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George Noble @gnoble79 The market is afraid of all the wrong things. Everyone’s locked onto the AI bubble, the Middle East, or private credit cracking. But the MAIN event is liquidity, and it’s draining out of the system as you read this. Gold is down nearly 30% from its high while silver’s been cut by …
Hidden tunnels, fake doors: China probes mining tragedy that killed 82 https://t.co/MbML70F7B4 — The Straits Times (@straits_times) May 26, 2026 BEIJING, May 26 – Unmarked tunnels, missing trackers and fake doors have been uncovered during an initial probe into the deadliest mining tragedy in China in over 15 years, with the government vowing to leave …
Fast food used to be the easiest choice. It was quick, affordable, and reliable. Something you didn’t have to think too much about after a long day. But lately, a lot of people are starting to notice that something feels different. Prices are higher, portions feel smaller, and the overall experience just doesn’t hit the …
Fast food used to be the easiest choice. It was quick, affordable, and reliable. Something you didn’t have to think too much about after a long day. But lately, a lot of people are starting to notice that something feels different. Prices are higher, portions feel smaller, and the overall experience just doesn’t hit the …
Private credit is in big trouble. Slow motion bank run byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Carlyle just capped redemptions on its flagship private credit fund after investors slammed in 15.7 percent withdrawal requests, the latest gate in a wave hitting semi-liquid vehicles. That liquidity squeeze rolls straight into bank balance sheets and regional lenders who already lag the …
Farms and ranchers are having hard time selling in British Columbia because of the First Nations land claims the court rulings. Now Indigenous groups are telling perspective buyers that they won't endorse transfer of crown licenses for grazing. Despicable. pic.twitter.com/MoucgN1Ysk — Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) March 30, 2026 VICTORIA — It was billed as a “once-in-a-lifetime …
🚨 UH OH! AOC might be in serious trouble. She dropped $19,000 of campaign cash on a “psychiatrist” who specializes in ketamine therapy. An FEC complaint has officially been filed for potential violation of federal election law and House Ethics rules. pic.twitter.com/nxom713YzN — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 29, 2026
The 2008 parallels aren’t subtle anymore. Let me lay them out: ✓ Credit bubble reversing ✓ Shadow banks gating investor redemptions ✓ Forced asset sales to raise cash ✓ Collateral getting marked down (JP Morgan just did this) ✓ Oil shock driving prices toward $100 ✓ Central bankers focused on inflation, the wrong risk ✓ …
Woman Motorist sees cop in trouble and stops to help. Hero! pic.twitter.com/NsWxgZXW1F — Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) February 10, 2026 Per Grok: The woman assisting the officer is Kylie Sutton, a 31-year-old from Rogers, Arkansas. In July 2024, she she helped Trooper Alexandria Duncan subdue a suspect during a struggle on I-49 after he grabbed the …
Protesters in Queens chant, “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here” https://t.co/tGxtEYTEwv pic.twitter.com/RKxD3uY4Ia — Luke Tress (@luketress) January 9, 2026 NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside a Queens synagogue Thursday night and shouted the slogan: “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here.” The political condemnation was swift. The …
Venezuela has 300 billion barrels of oil, the largest in the World, worth $17 trillion. Trump says the U.S. now controls it. This oil is worth more than the GDP of every country in the World except the U.S. and China. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance BREAKING: Trump says the United States will now use Venezuela's Oil reserves …
$VIX Inching in on December 2024 lows at 12.70$SPY broke ATHs today and looks like the kick off of a Santa rally is starting. IV is VERY low and in turn contracts and hedging is very cheap. Give me a $SPY breakout into the beginning of January. After that a pop in the $VIX… pic.twitter.com/U0F0IRfn5H …
🇯🇵 BOJ SIGNALS MORE PRESSUREBOJ: JAPAN YEN AT RISK 😱 Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda says Japan’s underlying inflation is steadily accelerating toward the 2% target, driven by tighter labor markets & rising wages. Wages + prices are changing fast.More policy shifts coming. https://t.co/jNIMU8IBvo pic.twitter.com/NcJgmvI4kl — Money Ape (@TheMoneyApe) December 25, 2025
(Bloomberg) — Copper hit a fresh all-time high above $12,000 a ton as severe mine outages and trade dislocations linked to US President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda put the crucial industrial metal on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009. Prices rose as much as 2% to $12,159.50 a ton on the London Metal …
