Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
by Martin Armstrong Governments never seem to learn from history. Every time energy prices surge, politicians rush to impose price controls as if markets can be commanded to obey political decrees. South Korea has now joined that long list, announcing it will impose a fuel price cap for the first time in nearly 30 years …
It now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Only 18% of single Americans make 100k. 62% of homebuyers are married. Lower rates won’t fix family formation. See the problem? pic.twitter.com/4DO0rEKUTh — Cherrygarciafan. USD🏴☠️ (@cherrygarciafan) August 10, 2025 The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home …
Bloomberg claims the FBI removed President Trump’s name and other prominent figures from over 100,000 Epstein documents, citing privacy concerns, not evidence of wrongdoing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/fbi-redacted-president-donald-trump-s-name-in-the-epstein-files Yet the same outlet prominently pushed unverified claims about Trump Russia collusion long after Mueller said no criminal conspiracy was found https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/fbi-probed-if-purported-hunter-biden-emails-are-a-russian-plot That pattern repeats: blockbuster hype, ambiguous sourcing, and …
It can be done, but the present rapid, militaristic methods are not the way for farm labor because we all still need to eat. And everyone CAN win. by David Haggith Sure, they’re mostly good people doing good work, but let’s be smart about this. Here’s my realistic farm plan, based on a comment I …
The real crisis isn’t the students—it’s a system drowning in bureaucratic failure. Billions pour into education yearly, yet classrooms crumble under mismanaged priorities. Teachers face 26.4% pay gaps compared to peers, while districts blow cash on DEI consultants and admin bloat… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) May 12, 2025
Let them eat cake 🍰 pic.twitter.com/oo61kcRt9x — The Great Martis (@great_martis) May 13, 2025 Seeing another push higher across yields today after CPI, with some noteworthy exceptions pic.twitter.com/bWQH9ht1Cx — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) May 13, 2025 Is the bond market the scorecard for Bessent anymore? That's the big macro question. Global long term bond markets …
Oakland just elected a new mayor who thinks a $50 minimum wage will solve inflation pic.twitter.com/SKz70z8pj8 — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 22, 2025
🇨🇳In the face of #US hegemony and bullying, remember this: pic.twitter.com/EYQOB3euFG — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) April 11, 2025 China's response to US tariffs is being misreported: Many headlines state that China is conceding because they said they will no longer raise tariffs if the US responds. What China actually said: China will ignore …
BREAKING: President Trump says, "We have to solve our trade deficit … Unless we solve that problem, I'm not going to make a deal." https://t.co/STlqrVo2NQ pic.twitter.com/TXcH7qIuJf — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 7, 2025 BREAKING: Trump says he is not interested in negotiating with Europe over the tariffs and that he will not be lifting …
If we don’t tackle the national debt, all tax revenue will go to paying interest and there will be nothing left for anything else https://t.co/BakfL5lbdE — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2024 DOGE won't be able to cut enough to make a difference unless they are willing to cut entitlements. Social Sec, Medicare and Medicaid …
GM will drop the name “Ultium” for its electric vehicle batteries and supporting technologies after spending years promoting the brand. The company said the batteries and technologies will remain, but the name “Ultium” will not. GM spent millions of dollars in marketing and advertising Ultium, including back-to-back years of Super Bowl ads in 2021 and …
Finally an economist that makes sense! https://t.co/qTtcQvJpCb — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 14, 2024 1) What's very interesting about these inventory trends is that they run counter the common narrative about where people are moving. High level – you would think that the South should have lower inventory due to all the people moving there. …
Current Administration: We will spend more money to solve this problem that was created by spending too much money! — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) June 28, 2024 Infrastructure and Climate Spending: President Joe Biden has pushed for $1.6 trillion in climate and infrastructure investments. This includes tax credits, direct spending, and grants. Approximately $125 billion has been spent …
Unintended Consequences: The amount of plastic bags Californians threw away increased by approximately 50% since the ban became law. Now, California lawmakers are eyeing stricter bans to address the problems that the original ban may have created n 2014, then-California Gov. Jerry Brown announced that his state would be the first in the nation to …
‘All For Show’: Biden’s Newest Potential Executive Order For Border Crisis Doesn’t Hold Water, Experts Say. “’If Biden confines his executive action to just tweaking the asylum laws, that is meaningless if he continues to wave people in on parole and hand them an indefinite work permit,’ Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center …
When the end of World War Two brought on a housing crunch decades ago, Canada created a catalogue of homes that could be constructed quickly. It worked. Now, faced with a housing crisis again, we’re bringing that post-war catalogue back – with a new set of modern blueprints. When the end of World War Two …
The Incredibly Ballooning US Government Debt Spikes by $1 Trillion in 15 Weeks to $34 Trillion.Interest payments threatening to eat up half the tax receipts may be the only disciplinary force left to deal with Congresshttps://t.co/4qD6tEfp9E pic.twitter.com/WlTbn3Q5L4 — Wolf Richter (@wolfofwolfst) January 3, 2024 The alarming surge in US government debt, ballooning by a staggering …
by Chris Black One little covered issue, which is important to our citizens concerned with repatriating immigrants from our countries, is that several Arab states want their citizens back! Yet support for constant war in the region, and the cabal controlling the West, makes this impossible. Syria has expressed on numerous occasions that it would …
Jason Rodriguez, deputy director of People Empowered by the Struggle, a Baltimore-based nonprofit, told Papst, “This is educational homicide” at its finest. “There is no excuse,” Rodriguez said, adding, “We have a system that’s just running rogue, and it starts at the top.” In 2022, Baltimore City Schools were allocated a record $1.6 billion from …