast was revised from …
The EU just signed off on a $1.35 trillion trade framework that locks in a 15% tariff on most of its exports to the U.S. In return, Brussels pledged to buy $750 billion of American LNG over 3 years and invest another $600 billion into U.S. industries. Von der Leyen called it “predictability.” Markets called …
The cracks are showing. DR Horton booked $1.02 billion in net income for Q3 2025, a sharp drop from $1.35 billion a year ago. Revenue slid 7% to $9.2 billion. Closings fell to 23,160. The backlog shrank 16%. Order value dropped 19%. Gross margin slipped to 22.7%. Incentives increased. Liquidity held steady at $5.5 billion. …
by confoundedinterest17 The media and Democrat politicians love to fear monger about how Trump’s tariffs would cause inflation and unemployment. But June’s import prices showed no inflation at all. In fact, import prices FELL -0.2% YoY. The latest jobs report revealed that U-3 unemployment FELL to 4.10%. But don’t worry. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will get hysterial …
Housing slump widens as home prices fall in one-third of top markets, from 31 to 110 in six months and no bottom yet 6 months ago, I said on @Todd_Sachs' show that my analysis suggested that we'd see the count rise to around 150 (among these 300) negative year-over-year for home prices (using ZHVI) at …
Silver lease rates are surging, just like platinum did before its major breakout a few weeks ago. If you ask me: If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck… pic.twitter.com/H3l8bPmMNv — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) July 15, 2025
The fundamental problem in the housing market today. American households need to earn $112,000 in order to afford a house. However, the Median Household income is only $84,000. Meaning that a huge portion of the U.S. population is unable to even qualify for a mortgage. Note that from 2010 to 2020, the opposite was true. …
by Michael Americans still love hamburgers and French fries, but they sure are a lot more expensive than they once were. In fact, as you will see below, the price of ground beef in the U.S. has risen 16.2 percent during the last 12 months. No matter how you look at that number, it is …
Gold is no longer tethered to the dollar index. It’s been moving sideways from currency markets for months. The break became visible in April when the dollar index fell 6.4% off its March high, but gold kept climbing. It hit $3,288 per ounce on July 1. That is not noise. That is decoupling. The technicals …
I hate to pop your narrative bubble…not really…but, interest rates are not the cause or fix of inflation. See below. The US had 7-years of a 0% federal funds rate. No inflation. Then, we had 2-years of 0% and got inflation. It’s not rates, it the M2 money supply. pic.twitter.com/0gzeMoHEdR — Brian Wesbury (@wesbury) June …
Buckle up pic.twitter.com/Btz5dSdNdp — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 23, 2025 It boils down to this: In terms of condos, sales that closed in May fell further and hit the lowest point in the data, along with Lockdown May 2020, seasonally adjusted; supply spiked to the highest level since the Housing Bust. In terms of single-family …
From the Barrick website:"We are building the world’s most valued gold and copper company by owning the best assets, managed by the best people to deliver the best returns and benefits to all our stakeholders.""To be the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business by… pic.twitter.com/f6r9RsCZrT — Oliver Groß (@minenergybiz) June 23, 2025
Gold’s price is climbing, but not because of Iran, oil, or headlines. This run is about fundamentals, not fear. Meanwhile, silver’s move to $36 is just the beginning. Could $100 be the new floor? Here’s what the data – and history – say about today’s prices… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up …
lmfao pic.twitter.com/6anSLWhWlF — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 19, 2025 According to the national Association of home builders NAHB home builders are slashing prices on new homes at the highest rate since they have been keeping track. At the same time, the home builder confidence index levels continue to sink to new lows. about 33% below …