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This is one of those quiet setups that looks boring right before it bites. Vol is getting crushed even though stocks are barely moving, which tells you complacency is doing the heavy lifting. When UVXY and UVIX bleed this hard without a real rally, it usually means traders are leaning the same way. That works …
The White House has added text to the Wall of Fame next to the Rose Garden. 💀 @PenguinSix pic.twitter.com/3mVNI21LDo — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 17, 2025 Starting with the autopen picture standing in for Biden, the top plaque reads: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History. Taking office as a result …
We are seeing MASSIVE swings in markets right now: Between 11:55 AM ET and 12:25 PM ET, the S&P 500 erased -$450 billion in market cap. 23 minutes later and $320 billion in market cap has been added back. That's a $720 BILLION swing in market cap in under 1 hour. Capitalize… pic.twitter.com/88bfWEEP1V — The …
THE RECKONING Wall Street’s oldest warning system just triggered. The Shiller PE ratio crossed 40.16 this week. In 154 years of recorded market history, this threshold has been breached only three times. The first was December 1999. The second was November 2021. The third is now. What followed the first: a 49% collapse. What followed …
$JPM says consumers look fragile it’s down 4% But $spy $qqq is flat Genius market 不见棺材不落泪 pic.twitter.com/YZRdHt01SY — SwingTrader (@SwingTraderQ) December 9, 2025 Worsening Banks will be forced to start raising mortgage rates soon as funding costs and margins worsen. pic.twitter.com/lw0gP6y9Xt — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 9, 2025 $GS is predicting a steady decline …
Let’s take a walk down memory lane and see where all those bold 2025 Bitcoin targets ended up. • JPMorgan: 170,000 • VanEck: 180,000 • SChartered: 250,000 • Tom Lee: 250,000 • Robert Kiyosaki: 350,000 • BlackRock: 700,000 • Chamath: 500,000 • Michael Saylor: 1,000,000 • ARK Invest: 650,000 • Galaxy Digital: 400,000 • Pompliano: …
$208 million wiped out: Yieldstreet investors rack up more losses as firm rebrands to Willow Wealth As Yieldstreet tries to distance itself from a rocky past with a new name and ad campaign, its customers are dealing with a present reality that is increasingly dire. The private markets investing startup, freshly rebranded as Willow Wealth, …
We live in a Deeply criminal financial system. It is this way by design. It allows Wall Street to do speculation investing and turn America and the World into a Giant Financial Casino without consequence. This is how the Wall Street and the Banking Elite have stolen most of the wealth on planet earth. 5 …
And now they want a bailout already… pic.twitter.com/tB6DtpKj74 — Curtis Lemay (@CurtisLemay) November 5, 2025 Securing government backed bailout before they actually need them, you can't make this up. — blake (@blakestonks) November 6, 2025 A top market analyst’s warning in late October about a looming “prisoner’s dilemma” and an “AI wobble” in the stock …
⚠️This is INSANE: Retail investors' options volume spiked to a RECORD HIGH in October, according to Citadel Securities data. Mom-and-pop investors are now trading options TWICE as FREQUENTLY as they did last year. Also, their activity in 0DTE options hit a record ~60%. pic.twitter.com/cf4T9EIv3P — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 27, 2025 BREAKING: 🇺🇲 Starting …
Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0. Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else. pic.twitter.com/CnQ7auJrYb — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) October 24, 2025 OCC drops fine in final …
Big things have small beginnings. https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1981673722982674914 https://x.com/MrJJB/status/1981703730778239330 Key insight: Two more regional banks disclosed credit losses related to the bankruptcy of First Brands, the U.S. auto parts maker that filed for bankruptcy amid allegations that it engaged in fraud. What’s at stake: The list of large and regional banks with exposures to First Brands continues …
First Brands BANKRUPTCY shakes credit markets: The collapse WIPED OUT $4 billion in leveraged loans held across ~80 CLOs from PGIM, Franklin Templeton, Blackstone, and others. The sudden failure is a major warning for the broader credit market and leveraged loan sector… More corporate failures to come? ⚠️First Brands BANKRUPTCY shakes credit markets: The collapse …
PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST PUT OUT AN ESSAY ON CHINA. 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 THE STOCK MARKET IS GOING LOWER OFF OF THIS POST… pic.twitter.com/w1xWNCWJf3 — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) October 10, 2025 TRUMP: – THINKING OF INCREASING TARIFFS ON CHINA – CHINA IS BEING VERY HOSTILE TO US AND OTHER COUNTRIES ON RARE EARTH MINERALS …
Cash isn’t moving freely – Banks and central banks are hitting limits, so money can’t easily flow into riskier stuff. Short-term markets are stressed – The repo market is tight, meaning liquidity is stuck at the top instead of reaching normal markets. Treasury bills soak up money – New government debt takes up cash that …
For those who have followed me long enough, you know that vendor financing has been Nvidia’s practice since the introduction of ChatGPT. They have consistently invested in startups and hyperscalers so that these companies could buy their GPUs. Now, with the massive numbers coming in – an estimated $55B in revenue next quarter, over $60B …
BIS warns of mounting disconnect between debt and stock markets LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank for International Settlements has warned that record global share prices appear increasingly disconnected from the rising concerns about government debt levels in the bond markets. The BIS, which acts as an umbrella group for the world’s central banks, said the rise …
Adobe sits at a strange crossroads where the numbers shout strength but the market refuses to listen and the gap between reality and perception is growing wider by the day. Cash flow per share climbs steadily while the stock price lingers at its lowest valuation ever. Subscription revenue continues to grow at 14 percent annually, …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his country’s alliance with the United States was as “strong and as durable as the stones of the Western Wall.”
