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They send money or move to Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong for stability and lower tax. Reports from Henley & Partners and Knight Frank show record millionaire migration in 2025-2026. US creates a lot of new wealth but also rich Americans buy second citizenships as “plan B” for safety. They treat countries like investment portfolio. Not …
Congress approved a spending package Tuesday afternoon that secures funding for the vast majority of federal agencies through September, ending the second government shutdown in the span of four months. But what’s left unfinished — funding for the Department of Homeland Security — will be a doozy, with partisan tensions over President Donald Trump’s immigration …
When a country starts talking about demilitarized zones on its own soil, the leverage is already gone. Wars don’t end this way unless someone is running out of options. Ukraine’s president has floated a possible compromise to a key Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in eastern Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal could address one …
2000 had real demand too – internet adoption was exploding. Problem was business models + burn rates, not infrastructure alone. Today: AI has use cases BUT most revenue is still B2B SaaS selling shovels, not gold. Capex is real, ROI still unproven at scale. — klos (@klos) October 19, 2025
The latest housing market data reveals a troubling trend. Foreclosures are rising again, marking a shift from the unusually low levels seen during the pandemic years. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Debt and Credit Report confirms that distress is creeping back into the market, with 61,660 foreclosures recorded in the first quarter …
Two senior Federal Reserve officials said Monday that they are in no rush to cut interest rates further given the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. economic outlook and the White House’s new policies, including tariffs. “In my view … it’s really appropriate for policy to be patient, careful and there’s no urgency for making additional adjustments, …
BTC is a scam that targets the dumbest of the dumb. You trade your spendable money for un-spendable money in the hopes that it will be spendable one day. — Bit_Faced (@Bit_Faced) December 14, 2024 The last 2 times we had massive spikes was around the tops based off that graph. — Marley Chunger (@Waltonius) …
Current #eurozone spread blow-out should not be read through lens of 2012 #eurocrisis. Unlike in 2012, swap spreads of all sovereign bonds (incl. germany) are moving in same direction = rising basis for #eurozone as a whole. This pattern is closer to #GFC style liquidity crisis.… pic.twitter.com/OBsziN45gx — 🏳️🌈 Patrick Krizan 🇺🇦 (@PatrickKrizan) December 3, …
From disinformation campaigns to soaring scepticism, plummeting trust and economic slumps, the global media landscape has been hit with blow after blow. World News Day, taking place on Saturday with the support of hundreds of organisations including AFP, aims to raise awareness about the challenges endangering the hard-pressed industry. – ‘Broken business model’ – In …
Investors need to spend more time on FinTwit, they clearly don’t understand that BRICS currency is coming. pic.twitter.com/AJggpYMnyT — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) September 11, 2024 The scariest China 🇨🇳 chart pic.twitter.com/VPosl9EUzs — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) August 13, 2024 China continues to be a huge market for many companies, but market access barriers, tepid …
No one can say how much #JPY carry has contributed to recent US equity market slump. However, for 25y strong changes in JPY funding market (swap spread) have always coincided with strong US equity market corrections (monthly <-15%). Conditions are reunited again today. pic.twitter.com/0QIJcbLHXf — 🏳️🌈 Patrick Krizan 🇺🇦 (@PatrickKrizan) August 5, 2024 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1820439147909177692
Is the Fed heading towards another monetary policy mistake? "Perhaps, the Fed has no idea what is going on and their past policy mistakes can be taken as proof. If they indeed have no clue, how can anyone trust them?" 👇https://t.co/5SUCjKpcmZ — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) May 4, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous. “OK, listen, if you ban TikTok I will find you and shoot you,” one said, giggling and talking over other young voices in the background. “I’ll shoot you and find you and …
Breaking news echoes a surreal twist in the economic landscape as the biggest Pentagon contractors, typically synonymous with multibillion-dollar deals, now reject and cancel contracts due to the pervasive grip of inflation. In this unforeseen turn of events, certainties unravel, welcoming a journey into what seems like Bizarro World. This disruption challenges the very notion …
Here’s a mashup of Democrats explicitly calling for violence and unrest. When will any of them be held accountable? pic.twitter.com/mbGYXTX8CF — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 18, 2023