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He wasn’t investing. ‘Give me my money back’: South Korean traders’ leveraged SK Hynix, Samsung bets unravel after selloff South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses after a sharp reversal, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the …
WATCH: Ryan Cohen blame the media for failing to explain how GameStop $GME can afford to buy $eBay "There has been a complete failure by the media to explain why this transaction makes sense…" Has anyone from eBay returned your phone calls?"No… but I hope they do…" https://t.co/CZvYta37Km pic.twitter.com/4FtKlFge8U — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 16, 2026 …
A month ago, owning Microsoft felt almost too easy. Now investors are asking a much harder question. How much AI spending is too much? Microsoft is pouring tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure, data centers, and GPUs. That spending is eating into free cash flow, and the market is starting to treat the …
🇨🇳 China has started making its own rain In central China’s Shanxi, a residential community has drawn attention for its “rooftop rain” This is a mist cooling system that drops surface temperatures by 5–8°C in minutes. pic.twitter.com/6HEKTnvjJa — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) July 1, 2026
Peter Schiff, host of The Peter Schiff Show, explains why he believes a major market crash, bond crisis, and inflation surge are still ahead, discusses Japan as a potential trigger for global financial turmoil, and outlines why he expects gold to ultimately outperform stocks, Bitcoin, and the U.S. dollar.
Imagine spending $73.4 billion in a single month trying to stop your currency from falling. Then a few weeks later it is right back near a 40-year low. That is basically where Japan finds itself. In May alone, Japan spent a record $73.4 billion supporting the yen. The goal was simple: Stop the slide. Restore …
Japan’s rate hike to 1 percent has shattered the yen carry trade. Hedge funds are being forced to sell dollar assets to cover losses. This is forcing a “forced liquidation” cycle that hurts the dollar. The Nikkei hit 70,000, but the euphoria is hiding the underlying panic. When Japanese investors bring their money home, the …
At least my man had the good sense to run inside when the shooting started! pic.twitter.com/WQc28gglAm — Darth Dawg (@OverpaidA) May 26, 2026 pic.twitter.com/yysJmISOeD — NovemberRain 🇺🇸 (@NovemberRain243) May 26, 2026 CLEVELAND — A video capturing a Cleveland real estate agent fleeing gunfire has gone viral, drawing renewed attention to gun violence on Thornhill Drive …
Wow first the Chinese now the Turks https://t.co/pOLGYRsk70 — Nicholas Mugalli (@RealNickMugalli) May 21, 2026 TURKEY DUMPS US TREASURIES TO DEFEND LIRA Turkey sold nearly all of its US Treasury holdings in March, cutting them from $16 billion to just $1.8 billion, according to US Treasury data. The selloff came as Ankara moved to support …
Pilot of a small plane from the Bahamas pulled off a controlled water landing in the Atlantic near Florida. All 11 passengers and crew got rescued quickly with no serious injuries reported. Coast guard and local boats responded fast to the scene. Aircraft went down after mechanical trouble during the short hop. Investigation already underway …
CEO of Saudi Aramco warned today that the “war premium” is here to stay… Investors told to prepare for a supply-demand gap that could last until 2027… Even if the shooting stops today, damage to tanker routes will take years to mend… Aramco is maxing out production but can’t teleport oil past a blockade… World …
Axios is reporting that Washington and Tehran are on the verge of signing a one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) to officially end the hostilities that began in February. This isn’t a final treaty, but a “30-day framework” designed to hold a ceasefire while the technical teams hammer out the fine print in Islamabad or …
A war of choice at the behest of a another state in the name of your self defense. Right… https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-legal-adviser/2026/04/operation-epic-fury-and-international-law Factcheck: The US State Department has a legal memo on its official website that says the United States is engaged in the war with Iran “at the request of and in the collective self-defense of …
