Why Banks in the US are Quietly Panicking

by James Hickman Bank of America released its quarterly earnings report this morning, bright and early at 6:45am. And according to their newest financial statements, the bank is currently sitting on a whopping $112 BILLION in net unrealized bond losses. To say this is atrocious would be a massive understatement. …

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Insiders are SELLING like never before. Yesterday the 20 day skew hit a new all time high, as Wall Street quietly liquidates. Next week could see a stampede for the Ponzi exits.

As retail investors flock to stocks with record inflows, yesterday 20 day skew hit a new all time high, as Wall Street quietly liquidates. pic.twitter.com/f5f9vfWUgy — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 24, 2024 A big Christmas vol crusher to round-trip VIX back to the lows of last week as if the hawkish …

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The housing bubble has definitely popped in the South and Mountain West. Midwest and Northeast likely a slower unwind. The institutionals are trying to quietly offload properties.

……..and almost no demand at these prices… pic.twitter.com/uzqEYs3ybc — Saw Chuck (@Saw_Chuck2023) December 18, 2024 Distressed sellers inbound. They keep droping the rates on these townhomes. 2.99% interest rates. I drive by it every day and I don't see cars. They also stopped building at the halfway point. Apartments all …

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Anyone here honestly expected them to go quietly?

The Left Will Not Go Quietly – Oklahoma University Could Be Defying State Law by Requiring DEI Class. After Donald Trump and the Republicans’ landslide victory over Democrats on November 5, we might mistakenly think that the left is going to go off to sulk in a corner and continue …

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Gold quietly outpaces, rising 40% this year, defying bond yields and inflation shifts; Study shows inflation undercounted by half

“Gold has quietly outperformed all year. The precious metal is up almost 40% in the past year, steadily gaining value despite the gyrations in bond yields or inflation expectations.” Gold has quietly outperformed all year. The precious metal is up almost 40% in the past year, steadily gaining value despite …

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Apple sells privacy to consumers. But it’s quietly helping police use iPhones for surveillance.

At Apple’s secretive Global Police Summit at its Cupertino headquarters, cops from seven countries learned how to use a host of Apple products like the iPhone, Vision Pro and CarPlay for surveillance and policing work. Twice in the last five years, Apple hosted behind-closed-doors conferences for police agencies from across …

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Bidenomics has eroded 17% of your paycheck’s value. Core U.S. inflation picked up in August. Look at what’s been quietly creeping up in price all year?

Each dollar in your paycheck has lost 17% of its value under Bidenomics, the appetizer for Kamunism. Check out @Heritage new personal inflation calculator to see exactly how much inflation is costing your family budget now! https://t.co/6BGc9O3vOq — Richard A. Stern (@RichAStern) September 11, 2024 Look what’s been quietly creeping …

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Telegram quietly updates FAQ, removing: “All Telegram chats and group chats are private amongst their participants. We do not process any requests related to them.”

Telegram has quietly updated FAQs and has removed Chat Privacy content from it. This sneaky move has raised questions if the flag-bearer of ‘Free Speech’ has bowed down to the pressures of ‘democratic France’. However, TON prices remain unfazed due to this new development and rather jumps. – Source – 𝕏 Source While …

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Elon Musk – “The European Commission Offered X An illegal Secret Deal: If We Quietly Censored Speech, They Would Not Fine”

The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. The other platforms accepted that deal. 𝕏 did not. https://t.co/4lKsaRsYoA — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 12, 2024 Elon Musk Drops a Bombshell About European Commission’s Attempt to Bribe …

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Wall Street banks are quietly dumping commercial real estate loans amid financial concerns.

Some Wall Street banks are quietly offloading their portfolios of commercial real estate loans, hoping to cut their losses. These actions stem from concerns that landlords of vacant and struggling office buildings may not be able to pay off their mortgages. The broader distress in the commercial real estate market …

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Central Banks quietly amass gold

Everybody is asking: Who's Buying? Well, it's none other than the Central Banks themselves! (Data upto Q423) pic.twitter.com/JZUCvKqVrw — The Macro Guy (@SagarSinghSetia) April 8, 2024 Morgan Stanley Commodity Forecast pic.twitter.com/0fAyWGhu1G — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) April 8, 2024

The Fed’s supposed mandate for price stability appears to be a smokescreen, concealing a system that quietly robs everyday citizens of their financial security.

