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Saylor sold Bitcoin for the first time, Stretch hit $90, and the self-perpetuating death spiral I’ve been warning about just started. Blackstone just issued one of the biggest warnings yet on the U.S. economy. The world’s largest alternative asset manager is now restricting withdrawals from a flagship private credit fund after investor redemption requests surged …
Energy stocks are making history: The US Energy Select Sector Index has gained for 14 consecutive weeks, the longest streak on record. The index has rallied +43% over that stretch byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
by Michael Even if the Strait of Hormuz opened tomorrow, and that is certainly not going to happen, we are being warned that the economic impact of this war will be felt all the way through the end of this decade. A lot of energy infrastructure has already been destroyed during this war, and it …
The Sierra Nevada mountains were walloped this week by one of the biggest storms in decades, with some areas seeing more than 10 feet of new snow. UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory tallied 111 inches of snowfall over the past five days, making for the snowiest five-day stretch in over 40 years. The only …
NEW – Huge sinkhole swallows major stretch of roadway in Shanghai, China. pic.twitter.com/P9BF81WC6I — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) February 12, 2026 BREAKING: 🇨🇳 A massive sinkhole suddenly opened in Shanghai, China swallowing a large section of roadway. pic.twitter.com/90RrKh6aJf — Current Report (@Currentreport1) February 12, 2026
Mayors are NOT above Federal Law Enforcement by any stretch of the imagination. pic.twitter.com/a2VHhI0SFM — Reality & Data- (@XtraErudite) January 27, 2026
It’ll be closer to $10B and open around 2040 — Joshua D Phillips (@JoshPhillipsPhD) November 18, 2025 Maryland more than doubles cost estimate on rebuilding collapsed Baltimore bridge Maryland officials have more than doubled the estimated cost to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers last year after a …
Job cuts in the U.S. have topped 806,383 so far in 2025, the highest January‑through‑July total since 2020. Tech, retail and government sectors lead the wave. “We are seeing the Federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact non‑profits and healthcare in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff …
#Bearish investor sentiment has remained elevated for a historically long stretch. pic.twitter.com/6HVQnqU47H — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) April 11, 2025 We're having another Japan shock similar to August.https://t.co/zqmdte270o The Nikkei is already down 5%. This shows yesterday's close. We could be waking up to a volatility shock. pic.twitter.com/qtQbIoayVi — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 11, 2025
Tri state area weather on Facebook just shared this.. I-40 East is gone between Tennessee and NC pic.twitter.com/pBsAA9XfFp — Chris Hall, Y'all (@ChrisHallWx) September 27, 2024 Multiple 18 wheelers are having their tires slashed in west Tennessee off I-40 and I can barely find anyone talking about it except a few local news channels. This …
All good things come to an end! The S&P 500 $SPX 400 trading day stretch without falling by more than 2% has ended. pic.twitter.com/rgXR1xL3lo — Barchart (@Barchart) July 24, 2024 Interesting to see the 10 year yield actually move higher during the most intense part of the selling. Are treasuries no longer a flight to …
The S&P 500 has gone 377 days without a 2.05% sell-off. That’s the longest stretch for the benchmark since the great financial crisis, according to FactSet data compiled by CNBC. This market lull comes as investors pile into megacap tech stocks, such as Nvidia, amid bets that artificial intelligence will boost profits. Wall Street’s climb …
In a delicate balancing act, the Federal Reserve chose to keep its benchmark interest rate steady, resisting the pressure to cut rates as the economy faces cooling growth alongside persistent inflationary pressures. As households and businesses await the central bank’s decision, the stakes are high, with implications for borrowing costs, economic activity, and the trajectory …
https://www.thestar.com/business/infinity-mortgages-have-arrived-that-stretch-far-beyond-50-years-they-ll-help-avoid-defaults/article_c55d09bc-d5c1-5c87-81cd-246b9cb5e725.html ‘First-time homebuyer Sarah bought her house with her husband back in 2020. They also used a variable-rate mortgage with fixed payments, so the amortization would automatically extend as rates rise. At first, it looked like a wise choice. But over the past year and a half, she was shocked to see the length of …