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Congress stays packed with people way past normal retirement age while the country deals with massive problems. They keep power and deliver nothing on key issues. The age gap makes the whole place feel out of touch and resistant to real change. About 25% of House and Senate voting members are 70+. House median age …
CNN with a breakdown of @TrumpAccounts: "If you do max out your contributions, you're talking about some REALLY SERIOUS MONEY—about a QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS by the time your child is 18." pic.twitter.com/4velN6E5ur — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 6, 2026
Trump’s first quarter stock purchase disclosure highlights his breathtaking levels of corruption. byu/Snapdragon_4U ininflation
Just days after investors started questioning the entire AI trade, Micron delivered one of the most explosive earnings reports in the sector. The numbers were staggering. Fiscal Q3 2026 revenue reached $41.46 billion. That was a 346% increase from a year earlier. Non-GAAP earnings came in at $25.11 per share, crushing analyst estimates of roughly …
Ride the hype if you want but when that 119x dream cracks the next bagholder massacre will be biblical for everyone who bought the fairy tale at the top.
The U.S. housing market hit a fresh distress milestone this morning. Foreclosure filings in Q1 2026 rose to 118,727, a 26% increase year-over-year. Bank repossessions (REOs) surged even higher, jumping 45% since last year. Analysts are calling this the highest level of foreclosure activity in six years as pandemic-era protections have fully cleared and high …
Reddit reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in its first-quarter earnings report on Thursday, and also issued an optimistic forecast. The stock jumped over 9% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $1.01 vs. 58 cents expected Revenue: $663 million vs. $611 million expected Revenue jumped 69% in …
More pain for the Bay Area tech sector as another company announces layoffs — this time a staggering 23% of the workforce. The San Mateo action-based camera maker GoPro will let nearly a quarter of its workforce around the world go by the second quarter of 2026, according to a filing with the Securities and …
A major Ai feature/App couldn't survive the first quarter of 2026. So much for all white collar jobs being gone by 2028. Relax, idiots. — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 25, 2026 So seeing the lawsuit filed by Baltimore on Tuesday, I feel that money wasn’t the only decision and these platforms will be found liable …
Wow, why is Buffett & team selling out of these massive names? https://t.co/oWLHPOhKzx — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) February 17, 2026 ‼️The largest US stock buyer since 2009 is STEPPING BACK: Combined buybacks by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle fell to $12.6 billion in Q4 2025, the lowest in 7 YEARS. This marks the 3rd …
The American economy grew 44 times as much as the UK economy last quarter. Britain needs radical change, not tinkering. https://t.co/M9qHymDTi5 pic.twitter.com/l2qTn5kJXQ — Landeur 🏴 (@Landeur) January 22, 2026 The most recent data shows the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.4% in Q3 2025. https://www.bea.gov/news/glance The UK economy grew 0.1% in Q3 …
So while most people are juggling bills, rent, and rising prices, the richest 500 just stacked another $2.2 trillion like it was Monopoly money. Big Tech is printing fortunes off AI hype, markets bouncing, and a Trump win just supercharged the ride. Tariffs are creating GREAT WEALTH, and unprecedented National Security for the USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 …
Google Searches for Dollar "Debasement" soared this quarter to the highest level in history 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/qJJFqd5b5h — Barchart (@Barchart) December 6, 2025 Gold has replaced bonds as a hedge against equities. The negative correlation between bonds and equities has broken, they now move together. If you're looking to hedge both equity and geopolitical risk, gold …
Tether bought more gold last quarter than every central bank byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Singapore, November 25, 2025 – Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT, has sent ripples through both the cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets with its aggressive gold acquisition strategy in Q3 2025. The company announced a substantial accumulation of approximately 26 …
Giant jumps in $nvda inventory and AR levels 🚩🚩🚩 Huge discrepancy between net income declared of nearly $32B and operating cash flow of $24B Accounting stays creative pic.twitter.com/3JlYNbXqiS — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) November 19, 2025 Valuation is 10x forward sales and a lot of the sales are to related parties Good luck — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) November …
All the signs are point that way. The fed is lowering interest even though we are still sitting at 3% inflation, there’s a massive AI bubble, the auto line bubble, people are financing groceries, job growth isn’t looking exactly great, trade is suffering because of the mind meltingly bad tariff policies, tourism is tanking, should …
