Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
Wonder why Germany is heading towards a crisis similar to Greece 13 years ago? Because the real government debt is 130% of GDP not 65% During the weekend a friend of mine claimed how German debt is still “low” and the country has room for to absorb ~900bn$ of spending that will mostly be channeled …
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused the United States of warmongering after the deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford to the Caribbean. The strikes have targeted vessels the U.S. says are involved in drug smuggling, with casualties reported in multiple operations. Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has accused Donald Trump of warmongering after he deployed …
Bitmine buys 203,826K Ethereum over the last week and now own 3.2M total ETH. Tom Lee: “The crypto market saw one of its largest deleveraging events ever last week and this put downward pressure on ETH prices. Open interest for ETH sits at the same levels as seen on June 30th of this year (ETH …
Does the American public have any idea about this? Why is so much money drained from the US and given to a foreign regime and the so-called war on terror? h/t favoritewasteoftime
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 do a jumbo 50bps cut …
Good Morning from Germany, where Chancellor Friedrich Merz is looking for excuses after a rough start on economic policy.“This task is bigger than some may have imagined a year ago – and I say that self-critically,” Merz admitted in a speech on Saturday in Osnabrück. “We’re not… pic.twitter.com/Q3BcYBvYUC — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 24, 2025 …
The S&P 500 keeps climbing to new highs while the transportation index, which tracks trucking, shipping, and freight companies, has started to stall out. That matters because transports are tied directly to the real economy, if goods aren’t moving, demand is slowing, and it usually shows up there first. In the past, these two have …
Cirium, an aviation analytics company, predicts that the Airbus A320 family will overtake the Boeing 737 series this month. As of early August 2025, the European aircraft maker has delivered 12,153 A320-family aircraft since Air France took delivery of the first 100 units of its single-aisle jetliner in March 1988, Cirium data showed. Boeing’s 737 …
NOW – Trump calls Epstein files "total bullshit!" pic.twitter.com/gCCqe9aFht — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 6, 2025 NOW – Trump on Operation Warp Speed: "One of the most incredible things ever done in this country… Everything about it was has been amazing." pic.twitter.com/PHc96ExPVZ — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 6, 2025
President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on Indian goods effective August 6, 2025. While some reports say this pushes tariffs to 50%, that number is misleading. The Times of India explained, “President Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on all Indian goods, escalating trade tensions between the United States and India” https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/donald-trump-tariffs-india-news-live-updates-russia-oil-india-us-trade-deal-tariff-impact-pm-modi/liveblog/123138458.cms. The …
The Bank of England, in coordination with European supervisors, is now asking major banks to run internal stress tests for a once unthinkable scenario: a full scale U.S. dollar funding shock. This includes modeling situations where access to dollar liquidity, even via swap lines could freeze entirely. These requests, made quietly through the BoE’s Prudential …
🚨 BREAKING: The FDA has just fully approved Moderna’s mRNA COVID shot for use in CHILDREN (!!!). WHAT THE FUCK?! Is there a single person left in this administration who isn’t a total sellout? Or are they all bought or blackmailed? Shame on you, @SecKennedy! pic.twitter.com/PKc9VKcJ8t — Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddek) July 10, 2025 They …
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin: “18 years since I've been at the Pentagon, I've never seen such operational security. There was nobody speaking about this….There was a complete lockdown, almost a blackout of information…There were no leaks.” pic.twitter.com/sAqE7wWGKb — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 22, 2025
What stage? 👇🏼 “Pennystocks just hit a record 47.4% of total market volume.“ – @dailychartbook pic.twitter.com/S6i7GDQ4aC — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) June 17, 2025 Tech Stocks relative to M2 Money Supply 🚨 Dot Com Bubble vs. Now 🤯🤔 pic.twitter.com/fVJLy7HCuB — Barchart (@Barchart) June 17, 2025 Big “risk off” sign. https://t.co/RKPFDQegTA — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June …
USA budget deficit: 2000: $236 billion 2001: $128 billion 2002: $158 billion 2003: $378 billion 2004: $413 billion 2005: $318 billion 2006: $248 billion 2007: $161 billion 2008: $459 billion 2009: $1.41 trillion 2010: $1.29 trillion 2011: $1.30 trillion 2012: $1.07 trillion 2013: $680 billion 2014: $485 billion 2015: $442 billion 2016: $585 billion 2017: …
