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Retail call buying in tech is back near 2021 meme-stock extremes. Everyone chasing upside while put demand keeps getting cheaper. That’s fuel for melt-up conditions in the short term… but also the kind of positioning that can turn south fast if momentum cracks. pic.twitter.com/ubEgIJ8VB3 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) May 12, 2026 Sure, it's not a bubble …
Grok casually drops JOBY CRSP GTBIF IREN and SOFI like they’re easy moon tickets. Grok @grok Here are 5 stocks with credible shots at massive upside (10x is rare & high-risk, but these have catalysts): 1. JOBY – eVTOL air taxis nearing certification/commercial launch. 2. CRSP – CRISPR gene-editing therapies with multiple late-stage catalysts. 3. …
Ram this through and watch the next rug pull leave retail holding bags while executives already cashed out in the dark. Awesome. Even less transparency for markets. All this does is incentivize investors to take on even more risk despite knowing even less about how a company is performing. This turns the market into even …
Advance estimates show March sales hit $752.1 billion, but the growth is almost entirely captured by “Non-store” retailers, up 10.1% year-over-year… Food services and drinking places saw a tepid 2.4% gain, failing to keep pace with the 3.3% CPI, meaning “real” restaurant traffic is actually down… Consumers are spending 5.1% more than last year, but …
Leveraged ETFs amplify daily moves so heavy volume usually signals aggressive short term speculation. Retail investors are piling into leveraged semiconductor ETFs at an unprecedented pace: Combined daily trading volume in the 3x leveraged short semiconductor ETF, $SOXS, and the 3x leveraged long semiconductor ETF, $SOXL, has surged to ~330 million shares, the highest in …
Shorting this dumbass company (INTEL) byu/SupervisoryEffect inwallstreetbets I took all the money that I made from door dash ($4100) and decided to short this fuck ass company. Intel is regarded right now pumping +25% because they didn’t go bankrupt last night. This company does nothing and is only pumping on vague promises that Elon will …
Retail trading activity in single stocks has plummeted–Citi pic.twitter.com/c9DixpKuiX — Gunjan Banerji (@GunjanJS) March 23, 2026 "A big distribution pattern is carving out in the Junk Bonds vs. Treasuries ratio. A breakdown here would be the last thing stock market bulls want to see."@AlfCharts pic.twitter.com/DWoYrsc0ba — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) March 21, 2026 "The forward 12-month …
This dump is fake. I believe a larger dumps come later . Maybe next end of week. The markets will go lower. — Midas (@midascabal) March 3, 2026 Yup! Instead retail bought every dip and assumed more risk/leverage 🤦🏻♂️ — Yaz Rabadi (@YazRabadi) March 3, 2026 And there it is… 91% of the volume is …
Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm Is this a “canary-in-the-coalmine” moment, similar to August 2007? This question will be on the mind of some investors and policymakers this morning as they assess the news that, quoting the FT, the “private credit group Blue Owl will permanently restrict investors from withdrawing their cash from its inaugural private retail …
Crypto Rover @cryptorover 🚨BIG WARNING: THE FIRST MAJOR DOMINO HAS FALLEN. Today, Blue Owl Capital announced that it permanently halted redemptions for Blue Owl Capital Corp II (OBDC II), its $1.7 billion private credit fund aimed at retail investors. And this is not a small thing. Blue Owl Capital is a major alternative asset manager …
Robinhood Markets has announced a new plan aimed at giving everyday investors access to private companies before they go public, an area that has usually been limited to venture capital firms and large institutions. The company has launched Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI) and started its IPO roadshow for a public offering of about $1 …
The people with the best data are protecting themselves first, period. 🚨 WARNING: INSIDERS ARE DUMPING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW!! Just look at the screen below. Literally EVERY transaction is a SELL. For the last 7 days, insiders: – Sold: $11.6 BILLION– Bought: $59.04 MILLION And that's ONLY what we can see. I'm sure the biggest …
Yeah, GDP just falling off a cliff. pic.twitter.com/o12I4zWeDz — Derek Columbus (@columbus_derek) February 10, 2026 Goldman Sachs cuts Q4 GDP to 1.6% 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/brJug5LRqT — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) February 10, 2026 an overlay of 2008 & 2026… why is nobody talking about this… pic.twitter.com/oS0p2XDR2S — ₕₐₘₚₜₒₙ (@hamptonism) February 10, 2026
Retail traders—often referred to as “dumb money”—are clearly not betting on the downside for equities. They usually trade leveraged ETFs on both sides, and in the last 4 instances when the “short” allocation was this low, they were wrong 3 times, with the SPX subsequently… pic.twitter.com/ysBOtsr9HM — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) February 2, 2026 Short sellers …
