Iran's biggest move would be to FUBAR the Strait of Hormuz, which it can do with its electronic jamming of tanker ship radio and scuttle boats. One could expect a spike in oil until US ships act as escorts. So much for not getting involved. The fact ...

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Interesting analysis of the days of week that stinky can put out a tweet and ratfuck your trades. Small sample size, but Wednesday and Thursday mornings are the worst.

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Economy contracting, GDP Deflator (inflation) rising. Looks like stagflation is on the menu.

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No one seems to be getting ready for the empty shelves. Starting in a few weeks, port freight out of California will be nearly eliminated. Remember peak Covid? In May 2020 there were 51 shipments blank sailings (not enough cargo) in Cali ports. ...

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I have such cognitive dissonance on this and it's really hard for me to wrap my head around. It is the US, and specifically, Donald Trump who is shitting the bed and farking up the the world economy, but how does the flow end up into US dollars? ...

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White House should review some old study materials from the 80s. url

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This about covers it: "This might be the single stupidest thing any of us will ever see," Dunt argued. "It is stupid in every way: presentationally, intellectually, politically, methodologically, morally and of course economically. The word stupid ...

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God forbid we have a stable economy. I guess people fall asleep with just steady 2% GDP.

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Freeze on government spending reduces G and C Firings of gov't employees reduces G Destablization of gov't decreases consumer confidence - reduces C Tariffs will reduce both X and M Who will make new business investment in this environment - reduces ...

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Amazing. I've seen no financial reporting on the 6,000 IRS employees, a majority in tax collection, that TrumpMusk have laid off today. Last night the Commerce Secretary said Trump will abolish the IRS and replace the revenue collected with tariffs. ...

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Like before, he will do the absolutely worst thing to do with a communicable disease: try to keep it quiet. "Pray" that it goes away by itself. By then, it's too late. The world knows that if we have a systemic collapse, it will be a global ...

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Things appear to be going swimmingly: What could go wrong?

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So Stinky wants to own Gaza, where his son-in-law wants to develop waterfront condos. US military "welcomed as liberators, I'm sure." And he also wants to shut down the CIA. FFS, US will just be blind. What a total shitshow. Futures already down, ...

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France turns away from Putin and fascism. Good move by Macron, but now there's a dance to be had.

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