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The numbers are no longer whispering. They’re screaming. The gap between what homes cost and what Americans earn has never been wider. Not in 2008. Not in 1980. Not even during the COVID frenzy. This is new territory. And it’s cracking. The median home price in the U.S. now sits at $416,900. That’s up over …
by Michael It is being reported that Iran is seriously considering closing the Strait of Hormuz. We don’t know how high the price of oil will go if that happens, because it has never happened before. Of course I think that it would be safe to assume that the price of oil would rapidly surpass …
by confoundedinterest17 I am glad all over … because the AI boom is delivering a record contribtion to US GDP. And US home prices are contracting making housing more affordable. I don’t care what you did when you lived in Fort Worth, but at least home prices are contracting.
"Home price collapses are rare!" Sure, so are bubbles of this magnitude pic.twitter.com/IQiKRu3I7t — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 30, 2025 Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Re-Spikes to 10.6%, to Worst Levels of the Financial Crisis Meltdown.It’s the older office towers that get in trouble amid a flight to qualityhttps://t.co/Yp9LN2mN1Y pic.twitter.com/Nesmn3vH2n — Wolf Richter (@wolfofwolfst) May 31, …
Profit doesn’t come in flashes or fireworks. It’s earned quietly, steadily, and methodically. If you want to step up your trading game, the smart money still flows through the major indices, commodities, and bonds. These markets move with clarity and liquidity, unlike the noise-driven chaos you see in individual stocks or hyped headlines. Forget the …
"We see a housing crisis coming next." "Home prices need to come down." pic.twitter.com/zHXHKIF8lm — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 27, 2025 We have the biggest gap ever between Home Prices and Mortgage Rates in 2025. Prices are 90% above the 130-year average. Meanwhile, Mortgage Rates are right around the long-term average (6.7%). The resulting gap …
Shares in BYD plunged as much as 8.25%, a steep drop from its record high last week. The company announced that it was reducing the prices on 22 models until the end of June. Shares of other Chinese automakers also declined on Monday. Shares in BYD plunged as much as 8.25% Monday, a steep drop …
The math on home prices always ends up at the same place. A median home price around $280,000 This would mean home prices nationally fall $130,000 pic.twitter.com/QoGqNVIz8L — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 23, 2025 US housing crisis worsens Case Shiller index tops 300 prices jump 143% since 2011 Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has pointed to …
2/ 44% of consumers today say it is a bad time to buy a house because of high interest rates pic.twitter.com/leXBInoU37 — Boring_Business (@BoringBiz_) May 18, 2025 4/ A record 34% of Americans today say that they would rent if they were going to move pic.twitter.com/vFtCmHK0ye — Boring_Business (@BoringBiz_) May 18, 2025 6/ Home ownership …
Walmart beat first-quarter earnings estimates but fell just short of sales expectations. Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey said consumers could start to see higher prices as soon as later this month. The company said its e-commerce business was profitable for the first time during the quarter. Walmart on Thursday fell just short of quarterly …
$TLT on track for lowest closing price since November 2023 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/DRfs04Lu5I — Barchart (@Barchart) May 14, 2025
The gap between home asking and sale prices is widening: The typical home seller in the US now wants ~$38,672 more than the average buyer is willing to pay, the biggest gap on record. The median asking price hit a record $469,729 in March, or 9% more than the $431,057 median sale price, the largest …
Homebuilders are far from desperate when the market starts to cool. They have a range of strategies at their disposal to avoid cutting prices. Instead of immediately reducing the cost of a home, builders begin by working through a list of tactics that still allow them to maintain their margins and keep their projects profitable. …
by Michael When prices go up, our standard of living goes down. That is the way that it works. I have been writing quite a few articles about the shortages that the global trade war is going to cause in the months ahead. Without a doubt, they will be extremely painful. But there will also be very …
BREAKING 🚨: Corn Corn falls to lowest closing price this year 📉📉 pic.twitter.com/p56NqN2yml — Barchart (@Barchart) May 5, 2025
