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This just in ???
According to who ???

Crypto Rover cited $50 million in shorts being covered over a month ago.

May 21st, 2025.

This short-covering caused a spike in Bitcon from $68,500 to $71,200
I would suggest that it was an excellent cover given that Bitcoin is currently trading at $105,500.

Bitcoin Shorts Liquidation Surges: $50 Million Wiped Out in 60 Minutes Impact on Crypto Trading Sentiment | Flash News Detail | Blockchain.News

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it is according to Watcher.Guru, which is clearly evident in his post.

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Still "stalking" me and following me around Captain Obvious?

Or are you just super impressed with an unsupported "tweet" from an outfit called "Watcher Guru."
lol

DiabloWags said:

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DiabloWags said:

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This just in ???
According to who ???

Crypto Rover cited $50 million in shorts being covered over a month ago.

May 21st, 2025.

This short-covering caused a spike in Bitcon from $68,500 to $71,200
I would suggest that it was an excellent cover given that Bitcoin is currently trading at $105,500.

Bitcoin Shorts Liquidation Surges: $50 Million Wiped Out in 60 Minutes Impact on Crypto Trading Sentiment | Flash News Detail | Blockchain.News

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it is according to Watcher.Guru, which is clearly evident in his post.

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Still "stalking" me and following me around Captain Obvious?

Or are you just super impressed with an unsupported "tweet" from an outfit called "Watcher Guru."
lol

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I think you know how to use Google, but I decided to help you anyway. Consider it an act of kindness.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.eblockmedia.com/news/articleViewAmp.html%3fidxno=22427

Looks like another "safeguard" just got thrown out the window.

The Fed board voted 5-2 on Wednesday to propose changes to what's known as the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio, which applies to the largest US bankslike Bank of America, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs. The revisions would reduce holding companies' capital requirement under the ratio to a range of 3.5% to 4.5% from the current 5%. Their banking subsidiaries would see that requirement lowered to the same range from 6%.

Consumer Confidence slipped in June from 98.4 to 93.0

The fall was a surprise to Wall Street economists who had expected an increase to 99.5

Trump's War with Jerome Powell has sent the US Dollar to a 3-year low today.

Trump is considering naming a replacement to Powell as soon as September, per the WSJ.
Powell's term isn't up until May of 2026.

The DXY is down 10.48% YTD.


Trump Says Three or Four People on List to Replace Fed's Powell - Bloomberg

BREAKING: Oil prices dropped to a four-year low as the fragile Iran-Israel ceasefire and reduced Middle East tensions triggered a global market sigh of relief.

— The Western Journal (@WesternJournalX) June 26, 2025

4 year low.

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BREAKING: Oil prices dropped to a four-year low as the fragile Iran-Israel ceasefire and reduced Middle East tensions triggered a global market sigh of relief.

— The Western Journal (@WesternJournalX) June 26, 2025

4 year low.

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Bad news for your pal Putin.

Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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Bad news for your pal Putin.

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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Bad news for your pal Putin.

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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I don't live in California.

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Bad news for your pal Putin.

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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I don't live in California.

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I'm not pals with Putin.

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Bad news for your pal Putin.

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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I don't live in California.

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California regulations affect Oregon's gas prices. Oregon imports gas from Washington (mostly) and California. Obviously, Oregon and Washington have their own regulations. Oregon does not have its own refineries.

Gas Prices:
Texas: 2.82/gal
Oregon: 4.06/gal
California: $4.62/gal

New day, new Nasdaq all-time high.

Haters in disbelief.

— Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano) June 26, 2025

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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I don't live in California.

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California regulations affect Oregon's gas prices. Oregon imports gas from Washington (mostly) and California. Obviously, Oregon and Washington have their own regulations. Oregon does not have its own refineries.

Gas Prices:
Texas: 2.82/gal
Oregon: 4.06/gal
California: $4.62/gal

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1. I drive about 5-6K miles per year, so gas prices aren't overly stressful for me.

2. I buy enough stuff from Safeway to get $1 per gallon off each time I fill up (about once a month). I'm actually paying slightly less than the Texas price. I'd be spending the same money at Safeway without gas rewards anyway, so not much added cost there.

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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I don't live in California.

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California regulations affect Oregon's gas prices. Oregon imports gas from Washington (mostly) and California. Obviously, Oregon and Washington have their own regulations. Oregon does not have its own refineries.

Gas Prices:
Texas: 2.82/gal
Oregon: 4.06/gal
California: $4.62/gal

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1. I drive about 5-6K miles per year, so gas prices aren't overly stressful for me.

2. I buy enough stuff from Safeway to get $1 per gallon off each time I fill up (about once a month). I'm actually paying slightly less than the Texas price. I'd be spending the same money at Safeway without gas rewards anyway, so not much added cost there.

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Nice job. Since you are so frugal, you must live in your mother's basement. After all, you don't spend $9.89 for a dozen eggs, right? SARCASM

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BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have dropped to a four-year low, averaging $3.20 per gallon, per NYT.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 26, 2025

It's probably disappointing for you since California regulations make you pay much higher prices at the pump.

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I don't live in California.

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California regulations affect Oregon's gas prices. Oregon imports gas from Washington (mostly) and California. Obviously, Oregon and Washington have their own regulations. Oregon does not have its own refineries.

Gas Prices:
Texas: 2.82/gal
Oregon: 4.06/gal
California: $4.62/gal

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1. I drive about 5-6K miles per year, so gas prices aren't overly stressful for me.

