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The U.S. housing market hit a fresh distress milestone this morning. Foreclosure filings in Q1 2026 rose to 118,727, a 26% increase year-over-year. Bank repossessions (REOs) surged even higher, jumping 45% since last year. Analysts are calling this the highest level of foreclosure activity in six years as pandemic-era protections have fully cleared and high …
Grant Cardone says a $500,000 house can cost $320,000 in interest before taxes or maintenance “Bank of America is gonna charge you 8% for 10 years. You put 8% on $400,000, that’s 32K a year, times 10 is 320K” “So you need to sell your house for 500K plus 320K to break even, and… pic.twitter.com/mRd3xK6SzC …
JUST IN; STARMER SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO START SAVING & PREPARE FOR CRISIS "people might change their habits, where they go on holiday this year, what they're buying in the supermarket, that sort of thing." pic.twitter.com/asjYG4PI3g — Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) April 27, 2026
Shadow banking is basically the 2008 subprime sequel but with different branding. the sec poking around now means the smoke is finally getting too thick to ignore. Private credit firms have been marking their own homework for years with these valuations, and we all know how that ends. U.S. Officials Try to Get a Grip …
Section 1400Z-2 allows deferral of realized gains if reinvested within 180 days into a qualified opportunity fund, with exclusion on new gains after 10 years. via WSB: look, i know most of you are down 60% on some 3dte call, but humor me if you somehow made money this year, you have a tax problem. …
WARNING: We’re being primed for Klaus Schwab’s “Cyber Pandemic” In a new interview, SAM ALTMAN agrees there could be a “world-shaking cyber attack this year.” Altman: “I think that’s totally possible. Yes.” 🚨WARNING: We're being primed for Klaus Schwab's "Cyber Pandemic" In a new interview, SAM ALTMAN agrees there could be a "world-shaking cyber attack …
Iran war risks triggering 2008-style financial crisis, warns Bank of England chief The Iran war risks triggering a 2008-style financial crisis, the governor of the Bank of England has warned. Andrew Bailey said a meltdown in the $3tn (£2.2tn) private credit market triggered by the conflict could snowball into a wider crisis, given the world …
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"Consensus estimates from Bloomberg now project GDP at 2.28% and headline CPI inflation at 3% to end the year."@_JoshSchafer pic.twitter.com/iYvnlVhrO1 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) April 8, 2026 🔴 Fed Minutes: Many participants saw risk of inflation remaining elevated for longer than expected amid persistent oil price increase, which could call for rate hikes. — FinancialJuice …
Buckingham Palace say King Charles will NOT issue an Easter message this year. He is the 'Supreme Governor of the Church of England' and 'Defender of the Faith'. Here he is packing dates for Muslims to eat at sunset during Ramadan. Shameful. pic.twitter.com/S2JqXRuG8s — Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) April 2, 2026 pic.twitter.com/LGpxaNikVi — Billy Ridgeway (@Billoncho777) …
Fake news, the video is atleast a year old and not related to IRGC forces or in Isfahan. pic.twitter.com/xOh5fVoTQ7 — Samir 🇨🇦 (@Ethiopianlion99) March 27, 2026
The war in Iran is, for markets, a hot mess. It’s on, it’s off, it’s getting better, it’s getting worse and pretty much every asset class on the planet is getting bashed around with every new headline like a ping-pong game from hell. Some of this is frankly too exhausting and ultimately too pointless to …
United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year as industry faces worst shock since COVID The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high through 2027. …
Reuters: OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) – ChatGPT maker OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than rival Anthropic as both artificial intelligence companies court buyout firms to form joint ventures aimed at raising fresh capital and accelerating adoption of enterprise …
Let me tell you why this Goldman Sachs headline is the most dangerous one you’ll read today.. Companies spent $450 billion on AI last year.. fired tens of thousands of people to “restructure around AI”.. replaced entire departments with chatbots.. And Goldman Sachs just said it contributed basically zero to economic growth.. so where did …