The courtroom just tried to slam a door that was never really locked. A federal court ruled that President Trump lacked the power to impose certain tariffs without congressional approval. Headlines framed it as a roadblock. What they missed is that Trump’s path forward is already paved elsewhere. The appeal is just a speed bump. …
by Michael There was so much hype about the “peace talks” that were supposed to happen between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday. These were to be the first face to face negotiations between the two sides in three years, and many were hoping that they would ultimately lead to an end to the …
Scott Bessent, who is purportedly the lead negotiator of Trump's trade war with China, makes clear on CNBC that there is currently zero communication happening between the administration and Chinese officials pic.twitter.com/sFyOUkiWGR — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2025 Nasdaq The two scenario progress update. Blue pill or red ? https://t.co/jfVfPhkSne pic.twitter.com/OqLuxINpwJ — The Great …
Why the US Treasury bond market is on the brink of total COLLAPSE. pic.twitter.com/WlhPEVaXkf — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) May 5, 2025 2/ The US Treasury bond market may be nearing total collapse This $27 trillion asset is nearly the size of the entire US economy If this market breaks down, the ripple effects across the …
WARREN BUFFETT'S TRACK RECORD Compound Annual Gain (1965-2024):– Buffett: +19.9%– S&P 500: +10.4% Total Overall Gain (1964-2024):– Buffett: +5,502,284– S&P 500: +39,054% pic.twitter.com/sQSvxsfrG5 — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 13, 2025
BREAKING: The S&P 500 collapses as President Trump says he will impose an ADDITIONAL 50% tariff on China on April 9th if China does not withdraw their 34% tariff on the US by April 8th. Including Trump's "reciprocal tariff" of 34%, that's total tariff hike of +84% on China set… https://t.co/eHUSx7YjTq pic.twitter.com/4ZnDMTumKq — The Kobeissi …
Stargazers in North and South America will be able to view a red-colored “blood moon” starting Thursday night in the first total lunar eclipse visible on the continents since 2022. The celestial event, observable with the naked eye, will have more than an hour of totality and can additionally be seen in parts of western …
February 25, 2025 The FDIC began disclosing the aggregate assets of banks on the “Problem Bank List” at year-end 1990, an addition to the preexisting practice of reporting only the number of problem banks. Since then, changes in the industry over the past 35 years have made it comparatively easier to identify a large bank …
USAID staff are fighting back. Two unions representing USAID employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the cuts against Trump, Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the agency, the State Department and the Treasury Department. ‘What we’re seeing is an unlawful seizure of this agency by the Trump administration in a plain violation of basic …
USAID staff are fighting back. Two unions representing USAID employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the cuts against Trump, Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the agency, the State Department and the Treasury Department. ‘What we’re seeing is an unlawful seizure of this agency by the Trump administration in a plain violation of basic …
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pfizer-unions-others-donated-618-mln-bidens-inaugural-2021-04-21/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/549476-biden-inaugural-committee-raised-61m-with-big-sums-from-billionaires/
Michael Saylor is freaking out right now because when Bitcoin drops, non-recourse lenders are entitled to the collateral (Bitcoin). In this case, unless Saylor was able to massively dilute his shares to raise capital the lenders would simply take all of $MSTR's Bitcoin. https://t.co/d5Te7WktJZ pic.twitter.com/44WSSPgdSe — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 25, 2024 Yeah he's lying. Non-recourse …
Who could have possibly guessed Wikipedia went Wokepedia pic.twitter.com/qqhEkyx4h9 — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) December 24, 2024 Wikipedia's editors bias and lack of objectivity is evident. Thousands signed this manifesto:https://t.co/0lE9TtS9sV pic.twitter.com/JIrIRIocYz — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) December 24, 2024 One the craziest things ever said in America https://t.co/dBe8j68dlG — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 24, 2024
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/intel-arc-b580-review The $400 price range is the most competitive GPU market. Most users are stuck using xx50-60series cards(steam GPU survey). If intel can break into this market at a lower price point, they could eat up a good size chunk of the market. Most kids buy prebuilt, and Prebuilt pcs will rush to get these …
The whole second graph is a lie. It’s also hard to be a President to all Americans when the political leadership for half of the Americans plan on Resistance II, the sequel, as she outlines at the end. — BearFlagFan (@BearFlagFan) November 6, 2024