2. I buy enough stuff from Safeway to get $1 per gallon off each time I fill up (about once a month). I'm actually paying slightly less than the Texas price. I'd be spending the same money at Safeway without gas rewards anyway, so not much added cost there.

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Nice job. Since you are so frugal, you must live in your mother's basement. After all, you don't spend $9.89 for a dozen eggs, right? SARCASM

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Well, if you can call someone who spends $1000 per month at Safeway frugal...

I do spend $11 for a carton of 18 eggs though, so that's $8 per dozen. Maybe not so frugal there either.

My mother's been dead for over 30 years now and we sold her home during the 20th Century. My wife and I did buy our own home, for which we finished paying off the mortgage early a few years ago. I guess I'm frugal enough for that.

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I do spend $11 for a carton of 18 eggs though, so that's $8 per dozen. Maybe not so frugal there either.

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I spend $21.99 for a 12-pack of Henhouse IPA.
And it is soooooo worth it.

<From the OT Moderators: Everyone needs to give it a rest with these back and forth trolling / attacking posts>

<From the OT Moderators: Everyone needs to give it a rest with these back and forth trolling / attacking posts>

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<From the OT Moderators: Everyone needs to give it a rest with these back and forth trolling / attacking posts>

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How about documented "stalking"?

Why is that acceptable here?
Why does our "mascot" get a free pass for such behavior?

May consumer spending falls unexpectedly.
- 0.1% vs expected +0.1%

Pre-tariff buying hangover.

PCE gained 0.1% in May matching the rise in April.

In the 12-months through May, PCE inflation increased 2.3% after climbing 2.2% in April.

In the 12-months through May, Core PCE (excluding food and energy) was up 2.7% after rising 2.6% in April

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Treasury Secretary Bessent says tariffs on China are now 30%, while Chinese tariffs on US are 10%.

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) June 27, 2025

Well he did say we would be begging him to stop all the winning! “Sir, we can’t take it anymore! There’s too much winning!” 🤣

— Shawn Scanlon 🇺🇸 (@Shawnscanlon5) June 27, 2025

Fitting way to end the week.

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May consumer spending falls unexpectedly.
- 0.1% vs expected +0.1%

Pre-tariff buying hangover.

PCE gained 0.1% in May matching the rise in April.

In the 12-months through May, PCE inflation increased 2.3% after climbing 2.2% in April.

In the 12-months through May, Core PCE (excluding food and energy) was up 2.7% after rising 2.6% in April

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Notice how hard it is to find this news on media websites? Would be top of the page if a Democrat were President. That's how the propaganda works.

Incomes were down in May because most retroactive Social Security payments from Biden's Social Security Fairness Act, passed in 2024, were paid out in March and April. Didn't stop the magats from taking credit for Biden's increase last month. Now the predictable decrease (return to normalcy) is disappeared. Our media is a disaster.

Can someone refresh my recollection because I can't remember. Is Elon Musk only a really smart guy when he is advocating for Trump's lies and bullsh@it?

Elon Musk Trump Senate bill


https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/28/elon-musk-trump-senate-bill.html

"Elon Musk ripped into the Senate's massive domestic policy package on Saturday, calling it "utterly insane" and destructive," pointing to provisions in the bill that would raise taxes on many solar, battery, geothermal, wind and nuclear energy projects.

"The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!" Musk wrote on X, the social network that he owns.

"Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future," he continued, hours before the Senate was poised to hold a key vote on the package.

The bill would also create a new subsidy for coal that's used for the production of steel."

Consensus guess for non farm payroll jobs in JUNE is 125,000

But hiven the surge in retirements, you can actually make the case we don't need more jobs, we need more workers.

The labor participation rate is historically low at 62.4%.

But for the prime working age cohort, its near a record high of 83%.

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon bear2034 said:

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BREAKING: Inflation numbers are below expectations, surprising economists who had predicted that President Trump’s tariffs would cause economic problems.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 11, 2025

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DiabloWags said:

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Consensus guess for non farm payroll jobs in JUNE is 125,000

But hiven the surge in retirements, you can actually make the case we don't need more jobs, we need more workers.

The labor participation rate is historically low at 62.4%.

But for the prime working age cohort, its near a record high of 83%.

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Will be interesting to see if the housing cooldown affects jobs

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Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon bear2034 said:

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BREAKING: Inflation numbers are below expectations, surprising economists who had predicted that President Trump’s tariffs would cause economic problems.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 11, 2025

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Or maybe the impact has been blunted by all of the front-loading of imports before the levies hit, or the use of bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones (a very interesting read) which can delay tariff payments until goods enter the U.S, or temporary cost absorption by importers , or lags in measuring tariff pass-throughs, and absorption of costs by exporters (like Porsche thus far).

How to Use Bonded Warehouses to Reduce US Tariffs in 2025

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US stock market closes at new record high.

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) June 30, 2025

What's going to happen when Powell or the next Fed Chair lowers interest rates?

The Trump economy:

Private employment unexpectedly fell in June, and job gains in May were smaller than thought.

Private payrolls dropped by 33,000 jobs after a downwardly revised 29,000 increase in May (previously reported 37,000). Economists had forecast gains of 95,000. https://t.co/FNzEUIjwdJ

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) July 2, 2025

With the 4th of July holiday on Friday, the JUNE non-farm Unemployment Report will come out tomorrow morning.

Consensus estimate is for 115,000 vs the 139,000 increase in May.