New York Times: “It may be in no one’s interest to reveal more [about] who blew up the Russian-backed Nord Stream pipelines”

That’s some investigative reporting. Intelligence leaks surrounding who blew up most of the Russian-backed Nord Stream pipelines last September have provided more questions than answers. It may be in no one’s interest to reveal more. https://t.co/N5dmSwOJwJ — The New York …

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Powell Testimony – Prepared Remarks TLDR “Higher than expected interest rates”. 1 mention of disinflation

by danielhanchen https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/testimony/powell20230307a.htm Main takeaways: Disinflationary trends have partially reversed in the recent months. PCE Core services ex housing shows no disinflation at all. Rents will show disinflation in the following months. Stronger than expected economic data most likely will …

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Wall Street used 0% FED interest rates to buy 40% of US residential homes. You will rent and be a slave and be sad

Institutional investors may control 40% of U.S. single-family rental homes by 2030, according to MetLife Investment Management. And a group of Washington, D.C., lawmakers believe that Wall Street needs to back away from the market. more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/21/how-wall-street-bought-single-family-homes-and-put-them-up-for-rent.html Rich love stocks …

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Credit Card Debt Reaching New Heights! Interest on Credit Card Debt in US Alone Is $200B… Amazon Reports Its First Unprofitable Year Since 2014

Source:CNBC Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014 Amazon lost $2.7 billion last year, the company said on Thursday. This was despite holiday-season sales growing 9%. Amazon’s shares fell in after hours trading. By far, the biggest culprit for …

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FINRA Alert! Short Interest – What It Is, What It Is Not. In post, FINRA calls out how some websites might be redistributing the Short Sale Volume Daily File and refer to the data as “short interest,” incorrectly.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/short-interest What Is Short Interest? To understand what short interest is, we should first talk about short sales. Put simply, a short sale involves the sale of a stock an investor does not own. When an investor engages in short …

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US Default? Since 2008, Net Interest Costs UP 192%, Social Security And Health Entitlements UP 140%, Nondefense Discretionary Spending UP 76% Based On 2032 Federal Budget

by confoundedinterest17 Newly-minted US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a daunting task: trying to avoid a US debt default. As I have discussed many times before, nothing has been the same since the US housing bubble and near-collapse of the banking …

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