I am speechless. Trump brought prices down for a yearthen managed to spike it up by 100% in 2 months pic.twitter.com/GxjCvpUbze — Prof (@TheProfInvestor) March 19, 2026 Amid all this turbulence in Hormuz, the Fed kept its dot plot intact, which only underscores the point I have made all week, that Powell is not keen …
Quarterly earnings gone. If companies only report twice a year, insider trading just got a much longer runway. Think about who benefits from less frequent disclosure. — CoinFlowX (@CoinFlowX) March 16, 2026 So companies can hide bad news for half a year now? Cool. What could possibly go wrong? 😑 — Jon (@jonjoules_) March 16, …
Last time Trump tweeted about panican, market bottomed exactly on 4/7 last year. https://t.co/rsxZRa3V7Y pic.twitter.com/yyh8D8xB1t — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) March 14, 2026 Many don’t know that when RSI is the lowest, and markets are extremely oversold, this is when market is most ripe for collapse. Few. — tic toc (@TicTocTick) March 14, 2026
The entertainment and media company BuzzFeed—once well-known for publishing the fake Russiagate dossier on President Donald J. Trump but refocusing in recent years on online quizzes, listicles, and AI-generated pop culture content—announced late Thursday that it is facing significant debts after registering a $57 million revenue loss in 2025. As a result of its deteriorating …
Energy is up 10-15% this year. Not 700%. This guy is just an attention seeker. No way this was energy inflation — Andrew (@andrewRD_PT_MHP) March 5, 2026
FACT CHECK: MURDER RATE In his 2026 State of the Union, President Trump said, “Last year, the murder rate saw its single largest decline in recorded history. This is the biggest decline, think of it in recorded history, the lowest number in over 125 years.” A CBS News fact check has determined that is true. …
Foreclosures are surging across the United States, and the numbers are hard to ignore. In January 2026, over 40,000 homes were seized, marking a 32% increase compared to the same month last year. This is the 11th consecutive month of rising foreclosures, and experts are warning that things could get even worse before they get …
https://x.com/WallStreetMav/status/2026103508877893783 CBO projects deficits and debt to worsen sharply over the next decade The CBO said that the deficit for fiscal 2026 – President Donald Trump’s first full fiscal year in office – will be about 5.8 percent of GDP, about where it was in fiscal 2025, when the deficit was $1.775 trillion. But the …
The national debt hit its most dangerous imbalance since WWII. Inflation opened up the throttle. Trump Tariffs got trumped by European refusal to play along. Kevin “the hatchet” Hassett got chopped. by David Haggith While we’re not yet facing the four horseman of the apocalypse, four ponies of the apocalypse have arrived. It’s a bad …
Perfect storm for lower demand: less socializing, pot and gummies replacing it, GLP-1s reducing appetite for everything, Covid leaving some people unable to process it — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) February 19, 2026 GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are being linked to significant reductions in alcohol consumption It’s not just food — weight-loss drugs have seen some users …
Nothing selling in my area for over a year except two lower priced units. The days of using your house as bank account are over. Flippers are fu**ed as well. WASHINGTON (TNND) — A recent report from Inman, a real estate publication, reveals a Redfin survey found that 71% of active real estate agents did …
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump announces the US will take in nearly $1 TRILLION DOLLARS in tariff revenue next year, throwing the experts into a state of SHOCK "Next year, $900 BILLION DOLLARS in tariffs! Unless the Supreme Court says you can't do it, can you believe it?!" 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hU7UAHKLRd — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February …
Wow, why is Buffett & team selling out of these massive names? https://t.co/oWLHPOhKzx — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) February 17, 2026 ‼️The largest US stock buyer since 2009 is STEPPING BACK: Combined buybacks by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle fell to $12.6 billion in Q4 2025, the lowest in 7 YEARS. This marks the 3rd …
1 in 4 unemployed Americans is stuck in the trap. After 6 months:→ Employer callback rates drop ~45%→ ATS systems flag the gap automatically→ Network connections go cold→ Savings run out The job market seems to be structurally punishing people for being in it too long.… pic.twitter.com/QqSI4m4Osb — RANTZINE (@rant_zine) February 17, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, …
