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This Fed is completely detached from reality. Market weakness is already baked in. They’re driving blind! Average Hourly Work Week. Leading Indicator!!! Only time lower GFC! Powell said today the labor market showed no signs of weakness. FFR = 4.33% and Fed still doing QT!! r*=2.75% Powell’s Fed is living in an alternate universe. pic.twitter.com/28TVX2tnsv …
(NEXSTAR) – The causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were released Friday after days of mystery and speculation. At a media conference Friday, Dr. Heather Jarell, chief medical examiner for New Mexico’s medical investigator office, identified Hackman’s cause of death as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiac disease, with Alzheimer’s disease …
Seasonality: $SPY & $VIX Second week of March is where market turns for Bulls. pic.twitter.com/CWdIEtqpKb — Prof (@TheProfInvestor) March 6, 2025
An early glimpse into Federal jobless claims for next week. https://t.co/iQA4MzwneI pic.twitter.com/QXt3SmTgGd — Anna Wong (@AnnaEconomist) March 7, 2025 Massive spike in job cut announcements pic.twitter.com/06LUZwwXjQ — Peter Berezin (@PeterBerezinBCA) March 6, 2025
by Michael There sure have been a lot of signs in the heavens lately. For example, less than a week ago there was a very rare alignment of the 7 other planets in our solar system on the exact day of the argument in the Oval Office between President Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. That should have gotten a …
South Carolina is scheduled next week to be the first state in 15 years and only the third in 49 to carry out an execution by firing squad. Brad Sigmon, 67, is on death row for the 2001 beating death with a baseball bat of his former girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County. He confessed that …
💢 At least three US federal agencies, including the Pentagon, FBI and State Department, told employees to ignore Elon Musk's request to document their weekly accomplishments or risk losing their jobs, reports say 📌 The Pentagon recently instructed staff to 'pause' any… pic.twitter.com/wEVCNGi73l — Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) February 23, 2025 Update (1647ET): Following Elon Musk’s …
by confoundedinterest17 I call this the house latitudes. Horse latitudes is a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies. And when the ships motion stalled, the crews would jetison their cargo of horses to the delight of sharks! So, we are in state of HOUSE latitudes …
In today’s forecast, we’re tracking a huge winter storm this weekend, followed by what could be the coldest weather in years next week! This weekend’s storm will bring heavy snow from the Central Plains to the Northeast, while the South faces a severe weather outbreak, with the risk of damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes. …
by Mike Shedlock Trump announced no details, but I believe I have a good idea of what he means. Many charts tell the story. Balance of trade data from census department through 2024, chart by Mish Reciprocal Tariffs Reuters reports Trump Says He Will Announce Reciprocal Tariffs on Many Countries Next Week. President Donald Trump said …
‼️This is INSANE: Retail investors purchased a MASSIVE $900 million of Nvidia, $NVDA, stock in the last week of January. Meanwhile, $NVDA stock has gone nowhere for 8 months and is down ~20% from the peak What if the dip continues dipping? Read!👇https://t.co/PN8zRte7W8 — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) February 3, 2025 This has never happened …
To make America great again one thing we need to do is transition from an income-based tax system to a consumption-based tax system. Tariffs tax consumption. Since you get less of what you tax, tariffs reduce consumption. So, in the short run that means a severe U.S. recession. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) February 3, 2025 …
Official analysis of Nvidia’s week: byu/IAmNotAnEconomist inFluentInFinance
AI isn’t going to collect your trash every week Long $WM ♻️ pic.twitter.com/ioPk1boLre — Dividend Hero (@HeroDividend) January 27, 2025
Drumpf has been President for 5 minutes. Why aren’t eggs cheap yet??? byu/EuphoricTrilby inwalkaway
January 27: AT&T Inc. (Q4 2024) Nucor Corp. (Q4 2024) Ryanair (Q3 2025) W.R. Berkley Corp. (Q4 2024) SoFi Technologies Inc. (Q4 2024) Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (Q4 2024) Graco Inc. (Q4 2024) Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc. (Q4 2024) January 28: Lockheed Martin Corp. (Q4 2024) Apple Inc. (Q1 2025) Microsoft Corp. (Q2 2025) …
Stock futures were down sharply on Monday on concern about an artificial intelligence stock bubble popping because of the emergence of Chinese startup DeepSeek that possibly made a competitive AI model for a fraction of the cost. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 430 points, or 1%, while S&P futures shed 2.3%. …
We’re expecting more snow and extremely cold temperatures that can be quite painful. However, there’s good news on the horizon—a warmup is finally coming soon. Hang in there, and soon we’ll be able to enjoy some relief from this harsh winter weather.
‼️The Bank of Japan is set to hike rates next week: Market showed on Friday as much as a 99% chance of a rate raise by the Bank of Japan at its January 23-24 meeting. Probability has risen two-fold over the last week. This comes after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda… pic.twitter.com/5FsQF4qRUN — Global …
Heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain will cause major problems this weekend and early next week. Severe weather and tornadoes are possible on Sunday across the south. Another winter storm is possible toward the end of next week further south. ARCTIC OUTBREAKS TO FREEZE 250 MILLION IN COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 2011 (Newsweek) The United States …
The S&P 500 is at the same level today as it was on the day after the election. It has gone nowhere for two months, amid EPIC levels of bull shit. New highs – lows peaked the week of the election and are now negative. The election gap that was a bear trap on the …
Cooking Oils Used By Millions Linked To Cancer In Second Study In A Week https://t.co/3OnaWyNgpL — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 29, 2024 Imagine if something as common as the oil in your kitchen could be silently contributing to cancer. For millions around the world, this unsettling possibility has moved from speculation to science. Two studies, released …
On December 27, 2024, a 67-year-old man was found on fire at Penn Station in New York City. Commuters alerted authorities at around 8:10 p.m. after discovering the man suffering from severe burns to his legs and upper body. He was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition. This incident occurred just five …
Option skew has only hit 180 once in history. That was today. The next highest level was 174 in early December. Eight out of the top ten skew readings in history are now in December. Every reading above 170 is in 2024 (blue rectangle). Wow. pic.twitter.com/MtnwoJxtI4 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 27, 2024 Last week's rate …
As retail investors flock to stocks with record inflows, yesterday 20 day skew hit a new all time high, as Wall Street quietly liquidates. pic.twitter.com/f5f9vfWUgy — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 24, 2024 A big Christmas vol crusher to round-trip VIX back to the lows of last week as if the hawkish FOMC had never happened. However, …
by Tom McClellan December 20, 2024 Back on Nov. 14, 2024, I noted in a Chart In Focus article that the current market’s price path was looking a lot like both 1964 and 1980. It seems appropriate to review the progress since then. This week’s chart looks again at that 1980 comparison. 1980 was when …
84% of newly built and sold homes as of 2022 were all part of an HOA or Homeowners Association. This is a worrying trend because a lot of homebuyers don’t want to be a part of an HOA and many people who live in one now want to escape it. But these communities are ruining …
Enjoy your rate cut this week. There might not be another one for a long time. pic.twitter.com/Z04lWsu2Tn — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 16, 2024 This is what “sticky” inflation looks like. pic.twitter.com/zcKIeq34a2 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 16, 2024 Yields on 10-year Treasuries rose about a quarter of a percentage point last week, the biggest …
This market better get rolling soon next week or the Santa rally is dead. The markets been terrible this December. Very unusual — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 13, 2024 That’s why I’m not buying. — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 13, 2024
