China outlook: A “downward spiral”, reckons SocGen. “From bad to worse” and “a vicious cycle,” says Barclays. “Things could get worse before they get better,” warns Morgan Stanley.

via Reuters A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. If deepening gloom around China and a surging Japanese yen are the local market drivers in Asia, the Fed’s upcoming interest rate decision hangs heavily over world markets as growing hopes for a 50 basis point cut push the …

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All good things come to an end! The S&P 500 $SPX 400 trading day stretch without falling by more than 2% has ended.

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 …

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7 Things We Know About The Man That Shot Trump

by Michael I am still in shock.  When I first learned that Donald Trump had been shot, I literally had difficulty processing the information.  I watched footage of the shooting over and over, and honestly I am still trying to put the pieces together.  The Secret Service is supposed to be …

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CRIME: Things are so bad out there on-duty Secret Service agents protecting the president are getting robbed at gunpoint.

CRIME: Things are so bad out there on-duty Secret Service agents protecting the president are getting robbed at gunpoint. pic.twitter.com/HM6yadmUh2 — @amuse (@amuse) June 18, 2024 Secret Service Agent Robbed at Gunpoint During Joe Biden’s Trip to California Resulting in Officer-Involved Shooting The suspect(s) has not been taken into custody. …

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“We’re always talking about finances; I think any married couple will tell you that”… “Groceries for like 5 things are like $80”

Americans SLAM The Disastrous Biden Economy: "It's totally different than it was 4 years ago" "Everything is more expensive, and it's only getting worse" "We're always talking about finances; I think any married couple will tell you that" 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/ygY2QIFExp — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) May 23, 2024 "It's getting harder and …

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Now things could take a turn for the worse.

Focus: Buy now, pay later lender Affirm pushes into elective medical procedures April 23 (Reuters) – Fintech lender Affirm (AFRM.O), opens new tab has started quietly offering “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) loans for elective medical procedures, in a major push beyond its core e-commerce market, the company told Reuters. …

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It may be a bit early to declare a full-fledged global currency crisis, but things moved decisively in that direction this week

via creditbubblebulletin: Weekly Commentary: World-Wide De-Risking/Deleveraging Despite close calls Saturday night and again on Thursday night, we at least made it through the week avoiding “the start of WW3.” I’m afraid the same cannot be said for the beginning of WW2D (World-Wide De-Risking/Deleveraging). Key speculative leverage epicenters were under notable …

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And now Germans are again doing stupid things…

Historic irony: Germany is being sued over genocide complicity for helping Israel A globally widespread turn against Israel is far from complete, but Managua’s case at the ICJ is one of its clearest indications On April 8 and 9, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), often referred to as the …

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Are we slowly turning into China? If you watch the “wrong” things on YouTube, the Feds could demand that Google reveal your identity

via naturalnews: Privacy experts are sounding the alarm about two recent court orders that allowed the federal government to order Google to release private information about users who watched certain unapproved videos and livestreams on YouTube. According to the orders, the feds demanded information on all viewers of select YouTube videos that …

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Interventions in China’s current stock market crash initially made things worse. Market freedom now = zero.

(Bloomberg) — Chinese hedge funds were looking forward to a holiday break from the market turmoil when trouble started brewing last month. One manager had his short-selling orders abruptly rejected by brokers. Another was cut off from the stock market completely. Regulators turned up on trading floors at multiple funds …

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