https://twitter.com/tweet4Anna_NAFO/status/1982936867071832397 Russian businesses’ profits fell 8.3%, or 1.6 trillion rubles ($19.9 billion), in January-August, according to Rosstat. “As economic growth slows and revenues shrink, Moscow can no longer ramp up fiscal stimulus and is instead imposing austerity measures that threaten to further choke the civilian economy,” said Alexander Kolyandr, a senior fellow at the Center …
This week could become a storm of unprecedented volatility, with over 30% of $QQQ components reporting earnings while investors wrestle with record-high margin leverage and frenzied options activity. AI-driven layoffs threaten to ripple across industries in ways rarely seen before, potentially crippling discretionary demand in tech-adjacent sectors like cloud infrastructure, software subscriptions, and digital media. …
Fact-checkers note that while the movement is decentralized and includes grassroots elements, there is no single public ledger detailing the full scope of its funding. However, leaked documents and donor disclosures suggest that total support may exceed $250 million, especially when factoring in tech platforms, legal defense funds, and media amplification. “Available analyses show no …
LULU down 12% after slashing forecasts, consumer is on life support. yoga sales down pic.twitter.com/6cRakP8JiV — Swingtrader (@Swingtrader) September 4, 2025 Lululemon's comp sales have deteriorated! From the CEO: "We have become too predictable within our casual offerings and missed opportunities to create new trends."$LULU pic.twitter.com/b1jYSOCArV — Patient Investor (@patientinvestor) September 4, 2025 LET THE …
Nvidia’s profits vanish into thin air Soaring sales, sinking cash, red flag rising $NVDA Posted $56 billion in revenue growth and $26 billion in that income but just $15 billion in cash flow that’s a 58% conversion down from 90% receivables balloon draining $5.7 billion revenue soar and cash crawls is a classic red flag …
$46.7 billion in revenue. A 56% jump from last year. A figure no chipmaker has ever touched. And the stock still fell more than 5% after hours. That is not strength. That is fragility revealed. The illusion is scale. The reality is concentration. The world’s most valuable chipmaker is leaning on a single platform, a …
The system is stacked against the average person, and nobody seems to care until it hits them in the wallet. Back in 2022, I predicted that the US would not only avoid a recession, but would experience an “immaculate” disinflation. Today, the insulation that once protected the labor market is gone. While a recession is …
“It’s a retail darling… I like Alex Karp, I like his politics, I like him as a person… But even if Palantir was the greatest company ever created and you slapped the highest possible multiple on it, the stock is still trading above that. It has gotten absurd.” https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/short-ideas/25/08/47107749/gamestop-short-seller-andrew-left-is-taking-on-retail-investors-again-now-says-palantir-stock-is-beyond-overvalued “You cannot be a big data …
President Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” ends a $7,500 EV tax credit after Sept. 30. Consumers are acting quickly to claim the tax credit before it disappears, according to analysts and sales data. Consumers are racing to buy electric vehicles before a fast-approaching deadline to claim tax credits worth up to $7,500, according to …
Wall Street is gearing up for a massive surge in Treasury bill issuance in the third quarter, that is more than half a trillion dollars. That means the government is borrowing heavily to cover spending, which puts pressure on interest rates and could crowd out private investment. “Net issuance of Treasury bills in the third …
$NVDA NEWS: EPS confusion NVIDIA Q1 2026: Adj. EPS $0.81 MISSES $0.88 BUT Nvidia came up with their own NEW adjusted earnings $0.96 (excl. $4.5B-$5.5B China write-down) beats Confusion from mixed EPS metrics & write-down. #NVIDIA #Earnings More in our report later. pic.twitter.com/7PVZKpkuiJ — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) May 28, 2025 Nvidia’s revenue from Singapore …
I read about this yesterday. So companies are essentially eating these tariffs because they can’t pass the cost onto the consumer anymore. They are tapped out. Can’t wait to see earnings next quarter 💀 https://t.co/Vi0ML0ILAZ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 16, 2025 Downward earnings revisions suggest that the #Fed should be cutting #rates.h/t @thedailyshot pic.twitter.com/oNAcrnnpov …
🚨BREAKING: US Government spending dropped by 5.1% in the first quarter. This is HUGE. I voted for this. — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) May 6, 2025 The U.S. government has reduced its spending by 5.1% in the first quarter of 2025, marking a shift toward greater fiscal discipline after years of mounting debt. This pullback signals …
by confoundedinterest17 Washington DC is loaded with good ol’ boys. Willing to cut deals with anyone for a slice of financial pie. Like “10% For The Big Guy” Joe Biden. Money flowing into Treasury funds hit its highest since 2017, by far. And with the massive expansion of The Fed’s balance sheet with a) the financial crisis …