So here is the economic deal. The world equity markets are basically on hold. Why? Because The Street is waiting to know the details of the trade deal now being negotiated in London between the United States and China.
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THE FINAL 7 STAGES… AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME.
Let’s start with this… The Systemic ROT is Worsening. OCEANS of easy money, QE, ZIRP, NIRP, vast credit/debt expansion has already poisoned the global economy for years. This is not an opinion, it’s a fact.
FED’S BEIGE BOOK TAKES ON A DARKER SHADE
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book, a collection of anecdotes and snapshots of business conditions around the country, shows flat hiring, rising costs, and a contraction in the U.S. economy. “Economic activity has declined slightly since the previous report,” which was released on 23 April, the central bank said in a statement. ......
NOTHING YOU SAY TO AI IS PRIVATE
Assume that generative and agentic AI, whether standalone platforms, or integrated into productivity apps and web searches, provide zero privacy concerning your conversations and uses of it. Were they built primarily as next level surveillance agents? They certainly are such stupendous honeypots of user data and info, that it has become a core use case......
TRUMP’S GENOCIDE: U.S. VETOES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DEMANDING GAZA CEASEFIRE
The U.S. vetoed a draft resolution in the UN Security Council last week that demanded a permanent ceasefire in Gaza that called the conditions inside the enclave “catastrophic,” requiring all humanitarian restrictions to be lifted.
HEIL MERZ: GERMANY WILL KEEP PUMPING ISRAEL WITH WEAPONS
Germany announced last week that it will continue to provide Israel with weapons, despite earlier criticism from its new conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said last month that Tel Aviv’s actions in Gaza “can no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas terrorism.”
ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
Again and again, for all to see, and all to wonder, “Round and round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows.” Remember, two of our Top Trends for 2025 were WILD CARDS: THE JOKER’S WILD and THE TRUMP CARD, and both those cards are continually being played. That is a fact of life......
THE FINAL CHESS MOVE
Just this past Friday, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of the Wall St. Superbank JP Morgan made THIS statement: “We Will Have a Global Restructuring.”
McMANSIONS DAYS ARE OVER, NEW STARTER HOMES ARE SMALLER BUT NOT THAT CHEAP
Remember the days back in the late 90s and early 2000s when Baby Boomers were moving into big homes, many mass-produced? Those days are over. Now, with income levels declining, those who can afford a home are going small. But small is still expensive.
META EXEC ADMITS AI DESTROYING REVENUE MODEL OF THE INTERNET
The book title says it all: How To Save The Internet. Meta / Facebook executive Nick Clegg (or that’s the byline, no AI credit given) is giving advice on how humans should accept that AI-focused tech companies stole and are profiting off of all their content, IP and privileged data. Yes, Clegg admitted at a......