via Phoenix Capital Research Last week the S&P 500 broke below its bull market trendline. This is definitely cause for concern. Since mid-May 2025, this trendline has served as critical support for stocks. So, the fact that the market actually broke this line (even temporarily) is a warning sign that things are deteriorating for this …
It’s not just $CMG dropping. Even fast food is dropping Wendy’s has been smashed and they probably have the best food of them all. It all comes back to the consumer pic.twitter.com/wCURBOAS19 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 1, 2025 🚨MORGAN STANLEY: THE BULL MARKET IS ABOUT TO END. Andrew Slimmon says we’re in the late …
TRUMP: IF CHINA DON’T DO BUSINESS WITH US, THEY’RE IN BIG TROUBLE “And if they don’t do business with us, I think China is in big trouble. I’ll be honest with you. I think China is… I don’t know that they even make it. I believe that they’re in big trouble. But we have to …
Continuing trend pic.twitter.com/O0k2lv0xTM — JuiceBoxHero 🌖 (@JuiceBoxHero775) October 8, 2025 At this rate gold will hit $5000 in about two weeks — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 8, 2025 Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely …
The economy is showing signs of a hidden avalanche. Companies with thin margins and heavy debt will crumble faster than the public expects, and defaults will ripple through suppliers, banks, and landlords. FORTY percent decline in year-over-year HVAC sales in Q3. That is FOUR – ZERO percent. The reckoning is here. Catastrophic for over-levered, poorly …
Friendly reminder: the 129-year-old Dow Theory flipped bearish back on March 14, 2025. The "things that make shit index" $DJI is pushing higher, but the "things that move shit index" $DJT is not confirming. Without confirmation, the "oldest market signal" is still flashing a… pic.twitter.com/4nMsCYel6O — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) September 10, 2025 https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1965790936849633290 …
Chris King has farmed Arkansas soil for 40 years. Last week, he stood before congressional staffers in Brookland with a message he never thought he’d deliver: “I have never been as worried as I am now about whether or not my kids and grandkids will be able to carry on,” he told local outlet KATV …
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna Tomorrow morning, I will be filing a special rule in the House of Representatives to call a discharge petition (a special mechanism that allows legislation to be brought to the floor by collecting signatures from Members of Congress directly). This effort will force a vote on legislation to END the …
Rate cuts: like putting a band-aid on a sinking ship. For those begging for rate cuts, look back at 2001 and 2008. The Fed started cutting right before unemployment spiked. The pivot wasn’t a win, it was the signal that the real damage was about to hit. If the economy was healthy and booming, there …
Producers are reportedly fed up as Whoopi Goldberg’s latest outburst on The View sparks renewed demands for her removal from the show.
Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans behind closed doors Thursday that he is pursuing $1.5 trillion in spending cuts as part of the GOP’s party-line megabill, resulting in a smaller tax cuts package of $4 trillion. The scaled-down component of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would present a huge challenge to House Republicans and …
During his final shareholder meeting as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Warren Buffet said conditions could develop in the U.S. that "could easily make us want to own a lot of other currencies." I'd say such conditions are developing and Berkshire is already eyeing foreign investments. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 4, 2025 *BUFFETT SAYS THERE COULD …
Are we on the verge of another epic stock market crash — or worse, a “lost decade” where equities go nowhere?Join us as we dive into the “Blood Indicator,” a historic signal that has often preceded major market downturns. In this discussion with Alan Hibbard and Mike Maloney, you’ll discover: Why excessive household investment in …
It looks like a bull flag has formed in CDX HY spread. If that's the case, the real fun is about to start. pic.twitter.com/RuFD8oObMP — Michael J. Kramer (@MichaelMOTTCM) March 26, 2025 So far, the “buy the dip” behavior from retail is very similar to Q1 2022. The $SPX didn’t bottom until Q4 2022. $SPY …
It breaks my heart to say it, but this is Ireland. We are in serious trouble. pic.twitter.com/CvsZYojujn — MichaeloKeeffe (@MickOKeeffe) March 14, 2025
