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4:32p, 10/22/26
Interesting.




Private investors own about 70% of America's debt, the most in about 35 years. And nearly 10% of the Treasury market belongs to hedge funds, who as you may know have plenty of other assets to pick from.

For the likes of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, both of whom have been the subject of doubt on Wall Street when it comes to their independence, the worry is that price-sensitive buyers wielding more power than ever might be less tolerant of the Trump administration's tendency toward chaotic policymaking.
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2:03p, 10/23/26
Interesting how now all of a sudden Trump is reversing tariffs on Canada to help Collins. I guarantee win or lose he will slap them back on just because

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-expected-to-remove-some-tariffs-on-canada-in-bid-to-help-susan-collins-6a89ed1d?st=hbrseX
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6:35p, 10/24/26




https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-23/federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-faces-challenges-from-ai-inflation-war?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5Mjg5MjA2OCwiZXhwIjoxNzkzNDk2ODY4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTkNNNEJLSUpIOEowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0QTE0NjgyRTVEQjI0RDgyOEVGOTIxMzA1M0U4NzhDMiJ9.-liPcTF8rwnOxBn_c0tszDPhmozF76Cka0qOVhDbc5E
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10:30a, 10/25/26
The University of Michigan's latest monthly Consumer Sentinent Index came in at 48.0 for its end of month October reading vs 48.1 in September.

This is the SECOND LOWEST reading in the surveys history going back to the early 1950's.




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5:55p, 10/25/26
Oh wow

Why we are at where we are at

Vote Blue and Imprison the People that Support this Trash
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In reply to DiabloWags • 7:00p, 10/25/26
DiabloWags said:
The University of Michigan's latest monthly Consumer Sentinent Index came in at 48.0 for its end of month October reading vs 48.1 in September.

This is the SECOND LOWEST reading in the surveys history going back to the early 1950's.




how many is that in Trump Years?
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4:05p, 10/28/26
For those that have money at risk and care . . .



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In reply to DiabloWags • 4:17p, 10/28/26
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For those that have money at risk and care . . .





The most important part of that announcement is that the Fed believes the economy is growing strongly and becoming more productive without overheating. Trump's economy is expanding. This will be reinforced when the third quarter GDP is released tomorrow showing how heavily growth is accelerating.

We have heard over and over again that the economy would fall apart with tariffs in place. The Fed's latest assessment provides evidence to the contrary.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 4:42p, 10/28/26
BearlySane88 said:
DiabloWags said:
For those that have money at risk and care . . .





The most important part of that announcement is that the Fed believes the economy is growing strongly and becoming more productive without overheating. Trump's economy is expanding. This will be reinforced when the third quarter GDP is released tomorrow showing how heavily growth is accelerating.

We have heard over and over again that the economy would fall apart with tariffs in place. The Fed's latest assessment provides evidence to the contrary.


GDP growth doesnt matter if your wage growth is negative.
The American consumer has gotten totally crushed by Trump's war of choice.


And no one will be buying a home anytime soon with a 7.5% mortgage rate.



U.S. Real Earnings Fall 0.7% as Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth - Economic Insider



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In reply to BearlySane88 • 8:53a, 10/29/26
BearlySane88 said:

We have heard over and over again that the economy would fall apart with tariffs in place. The Fed's latest assessment provides evidence to the contrary.


No one ever said that the economy would fall apart with tariffs in place.
And if you want to be honest, Trump wound up rolling back many of the tariffs he initially put in place.

But it's a FACT that tariffs increase consumer prices.
Your President decreased affordability.

FACT.

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11:33a, 10/29/26
Q3 GDP comes in at 3.4% better than the 3.1% forecast.

Inflation running at 3.6% thru 12 months ending in September.

From September 2025 thru September 2026 real average hourly earnings have declined by 0.7%

The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.6-percent increase in
the average workweek resulted in a 0.1-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this
period.


Real Earnings Summary - 2026 M09 Results



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5:21p, 10/29/26
Had another good day and making NEW HIGHS in my Account.

Not bad given the Nasdaq was - 365 points and Google lost $482 BILLION in market cap.

Go Bears!



Alphabet loses $482 billion in market value, the biggest drop in its history
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5:43p, 10/29/26
Google gets clobbered today for the 2nd largest market cap collapse in history and Intel collapses on weaker Q4 guidance after the close.

Futures markets collapsing on the Intel news.



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7:19a, 10/30/26
As expected.



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5:29p, 10/30/26
The U.S. National Debt just reached 100% of GDP.

For the fiscal year ended September 30th.

First time we've hit the triple digit mark since 1946.

Thank you President Trump.

This is how you MAGA!!!
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8:36a, 11/2/26
A highly rumored acquisition last week comes to fruition and becomes a highly dilutive TAKE UNDER.

LITE down $125.00 to $715



LITE manufactures lasers and circuit switches used for data centers.

Marvell to acquire Lumentum in $115 billion AI connectivity deal
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4:15p, 11/4/26
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!

Cults don't end well. Think Jonestown.


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In reply to DiabloWags • 5:03p, 11/4/26
DiabloWags said:
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!



That's highly misleading. While accurate, they aren't up because democrats won. They are up because markets love it when the president and congress aren't aligned. This is the normal trend for a situation like this.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 5:05p, 11/4/26
BearlySane88 said:
DiabloWags said:
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!



That's highly misleading. While accurate, they aren't up because democrats won. They are up because markets love it when the president and congress aren't aligned. This is the normal trend for a situation like this.