“The Fed has a mostly bullshit mandate to keep prices “stable.” What they know is the higher the inflation, the richer them and all their friends get with ZERO effort or success. So how do they accomplish this? 1. They increase the target range of inflation from 0% to 1-2% …

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House quietly investigated ANOTHER sex tape scandal

JUST IN: Capitol Police Investigating Second Sex Video.. DEVELOPING.. Madison Cawthorn was right! pic.twitter.com/yec1tdExRV — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) December 21, 2023 Just 18 months before a scandal involving gay sex filmed in a Senate hearing room shook Washington, a Congressman triggered a similar investigation over acts filmed in a Capitol …

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Inflation isn’t under control at all – it’s now Shrinkflation – ‘Shrinkflation: Robbing Us Quietly in Back Alleys’

Less quantity for same price = direct inflation. Lower quality for same price = indirect inflation. Inflation is far from being under control. Everywhere, everything is shrinking in size. Who knows what the annual Shrinkflation rate is? It seems to be quite substantial. Shrinkflation: Robbing Us Quietly in Back Alleys …

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U.S. Quietly expands ‘SECRET’ MILITARY BASE in Israel

Two month before Hamas attacked Israel, the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named “Site 512,” the longstanding U.S. base is a radar facility that monitors the skies for missile …

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Big banks are quietly cutting thousands of employees, and more layoffs are coming Big banks are quietly cutting thousands of employees, and more layoffs are coming

via CNBC: “The largest American banks have been quietly laying off workers all year — and some of the deepest cuts are yet to come. Even as the economy has surprised forecasters with its resilience, lenders have cut headcount or announced plans to do so, with the key exception being …

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YOU DON’T SAY: Biden admin quietly released study showing green energy receives far more subsidies than fossil fuels.

via foxnews: The report — authored by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) and published in August — represents the first of its kind since 2018. The EIA analyzed data from 2016 through 2022, and determined that, during that time period, the federal government doled out $183.3 billion …

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UK Quietly Passes “Online Safety Bill” Into Law …The nature of this “information” is never specified, nor does it appear to be

…The nature of this “information” is never specified, nor does it appear to be qualified. Meaning it could be anything… Buried behind the Brand-related headlines yesterday, the British House of Lords voted to pass the controversial “Online Safety Bill” into law. All that’s needed now is Royal assent, which Charles …

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California quietly disavows medical misinformation law before courts can strike it down.

via justthenews: California’s COVID-19 medical misinformation law, which threatens the licenses of doctors who deviate from a fluctuating “scientific consensus” in conversations with patients, got a frosty reception in front of trial and appeals courts this year. Signed into law by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom nearly a year ago, AB …

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‘What a Scumbag’: Bribery Biden’s ‘No Comment’ on Hawaii Deaths Stir Up Backlash . . . While Maui Burns, Here’s What Bribery Biden Is Quietly Doing for Ukraine

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In the wake of the devastating wildfires that have swept through Hawaii, President Joe Biden’s response has sparked intense backlash, with critics denouncing his apparent lack of empathy for the victims. The president’s terse “No comment” in response to a question from a reporter has ignited …

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US government quietly announced COLLAPSE of another bank late Friday (hoping nobody would notice)

via naturalnews: Late last week, the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner shut down Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kan., prompting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to enter into a purchase and assumption agreement with Dream First Bank, National Association, of Syracuse, Kan.   The FDIC and Dream First Bank, …

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Banks are quietly turning off the money tap

via creditnews: As interest rates bite and fears rise over an impending credit crunch, bank lending shows the first signs of contraction, according to new research from UBS. The data include all types of lending to individuals except for mortgages and credit cards—as well as business loans.   “Overall bank …

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“They’re tapping into American farms and tapping into the hog industry, all of these industries that China is quietly taking over here in the United States.” – Farmers Association President John Boyd Jr

by BoatSurfer600 via YAHOO: Despite lawmakers’ success in introducing legislation to address the issue, one U.S. farmer raised a red flag that China is still infiltrating “many, many acres” in rural America. “They’re tapping into the American food structure and this country. And we should be looking at that as …

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