Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
I called this timeline months ago. June and July 2026. I said it when there was no data to support it. I said it when people thought I was wrong. I said it when even the AI systems I work with told me I was getting ahead of the evidence. I said it because I …
BREAKING: Keir Starmer shelves bill that would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the UK to Mauritius The government says it can’t proceed without necessary U.S. support, which Trump has rescinded due to the strategic importance of the military base on Diego Garcia pic.twitter.com/0RJki91JLW — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 11, 2026
How do fake stores pull six times the SNAP volume of a real supermarket without alarms? HOLY CRAP. Federal prosecutors just blew the lid off a $7 MILLION SNAP fraud scheme in Boston. Two Haitian nationals have been charged for running so-called “ghost stores” — tiny shops with barely any inventory that were somehow cashing …
by Michael It feels like someone has pulled a plug, because the U.S. economy is suddenly caught in an extremely alarming downward spiral. As I discussed at the end of last week, investors are flocking to gold and silver because they can see that a storm is coming. We have reached a point where most of …
Today we’re talking about something that’s hitting all of us hard. Your grocery bill. If you’ve noticed your food costs going through the roof lately, you’re not crazy. And here’s the thing – it’s about to get much worse. Let’s talk real numbers here. Food prices jumped 0.3% just in June. That’s 3% higher than …
Student loans are cracking. Retail margins are gone. Same pressure. Different fronts. Borrowers are defaulting into wage garnishment. Retailers are stuck with early inventory and no restock window. Both moved too soon. The SAVE plan stalled. Notices went out. Interest resumed. Servicers weren’t ready. Borrowers weren’t warned. Now 3 million are set to default by …
Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post’s longtime “fact checker,” is out, taking a buyout with no replacement coming. Leadership under Bezos and CEO Will Lewis is reportedly trying to detox the paper’s partisan stench and cut costs. Kessler’s farewell sounded noble, but the timing and silence around a successor says more than the post did. WASHINGTON …
Kansas City is staring down a failed experiment. Nearly a decade ago, the city spent $17 million to buy and renovate the Linwood Shopping Center on Prospect Avenue. The anchor tenant, Sun Fresh Market, opened in 2018 with fresh produce, seafood, and a full-service deli. It was supposed to end the food desert. It’s now …
China's leverage was "empty shelves", EU's leverage is "services and mag7"https://t.co/axYc5BpIBm https://t.co/aa38r5kL07 — Marko Kolanovic (@markoinny) May 26, 2025 Clearly someone notified Trump that 90 days is July 8th, not June 1st, because how else would he know? Hence disaster was averted for now. Regardless, investors were just warned that trade war 2.0 is back …
by Michael Thousands of products that are made in China will soon start disappearing from store shelves in the United States. If a trade deal is not made with China very soon, the summer of 2025 will be “the summer of empty shelves”. According to the Trump administration, “U.S. goods imports from China in 2024 totaled $438.9 …
by Michael Experts are telling us that the supply chain disruptions that we are facing are likely to be more severe than anything that we witnessed during the last pandemic. Anyone that believes that we can easily replace 438 billion dollars of imports from China is just being delusional. There are thousands of products that are made in …
by Michael If you are going to need anything made in China, I would buy it now while you still can. Many companies have already decided that it no longer makes any economic sense to import Chinese-made products into the United States because tariff rates are so high. As a result, there are certain things …
by Michael We are about to find out what happens when thousands of very popular products are suddenly no longer available for sale. A lot of Amazon shoppers have been shocked to learn that some of their favorite products have already disappeared. In fact, there are entire stores on Amazon that are now completely gone. …
Costco customers are familiar with the frustration of wanting to stock up on their favorite Costco products only to find out that they have been discontinued or are out-of-stock. Unfortunately, this happens pretty regularly at the chain’s warehouses, and in the coming weeks shelves will look even emptier, according to a new announcement made by …
It has been five days since Hurricane Helene, and parents can’t even buy food for their children. Meanwhile, I hope it gives you some comfort knowing that our government has spent over $17 billion in the last few days to fund foreign countries. I’m disgusted! pic.twitter.com/040hEjdGSD — I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) October …
Experts warn store prices will soar and shelves will be empty as greedy dockworkers strike over 80% pay raise. A lengthy shutdown of 36 ports – which handle half of America’s cargo from ships – could raise cause shortages and price increases at big and small retailers alike as the holiday shopping season approaches. Walmart, …
Strawberries are synonymous with the start of longer days and warmer weather, served up on tables as part of popular summer desserts. But scientists are warning this popular staple may be harder to come by soon because of warming global temperatures. What’s happening? A study from the University of Waterloo predicts that strawberry yields could …
Shopping on Amazon is unbelievably frustrating now – I just want to buy shower shelves from a legitimate company byu/pigeon_at_a_keyboard inmildlyinfuriating
A truck carrying foreign goods on fire in Narbonne, France. French farmers don't joke.pic.twitter.com/QYfG9iHNQO — मैं हूँ Sanatani 🇮🇳 🚩🚩 (@DesiSanatani) February 1, 2024
via ace.mu.nu: “Youngsters.” Whatever euphemisms we can think of to make hardened thieves appear to be innocent scamps. “When you walk into this CVS, you’d think the store is closing because there’s barely anything on the shelves,” WTTG reporter Sierra Fox said. Spoiler:is closing. CVS will close 900 locations by the end of 2024. What are the odds …
A medicine used by millions of Americans for a stuffy nose does not work, a Food and Drug Administration panel ruled today. Phenylephrine is the most common active compound in over-the-counter drugs like Benadryl Allergy Plus Congestion, Sudafed PE, and Tylenol Cold and Flu Severe Day & Night. But an FDA panel said after a …
Worcester teen dies after “One Chip Challenge” ‘One Chip Challenge’ chip pulled from store shelves after teen death h/t dr0id