Downward revisions to economic numbers and corporate earnings imminent. S&P breadth weakest in over a year, signaling potential downturn. Credit spreads will spike.

Remember how I warned you all that after the election, we'd suddenly start getting "surprise" and "unexpected" downward revisions on all of the allegedly glowing economic numbers? 😎 Now watch corporate earnings and forward estimates revise down. — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) December 30, 2024 PAY ATTENTION. Warning signs are EVERYWHERE. https://t.co/BiwXM5MWdj — Uncle Milty’s …

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If NVDA goes down, the black swan will unleash. BlackWell disappeared from MSM, hiding its failure while promoting inflated $NVDA growth narratives.

Great point. If Nvda goes down, the black swan will unleash — Eyowa (@EzzineDe24450) December 29, 2024 BlackWell literally disappeared from all MSM that are now busy regurgitating all other vapourware PR fed to them in order to hide the big BlackWell failure elephant in the room and convince the masses there is still “spectacular” …

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Gold will forever shine as the ultimate store of value. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is the child of an illusion. The future will make this abundantly clear.

Gold is already quantum resistant and cannot be hacked. Bitcoin is not. Gold will continue to serve it's purpose even without electricity and internet service. Bitcoin needs both. Gold is embedded into the human consciousness. It's recognized globally no matter the location or… — Forex Zone (@ForexZoneForum) December 28, 2024 Each time @Saylor does his …

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Donald J. Trump: “I will end forever the use of the H-1B and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers. No exceptions.”

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-donald-j-trump-position-visas View post on imgur.com Statement by Donald J. Trump on Position on Visas “Megyn Kelly asked about highly-skilled immigration. The H-1B program is neither high-skilled nor immigration: these are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay. I remain totally committed to eliminating rampant, …

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Florida will use RADIOACTIVE waste product for road-building

A Florida company is giving new meaning to the popular “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” Specifically, it wants to reuse the byproduct produced during phosphate mining to build roads. There’s only one problem: It’s radioactive. Using radioactive material to build roads in Florida . Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the request of Mosaic, …

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Japan will be forced to hike again. Hedge funds cautious after #BOJ steamroll; slower $JPY weakening weakens jawboning impact. Japan’s economy defies every rule in the book

Japan will be forced to hike again. pic.twitter.com/OZoNx4M9IK — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 26, 2024 Translation : Urgent need for rate hikes. https://t.co/jAWawyZ51o — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 27, 2024 📊💴 Tokyo inflation accelerates, fueling rate hike expectations Tickers of interest: $JPY $NKY Full Story → https://t.co/kAUGf8Jhz6 pic.twitter.com/4nSjl8TVHp — PiQ (@PiQSuite) December 26, 2024 …

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The Fed Will Drive Gold Higher in 2025, and Here’s Why

The Fed’s recent rate cut was called “hawkish,” which is simply wrong. Hawkishness means tightening the money supply and raising interest rates. So what’s going on? Here’s how the Fed’s latest moves will send gold higher… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the overall economy. …

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Option skew hits 180; eight of the top ten readings occurred this December alone. Major institutions are liquidating and as soon as volume returns next week they will hit the bid.

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 …

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Trump Will “un-California” US Energy Policy on Day One

by Mike Shedlock An energy policy battle is brewing and I believe Trump will win on day one. Pulling the Plug on EV Mandates The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Can Pull the Plug on EV Mandates Overly stringent emissions targets ignore American consumers’ preferences and block economic growth. They’re also restrictive, costly and unachievable for …

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Everyone loves buying new highs and euphoria. The dumber you are in understanding the markets the better off you’ll perform ironically. The market will repeat the 2022 “drawdown”

The market is completely controlled by margin trading and the risk on appetite. As long as yen yield is low and sentiment is good we will double down on margin on the dips. So this bull market will continue but man will it have a seizure like end but I’m not timing it pic.twitter.com/WcU0nBEubo — …

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Spending cuts will be ‘complicated’ in congress.

Conservatives who want to slash the federal budget are hoping they can enlist President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk to their side come January. But last week’s meltdown over government funding underscored that Trump doesn’t always share their fiscal restraint. Though Trump and Musk helped upend an initial bipartisan appropriations deal loathed by fiscal hardliners, …

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Corporate bankruptcies and defaults accelerating, unemployment continues to rise, and spreads blow out. The 442,000 jobs added in Q2 will likely be revised NEGATIVE in February 2025

Corporate bankruptcies and defaults accelerating, unemployment continues to rise, and spreads blow out. Especially, after Powell said “we’ve avoided recession” and S&P Global is expecting the speculative-grade default rate to fall to 3.5% by September 2025. Moody’s pointed out… https://t.co/9tn3htvQQI pic.twitter.com/kPNU1t3OTz — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) December 21, 2024 This is concerning: Non-farm payroll employment in …

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If Michael Saylor is a genius, why does he need to keep telling people to buy his stock and borrow massive amounts of money? If Bitcoin collapses he faces a massive margin call from his lenders. No one will lend him money, he can’t issue new stock.