This guy shows how much it costs for a day at Disney for a family of 5 pic.twitter.com/VfVhbVL2dP — Financial Dystopia (@financedystop) May 3, 2025 A Florida father left online viewers speechless after revealing that he paid nearly $1,400 to take his family of five to Disney World for just one day. A video detailing …
The gap between what sellers want for their homes versus what they're selling for just hit its widest level in 5 years 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/xhM6rVTIGa — Barchart (@Barchart) April 30, 2025 CNBC Super real estate agent Ryan Serhant: Spring selling season was good until April. March was great In April things stopped 🛑 36% of all …
by Mike Maharrey It seems as if gold has been breaking records every week as bulls have run with wild abandon. However, last week, gold quietly hit a very significant milestone without much fanfare, taking out its all-time high in real terms. For perspective, in October 2023, gold was at $1,830 an ounce. Today, the yellow metal …
That’s such a huge amount of gold for any normal person. Today, it represents just shy of 10 years’ worth of the median personal income. If housing prices are going to crash, the dollar-to-house ratio will improve right along with the gold-to-house ratio. If your thesis is that the USD is going to hyperinflate, just …
US's top phone carrier stung by instant backlash over price hikes https://t.co/2tKrOpB3TD — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) April 23, 2025 The nation’s largest wireless provider is bleeding subscribers after jacking up prices and scaling back on deals. Verizon lost 289,000 monthly subscribers in the first three months of the year, the company admitted on Tuesday. It’s …
by confoundedinterest17 US home prices are slowing as Jerome Powell and The Fed slow down M2 Money printing. Notice the lag effect between M2 Money growth (green dashed line) and the Case-Shiller National home price index (solid blue line). Both have slowed. Should The Fed keep on printing money? We don’t need no stinkin’ Fed!
Why this housing cycle is worse than 2008: 1. More speculation 2. More fraud 3. More unaffordable 4. MUCH worse demographics 5. Structural inflation Reason its delayed: 1. Government keeping MILLIONS of homes off the market using taxpayer dollars. — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 19, 2025 https://twitter.com/PhilipSoos/status/1913804783745683479 This is exactly how the 2008 Financial Crisis …
Home prices are set to drop in these 10 cities in 2025. Homebuyers and real estate investors will find more deals on the market in these cities, and lower prices throughout the year, if the current trends hold. Access our home price forecast for your area at www.reventure.app. The biggest area where home prices are …
Gold just had a historic breakout The 50 year chart – adjusted for inflation – is in uncharted territory past the 1980 peak pic.twitter.com/nWSFhhPY5J — Katusa Research (@KatusaResearch) April 12, 2025 Gold have much more upside than most anticipate. From 2001 to 2011 within 10-year period gold price increased 8 fold from $235 to $1,915. …
$MSTR not good Bob pic.twitter.com/CwzNVaJ718 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 9, 2025 $MSTR Saylor’s cost basis: $66,384.56 Currently: $75,702.10 This is gonna be interesting. pic.twitter.com/UI3OEwN6dc — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) April 9, 2025
https://protos.com/bitcoin-crashed-below-michael-saylors-sell-your-kidney-price/ Bloomberg analyst predicts Bitcoin could sink back to $10,000 Diving into the chaos of global markets, Bloomberg Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone warns more turmoil could be on the way. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, McGlone points to deepening market sell-offs, intensified by US President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff wars, and forecasts a …
“JPMorgan today lowered its price target on Amazon $AMZN to $220 from $270 while maintaining its Overweight rating JPMorgan lowered its price target on Google $GOOGL to $180 from $220 while maintaining its Overweight rating JPMorgan lowered its price target on $META to $610 from $725 while maintaining its Overweight rating JPMorgan lowered its price …
Already off to a breathtaking start this year, gold’s price continues to climb. Amid fears of a trade war and the global dedollarization drive, here’s how much higher analysts think it will go… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the overall economy. This week, …
The number of homes for sale in the Texas market is now above pre-pandemic levels and continues to rise, with experts warning that the Lone Star State may soon be facing a pricing correction. Why It Matters The Texas housing market boomed during the pandemic when an influx of out-of-state newcomers moved to the state …
