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Urgent Warning: Unusual Stock Market Behavior Raises Alarms as Major Players Unload onto Retail Investors

November 8, 2023 9:28 pm

In a concerning departure from the norm, overnight markets are witnessing unsettling sell-offs, followed by perplexing rallies during regular trading hours. This topsy-turvy trend contradicts the typical pattern where most gains occur outside regular hours. What’s even more disconcerting is the suspicion that prominent market players are offloading their positions onto retail investors, who often …

Marijuana raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke by up to a THIRD, two major studies find

November 7, 2023 8:29 am

Using marijuana regularly is ‘strongly’ linked to heart failure and stroke, two major studies suggest. One paper that tracked 160,000 adults over 54 years old for four years found those who smoked marijuana daily had a 34 percent higher risk of heart failure. And in a second, researchers found hospitalized people over 65 years old …

California’s Rising Unemployment Rate Raises Concerns of Nationwide Trend

October 30, 2023 8:29 am

The rise in California’s unemployment rate from 3.8% to 4.7% is concerning, and it’s an indicator that the overall U.S. unemployment rate may also see an increase in the near future. Focus on California. Unemployment in that state was 3.8% and is now up to 4.7%. The US unemployment rate will follow it. pic.twitter.com/8nbJXLqNMf — …

Russia’s Central Bank Raises Rates to 15 PERCENT to Curb Rampant Inflation

October 28, 2023 8:07 am

https://twitter.com/BeRuzzia/status/1718131312219824235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Russia’s Central Bank on Friday raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to 15 percent, a bigger increase than expected as the bank said it was trying to bring down stubbornly high inflation. The central bank, which said the annual inflation rate would range from 7 to 7.5 percent this year, …

Digital Yuan’s Use in Oil Transaction Heralds Broader CBDC Adoption, Raises Surveillance Concerns

October 27, 2023 7:48 am

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1717585214904418362 PetroChina Completes First International Crude Oil Trade in Digital Yuan: Report Chinese oil and gas company PetroChina (0857) has completed the first international crude oil trade using the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the e-CNY, China Daily reported on Saturday. PetroChina bought 1 million barrels of crude oil settled in e-CNY, or …

Endless Stalemate: Ongoing Ukraine Conflict Raises Questions About Sustained Costs And Objectives

October 26, 2023 11:02 pmOctober 26, 2023 9:31 pm

The Ukraine conflict remains in an unchanging stalemate, with Russia holding eastern regions and little frontline movement. The situation suggests a prolonged, costly endeavor with unclear objectives. Is it ever going to end? The Ukraine war is a stalemate. Russia has already captured the eastern portions of with primarily Russian speaking populations. The lines are …

Escalation in Middle East Conflict Raises Fears of World War, U.S. Troops at Risk

October 23, 2023 9:53 am

The United States, in collaboration with its allies, has expressed growing concern about the potential for an escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East, which could pose a significant threat to U.S. troops. This mounting tension underscores the ever-present risk of a broader conflict that could have worldwide implications, raising fears of a …

Tucker Carlson Raises Concerns About U.S. Immigration and National Security Amid Apprehension of “Special Interest Aliens.”

October 10, 2023 7:34 pm

“I’ve spent 35 years living in Washington; I don’t even recognize these people and what they’re doing” “Letting in 7 million people from the poorest countries in the world illegally and immediately putting them all on public benefits” “That right there will destroy the country, and they did it on purpose” 🔊 … Tucker Carlson …

Consumers’ struggle in high-debt, high-interest environment raises risk of imminent sharp economic downturn

October 4, 2023 9:20 pm

One second-order impact of the current affordability crisis? More auto loan fraud — as people need transportation but can't get approved for financing. Just recorded a mega episode on this growing $8.1B issue:https://t.co/GJ17UURkWO — Car Dealership Guy (@GuyDealership) October 4, 2023 Millennial are feeling the pain of higher rates more than baby boomers, per BI: …

Writing IOUs: Citibank Raises $5 Billion in First Bank-Level Bond Since 2019

September 27, 2023 6:17 pm

Banks issuing bonds again to raise funds to pay bills today? Writing IOUs intended to fail? At this rate, it looks like every bank will be put at risk to ensure massive systemic risk to maximize the public bailout. Hello 2008 we’re coming back with a vengeance. via YAHOO: The New York-based bank, the operating …

Niger raises uranium price from 0.80 euros/kg to 200 euros/kg, impacting economy, international relations, and market.

September 6, 2023 8:41 am

This proves undeniably that France is willfully and wickedly suppressing our economies. See, they buy our natural resources, gold, oil, natural gas, bauxite, manganese, diamond, you name it, with the CFA franc that they themselves are printing for 14 countries. So, it means that… — Sy Marcus Herve Traore (@marcus_herve) September 5, 2023

Here’s the closeup. DeSantis slowly raises hand.

