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An uneasy mood is settling as the UN warns of a “worst-case scenario” unfolding in Gaza, a phrase heavy with dread but light on concrete solutions. The reality is more tangled. Israeli society, long unified behind its military campaigns, now …
Grocery prices now change 100 times a day. Walmart’s electronic shelf labels are live in 1,000+ stores, with 2,300 targeted by December. Kroger’s rollout is ahead of schedule. Labels update based on time, inventory, competitor pricing, and weather. USDA’s July …
Not gonna lie, this might be the worst burn I have seen in my life. I would just delete my account at that point. 💀 pic.twitter.com/AD5lR7Govi — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) July 27, 2025
Retail giant's California stores closing after failed attempt at revival https://t.co/aEIaDsbjsO — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) July 25, 2025 Sears’ once-mighty empire is set to shrink even further as it shuts another store in California. The closure of the Burbank …
What do a $2,500 gold “crash,” Trump’s Fort Knox questions and Ray Dalio’s civil war warning have in common? They all underscore the same point: If you have the gold, you make… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds …
Fed faced same risks in ‘99 as today… June 1999. The Fed is concerned about: -Rampant equity speculation and its impact on wealth (SPX PE 24x, today 23x)-Too tight labor markets (UR 4.3%, today 4.1%)-Too high wage growth (ECI 3.5%, …
Benjamin Cowen, Founder and CEO of Into the Cryptoverse, discusses Bitcoin dominance as the key to crypto portfolio success and why altcoins remain speculative assets that bleed against Bitcoin over macro time scales.
S&P 500 market breadth is near the worst levels it's ever been byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
What collapse am I referring to? The ongoing economic collapse in China… China is trapped in the worst deflationary spiral since the Great Depression, and one financial expert believes it’s a downturn the Chinese regime will not recover from. In …
E-commerce volumes are stalling across key retail categories. This isn’t seasonal noise. It’s systemic friction. Consumers are pulling back. Tariff pressure is shifting behavior. High-income brackets are still spending. The rest are freezing up. The latest AlixPartners retail index shows …
Jerome Powell just confirmed what markets already suspected. The Federal Reserve would have cut rates by now if it weren’t for the tariff barrage coming out of the White House. That’s not speculation. That’s Powell’s own words. Inflation forecasts jumped …
by Michael The U.S. dollar just keeps getting weaker and weaker, and that is a major problem because our current standard of living depends on having a strong dollar. When the U.S. dollar is strong relative to other national currencies, …
Where’s the money going?! Personal Income: -0.4% vs 0.3% exp. Weakest in 4 years. pic.twitter.com/vajFt4oLJE — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) June 27, 2025 Not good https://t.co/KVlatfqiI9 — Merlin Capital 🧙♂️ (@merlinscapital) June 27, 2025 Breaking Core PCE +.2% vs +.1% exp …
by confoundedinterest17 New home sales are going down. New home sales plunged in May, the biggest MoM drop since June 2022. The median sales price increased 3% from a year ago to $426,600 last month, marking the first year-over-year price gain …
Healthcare Stocks are underperforming the S&P 500 by the largest margin in 25 years byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Pharma, biotech, and managed care have all taken hits. Drug pricing reforms, regulatory uncertainty, and political pressure have weighed on sentiment. Even with the …
🚨 UPDATE: Elon Musk floats reconsidering his position on the Big Beautiful Bill after Adam Schiff’s vehement opposition to it “Few things could convince me to reconsider my position more than Adam Schiff agreeing with me.” pic.twitter.com/22sdSnRgME — Eric Daugherty …
She’s so soft and entitled. Literally the worst presidential candidate in history. https://t.co/eCuzAt7f1p — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 24, 2025 "The country doesn’t belong to whoever is in the White House — it belongs to We the People." Former VP …
April to June 2008: There was a brief dip in expectations as some believed the worst might have passed and markets slightly stabilized. — Citizen Watch Report (@Citizenwatchrep) May 13, 2025 Once again, the #recession never came. Economists and markets …
Japan wage shock: Real wages plunge to -2.1% YoY, the worst in two years, and a deflationary disaster for the BOJ which puts a final nail in any hiking plans. If anything, BOJ should restart NIRP and boost QE (but …
Exactly!!! Last week, the narrative focused on (X-M), gold adjustments… pure noise compared to the real story! GDP sales were negative, a rare event outside a recession. pic.twitter.com/TPj0Rrhm0i — XC Macro 🧭 (@XavierComelli) May 4, 2025 A picture of the …
Retail needs to chill tf out even if institutional is wrong…2020 bred stupidity that we haven’t seen in a long time and while 2022 waxed some of said retail, it clearly didn’t take enough of them out. Horrific habits have …
Worst Dallas Fed manufacturing survey since 2020: New orders collapse.Prices paid soars. There’s a term for this. It’s called ‘margin compression’, and it’s deflationary for asset prices. pic.twitter.com/5HmmYd57T2 — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April 28, 2025 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index …
America’s pensions are in big trouble. Many are underfunded vs their payout commitments. Many are being recklessly managed, overinvested in far too speculative assets for the safety of their constituents. Ted Siedle is a former SEC attorney. His firm, Benchmark …
BREAKING: The NY Empire State Manufacturing Index fell to -8.1 points in April, recording the 3rd negative reading this year. More importantly, 6-month outlook for general business conditions plummeted to -7.4, the lowest in 24 years. Additionally, the 6-month outlook …
This Trumpcoaster is the worst 🤡🎢 🎪 — Franca Russo Rivera 🩵 (@FrancaRose33) April 23, 2025 Is Trump paying attention to Making America Great again with bringing back jobs or is he focused on the worlds largest pump & dump …
*IMF CUTS GLOBAL GROWTH FORECAST TO 2.8% IN 2025, CITING CENTURY-HIGH U.S. TARIFFS — Investing.com (@Investingcom) April 22, 2025 US Philadelphia Fed Non-Manufacturing Activity Apr: -42.7 (prev -32.5). 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/YwRqrzxYT4 — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April 22, 2025 U.S. FACES …
U.S. Profit Outlook is now the most unfavorable since November 2007 🚨 Anything interesting happen in 2008? 🤔👀 pic.twitter.com/NadMu4F7ps — Barchart (@Barchart) April 16, 2025 Wow, that’s a worse print than during the 2001 and 2009 recessions. It’s getting really …
$DXY has now plunged more than 8% year-to-date, its worst start to the year since 1995. Got silver? Got gold? byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver
Consumer confidence plummeted to second lowest on record for a series that dates back to 1952 as American workers are afraid for their jobs in way the economy hasn’t seen since the worst months of 2009. If that wasn’t enough, …
The reason why Trump paused tariff negotiations with the rest of the world is because he never expected the Asian Tigers ex-China to lower their trade barriers to ZERO. Now, If he makes an agreement to eliminate all trade barriers …