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$25,000 Pattern Day Trading Requirement will soon go bye bye 🥳🫂🍾 pic.twitter.com/jcwH98UxCJ — Barchart (@Barchart) September 24, 2025 The gate is swinging open, but the floor beneath is a minefield. For decades, the $25,000 Pattern Day Trader rule has kept millions of retail investors locked out, watching hedge funds and …
The chart below shows that labor’s share and capacity utilization often move in opposite directions because higher utilization today tends to amplify capital’s pricing power rather than labor’s bargaining leverage. In the late 1990s, utilization pushed above 83% while labor’s share drifted down, as globalization and lean supply chains let …
Even a minority stake held by ByteDance now represents a potential pressure point, and the slightest misstep could expose user data or algorithmic insights. Engineers replicating recommendation engines on U.S. servers may create sovereignty, but they also open a new frontier of control over what millions see and share. 🚨 …
via notayesmanseconomics This week has opened with some sobering news for La Belle France as late on Friday we were told this. Fitch Ratings – Frankfurt am Main – 12 Sep 2025: FitchRatings has downgraded France’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-‘. The Outlook is Stable. …
CoreWeave’s strategy is a ticking time bomb for the AI market. It relies entirely on debt to fund operations while inflating valuations through compute-for-equity deals. The illusion of growth props up investor confidence, but when borrowing stalls, collapse will be sudden and brutal. Nvidia-backed CoreWeave $CRWV loses 24 cents on …
Is this still “pure noise” or is the bond market reacting to macro news? pic.twitter.com/iXKsb48s9q — Steve Hou (@stevehou) September 8, 2025 THE ECONOMY IS WEAKENING – JAMIE DIMON — Kang (@thuhkang) September 9, 2025 Like the cuts before it, the 3-month is leading the way. A 0.25 cut is …
In remarks at a private gathering in Wyoming, the former House speaker offered his most unvarnished commentary yet on America’s looming fiscal crisis, his beef with Trump’s tariffs, and how to get the country back on track. By the end, the audience was even joking that he should take another …
They can keep the whole thing afloat as long as they’d like The release valve is just the currency. Inflation is running at 3%-5% …and there's a 100% probability that the Fed cuts at least 25bps in ten days As if that wasn't bad enough, there's a 11% probability they …
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED), based on official BLS data: 2022: 3.5% 2023: 3.8% 2024: 4.1% June 2025: 4.1% July 2025: 4.2% August 2025: 4.3%
The idea that the U.S. housing market is finally responding to buyers is a lie engineered to mislead. Beneath small price shifts and stagnant mortgage rates, the system is still structured to preserve inflated valuations, restrict liquidity, and trap both homeowners and prospective buyers. Reports that suggest softening prices or …
Working Americans have been in depression since 2008. They bailed out the establishment by stealing YOUR quality of life. It doesn't just "feel" worse, it IS worse. pic.twitter.com/oWLyAme7Nv — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 23, 2025 Insane chart: Boomers for the win. Sickening https://t.co/8Ldcixm4OL — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 24, 2025 …
Japan Government has paid out for as many as 8432 injuries including 903 deaths after COVID-19 vaccination as of November 18, 2024 Indeed, under its relief system for injury to health with vaccination, the government has provided payouts for as many as 8432 injuries including 903 deaths after COVID-19 vaccination …
by confoundedinterest17 The Trump economy continues to boom. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast model shows real GDP growing at 2.5%. The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2025 is 2.5 percent on August 7, unchanged from August 5 after rounding. After …
Thirty years ago, Timothy McVeigh was arrested and later executed for the deadliest act of domestic terror in American history. Margaret Roberts says most of what you think you know about the Oklahoma City bombing is a lie.
