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Apple is pulling a classic “stealth hike” to protect their 48% margins, and the market is just starting to wake up to the trick. Yesterday’s guidance of 14-17% revenue growth looked like a miracle given the 9% consensus, but the math didn’t add up until the Mac Mini update dropped. By killing off the $599 …
Order boosts access to 401k and IRA accounts for more workers.. President called participation numbers “incredible”.. Some wonder whether this quietly channels more household money into markets while easing long term pressure on government programs.. President Trump signed an EO on April 30 to launch TrumpIRA.gov in 2027. It utilizes the Saver’s Match (SECURE 2.0) …
This is what a cornered regime does when it cannot sell its oil anymore. JUST IN: Iran just pulled a thirty-year-old empty supertanker out of retirement and began towing it toward Kharg Island. She is moving so slowly that a voyage that should take a day and a half is taking four days. Her name …
Defense Production Act, April 20th 2026. 3 massive Presidential Determinations. All Signed simultaneously. ⛽ Petroleum & large scale energy infrastructure 🔥 Natural gas, LNG transmission, processing & storage 🪨 Coal supply chains & baseload power generation What this actually unlocks: 💰 Federal money pumped directly into fossil fuel supply chains 📋 Priority government contracting, overnight …
via Phoenix Capital Research There is a significant chance the bull market begun in 2022 is over. Stocks bottomed in late-2022 due to several factors: The Fed’s war on inflation appeared to be working: the Fed raised rates from 0.25% to 4.50% that year resulting in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)declining from a peak of …
BREAKING: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was suddenly pulled away from a live interview after being told “the President wants you right away” — Polymarket (@Polymarket) March 13, 2026 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was abruptly pulled from a live interview after being told “the President wants you right away.” After returning, his voice was …
They stripped the title so the headlines would read “Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested” instead of “Prince Andrew arrested.” Damage control for the brand. Charles signed his statement as “Charles R” instead of going through Buckingham Palace — distancing the Crown as fast as legally possible. The palace saw this coming and got their ducks in a …
Nope. She tried to run him over. https://t.co/sGrXfSRSui — Gentry Gevers (@gentrywgevers) January 7, 2026 Weapon pulled after she hit the gas with the wheels pointed towards him. You can see the wheels move. https://t.co/nDdc0D5QCo — Chris Edwards (@Chris5piece) January 7, 2026 https://twitter.com/sepril23NG/status/2009012205791113461
How do fake stores pull six times the SNAP volume of a real supermarket without alarms? HOLY CRAP. Federal prosecutors just blew the lid off a $7 MILLION SNAP fraud scheme in Boston. Two Haitian nationals have been charged for running so-called “ghost stores” — tiny shops with barely any inventory that were somehow cashing …
Bulls deny that there’s a 1990s-style bubble in AI. There are a few striking similarities, and some notable differences. Is it karma? Coincidence? Either way, the ghost of the dot-com bubble is back 25 years later. Shares in Cisco Systems CSCO -1.85%decrease; red down pointing triangle, the dot-com-era champion that became the world’s most valuable …
THIS IS VERY VERY VERY BAD!!! Japan may have just snapped a 30-year global financial balance and the clock is ticking. Today, Japan’s 20-year bond yield hit 2.94%, the highest level ever recorded. That single number marks the end of the ultra-low-rate era that shaped global markets, pensions, and asset bubbles for three decades. And …
America is meant to be a bastion of free speech. Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel. This is about protecting democracy. This must go to court. — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 18, 2025
Breakdown of the Cuts: $679 million total rescinded by the Transportation Department $435 million of that was earmarked for a floating wind farm in Northern California Another $47 million was slashed from a Maryland-based project The largest single cut: Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind, which lost $427 million in federal support Official Justification: Transportation Secretary Sean …
For the first time in U.S. history, a human heart was transplanted without opening the chest. No rib spreaders. No saw. No cracked sternum. The team at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center used a robotic system to remove and replace a failing heart through small incisions below the diaphragm. The patient walked out a month …
by Michael A far left Muslim socialist that has only been a citizen of the United States for seven years is the Democratic nominee to be the mayor of the biggest city in the United States. Let that sink in for a moment. Zohran Mamdani is a smooth talker, and he ran an excellent campaign. But …
