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by j_stars The IWM ETF tracks the Russell 2000 Index, which is a market-cap weighted index of small-cap stocks. The fund has a expense ratio of 0.20%. Small business owners are struggling, despite claims of a thriving economy. Janet Yellen is (apparently) still on Mushrooms.
Despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts, high inflation persists due to the growing deficits and the nation’s $33 trillion national debt, indicating that Congressional action to control spending may be the only effective solution to address this ongoing issue. Yes, and increase in rates is a huge problem too. With $33.529 trillion in debt, if the …
by TheUltimator5 feel free to sharpshoot the graphics if something isn’t clear. This isn’t easy to understand in any way. It is hard to depict some things graphically, but I did my best to make this as simple and dumbed down as possible, to allow people to slightly understand the process. I am sure there …
This migrant moved to Finland and started complaining about there being too many Finns for her liking. https://twitter.com/_/status/1710922097206120947 AC
via foxnews: A Denver think tank president and radio host who went viral last week for transporting the human waste left on his building to City Hall is demanding politicians start seriously enforcing the laws against the homeless people and “vagrants” leaving waste around Colorado’s capital. Jon Caldara, a local columnist and the head of …
by confoundedinterest17 Non-scientist, 100% politician John Kerry, Biden’s special climiate enjoy, jets around the world lecturing everyone on global warming. Sort of like Leonardo Di Caprio, but uglier. But the same false science in order to control the people. Kerry praised China for its progress in fighting climate change (which changes with the seasons and …
Education Secretary Cardona says that he doesn’t have “too much respect” for parents who have been “misbehaving” at school board meetings. They’re “acting like they know what’s right for kids!” pic.twitter.com/uQf9nbZJ0F — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 22, 2023
via naturalnews: When Elon Musk took the helm of Twitter, the American people expected the platform to uphold the constitutional right of free speech like never before. Though Musk has taken major steps forward by revealing the hellacious amount of censorship by the previous Twitter regime, he is still failing to follow through with his …
Eagle Pass is currently in a state of chaos, witnessing mass illegal crossings that have persisted for over an hour and a half. This scene is reminiscent of the events almost two years ago when over 15,000 Haitians gathered under the bridge in Del Rio. However, this time, the crowd is predominantly composed of Venezuelans. …
by Martin Armstrong Imagine living in a country where the leaders were concerned about national security? South Korea slammed the breaks on illegal immigration in and forced around 11,000 undocumented illegal immigrants to leave the country. President Yoon Suk Yeol has said that his administration will continue taking “strict measures” to ensure national security. The …
Smoking Gun ‘Evidence of Joe Biden’s Corruption’ Will Be Released in Coming Weeks. Newsmax host Greg Kelly dropped a real bombshell on Tuesday, declaring the existence of an audio recording that contains “incontrovertible evidence of Joe Biden’s corruption.” According to Kelly, the contents of the recording are so incriminating that they could potentially lead President …
Former SF Mayor Frank Jordan criticizes London Breed’s approach to solving homeless crisis. “When you look at the homeless issue, we spent $2.8 billion in 7 years,” he said to California Insider. “We are averaging more than $700 million a year just on homeless. But when break that down, nobody seems to know if it’s …
While nobody denies that racist people exist all over the world, including in the U.S., racism in America today is, to a very significant degree, a manufactured problem, crafted by woke Leftists in order to overthrow the American way of life. The Left claims there exists an intolerable, all-pervasive system of white oppression and if …
The US just published their budget numbers showing a $221 BILLION deficit in July ALONE. With $276 billion in receipts, the US spent a massive $497 billion last month. Total interest on US debt YTD is now at $726 BILLION. Needless to say, our spending problem is getting worse. pic.twitter.com/SkunIGS4t9 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …
via MSN: Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods. Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it’s now a problem for every business, organization and high school student trying to get a generative AI system to compose documents and get …
by confoundedinterest17 I love orange juice! Unfortnately, as a diabetic, OJ is off limits. So I have to watch others drink one of my favorite beverages. But like everything else under Bidenomics, orange juice is far more expensive. Orange juice futures, the subject of the comedy “Trading Places,” are up 192% under Biden’s Reign of (Economic) Error. …
via dnyuz: China’s economy is in crisis – and the nation’s youth unemployment problem could be at the root of its current troubles, according to Northwestern University economist Nancy Qian. “To stem the reversal of its economic fortunes, China must address the root of the problem: the lack of high-paying, high-skilled jobs,” Qian said in …
by RedditIsOwendByTheWS Say it with me: “Debt Spiral” Yep, this is what the black hole these wreckless morons have been yeeting money into looks like.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday claimed for the umpteenth time that cities cannot solve their crime problems through mass arrests — even though that has been proven to be false by El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. “There is no place for crime in London,” Khan said on Twitter. “But we can’t arrest ourselves out …
"Retail theft is a big problem for retail," Home Depot, $HD, CEO Ted Decker has said. pic.twitter.com/yIrZKAQlTd — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 9, 2023 Everything is fine … 🔥🔥🔥 There is an black market for ice cream in NYC. People will run in, grab 10 and run out. Now stores are responding with new anti-theft strategies. …
Lenders now seeing 60-, 70-, even 90-year mortgages as Canadians struggle with rocketing interest rates Now, in the face of crippling interest rates, some existing homeowners are seeing their amortization period go as high as 90-years as their ‘fixed-payment’ variable-rate mortgages adjust automatically to rising interest rates. “We’ve seen 60 years, 70 years, and we …
via NYPOST: Bill Ackman in a tweet on Friday said Bank of America is going to acquire Signature Bank on Monday, without citing the source of the information. “I am hearing that @BankofAmerica is going to buy Signature Bank on Monday. Unless and until we can protect uninsured deposits, the cost of capital is going to rise for smaller banks …