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via notayesmanseconomics Over the past week or two we have seen a rather curious development if you consider that the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. It has been highlighted today by the news from Nihon or Japan. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index has passed the 63,000 mark for the first time. Investors returned on …
Iranian Missiles Sow Panic, Destruction In Israeli Towns Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard “terrifying” blasts like nothing he had experienced before. An Iranian missile hit Franky’s town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona — home to a nuclear facility — wounding …
Midas @midascabal Here is why the AI bubble will implode. China is using a totally different approach to AI: – open source, mass scale, cheap The West approach to AI? – close source, private, profit driven China will mass produce AI and export it everywhere, like their products. This will be a race to the …
JUST IN: Federal Reserve just pumped $16 Billion into the U.S. Banking System with overnight repos. It’s the 2nd largest liquidity injection since Covid. I’m sure everything is fine. pic.twitter.com/ibiILTxvti — Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com (@FluentInFinance) December 30, 2025 Banks promised to deliver silver they don’t actually own, like promising to give away 100 Tacos …
When JPMorgan starts pumping the market, it often means they’re preparing to unwind positions in key tickers — possibly NVDA, ORCL, and others. The impact usually shows up the following week. https://t.co/hJjkcNTnL0 — optionGeek (@StockShark16) November 26, 2025 Investor fear levels are rising: The cost of a 5-year put option protecting against at least a …
Rates are screaming, but the market still hums along. The bulls are running on fumes, but they are still running. Just reviewing some charts this morning, and this one jumped out at me. The ~20% correction in April was a successful test of the running 36-month moving average which is the 7th test since the …
Justin Sun is a crypto billionaire who was facing charges by the SEC until he invested $75M into Trump's crypto company and got the case dropped. And after pouring $23M into Trump's coin, Sun will be a VIP at the president's dinner. This is how the cycle of corruption works. pic.twitter.com/xwwY033dji — End Citizens United …
One contractor is no longer advocating that people get heat pump water heaters until the problems are fixed. After losing about $13,000 to repair clients’ defective water heaters, he stopped offering a warranty on labor. In April, the Biden administration finalized efficiency standards for residential water heaters, as part of a broader climate goal of …
Petrol stations around the country are up and running again following a day-long leap-year glitch which saw card payment machines go down for more than 10 hours. Allied Petroleum, Gull, Z, Waitomo and other fuel stops around New Zealand reported problems with card payments on Thursday because of a software glitch they said was caused …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden’s terrible economic policies and horrid fiscal managment has put stress on The Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve paid an estimated $76 billion to the Treasury in 2022 while banks’ willingness to lend has plummeted. First, let’s look at Biden’s and The Fed’s Brawndo. One of the key ways central banks absorb liquidity back out of …
via foxnews: A gallon of regular gasoline at some California pumps is nearing $7 this week, while the costs of other fuels have already surpassed that amount. Fox News found the price for a regular gallon at a gas station in Southern California this week cost $6.89, while supreme and diesel cost $7.19 and $7.29, …