JPMorgan and Wells Fargo quietly tighten lending standards.. Vacancy rates in major cities remain near record highs.. Commercial property values continue sliding.. Many wonder if this lending pullback is being coordinated to force distressed sales into the hands of select …
WE ARE IN THE PERFECT SET UP FOR A STOCK MARKET CRASH. 1. Consumers are still spending money they don’t have. – Consumer spending makes up 70% of GDP – But personal savings are near record lows and – Credit …
Decades of autism dogma face a federal reckoning. WASHINGTON — JANUARY 28, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the appointment of 21 new members to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). These appointments …
Gold rocketed past $5,000, silver just crossed $100 and the headlines are grasping for explanations – from tariffs to politics. When the narratives stop making sense, it’s usually a sign of something deeper. This week, let’s look at the signals… …
I am horrified. I cannot believe it. I analyzed public databases and media reporting on violent confrontations with ICE over the past year. Just 9 counties accounted for TWO-THIRDS of violent confrontations with ICE in America. This is twice all …
When the money quietly slips out, the hotels empty, and gold catches a bid, that’s the system warning you it’s done trusting the people in charge. Legitimate concern imo. https://t.co/jTXTrMDQvA — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 24, 2026 Quiet quitting… Like …
The 11 overlapping countries facing immigrant visa bans are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Uzbekistan. The suspension, effective January 21, 2026, targets nations deemed likely to burden US public resources; it halts immigrant visa processing …
Macron says €300 billion in European savings flown to the US every year will be invested in Europe from now on. All 27 states 🇪🇺 agreed to establish the S&I Union, a step toward the full Capital Market Union pic.twitter.com/CFUBNyFt14 …
China has reportedly landed more than a dozen military cargo planes in the Islamic Republic of Iran within the last three days. According to Iranian and Israeli media, roughly 16 Chinese military cargo aircraft have landed in Iran over the …
🇺🇸TARIFFS HIT AMERICANS, NOT FOREIGNERS A German study on $4T in trade shows American consumers and businesses absorb 96% of tariff costs through higher prices, while foreign exporters pay just 4%. Economists warn tariffs act like a hidden tax and …
Russia is experiencing one of the harshest and most extreme winters in recent memory – especially on the Kamchatka Peninsula. What began as a winter storm has turned into an apocalyptic reality, as entire neighborhoods are being buried under massive …
by confoundedinterest17 While its not the 2009, we do have a house price bubble that is deflating as The Fed slows M2 Money growth. However, we are witnessing rising foreclosure rates. Foreclosure activity increased in 2025, reflecting a continued normalization …
A reminder that about 1/4 of US debt matures in the next 12 months. The last two times we saw similar refinancing pressure, policy rates were at 0%. Today rates are 3.75% with the market pricing fewer than 2 cuts …
by confoundedinterest17 Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is in trouble. My Atollah! The Iranian currency the Rial has crashed to zero versus the US Dollar. As in WORTHLESS. The Rial has become worthless as Iranian inflation is at 30%. The Iranian Rial currency.
I didn’t know it was that bad. 1 week chart: https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=IRR&to=EUR&view=1W 1 year chart: https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=IRR&to=EUR&view=1Y Maybe it’s time to buy some rial at a discounted price? Regime change, economic measures, things get better? What do you think? View post on …
via schiffgold The analysis below covers the Employment picture released on the first Friday of every month. While most of the attention goes to the Headline Report, it can be helpful to look at the details, revisions, and other reports …
by confoundedinterest17 The littany of horror stories about government attempts to make housing more “affordabl;e” at enmdless. New York mayor Zoran Mandami appointed Cea Weaver as New York City’s housing Tsar allegedly to make housing more affordable. Her proposal? People …
President Donald Trump reposted a social media message on Sunday suggesting that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, born to Cuban immigrant parents, would become the next leader of Cuba. Trump republished on his Truth Social platform a message from …
by Michael The left wants to get millions of activists into the streets during the months ahead, and just like last time around they are hoping that an incident in Minnesota will be the spark. Meanwhile, ICE has initiated a “wartime …
by Michael The rules of the game have changed. At one time, western bankers could easily pull a few strings and keep the global price of silver within an acceptable range. But now financial centers in Asia are becoming more …
“Let me get this straight: We go to a country, we capture their leader, we bomb it, & then we say we run this country now — and that’s not war. But when they send cocaine over here, that people …
by Martin Armstrong https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Trump-on-Venezuela.mp4 COMMENT: You said these podcasts that Venezuela had the oil but the big question is China. Would like to expand on that now? Socrates showed the dollar taking off in October 2024 and the fourth quarter was …
by confoundedinterest17 This is the opposite of the housing bubble from The Big Short where home prices in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Florida rose then crashed. Instead, the fastest growing cities are in the northeast and midwest. The Case-Shiller 20-City …
by Michael Is this the end for the tyrannical regime of Ayatollah Khamenei and his minions? During the fifth day of protests in Iran, violence erupted in multiple major cities, and protesters were shouting for Khamenei to be killed. But …
CDC reveals massive vaccine apathy with over 80% of adults and 90% of children unvaccinated for 2025–26. Vaccination Trends: Reported on Friday, December 19, 2025 The percent of the population reporting receipt of the 2025─26 COVID-19 vaccine is 7.5% (6.0-9.0) …
This is not a light jacket kind of storm. STRONG COLD FRONT will move through nearly the entire United States today! 🥶 Very sharp divide between feel like temps in the 20s and 70s. pic.twitter.com/ATa4Zt0hXT — Max Velocity (@MaxVelocityWX) December …
Wars don’t begin with bombs, they begin with speeches like this. The president of Iran has declared his country is at “total war” with the US, Israel and Europe in the latest ratcheting up of tensions. Speaking to Iranian state …
by Michael This year silver has been on the greatest bull run that we have ever seen. It is up an astounding 166 percent since January 1st, and so those that purchased it long ago and stuck with it are …
by Michael While Christians in the western world peacefully celebrate Christmas, most of them have absolutely no idea what is happening to their brothers and sisters on the other side of the globe. As I detailed a couple of months ago, …
The Atlantic is speedrunning the blame game. First it is not BlackRock, then it is private equity, meanwhile normal Americans get priced out and the same policy clowns who broke housing keep their jobs. h/t Stimul8ed