They’re about to cut another 3,000 jobs next week and here’s who’s getting hit: – Xbox: EVERY division – Sales org: expect hefty cuts – Marketing: chopped up too – Europe ops: pulled out entirely!! This comes just weeks after: – 6,000 layoffs in May – 8,000 more announced this month -305 out of WA …
Wow … UnitedHealth $UNH stock is down another 10% so far in pre market trading after it suspended its full year 2025 financial outlook along with announcing a new CEO 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 pic.twitter.com/BcN0vBeoYp — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 13, 2025 BREAKING: UnitedHealth stock, $UNH, falls -11% after announcing the unexpected exit of its CEO and suspending 2025 …
OK, Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be a wife beating, illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member, but who amongst us hasn’t been pulled over for speeding in our human smuggler friend’s car with eight other illegal immigrants shoehorned inside? pic.twitter.com/ObUTidbVC9 — Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 23, 2025 Deported alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driving a …
CDC whistleblower on MMR vaccine-autism study gains new attention after Weldon nomination pulled https://t.co/dw2QRRZqoa — John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) March 17, 2025 Now, Weldon’s derailed nomination – in the context of the medical establishment’s two decades of trying to eradicate the vaccine-autism narrative – may have temporarily sucked the oxygen out of the room for alternative …
Donald Trump, the first crypto President, just helped pull off the biggest crypto rug pull of all time. A Congressional investigation is now warranted to find out the following regarding this pump and dump scheme. Who authored the two Sunday afternoon posts on the President's… — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March 3, 2025 Despite Trump's Truth …
What did the S&P 500 bottoms from the 2018 Christmas Eve Crash, the Covid Crash, and the 2022 bear market have in common? Your answer can be found below. I'll see you at the next extremes. 🍻🍻 pic.twitter.com/cZUYXmF7IN — Mike (@MarketMike) January 31, 2025 US executives are selling stock at a record pace: The ratio …
Central banks have just engineered the worst crisis we've ever seen and now it's ready to go. By pulling the liquidity rug away they've set the stage for another crisis, all that's needed is the trigger/narrative. https://t.co/2RhyVZhH5c pic.twitter.com/tas2TgrN22 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 6, 2025 There goes the 10 year yield, climbing its way into the …
DUDE We are super close to implosion. Two rosy "strong/resilient" months then complete free fall IMO. Same playbook every cycle. They declare recession is averted then MORE complacency occurs before the rug is pulled out beneath themThose $GME swaps👀💥https://t.co/mq52SLvnLB pic.twitter.com/W6Xo0tDEIE — 🏴☠️Fidel Cashflow🏴☠️🇺🇸 (@fullfieldflicks) December 19, 2024 YOU. CANNOT. MAKE. THIS UP. Yesterday was October …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1869500558731833386 Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is dead. The voice of the people has triumphed! VOX POPULIVOX DEI — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 🇺🇸WTF IS AN OMNIBUS, AND WHY IS CONGRESS USING IT TO RUIN CHRISTMAS? An omnibus bill is Congress’s sneaky way of bundling a ton …
🚨 NYT AND BLOOMBERG PULLED REPORT ON DEI’S NEGATIVE IMPACTS A study by NCRI and Rutgers found DEI training intensifies perceptions of bias, hostility, and authoritarian tendencies, yet media outlets withheld it. Using texts like White Fragility and How to Be an Antiracist,… pic.twitter.com/iW6boTvWaw — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 25, 2024 The study was conducted …
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 THE FEDERAL RESERVES BTFP DROPPED BY OVER $30B THIS WEEK WHICH LEAVES ONLY $26B LEFT POWELL IS PULLING LIQUIDITY TO TRIGGER A CRISIS JUST LIKE 2020,ALSO COINCIDENTALLY THE $36T DEBT CEILING WILL HIT TOMORROW WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE A 1929 LIKE CRASH…$SPY pic.twitter.com/2lV6ZoEbkD — Mike Investing (@MrMikeInvesting) November 15, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1842670322157535529 And …
Worst breadth since August on both exchanges. Notice how in August when breadth was at this level Nvidia was imploding. Now, Nvidia is near all time highs. Does not portend well for bulls when the only stock that matters implodes. pic.twitter.com/iyBRdk0NP8 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) October 23, 2024 Stock market news today is just entertainment and …
https://x.com/FatEmperor/status/1848501339556286482 h/t MT Ballsack
“A digital token inspired by the popular South Korean Netflix series Squid Game has lost almost all of its value as it was revealed to be an apparent scam. Squid, which marketed itself as a “play-to-earn cryptocurrency”, had seen its price soar in recent days – surging by thousands of per cent. criticised for not …
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