Yale dumps $6B in private equity while investors cling to risky, underperforming assets sold with a smile; If housing breaks, they break.

Funds still underwater after 2016 bets, private equity risk eclipses public markets…   – Yale is withdrawing $6 billion from private equity. But according to them, there's nothing to read into that, so they claim. – Private equity continues to underperform publicly listed equities across every major time horizon: one year, three years, five years, …

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Canada’s real estate-driven private debt bubble now larger than U.S. before 2008 crash and Japan before 1991 meltdown, data shows

Canada's private debt bubble, driven by real estate, now exceeds that of the US in 2008 and 1929, as well as Japan in 1991, as shown in the latest (Q3 2024) data and chart. Most will ignore this warning—why social cycles like the LongWave occur. https://t.co/ltrAoFKEz8 pic.twitter.com/nAUVlfUwhC — The Economic LongWave (@TheELongWave) June 10, 2025

Trump’s financial empire expands, foreign deals raise corruption alarms; Presidential access for sale, Trump hosts crypto investors at private dinner

Donald Trump’s second term is shaping up to be a financial empire unlike anything seen before. The scale of self-enrichment has expanded far beyond his first presidency, with billions now flowing into Trump-affiliated ventures from foreign governments and private investors. This is not just business as usual. It is a transformation of political power into …

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Private credit explodes 20 percent in a year, lending to junk firms with fake valuations. Next financial crisis brewing in Wall Street’s shadow system

Private Credit is where the next systemic financial risk is going to emerge from. Just a complete scam industry. Fake valuations. Pretending things are par when they are clearly not. Lending to garbage companies. And… it’s all being financed by debt from commercial banks (since banks can’t lend like this anymore after 2008). Private credit …

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Doocy: Hur audio destroys claims Biden is sharp in private

Peter Doocy: "Once you hear this [Hur] audio, it makes everybody that was saying, 'well, Joe Biden is okay in private' look really, really bad." We're looking at you, Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Pete Buttigieg, Josh Shapiro, Karine Jean-Pierre, Chris Murphy, Ro Khanna, JB… pic.twitter.com/UKg6Rjt0ew — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) May 17, 2025 “I’m offended by …

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Pope’s funeral will be on Saturday. Funded by private benefactor not the Vatican.

“The expenses for the preparation of my burial will be covered by the sum of the benefactor that I have arranged, to be transferred to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and of which I have provided appropriate instructions to Rolandas Makrickas (a Catholic cardinal) Extraordinary Commissioner of the Liberian Chapter. “May the Lord …

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Why are we funding a private for profit college that’s attended by the children of wealthy parents?

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: HARVARD SUES TRUMP AFTER $2B FREEZE: "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH OUR MONEY!" America's most elite university just declared legal war on the White House after Trump froze billions in federal funding over allegations the school failed to protect Jewish students from campus… https://t.co/KkafDBfzn9 pic.twitter.com/4M0FXHCpO4 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 21, 2025 🇺🇸TRUMP VS. …

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China’s local governments sell 15,000 Bitcoin worth $1.25 billion via offshore private entities: Reuters.

JUST IN: 🇨🇳 China's local governments sell 15,000 Bitcoin worth $1.25 billion via offshore private entities: Reuters. pic.twitter.com/N7L5b8PxNi — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) April 16, 2025 🚨BREAKING: 🇨🇳China is selling seized crypto, despite its trading ban — Reuters reports. Local governments are using private firms to sell crypto for cash to fund public budgets. China reportedly …

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Tom Lee issues apology statement to investors…. Bank chiefs held private talks about Trump tariffs…Margin calls on equity Bulls and now they trigger margin calls on bond Bulls?

Tom Lee — probably the biggest bull on the street — has fallen pic.twitter.com/upisO46wVG — Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) April 7, 2025 BREAKING: Blackrock CEO says he will not rule out "another 20% stock market decline." pic.twitter.com/cVAh3aDbl1 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 7, 2025 You've been warned. pic.twitter.com/DL2GlnSziX — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) April 7, 2025 …

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Elon Musk dramatically steps down from DOGE in shock move after Trump expressed private doubts

President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man. The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative but both men have decided …

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Private equity wrecks iconic brands, dumps debt on pensions, crash looms

Vlogger Tiffany Cianci recently went viral with a video explaining how private equity firms have recently bought up and destroyed well-known brands like Hooters, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Party City and Forever 21, driving these often beloved franchises into bankruptcy. Even worse, she says, the private equity firms have offloaded all the associated debt they took on …

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Joann’s, Party City, Big Lots—profitable, but all headed for bankruptcy. Private Equity loads them with toxic debt, walks away rich.

Trump promises to close loophole—will America be robbed again? 🚨🇺🇸 WALL STREET IS COLLAPSING COMPANIES FOR PROFIT—AGAIN Joann’s, Party City, Big Lots—profitable stores, but all going bankrupt. Why? Because Private Equity loaded them with debt they knew they couldn’t survive. They call it “back floating rate debt”—adjustable-rate loans… pic.twitter.com/atsndgOeHk — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 17, …

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Senator Rand Paul nailed it—“Can you think of a private business where 80% of the revenue drops and they still hire more people?”

The answer is no. It’s insane. They’ve brought in 190,000 more jobs—jobs that make zero sense in a time when their main service is shrinking fast. This is a level of waste and mismanagement that should not be tolerated. There’s no clear logic behind this, just an endless pile of taxpayer money being funneled into …

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Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate drops, private investment declines.

Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate moves lower, real gross private domestic investment growth decreased from 1.3 percent to -0.7 percent, while the nowcast of fourth-quarter real government expenditures growth increased from 2.6 percent to 2.9 percent. #math pic.twitter.com/3xqmr0b3YB — Market Rebellion (@MarketRebels) January 2, 2025 Interesting We’ve almost given back the whole bounce since Trump was …

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Corporate insider buying is at its lowest since 2010. Private jobs are in full economic collapse already. The correction is going to be historic.

Private jobs are in full economic collapse already https://t.co/Id684m0Ubw — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 30, 2024 Way overstretched. The correction is going to be historic. https://t.co/bTDpnWMbqN — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) December 31, 2024 Every time corporate insider buying reaches elevated levels, it has often coincided with stock market bottoms Right now, corporate insider buying …

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Lawsuit Accuses Pennsylvania Officer of Snooping on Private Property, Seeks to Limit Powers of the Fish and Boat Commission

A federal lawsuit filed Monday against the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission seeks to strike down a state law that gives PFBC officers broad authority to conduct warrantless searches on private land. The lawsuit was filed by Pennsylvania resident Tim Thomas, who accuses a waterways conservation officer of snooping around his lake house, harassing him …

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US PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IS IN A RECESSION.

We already know where this is going. We’ve been in a recession for probably at least a year (if not more) under Biden. As soon as Trump gets into office, they’ll reveal the real numbers and blame Trump for the recession. Don’t let them lie! 🚨US PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IS IN A RECESSION🚨 US private …

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Your private call and text data was just stolen by China because it hacked US government’s illegal surveillance tool that spies on us all

by Ethan Huff The political establishment is in an uproar over a recent telecommunications industry security breach that was supposedly caused by a hacking group tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, claims a hacking group called “Salt Typhoon” is responsible for unleashing the “worst telecom …

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Trump’s private commentary on Kamala.

Trump behind the scenes — as you’ve never seen him before. Trump behind the scenes — as you've never seen him before.pic.twitter.com/KtwzXZcP5w — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 29, 2024  

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