The Citadel hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is taking on the president over his attacks on the Federal Reserve as others remain silent Is a revolt against President Trump brewing on Wall Street? Until this week the response of America’s finance leaders to Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve had been muted. However, the White …
“It reveals the letter exactly as it was described in a mid-July report from The Wall Street Journal, which first uncovered the existence of the “bawdy” message.” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-birthday-book-oversight.html Trump Administration Live Updates: Epstein Estate Turns Over Birthday Drawing Apparently Signed by Trump A key congressional committee on Monday obtained a note and sexually suggestive drawing …
Chinese 🇨🇳 commercial banks including China Minsheng Banking and Huaxia Bank are tightening oversight of clients using credit cards to fund stock investments as retail investors pile into the nation’s $1 trillion market rally this month. Banks warned that credit card funds and cash advances can’t be used for investments with violations leading to canceled …
US 2s vs 30s gap widest since 2022. Yield curves keep steepening globally, particularly driven by 30-year yields. In the US, the gap between 2-year and 30-year bond yields has reached the widest since January 2022. pic.twitter.com/elg9pKFavG — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) August 28, 2025 Japan's 30yr is now up almost 1ppt YTDUS 30yr +12bps pic.twitter.com/5rIOLSCFK8 …
Without giving numbers this chart is my personal sales metrics over the last 12 months. Something happened in Feb. pic.twitter.com/awTFN5xeM6 — TrustDansCharts (@DizzleTheRizzle) August 27, 2025 This isn’t growth, it’s inflation’s disguise. Negative investment and exports show the economy’s underlying weakness. — MacroInsight360 (@MacroInsight360) August 28, 2025 Here’s an interesting trend from the retail sector: …
A staggering $6.4 trillion in U.S. debt comes due by the end of 2025. As foreign central banks flee treasuries and inflation surges, the Fed’s last resort could quietly destroy your purchasing power. Who will bail out America this time?
Jerome Powell’s last Jackson Hole speech will test his legacy as he battles inflation, defends Fed independence and pushes back against political pressure. Here's how the 🇺🇸 stock market has performed around Jerome Powell's recent Jackson Hole speeches – Trend Spider pic.twitter.com/BsBVztZIWI — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) August 22, 2025 Here’s how $SPY have reacted to Powell’s …
LMAO! Democrats are currently losing their minds over President Trump and Kristi Noem painting the southern border wall BLACK to let it get super hot from the sun. It’s being done so the criminals would burn their hands to the touch if they even tried. Genius move. 🚨 LMAO! Democrats are currently losing their minds …
95% of organizations that are pouring money into generative AI have little or nothing to show for it. That isn’t rumor. That’s MIT’s own conclusion. They say the machines can’t retain data. They can’t adapt. They can’t learn over time. So let’s stop pretending. They are not intelligent. Not artificial. Not anything. But Wall Street …
BUBBLE TROUBLE. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the worst of them all? pic.twitter.com/7AUJeeWqbm — The Great Martis (@great_martis) August 17, 2025 "what's the best that could happen?" pic.twitter.com/rG9nz4jzmx — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) August 16, 2025 Bank of America, survey says that US stocks are overvalued. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) August 17, 2025 According to …