I disagree.

This isnt a trend.
This was an "event".

The narrative that you proposed is the stereotypical "nothing gets done" and grid-lock" in Congress response that you hear on TV.



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In reply to DiabloWags • 5:10p, 11/4/26
DiabloWags said:
BearlySane88 said:
DiabloWags said:
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!



That's highly misleading. While accurate, they aren't up because democrats won. They are up because markets love it when the president and congress aren't aligned. This is the normal trend for a situation like this.


I disagree.

This isnt a trend.
This was an "event".

The narrative that you proposed is the stereotypical "nothing gets done" and grid-lock" in Congress response that you hear on TV.



There's nothing to disagree with. Data shows that markets do very well when the president and congress aren't aligned.

You misunderstood, the trend I'm speaking of is the markets during political times like these not what happened last night.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 5:28p, 11/4/26
My post clearly highlighted the reaction to last night.
A 3% rally by the Dow in one day is very rare.

It was a response to last night.
Not sure why you can't accept that.

And if you were watching the S&P FUTURES market last night, you would have seen them JUMP as soon as Trump said that he would ACCEPT the ELECTION RESULTS.


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8:02a, 11/5/26
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.
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In reply to oski003 • 8:14a, 11/5/26
oski003 said:
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.


Will be good to have a government that doesn't work for the stock market
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8:15a, 11/5/26
The Ai trade has been softening for about a full month for those paying attention.





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In reply to oski003 • 8:28a, 11/5/26
oski003 said:
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.


Another troll post.
And this is just one day after posting a phony Cal Head Football Coaching Employment ad on the Jobs Board.



What issue do you have with this post or my post on the Jobs Board?


Apparently GregBear had an issue with it because he DELETED your troll post on the Jobs Board.
Cults don't end well. Think Jonestown.


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In reply to DiabloWags • 8:40a, 11/5/26
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.


Another troll post.
And this is just one day after posting a phony Cal Head Football Coaching Employment ad on the Jobs Board.



What issue do you have with this post or my post on the Jobs Board?


Apparently GregBear had an issue with it because he DELETED your troll post on the Jobs Board.


I have no ISSUE with that. It is HIS board. He actually deleted the content BUT not the post itself. I think it is FUNNY and was meant to be a harmless joke. At worst, it DRAWS attention to the jobs board, which nobody is using.
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In reply to oski003 • 8:43a, 11/5/26
oski003 said:
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.


Another troll post.
And this is just one day after posting a phony Cal Head Football Coaching Employment ad on the Jobs Board.



What issue do you have with this post or my post on the Jobs Board?


Apparently GregBear had an issue with it because he DELETED your troll post on the Jobs Board.


I have no ISSUE with that. It is HIS board. He actually deleted the content BUT not the post itself. I think it is FUNNY and was meant to be a harmless joke. At worst, it DRAWS attention to the jobs board, which nobody is using.


Yeah, you're a real FUNNY guy.
Cults don't end well. Think Jonestown.


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8:57a, 11/5/26
We have to do something about inflation. You can't even buy a Senator for $475 million any more.
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In reply to dajo9 • 9:04a, 11/5/26
dajo9 said:
We have to do something about inflation. You can't even buy a Senator for $475 million any more.


You can't even buy a vote for a Republican Congress for $5,000 either.
Cults don't end well. Think Jonestown.


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In reply to DiabloWags • 9:15a, 11/5/26
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.


Another troll post.
And this is just one day after posting a phony Cal Head Football Coaching Employment ad on the Jobs Board.



What issue do you have with this post or my post on the Jobs Board?


Apparently GregBear had an issue with it because he DELETED your troll post on the Jobs Board.


I have no ISSUE with that. It is HIS board. He actually deleted the content BUT not the post itself. I think it is FUNNY and was meant to be a harmless joke. At worst, it DRAWS attention to the jobs board, which nobody is using.


Yeah, you're a real FUNNY guy.


THANK you.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 12:55p, 11/5/26
DiabloWags said:
oski003 said:
Man, 3.5% drop in the market this morning with a 4+% drop in the nasdaq due to fears of the ai and other regulation. Eeek. DWWPHGOQAMWEGAG.


Another troll post.
And this is just one day after posting a phony Cal Head Football Coaching Employment ad on the Jobs Board.





This is the economy thread.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 1:50p, 11/5/26
DiabloWags said:
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!



The markets love the blue wave…


Gas prices were too high, let's vote dem and wipe out our 401ks
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 2:56p, 11/5/26
BearlySane88 said:
DiabloWags said:
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!



The markets love the blue wave…


Gas prices were too high, let's vote dem and wipe out our 401ks
ai bros regretting getting in bed with Trump and sullying image, don't worry they have friends everywhere and are making calls
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In reply to cal83dls79 • 3:11p, 11/5/26
cal83dls79 said:
BearlySane88 said:
DiabloWags said:
The markets response to the BLUE WAVE.

Dow Jones up a whopping 3% !!!



The markets love the blue wave…


Gas prices were too high, let's vote dem and wipe out our 401ks
ai bros regretting getting in bed with Trump and sullying image, don't worry they have friends everywhere and are making calls


Tell me you don't understand without telling me
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In reply to DiabloWags • 4:03p, 11/5/26
DiabloWags said:
The Ai trade has been softening for about a full month for those paying attention.

sorry, but all i've got to say about AI is funk that.
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