August 24, 2023 7:29 pm

Watch closely. pic.twitter.com/1zjdTjxcUn — Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) August 24, 2023

Disney loses 300,000 subscribers. Raises prices by 30 percent.

August 10, 2023 9:04 pm

The Disney+ streaming service lost 300,000 subscribers in the United States and Canada in the most recent quarter — an ominous sign for the studio as it continues to pour billions of dollars into new streaming content that is flopping with viewers. To make matters worse for its fans, the Walt Disney Company is hiking …

Fed raises interest rates, bails out banks, ultra-rich, deepening middle class’s borrowing needs to combat inflation.

August 10, 2023 11:03 am

The longer the Fed keeps raising interest rates while using their balance sheet to bail out banks and the ultra wealthy, the more deeply buried the middle class becomes trying to borrow their way through inflation. Personal interest payments: pic.twitter.com/UdeKfTTszD — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 10, 2023 US Core CPI is still at a staggering 4.7% …

Inflation Alert! Bank of England raises interest rates to highest level since the Great Financial Crisis.

August 3, 2023 11:45 am

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy-summary-and-minutes/2023/august-2023 Highlights: The BoE decided to raise the Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to 5.25% with a 6-3 vote. New projections assume the Bank Rate will peak at just over 6% and average just under 5.5% over the next three years. Economic growth has been steady, but recent indicators show possible weakening. …

CRE Fire! Office Valuations Plummet As Fed Raises Rates To Fight Inflation (US Gross Domestic Income YoY Fell To -0.8% In Q1, NOT A Good Sign!)

July 30, 2023 9:43 pm

by confoundedinterest17 Commercial real estate (CRE), particularly office space, reminds me of the Arthur Brown tune “Fire!” except that Jerome Powell of The Federal Reserve is the God of Hellfire! While fighting inflation caused by … The Federal Reserve and insane Federal spending (aka, Bidenomics). Call this the Over, Under, Sideways Down economy. The top 1% are doing quite …

Homeless situation in Manhattan raises concerns…

July 29, 2023 10:09 pm

The Roosevelt Hotel in NYC has been sacked. 100s of non-citizens are sleeping outside the hotel due to no more rooms being available. This is what a "Sanctuary City" looks like. pic.twitter.com/epIym5vidK — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 29, 2023 Holy sh*t. Homeless illegals are sleeping all over Manhattan. Hotels are full. pic.twitter.com/LooMZJOpFA — End …

Food service giant sued over ‘White-Men-Need-Not-Apply’ program. Lawsuit raises questions about equal opportunity and hiring practices.

July 29, 2023 9:34 pm

A former employee of a large food service corporation is suing the company in federal court after it fired her for refusing to participate in a program that discriminates against white male employees. Courtney Rogers worked for Charlotte, North Carolina-based Compass Group USA Inc. from her home office in San Diego, California. The company had …

European Central Bank raises rates for 9th time, a 23-year high. Business credit conditions in the EU at 2008 levels

July 27, 2023 3:27 pm

The European Central Bank just raised rates for the 9th consecutive time Inflation in Europe is still 5.5% Rates are now at a 23-year high in Europe: pic.twitter.com/YSpUeBSw1H — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) July 27, 2023 Business credit conditions in the EU at 2008 levels ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/uH6x9eiT1E — Longview Economics (@Lvieweconomics) July 27, 2023 Home …

The Last Time? Fed Raises Target Rate To 5.50%, Rate Cuts Expected In Election Year (10Y-2Y Yield Curve Remains Deep In Inversion)

July 26, 2023 10:04 pm

by confoundedinterest17 Will this be the last time for a Fed rate hike? Today, The Fed raised their target rate to 5.50%, up 525 basis points from 0.25% on 3/15/2022. That is one big rise in rates over a short period of time. Will they stop with one rate hike? If The Fed Funds Futures …

Big pay raises for United pilots in ‘historic’ deal United Airlines will pay 40% over 4 years.

July 16, 2023 6:59 pm

That minimum wage they wanted… Here is the result. Soon instead of pushing for $1/hr raises, it’ll be $50/hr increments. via NYT: United Airlines and the union representing its pilots said Saturday they reached agreement on a contract that will raise pilot pay by up to 40% over four years. History is repeating. WHO uses …

Re-heating economy prevents recession; inflation raises, causing recession.

July 3, 2023 9:12 amJuly 2, 2023 7:44 am

“If the economy is re heating and we are avoiding a recession then inflation will also re heat and they will raise more and we will still end up in a recession. Yes, it is that simple.” If the economy is re heating and we are avoiding a recession then inflation will also re heat …

Is the AI bubble finally at its peak? Company raises $113 million without any product.

June 15, 2023 3:03 pm

via fortune: A.I. has fast become the business buzzword of the moment, with major players like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft investing billions as they race to develop the hottest artificial intelligence technology. For one European company, the A.I. hype helped its founders raise a record 105 million euros ($113.5 million) in its seed round this …