$61.9 billion. That’s how much companies are spending on generative AI in 2025. IDC says investment jumped 94% this year. https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/genai-paradox-companies-pouring-billions-into-ai-it-has-yet-to-pay-off-125081302003_1.html The payoff? Still nowhere to be seen. McKinsey finds nearly 80% of firms use generative AI—but the same number say it hasn’t boosted the bottom line. https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2025/08/14/companies-are-pouring-billions-into-ai-it-has-yet-to-pay-off Pilot projects …
Hunter Biden tossed out a line in a Channel 5 interview: “Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-puts-hunter-biden-on-1b-notice-over-false-defamatory-epstein-comments/ar-AA1Ktxs3 Melania Trump’s lawyer Alejandro Brito didn’t flinch. He sent a $1B demand letter calling the claim “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory.” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-14/melania-trump-sues-hunter-biden/105650958 Hunter’s source? Michael …
Socialism’s track record: 100% failure rate. Mamdani’s confidence level: Still 100%. Math was never their strong suit. — so what, now what? (@_sowhatnowwhat) August 13, 2025 Sun Fresh Market at Linwood and Prospect closed this week Taxpayer investment: nearly $29 million https://www.kmbc.com/article/sun-fresh-market-linwood-prospect-closes-taxpayer-funding/65669833 Store struggled for months to keep shelves stocked …
Newsflash: Governments Lie by Ron Paul via Ron Paul: Bureau of Labor Statistics head Dr. Erika McEntarfer is one of the latest persons President Trump has told “you’re fired.” President Trump said this month that he fired Dr. McEntarfer because the president believed she manipulated jobs data. Manipulations, he stated, …
Is that mean the Obama DOJ holdovers are still in charge and putting America last, sabotaging the America First agenda? @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @AGPamBondi — GP (@GPMMXXIV) August 9, 2025 Trump says legal immigration is needed to replace the native population: “We’re going to let a lot of people come in …
It's interesting to see some people claim inflation is slowing. The equal-weighted commodities index is up 12% in the past year. That’s real-world inflation. Meanwhile, US money supply just hit a new high, and the dollar is weakening sharply against other currencies, including… pic.twitter.com/xYS56p7DeX — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) August …
“Payroll employment growth slowed sharply to only 35,000 jobs per month over the three months ending in July. This is well below the moderate pace seen earlier in the year, likely due to a significant softening in labor demand.” https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/09/federal-reserve-rate-bowman/1681754774717/ The Fed’s dual mandate is breaking down. Inflation’s near target. …
Delinquency rates across consumer debt classes are now brushing up against levels seen during the Global Financial Crisis. The New York Fed reports that 4.4% of all outstanding household debt is delinquent. “Loan delinquency rates remained ‘elevated,’ according to the report, at 4.4% of outstanding debt overall, with student loan …
Nova Scotia just made it illegal to be in the woods, like a $25k fine for HIKING!!! And the people are like “yep seems reasonable”lmao I live in Canada and still can’t believe this is a real country pic.twitter.com/PKmzJhv1Om — Tiffany Gillis (@tiffanyrg9) August 6, 2025 Nova Scotia just made …
McDonald’s is launching an adult Happy Meal. But it’s not just a meal, it’s a full-blown nostalgia campaign dressed as innovation. The McDonaldland Meal drops August 12. It comes with a Quarter Pounder or McNuggets, fries, a mystery shake, and collectible tins. The characters? Ronald, Grimace, Hamburglar, Birdie, Mayor McCheese, …
Trump’s 50% tariff on Brazil is built for headlines, not impact. The order accuses Brazil of “serious human rights abuses” over Jair Bolsonaro’s prosecution, but the top five U.S. imports from Brazil in 2024: crude oil at 8.8 billion, iron and steel at 4.98 billion, machinery at 2.82 billion, aircraft …
Housing prices would need to fall about 30% before basic affordability returns to most U.S. cities. Experts say mortgage rates must drop to around 4.4% for a typical home to fit within the affordability rule of 30% of median income. https://fortune.com/2025/07/30/mortgage-rates-housing-affordability-zillow-report Right now the average thirty year mortgage rate sits …
The search for Travis Decker is still ongoing in Washington state. He took his three daughters for a court-approved visit and never brought them back, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. “Often, custody visits are routine, but this one turned tragic,” the office said. https://people.com/search-for-travis-decker-scaled-back-nearly-two-months-authorities-11780196 The girls’ bodies were …
American Eagle’s bold marketing sent its stock soaring, while Bud Light is still paying the price for going woke— proof that authenticity wins.
You can beat earnings. You can post record margins. But if your stock trades at 90 times forward revenue, none of that matters unless you rewrite physics. Palantir’s Q2 2025 earnings are set to land between $934 million and $938 million. That’s up 38% YoY. Operating income clocks in at …
A gunman opened fire at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, killing four people. The suspect remains at large. “Authorities in western Montana are actively searching for Michael Paul Brown, a U.S. Army veteran, accused of killing four people at The Owl Bar in Anaconda.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/02/montana-shooting-search-continues “While law enforcement has not …