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The economy is breaking. And no one’s ready. 806,000+ layoffs in 2025 so far. 48% of consumer credit applications denied over the past year. Refinance rejection rate: 41.8%… the highest in 12+ years. U3 Unemployment forecast: 4.5–5.0% by year-end, according to Apollo, Peterson. (If the BLS is left the same- …
$46.7 billion in revenue. A 56% jump from last year. A figure no chipmaker has ever touched. And the stock still fell more than 5% after hours. That is not strength. That is fragility revealed. The illusion is scale. The reality is concentration. The world’s most valuable chipmaker is leaning …
The Federal Reserve didn’t provide any liquidity to Wall Street between Aug 14 till yesterday (Aug 19) and decline -4% 📉 then juiced liquidity today. This market is in bad shape. $qqq https://t.co/xFh7poek9g — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) August 20, 2025
Want to buy stock in the Titanic? Insiders are making theirs available to you quickly! by David Haggith Goldman’s Sachs of gold said today that market dips will be shallow and bought in short order and … “There aren’t a lot of negative catalysts I can think of that would …
United Parcel Service at $88–90 is often perceived as cheap because of the high dividend yield near 7.41 percent. At first glance the yield seems attractive, but the stock remains expensive because the dividend payout is nearly unsustainable. True value is likely to emerge only if dividends are reduced to …
Institutional investors are all in on tech, retail is buying 3 billion dollars a day, and real estate is frozen. This is more than a bubble, it’s a pressure cooker ready to blow. Well – let me man-splain it "Recession coming" And this at a time where we have the …
I am pushing for a ban on single-stock trading in Congress. The American people deserve better than politicians like @RonWyden and @SpeakerPelosi with hedge-fund level returns. Public service should be about serving the people, not getting rich. pic.twitter.com/yaXFGRfiMz — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) August 13, 2025
62% of Gen Z now use social media as a primary source for financial advice over traditional financial advisors. https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-finance/2024/79percent-of-millennials-and-gen-z-turn-to-social-media-for-financial-advice/ “Platforms like TikTok have become central to this shift, capturing the attention of 62% of Generation Z, who now view it as a valuable resource for financial knowledge.”
“It’s a retail darling… I like Alex Karp, I like his politics, I like him as a person… But even if Palantir was the greatest company ever created and you slapped the highest possible multiple on it, the stock is still trading above that. It has gotten absurd.” https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/short-ideas/25/08/47107749/gamestop-short-seller-andrew-left-is-taking-on-retail-investors-again-now-says-palantir-stock-is-beyond-overvalued “You …
Big UBS Shareholder Dumps All Its Stock, $621 Million, and Stock Price is Barely Impacted?? https://t.co/RT9q4obxNn pic.twitter.com/njCBjsQDMC — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) August 13, 2025
U.S. Stock Market at its most expensive valuation since the Great Depression 🚨 Probably Fine? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JVCijfR202 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 11, 2025 Guess what the biggest driver of this stock market rally has been? Leverage. For the first time ever, margin debt has topped $1 trillion and has ballooned +25% over …
Retail is buying the top. Insiders are selling the future. The S&P 500 is now trading at 3.15x sales, its highest valuation in history. $SPX Video: https://t.co/eJcpxsTX2d pic.twitter.com/cNKndmlmFR — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) August 10, 2025 Corporate Insiders are dumping as the stock market hits all-time highs 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/BOHwqeItU3 — Barchart …
To put this into perspective$PDD has a $160 billion market cap 60% higher than $HOOD But it did $54 BILLION revenue last year. 60% higher market cap13.5x more revenue. ??????????????? pic.twitter.com/MqaHEB1zic — Zoomer 🧢 (@zoomyzoomm) August 9, 2025 And today they were loading $pltr $270 calls still lol https://t.co/YEAHCH37bY — …
It’s clear the economy is slowing down badly and yet the market continues to hit new highs daily. Such a bizarre world. pic.twitter.com/0YaCw6mAGQ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 6, 2025 The U.S. economy is experiencing a noticeable slowdown in mid-2025, with sluggish domestic demand growth, muted job gains, and new …
Snowflake debuted at roughly 100× revenue valuation at its IPO, even though it was doubling revenue annually. Palantir meanwhile is clocking in at around 30% annual growth—a sharp disparity. Investors are now questioning how PLTR earned wildly higher multiples given slower expansion. https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-q2-earnings-preview-pltr-stock-price-outlook-ai-forecast-2025-8 Palantir’s Q2 revenue surged 48% to $1 billion, …
American Eagle’s bold marketing sent its stock soaring, while Bud Light is still paying the price for going woke— proof that authenticity wins.
