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The US is draining its oil reserves at a rapid pace: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped -7.12 million barrels last week, the largest weekly drawdown since October 2022. This marks the 5th consecutive weekly decline, the longest streak since …
Mid-30s Unemployment?! “I think it’s very natural to be concerned about jobs. “I think young people coming out of university today, it’s like 9% unemployment. “I think it could easily go into the mid-30s in the next couple of years.” …
Taiwan took the hardest hit with record -$7.9B (TSMC/semicon exodus), Korea -$1.6B, India -$1.3B. MSCI Asia Pacific cratered -6.3% in a week—worst drop outside major crises in ~6 years—erasing early-2026 momentum. Risk-off panic is driving flows to USD and safe …
by Michael The stage is being set for one of the most dramatic years of civil unrest that any of us have ever seen. In major cities all over the United States, vast numbers of far left activists are being …
Google is under intense scrutiny for making contradictory statements about the health of the open web, even as publishers and industry critics are seeing issues with how it siphons content for its AI-powered services, arguably accelerating the same process. In …
The open web is being dismantled by design. Google, once the steward of digital discovery, now admits in court filings that the open web is “already in rapid decline” https://google.com/2025/09/in-court-filing-google-concedes-the-open-web-is-in-rapid-decline . At the same time, the company accelerates this collapse …
I hate to pop your narrative bubble…not really…but, interest rates are not the cause or fix of inflation. See below. The US had 7-years of a 0% federal funds rate. No inflation. Then, we had 2-years of 0% and got …
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1935886742478795204
Rapid Fire thoughts on Elon and Donald’s divorce. With a very hot take you’ve never heard before. Let me know your thoughts! pic.twitter.com/j5dHFJ53m4 — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) June 5, 2025 Is Elon actually pissed off or is he playing 4D …
A new COVID strain from China, NB.1.8.1, is spreading in the U.S., including NYC, per the CDC. First detected in late March among international travelers, the variant has already caused surging hospitalizations across Asia. China saw ER visits for COVID …
The very rapid reversal in #equity postioning suggest the recent rally probably needs to take a pause. pic.twitter.com/0R9SZTp7iw — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) May 19, 2025
by azavio Complement to a former post. Any jump in airlines stock price is just dancing around for now The Travel crisis that is emerging will affect other industries that profit fromn tourism, like real estate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/very-rapid-drop-domestic-demand-182820043.html https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/7nEvEsNjpp https://sherwood.news/business/us-airlines-in-a-recession-southwest-ceo/ On the …
Wow! We're seeing absolutely enormous inflows in to gold, setting new records. These are the sorts of charts that get me a bit nervous that the trade is becoming rather crowded. pic.twitter.com/l4MfgU8pzN — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) April 20, 2025 …
Bessent: We have a process in place. We are working on the big 15 economies. First, we had a fantastic meeting with Japan yesterday. I believe there have been calls with the EU.. and I believe India is also talking …
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI upstart that dethroned ChatGPT as the most-downloaded free app on Apple’s App Store, has temporarily closed registrations, citing “large-scale malicious attacks” on its services. For now, access is restricted to Chinese customers, raising eyebrows and speculation. …
by CyberInu4200 Need smooth brained ppl to comment. When you look at post 2008 (GFC) there was a relatively stable uptrend till 2020. After that we pretty much saw the stimulus check bubble burst in 2022 and now I could somewhat …
Are we witnessing ‘peak China’? GDP projections have fallen dramatically over the past ten years.As a reminder, China’s demographics, the key ingredient for potential GDP growth, are way worse than those of the United States. This also explains why debt …
by Mike Maharrey Could the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution boost gold demand? According to a report by the World Gold Council, the answer is yes. Gold’s excellent conductivity and its malleability make it an important component in the manufacture …
Saw a moderate helicity Hot Tower fire offshore Galveston early this morning. Conditions are conducive for further development: 4000 CAPE and a shear gradient. ICON has this spinning up. Stay tuned for updates. Convection starting to go to town. Looking …
US corporate bankruptcies are the highest in 7 years https://t.co/HjmfYYpxR9 pic.twitter.com/gKJMkltxJQ — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 30, 2024 Home buying conditions have NEVER been worse: UMich pic.twitter.com/2hnslFk8vS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 30, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQjTaJIzhtk
Rapid approval process: Qi Biodesign, a Chinese agricultural biotech company, received regulatory approval for its genetically engineered soybean seeds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The speed of this approval has indeed raised suspicions, especially considering that it was prioritized …
It appears there’s significant activity in Washington, D.C.’s trophy office building market. Let me break down some recent developments: 1099 New York Avenue, NW: This iconic trophy office building, located just four blocks from the White House, was recently sold for $95 …
Two high-speed military cargo ships are stuck in the Port of Baltimore following Tuesday morning’s collapse of the 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge. The major US East Coast port has been paralyzed for several days as the bridge collapse prevents inbound …
Fed Chair Powell is kicking off the Q&A portion of his press conference now. Even as inflation has been reaccelerating, the Fed doesn't seem to concerned. A long pause still seems to be needed right now. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for …
It’s almost as though you can’t trust the media 🤔 https://t.co/NwN2PwkE4F — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2024 If Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin is all it takes for Russia to win the war, then journalism is completely screwed because it …
So much for "rapid disinflation"…. via Morgan Stanley pic.twitter.com/wL8R1vh0RU — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) January 22, 2024 Still wild to think that food prices were much more stable prior to 1971, and then they took off 🚀 pic.twitter.com/cwYtGcrcoX — GrainStats 🌾 …
The appointment of Gabriel Attal as France’s Prime Minister is a concerning testament to the trivialization of political leadership. His swift rise through Parisian political circles raises doubts about the depth of his life experiences and suitability for such a …
CHANGE: Jeff Bezos–backed AI search startup’s CEO says ‘Google is going to be viewed as something that’s legacy and old.’ Founded in August 2022, the startup known as Perplexity aims to challenge Google by offering an AI-based search engine that is …
The US high-yield bond market is currently facing its swiftest sell-off since March, triggering concerns reminiscent of worries about a banking-market collapse. Spreads in this market have widened by almost half a percentage point since December 28, marking the fastest …