Source: https://t.co/1GPuLSkQ0W — Luke Gromen (@LukeGromen) April 19, 2026 WASHINGTON—The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with the U.S. about obtaining a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the oil-rich Persian Gulf state into a deeper crisis, U.S. officials said. U.A.E. Central Bank Gov. Khaled Mohamed Balama raised the idea of a currency-swap …
🚨 BREAKING INSIDERS JUST STARTED MASSIVELY DUMPING EVERYTHING EXCEPT OIL RIGHT AHEAD OF THE U.S. MARKET OPEN ON MONDAY! EVERY SINGLE INSIDER IS SELLING BILLIONS NONSTOP: 0 BUYS. 1,382 SELLS. $13.58 BILLION IN VOLUME. THIS IS REALLY BAD FOR MARKETS… pic.twitter.com/BRRaddPa9n — Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) April 19, 2026
🇮🇷 Shipbuilding and drone material factory in northern Iran on fire Reminds me of all the similar 'accidents' before the war started. Mossad seems to still be active in the countrypic.twitter.com/p7FrNzANcb https://t.co/8Y2KDWrfaO — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 19, 2026
He started the war, ended the war, declared himself winner without opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is a crazy comedian! He's absolutely tired of making threats. We'll hear from Iran later — C. N. Ebere (@cn_ebere) April 14, 2026 Now trump 🤡 win the war pic.twitter.com/mT5l3pkvb8 — Fatiq Mir (@fatiqmir) April 14, 2026 I …
This started as U.S. vs Iran… now it’s slowly turning into a U.S. vs China situation, and that’s where things get risky. Follow the oil and it makes sense. China depends on Hormuz for ~40% of its oil and 30% of LNG, so it’s not sitting back. They’ve already sent warships from Djibouti, parked destroyers …
🎯 IBMs upcoming cut will be 10%+ at minimumSFDC will say aloha to 1000s they called “ohana”and much, much more there is a reckoning that is unavoidableit has little to do with AIand everything to do with hitting profitability forecasts watch🔮✨https://t.co/Lj1koQClPG — KiefinItReal (@KiefinItReals) March 31, 2026 Oracle has started one of the largest layoffs …
BREAKING : Iran 🇮🇷 is now officially exposing Trump how he is trapped by Netanyahu "Trump is getting controlled by Israel using Epstein Files as he became a Pawn of Netanyahu under pressure of Mossad" 🔥🤯 This is straight, frank and brutal 🥶 pic.twitter.com/j2XBpH77wg — Amock_ (@Amockx2022) March 29, 2026 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Joe Kent, just explained …
The Fed has no choice. If oil goes up to $150-200 it’s over. Yet we act as if Iran is obliterated and everything is awesome. This is complete lunacy. https://t.co/xRRCIi61UV — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March 26, 2026 Markets are losing hope of any logical solution in the Middle East: pic.twitter.com/DgXPiTeIVE — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March …
Liquidations, not mere selling. There’s more going on behind the scenes than you think. Critical metals being liquidated means a growing worldwide dollar problem. Possibly a big one. While central bankers are running around talking about rate hikes because they wrongly believe oil prices are inflationary, where it actually matters we’re already seeing the total …
An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack of a medical tech company, in what appears to be the first significant instance of Iran hacking an American company since the start of war between the countries. The company, Stryker, produces a range of medical equipment and technology, and is headquartered in Michigan. Historically, …
replacing human workers is going greathttps://t.co/eFzgAyVwFb — Fam (@fammetaX) March 17, 2026
"The Iran war is the 1st time Trump's style has made it impossible for him to easily talk/improvise his way out. Some in his inner circle have what one official called "buyer's remorse" —growing fears that attacking Iran was a mistake," per Axios — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 16, 2026 They want the deal badly bigly …
via The Islander “We will make it to the return of the Messiah, but this will not happen next Thursday.” 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 “We will make it to the return of the Messiah, but this will not happen next Thursday.” This is the man who started a regional war and then disappeared into a foreign bunker while …
🚨BREAKING: TRUMP SAYS HE STARTED THE IRAN WAR TO KEEP US OUT OF WAR WITH IRAN pic.twitter.com/V89L6lSdjB — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) March 11, 2026 Macron said the quiet part out loud after a G7 call yesterday: nobody can tell what Trump wants from this war. “It will be up to the president of the United …