Tom Lee said $7,000-$9,000 by end of January 2026. $180,000 for Bitcoin by end of January. 2 days left. And I don’t want to hear anything when it comes to price predictions from these paid actors again. They bagged retail.. pic.twitter.com/9UOOoPfKrL — Han Akamatsu 赤松 (@Han_Akamatsu) January 29, 2026
by Michael Did you know that more stores were closed in the United States last year than ever before? More than 8,000 stores were permanently shuttered in 2025, and it appears that 2026 will be even worse. U.S. consumers have very little discretionary income to spend these days, and empty stores litter the landscape. If you live …
Retail apocalypse grips the country with more than 8,000 great American stores to close and experts say the bloodbath will only get worse https://t.co/4boBgbX4mr — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) January 18, 2026 Game over may be flashing on the screen again for GameStop. The once-dominant video game chain is expected to shutter around 470 stores …
The past two weeks have marked a historic moment in the precious metals market. Both gold and silver have reached record highs multiple times, driven by a convergence of global uncertainty, inflation concerns, and renewed interest in hard assets. With these price movements has come a surge in demand—one unlike anything we’ve seen in years— …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought an update for my main economic theme for China. New home prices fell 0.4 per cent month on month on average across 70 cities, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. The decline eased slightly from a 0.5 per cent fall in October, but …
Appetite for risk is incredibly strong: Options trading volumes in loss-making Russell 2000 stocks have risen to ~6 million contracts per day, an all-time high. Volumes have more than doubled since April and surpassed the previous record set during the 2021 meme-stock mania. By comparison, options activity in profitable stocks is only 33% as large. …
Retail stores are collapsing right in front of our eyes as American families struggle to make ends meet. In this video, we’re looking at what’s really happening with our economy, from completely empty malls and major store closures to massive layoffs hitting right before the holidays. We’re seeing Claire’s, Target, Kroger, and other major retailers …
Prices Rising Rapidly byu/Katariman ininflation Home Depot just became the latest major retailer to warn that the slowdown in consumer spending is spreading. The home improvement cut its full-year outlook on Tuesday, reporting weakening sales growth for Q3. Comparable sales — a key measure that strips out new store openings — rose by just 0.2% …
“In October alone, there were 36,766 foreclosure filings — the first step in the process, when a lender warns a borrower they’re in default. That’s up three percent from September and 19 percent from a year ago… lenders formally started foreclosure proceedings on 25,129 homes in October — up six percent from last month and …
To the liberals who claim shoplifting is a victimless crime you should know that 9,000 jobs have been lost and the people in the communities you claim to care so much about no longer have a place to shop. pic.twitter.com/UtMSveQp5W — Paul Manicone (@JustRightPD) November 4, 2025 America’s largest supermarket chain, Kroger, is undertaking one …
Is it normal that everyone knows we are in a bubble? Seems that pretty much everyone knows we are in a bubble – retails, CEOs, Wallstreet, you name it. Sooooo it should mean everyone understands that at some point (sooner or later) it will pop, right? I don’t think people are really that stupid to …
GOLD EXIT LIQUIDITY in SYDNEY, Australia As promised , this is a video to show you the madness. Hundreds of people in line to buy gold , priced in at 4300$ per ounce This is by far the best top signal i have seen in my humble career. Enjoy #gold #bitcoin #crypto #trading… pic.twitter.com/X8Li0fB3Bn — …
Institutional investors are cashing in gains: Investors sold -$4.7 billion of US equities last week, driven by single stocks. Outflows from single stocks rose by $500 million, to -$5.7 billion, making the last 2-week outflow the 3rd-largest since 2008. This was led by institutional investors who dumped -$3.6 billion, the most since June, after -$1.4 …
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index has moved down to 55, a reading below 99% of historical data points going back to 1952. But at the same time, US Retail Sales grew 4.8% over the last year, outpacing inflation by 1.8%. We’ve never seen a disconnect this wide between what the US consumer is …
Retail might be strong today, but underlying generational debt pressures and stagnant wages signal that this trend cannot sustain for more than a few quarters without breaking. "Gen Z and millennials are delaying traditional milestones like marriage, homeownership, and parenthood due to high housing costs and stagnant wages," per FORTUNE — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 16, …