American Eagle stood strong against woke critics after its recent ad with Sydney Sweeny caused a stir. The company made it clear it would not give in. People said the ad pushed old beauty ideas. American Eagle said it was about jeans and style, not about genetics or politics. Even …
1/ Stay calm. There are three types of advantage in the markets: – Technical.– Behavioral.– Informational. The market is now filled with too many smart people, so nobody has a definitive technical or informational edge. The only edge you can have is behavioral; stay calm. pic.twitter.com/TfyAzi2Nz0 — Oguz Erkan (@oguzerkan) …
by David Haggith Stocks today soared (Dow up 500) because Trump landed some “massive” tariff deals. The reason they soared, however, appeared to be because the deals were not nearly as massive as Trump had said he was seeking. Still, the idea of flying high over damages done is ludicrous; …
Tariff pain set to deepen in current quarter. Fox: General Motors shares T-boned by tariffs. The stock is diving 7% after the auto giant reported a 32% slump in quarterly profits due to a $1.1 billion hit from the tariffs, which GM says will worsen in the current quarter pic.twitter.com/Z4Z9THyxmR …
Opendoor just gave back nearly half its value in 24 hours. The stock hit $4.97 during Tuesday’s meme-driven spike. It’s now trading under $2.80. That’s a 43% drawdown. Volume exploded past 38 million shares. RSI collapsed from 71 to 39. The chart looks like a cliff. This wasn’t earnings. No …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Dear Martian Central Bank: could you please send us some Grown-Ups? Scott Galloway recently sketched out a common-sense set of tax reforms that would go a long way to reducing the widening federal deficit. There’s just one Catch, Catch-25: it requires Grown-Ups, and Grown-Ups …
Japan is the (potential) black swan no one sees coming, which could derail the current (massive) U.S. stock market mega bubble. #carrytradeunwind #fireinacrowdedtheatre https://t.co/vvBZJSFdyR — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) July 16, 2025 Japan's next 10-year government bond (JGB) auction is scheduled for August 5, 2025, and the next 30-year JGB auction …
Initial sales data from Amazon Prime Day is flashing a warning light. Early spending figures show a decline between 10% and 15% compared to last year’s event. This comes despite an expanded promotional window and aggressive markdowns across nearly every product category. Adobe’s projected $23.8 billion sales forecast now looks …
Investors channel 2021’s reckless mania again… WSJ article over the weekend saying that profitless junk stocks have been fueling this entire rally since April:https://t.co/SdspyMwcve"Shares of unprofitable companies have outperformed since early April, and investors are now speculating like it’s 2021" One of the stocks… pic.twitter.com/KXAtpep8IN — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 7, …
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) was riding high near $620 earlier this year, touted as one of the strongest recession proof stocks you could own. Today it trades near $308, a drop that has shocked many investors and traders alike. The steep decline follows a series of earnings misses, weakening profit margins, …
What stock is this?! No pullbacks whatsoever.#toinfinityandbeyond pic.twitter.com/ZAXNjiraYe — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) July 3, 2025 CNBC: CBO says it'll add a trillion dollars to our public debt. How do you square that? BESSENT: If you turn up the growth projections to something like 3 percent, then the debt disappears pic.twitter.com/2R7Ith9chc — …
Up to 70 percent threat hits allies, rivals… Who is getting fucked with 70% 💀 pic.twitter.com/hCxw1Kacji — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) July 4, 2025 Trump is about to nuke the Markets. https://t.co/yG3qRogIPR — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 4, 2025 It’s probably nothin. https://t.co/SZWnUsFuAS pic.twitter.com/J8CWXewYUz — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 4, …
Centene just pulled its 2025 earnings forecast. The numbers didn’t slip, they cratered. The company warned of a $2.75 per share hit, wiping out $1.8 billion in adjusted earnings. That’s not a guidance tweak. That’s a full retreat. The trigger came from updated morbidity data across 22 states, covering 72% …
The U.S. economy is showing signs of strain that official headlines aren’t capturing. Despite stock market gains, underlying indicators suggest a slowdown. Labor market indicators are weakening. Initial jobless claims for the week ending June 28, 2025, were 227,980, a slight decrease from the previous week. However, continuing claims increased …