Stocks Don’t Lead the Economy — This Does
Leading is down, cyclical is turning, aggregate is when most people will feel it
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Leading is down, cyclical is turning, aggregate is when most people will feel it
A 718% surge in physical gold deliveries reveals a major shift among institutional investors, central banks and what we call “the smart money” set. What do they know that you don’t? By Peter Reagan For the average person, what organizations with large amounts of money do isn’t usually relevant to their day-to-day lives. Sure, if it …
by Michael This is the moment when humanity will choose between peace and global war. Sadly, it appears that our window of opportunity to choose peace is rapidly closing. Negotiations with Iran have not made much progress, and the Trump administration is warning that it is ready to “walk away” from negotiations to end the …
After three years of consolidation, energy stocks seem poised for a major breakout in my view. Yet another case of excessive skepticism likely turning into opportunity. pic.twitter.com/XruGHUYix8 — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 1, 2025
For years, the left counted on young voters to be the backbone of their progressive movement. But now? The numbers don’t lie. Trump is pulling 52.7% of the 18-29 vote, and young men are backing him in massive numbers. David Shor is stunned. Ezra Klein is in despair. “Democrats are getting destroyed now among young …
Rep. Garcia, Sen. Schumer, and other Democrat leaders—the same ones who preach about accountability—are now facing serious legal trouble. .@RepRobertGarcia is now under investigation by the DOJ for threatening Elon Musk with violence. Garcia should be censured and then expelled from Congress. He should also be deported since he originally came to the US illegally. …
Gender ideology parasitized people's brains and turned them into seemingly rabid versions of their former selves. This is how one of my very closest friends (at the time) responded to my article debunking the "sex spectrum" in 2020, including my responses. Many years of… pic.twitter.com/Et0VDUEW6v — Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) January 29, 2025 Here's the essay …
This is turning into the dystopia from Back to the Future ii pic.twitter.com/fEKHSkiGVl — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) January 5, 2025 U.S. unemployment rate expected to rise to 4.36% in December. Highest since October 2021, according to Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/um68YbqcxM — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) January 5, 2025 Unemployment is expected to be 4.3% on Friday, which is …
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It’s Toytown basic economics that the price of any commodity or service is determined by the relationship between supply and demand. The less there is of anything, the higher its price will be, depending on the level of demand. The greater the level of supply the lower the price, and thus the greater the demand and …
https://twitter.com/MelaniaTrumpX/status/1861109545767932050 This is GOLD. Yes our “blue check mark” makes us a reporter ..We take your mockingbird drivel and give it context so that consumers of it can read through the bias and undertake why it’s being JAMMED down their throat. You ceased being reporters when you started copy/pasting CIA… https://t.co/roqEZQWiUD — Johnny St.Pete (@JohnMcCloy) …
America was turning into a police state too. We were one election away from turning into the UK and getting locked up for social media posts by the Biden regime. They were all openly telling us they were going to do it. These people must never gain power again. — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November …
Ouch… pic.twitter.com/F9ycD4gdhV — @amuse (@amuse) November 8, 2024 Tuesday’s elections in California will have been difficult for Democrats to stomach. A staggering 40% of Californians voted for Donald Trump, with Republicans leading in several of the most competitive house districts. Even in San Francisco, the uber-progressive mayor London Breed has been voted out. No wonder, then, that Governor …
Mind Blowing, Democrats don’t even bother showing up anymore. Entire room basically EMPTY “This is Chicago City Council. This is how they show up. This is how they ignore the citizens — They don’t show up for a quarrel” the ones that do show up “they’re on their cell phones” The Committee on the Budget …
The U.S. housing market is now tilting in favor of buyers, who are pushing back against the high home prices that sellers are demanding, according to Compass cofounder and CEO Robert Reffkin. He told CNBC on Wednesday that 30% of the inventory on the market has seen a price drop, which is more than anytime …
by jessefelder The macro evidence suggests we are at a major turning point. It’s the sort of thing that could precipitate a reversal in the relative performance of commodities versus stocks. On its own, the stock market already looks primed for a major shift in trend… …especially if the economy is headed for something harder …
Ratio of refused visitor visas to approved ones was higher in recent months than any point since height of the pandemic Canada is taking steps, both official and unofficial, to curb the number of people coming to the country, highlighting the way in which immigration has become a political flashpoint ahead of a federal election. …
A growing number of African countries are turning to gold to hedge geopolitical risk and protect against currency losses. Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, and several other African nations have made moves to increase gold reserves, bring their gold home, and even back their currencies with the yellow metal. South Sudan is the latest country to …
The clock is already ticking down to what should prove the most spectacular event of the summer. In less than two week’s time, the Paris Olympics will open. According to the plan, as well as a sporting festival, it should hugely boost tourism, revive the city, draw investment and kick-start a French economy that is …
CNN unleashes a blistering reality check on Biden, revealing that trust in Trump soars while the economy tanks. SAVAGE: CNN just aired the most brutal 2-minute takedown of Joe Biden’s Presidency during an interview with him as a reporter hurls rapid-fire reality checks to his FACE: "Voters trust Trump more on the economy." "Housing prices …
via pentoport: Powell and the FOMC are pining for rate cuts and to end Quantitative Tightening even though inflation is the most salient issue for businesses, according to the NFIB and ISM surveys. The Fed is still talking about several rate cuts this year and reducing the pace of Quantitative Tightening by half very soon …
Despite modest wage growth, the gap between income and the cost of living continues to widen in the US, making essentials like homeownership increasingly out of reach for many. As a result, more individuals are turning to innovative solutions like online property auctions to navigate the challenging market landscape. Affordability in the US is getting …
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 Washington says involve criminal activity …
Dan Krauth has the latest details on the case of a woman’s body found in duffel bag in Kips Bay.
Wells Fargo downgrades Tesla to Underweight, sets $125 price target. "Wells Fargo downgraded Tesla to Underweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $125, down from $200." $TSLA (is Wall Street turning on $TSLA?) pic.twitter.com/vUYvdG6ohc — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) March 13, 2024 Shares now down 58% from the $414.50 high [November 2021]$TSLA https://t.co/UN5XacXGGA — …
Streams in Alaska are turning orange with iron and sulfuric acid. Scientists are trying to figure out why Dissolved oxygen was extremely low, and the pH was 6.4, about 100 times more acidic than the somewhat alkaline river into which the stream was flowing. The electrical conductivity, an indicator of dissolved metals or minerals, was …