I don't understand why people buy $MSTR instead of just buying $BTC. — HayderTrader (@HayderTrader) December 21, 2024 https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1870370239164166605 Bitcoin $BTC ETFs saw an outflow of $680 million on Thursday, the largest outflow in history 🚨 pic.twitter.com/PvAVtTFogQ — Barchart (@Barchart) December 21, 2024

No soft landing for real estate: Mortgage rates rise despite Fed’s three rate cuts. Home prices are contracting sharply. Home builder lenar just said road ahead will be choppy

What have we learned from the market this Fall? There are 2 paths forward for Real Estate and both are painful: 1. Higher rates, stagnant market, layoffs, prices grind flat or down 2. Lower rates that come when the economy collapses, not because the Fed waves a magic wand — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) December 20, …

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A 50% drop in MSTR in a single day would theoretically wipe out the MSTU/MSTX 2x funds entirely, resulting in a 100% loss.

Hey Bob – you're close. Get this, if MSTR does -50% in a day, then the MSTUMSTX 2x funds get wiped out. Completely. Everyone loses -100% of their money. ~10bn aum between the two leveraged funds on a stock with a 80bn market cap. — lowstrife (@lowstrife) December 19, 2024 Factchecked by Chatgpt: Leveraged Funds …

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US Dollar’s strength causing global currency crisis, dislocation likely ahead. Japan will panic. The reverse carry trade isn’t f**king over.

The US Dollar is wiping out currencies worldwide. What a mess. Some type of dislocation is coming. Where and when? Who knows. https://t.co/okZ4Ritxou — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 19, 2024 BREAKING 🚨: Brazil Brazilian Real plunges to its weakest level against the U.S. Dollar in history pic.twitter.com/Pcfv1rpdef — Barchart (@Barchart) December 18, 2024 August 5th …

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Peter Schiff: Philly Fed survey plunges to -16.4; rising costs, falling revenues signal stagflation. Jim Bianco: If bonds lose faith in the Fed, yields will surge.

The December Philly Fed Manufacturing survey was another disaster, collapsing from -5.5 to -16.4, versus an expected rise to +2.8. This is the weakest level of the year. More problematic, prices paid jumped while prices received fell. All signs point to #stagflation. Sorry, Fed. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) December 19, 2024 The markets still don't …

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Greg Lopez (R-CO) of Musk’s DOGE Caucus says “there will be cuts” to Social Security and Medicare.

It’s just a matter of where and how much Musk will cut our Social Security and Medicare benefits now. BREAKING: @RepGregLopez says outside the first meeting of the DOGE Caucus that "there will be some cuts" to Social Security and Medicare. HANDS OFF OUR EARNED BENEFITS! pic.twitter.com/NFYjA6hdEo — Social Security Works ❌👑 (@SSWorks) December 17, …

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Woke Journo SUES Youtuber & INSTANTLY REGRETS IT! She Got BUSTED Deleting Evidence & Will Lose BIG!!

A recent legal drama has captivated public attention, involving a journalist known for her “woke” views and a prominent YouTuber. The journalist filed a lawsuit against the YouTuber, but the case quickly took a shocking turn when it was revealed that she had deleted key evidence. This move has sparked intense backlash and raised questions …

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Rising debt signals potential repeat of 1970s double-digit mortgage rates. If gold repeats 1970s parabola move. The largest bull market in history will be in gold.

Yields pre-warning that history is about to repeat. 1972 national debts 400million2024 national debt 35 trillion. How does a 10 to 15% mortgage rate look like today? pic.twitter.com/9Ki8eewmJb — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 15, 2024 If gold repeats 1970s parabola move. The largest bull market in history will be in gold. 200 $ up …

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When will they be popped? Pre or post January 20th? Where are we?

2 words. Bubbles. pic.twitter.com/mcXdx53aWg — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 15, 2024 Where are we? https://t.co/k6Xv3ZGedR pic.twitter.com/c9XqZm4cMA — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 16, 2024 NVIDIA could very easily fall 70% next year. Very bad for #Bitcoin & #Crypto if so. 2025 could be a doozy #StockMarkets #CapitalRotation #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals pic.twitter.com/MegZxOvzCV — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) December 15, …

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Peter Schiff: Inflation pressures gold, but Fed cuts and QE will drive it higher. Tavi Costa: Agricultural commodities surged; inflation battle continues.

Today's hotter-than-expected #inflation data, following similar news yesterday, is putting more downward pressure on #gold. But gold will soar when investors realize the Fed will keep cutting rates despite inflation, and return to QE, sending both inflation and gold much higher. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) December 13, 2024 Agricultural commodities have surged nearly 30% year-over-year, …

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