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European automakers are cratering this afternoon, the President’s threat to hike tariffs on EU cars and trucks has wiped billions off the Euro Stoxx 50… Trump says Brussels “failed to comply” with the Scotland trade deal, he’s using the 25% levy to force production to relocate to U.S. soil… The EU is already signaling “firm …
Crash!!!! Circuit breakers Brace!!!! pic.twitter.com/HGFTfuExNZ — The Great Martis (@great_martis) March 3, 2026 BREAKING: Spain and Italy share markets down by 5%, Germany down 4%, while UK and France markets down 3%. — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 3, 2026 🚨MASSIVE CRASH IN KOREAN MARKET. 🇰🇷 South Korea’s stock market crashed 7.23% on reopening, wiping …
Weinstein indicator says this Stage 3 distribution. Agree or disagree? $SPY pic.twitter.com/ErsTxDSYby — TrendSpider (@TrendSpider) February 18, 2026 In Stan Weinstein’s stage analysis, Stage 3 (distribution) is when a stock’s uptrend peaks and flattens, with prices oscillating around a leveling 30-week moving average. It signals potential selling by big investors, often preceding a downtrend (Stage …
They laughed when I started shorting in the $480’s. They said it “couldn’t” happen.They said I was “early.”They said I would be “wrong.” And yet here we are.This move isn’t even close to done. $355s by late February remains my minimum objective. The real unwind hasn’t even… pic.twitter.com/OrJVQb5ciI — TraderJonesy (@TraderJonesy) December 29, 2025 📈 …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Hint: It’s structural. Trump has nothing to do with it. The Creeping Death of the Single Market Eurointelligence discussed the EU’s Slide Towards Irrelevance The EU has zero chance to emerge as a geopolitical power like the US or China. Strategic autonomy was only a slogan. It came with no …
New data shows prices for everyday goods and services are lower compared to when President Trump took office: Eggs: -25.2% Airfare: -9.3% Public transportation: -6.9% Propane, kerosene, & firewood: -6.8% Hotels: -6.7% Ship fare: -6.5% Gas: -4.6% Energy commodities: -4.5% Car rentals: -4.4% Potatoes: -3.6% Butter: -3.6% Cheese: -3% Frozen veggies: -3% Dairy: -2% Peanut …
Bitcoin is still in a downtrend, still making lower highs/lower lows and still warning the entire market but most traders won’t recognize it until it’s 30% lower. Yes, #Bitcoin may push toward $97–$100K. That lower high is still on the table. But none of that changes the thesis going into January. A counter trend rally …
Data from flight tracking website FlightRadar24 shows the plane reached a top speed of 127 knots — nearly 150 miles — on the runway before slowing down.
Condo prices across the US are plummeting — with some areas seeing values sink by a staggering one-third in just a year. The average condo sale price in the US fell 2.2 percent year over year to $354,100 in May, a new report shows — making it the second largest drop in records dating back …
Home prices fall in 60 percent of counties… 1) This indicates that the U.S. housing correction is no longer just a Texas and Florida downturn. In fact, over 30 states showed a monthly contraction in May 2025 according to the Zillow data. — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) June 25, 2025 3) In 2022, around 77% of …
Global shares sank on Monday and oil prices jumped as trade tensions and the Russian-Ukraine conflict ratcheted up geopolitical uncertainty. China blasted the U.S. for issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China, and planning to revoke Chinese student visas. Oil prices rallied after OPEC+ decided on a …
(Bloomberg) — The sense of calm in the US stock market was disrupted Tuesday as the S&P 500 Index plunged more than 2% and the VIX exploded higher. That’s rewarded a late-Friday options buyer with some $12 million in paper gains. The spike in volatility came as the S&P 500 index was dragged down by …
(Reuters) -China’s PDD Holdings missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday, as reduced consumer spending dented business at its domestic e-commerce platform Pinduoduo, sending the company’s shares down more than 25% in early trade. A fragile economy, persistent weakness in the property sector and high unemployment rates, have led Chinese consumers to cut back …
BY DAVID HAGGITH Photo by Chandler Cruttenden on Unsplash A few small things settled in a direction that could give Powell a chill that causes him to shift from battling inflation to driving it back up nice and hot, just as stock investors and bond investors are back to hoping he will do. Changes in the labor market …
“Jake Bissell-Linsk a New York based attorney whose firm (Labaton Keller Sucharow) filed a lawsuit against Boeing in an Alexandria, Va. federal court following the Alaska Airlines door blowout in January. He saw the emergency evacuation slide Sunday around noon ,when he looked out the window of his oceanfront home in Belle Harbor, Queens.” The …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Reminder, while banks have the liquidity fairy, ‘we’ get the promise of 2 more rate hikes this year, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic yet again enrichens himself inappropriately from his position. What I want to talk about this afternoon is–Commercial and Industrial Loans, All Commercial Banks. What are Commercial and Industrial Loans? Commercial and Industrial (C&I) …