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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran FM Araghchi reacts after a major bridge in Iran was destroyed in a U.S. strike. “Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender. It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy …
Futures deteriorating. Crypto tumbling. Monday looks interesting! pic.twitter.com/FY8mEWCFWa — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 22, 2025 Gold is trading at a new record high, above $3,725. At the same time Bitcoin continues to decline, trading below $113,000, hitting an overnight low …
“Pharma stocks tumbled today after Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for authorizing vaccines, resigned under pressure from his new boss, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy …
by Mike Shedlock The discrepancy between housing starts and completions is the largest since 1980. Let’s discuss. Data from the Census Department, calculation and chart by Mish The DotCom bust was unrelated to housing. Most recessions impact housing or housing …
BY DAVID HAGGITH Photo by Charlotte Harrison on Unsplash Today’s news is so flooded with stories that show the trends I’ve teen warning about that I can’t even begin to cover them all in the time I have to read through the news, …
Written by Walter Block on his substack blog: How does one describe our present banking system? It is like an upside-down pyramid, with the tippy top of it located at the bottom and the widespread base of it placed at …
by confoundedinterest17 The Federal Reserve reminds me of The Stones’ song “Tumbling Dice.” Why? The Fed can’t tell if inflation is cooling or re-accelerating. Hence, they are just rolling dice. Let’s start with mortgage rates, a critical component of the housing and …
Guest Post by Pam and Russ Martens at Wall Street on Parade.com: On March 30, 2022, two highly troubling events occurred: (1) Fed data showed that unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities at the 25 largest U.S. banks were approaching the …