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Millionaires Not Fleeing High-Tax States
Analysis shows high-tax states have the most millionaires, growing since 2010; California's 2012 hike saw only ~138 leave.
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Sanders Blasts Citi Over Taxes
Sanders says paying $1 in federal income tax beats Citigroup, which earned $4B, charged 32.74% card interest and cut 20,000 jobs.
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Young Americans Sour on Capitalism
NBC poll finds 47% of voters aged 18-29 view capitalism negatively, while 42% view socialism positively.
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GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug Use Surges
Gallup: 11% of US adults, about 28 million, now take GLP-1 for weight loss, up from 3% in 2024.
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Meta Insiders Sell Shares En Masse
Meta insiders made 172 trades in six months, all sales and zero buys, with CFO Susan Li selling ~$95M.
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US Housing Affordability Hits Record Low
Atlanta Fed data show over $120,000 income needed for a median home, mortgage rates at 7.24%, and sales at a 31-year low.
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US-China Tanker Rates Top Rocket
Per Bloomberg, hiring a tanker from the US to China now costs more than launching a rocket into space.
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US Household Debt Capacity Worst
unusual_whales cited CNBC that US families' ability to stay current on debts worsened over three years to levels unseen since the financial crisis.
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Pimco Warns 10-Year Treasury Yield May Hit 6%
Pimco warned that US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for the first time since 2000.
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Krugman Says France Fiscal Path Unsustainable
Economist Paul Krugman says France is on a fiscally unsustainable path and may have become too big to save for the ECB.
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Iran used OpenAI in influence op
OpenAI says Iranian operatives used its models and fake personas to plant anti-war articles in US media.
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30-yr auction yield highest since 2000
The US Treasury sold $22B of 30-year bonds at a 5.618% high yield, the highest since Aug 10, 2000.
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30-yr mortgage hits 7.6%
Unusual Whales reports the average 30-year mortgage rate hit 7.6% per MortgageNewsDaily.
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Tariffs drive up goods inflation
Per NY Fed cited by CNBC, inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs.
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Trump Discloses Massive Stock and Bond Trades
Trump bought as much as $25M in Meta stock and as much as $5M in SpaceX debt, per unusual_whales.
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US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 7.63%
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is now 7.63%, per MortgageNewsDaily.
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US Bill to Change Nickel Composition
A new US bill would let Treasury test a cheaper metal mix for the nickel, which costs nearly 13 cents to make.
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Luckey's bank tops $3B deposits
Palmer Luckey's bank added 500+ customers and surpassed $3 billion in deposits last quarter, per FT.
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Mortgage rates force buyer renegotiations
unusual_whales cites WSJ: property buyers demand renegotiation due to higher mortgage rates, signaling market distress.
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US-Iran War Fuel Costs Exceed $100 Billion
Americans have spent over $100B more on fuel during the Iran War, averaging over $500M a day since Feb 28, per WSJ.
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US Bond Selloff and Credit Spreads Widen
unusual_whales says the bond selloff is hitting corporate America, raising default risk for weak firms; 10-year yields hit 5.34% and 30-year 5.70%, highest since 2002.
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TotalEnergies CEO Welcomes Turmoil
TotalEnergies CEO Pouyanné said he prefers a world of disruption, as profits surged amid the Middle East war supply crunch.
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Chick-fil-A Rejects AI Ordering
Per FOX, Chick-fil-A is rejecting AI order takers in its drive-thru, keeping human staff.
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Saudi Aramco Warns Oil Inventories Thin
Saudi Aramco's head says the oil stockpiles cushioning the world from supply shocks have become 'scarily thin.'
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US Household Energy Costs to Rise
US households will pay thousands more for energy through 2040 due to federal policy changes since Trump returned, per ABC.
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Pelosi Discloses SF Office Building Investment
Nancy Pelosi discloses up to $1 million investment in REOF XXX LLC, acquiring a commercial office property in San Francisco.
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Dimon warns on government debt
Unusual Whales quotes JPMorgan CEO Dimon saying governments can't borrow and spend endlessly, while US debt is at an all-time high.
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US Housing Demand and Mortgage Weakness
Per NYP, Americans hoping for an 08-style housing crash to afford a home are out of luck.
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Argentina Citizenship-by-Investment Program
Argentina offers citizenship to foreigners giving $350,000 to its treasury or investing $800,000 in bonds.
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S&P 500 up 11.8% this year
The S&P 500 is up 11.8% this year, led by Sandisk, Moderna and Dell, with AI hardware and memory driving nearly all gains.
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Trump Inflation Debt Strategy Criticized
Fortune says Trump has soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt.
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Intel up over 230% YTD
Intel is up more than 230% this year, one of the five best-performing stocks in the S&P 500.
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SanDisk up nearly 650% YTD
SanDisk is up nearly 650% this year, best in the S&P 500, driven by an AI-fueled NAND flash shortage.
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Palantir Insiders Keep Selling Shares
Palantir insiders keep selling: Thiel sold 2M shares for $290M, CEO Karp sold tens of millions, with zero insider buys this year.
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GameStop CEO buys $57M in GME
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen bought about $57M of GME since Sept 10, four directors also bought, stock up five straight weeks.
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Texas GDP Tops Canada and Italy
Per FT, Texas has a nominal GDP of roughly $2.9T, larger than Canada's and Italy's economies.
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Pope says AI lacks human spark
Pope Leo says AI lacks the 'spark of humanity' and urges artists and the church to push back, per Axios.