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The April CPI report drops tomorrow morning — economists expect 3.7% inflation, the highest annual reading since early 2024, driven almost entirely by gas
The April CPI report drops tomorrow morning – economists expect 3.7% inflation, the highest annual reading since early 2024, driven almost entirely by gas Americans...
Consumer sentiment just hit its lowest point since 1952 — and the S&P 500 set a record high the same week
A single week in May 2026 produced two numbers that, placed side by side, feel almost contradictory. On one end, a survey of American households...
The Senate voted 49-44 tonight to advance Kevin Warsh as Fed chair — the man who once called for “regime change” at the central bank is now one vote from running it
By a margin of five votes, Kevin Warsh survived the toughest test between him and the most powerful economic job in the world. The Senate...
Meta is cutting 8,000 workers on May 20 — while spending $135 billion on AI this year, more than the GDP of 130 countries
On May 20, 2026, Meta Platforms is expected to cut roughly 8,000 jobs, according to multiple news reports. The same company plans to pour up...
Nvidia pumped $40 billion into AI startups this year — $30 billion to OpenAI alone — and critics call it a circular deal where Nvidia funds its own chip customers
When Nvidia wired $30 billion to OpenAI earlier this year, it did not just write the largest check in its 33-year history. It tied its...
SpaceX plans to file its IPO in two weeks at a $1.75 trillion valuation — 10 times larger than the biggest public offering in history
SpaceX, the rocket and satellite company Elon Musk founded more than two decades ago, is on the verge of becoming the most valuable company ever...
Consumer confidence crashed to the lowest level since 1952 — one-third of Americans told surveyors the first thing on their mind was gas prices
The last time American consumers felt this bleak about the economy, Dwight Eisenhower had not yet taken office. The University of Michigan’s preliminary Index of...
The Senate votes on a new Fed chair this week — he hasn’t committed to a single rate cut, and borrowers shouldn’t expect one in 2026
A 30-year mortgage still costs roughly 6.9%. The average credit card charges north of 20% interest. And the man about to become the most powerful...
Oil dropped 6% this week to $101 a barrel on ceasefire hopes — but the Strait of Hormuz is still closed, 14 million barrels a day are still disrupted, and 23,000 sailors are still stranded
Somewhere in the Persian Gulf, aboard tankers and cargo ships that have barely moved in weeks, roughly 23,000 civilian sailors are waiting, according to Secretary...
The Buffett Indicator just hit 232% of GDP — the highest reading ever recorded — and Warren Buffett himself said anything above 200% means you’re “playing with fire”
Warren Buffett has been selling stocks for two straight years, and he is not being subtle about it. By the end of the first quarter...
SpaceX is expected to file its IPO prospectus next week — at $1.75 trillion, it would be the largest public offering in U.S. history by a factor of 10
SpaceX is preparing to go public at a valuation that dwarfs anything Wall Street has ever seen. The rocket and satellite company founded by Elon...
Nvidia pumped $40 billion into AI companies this year — $30 billion to OpenAI alone — and critics say it’s a circular deal where Nvidia funds its own customers to buy more Nvidia chips
Nvidia has committed roughly $40 billion to artificial intelligence companies in 2026, with an estimated $30 billion flowing to a single recipient: OpenAI. The chipmaker’s...
Consumer sentiment just crashed to the lowest level in 74 years of tracking — and gas hit $4.55 the same week the stock market hit an all-time high
The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Friday, May 8, 2026. That same week, the University of Michigan reported that American consumers feel...
The “Big Short” investor just bet $1.1 billion that AI stocks will crash — and he says Big Tech is hiding $176 billion in depreciation to inflate profits
Michael Burry does not make small bets. The Scion Asset Management founder, who turned a contrarian mortgage short into one of the most profitable trades...
Upwork cut a quarter of its workforce and said AI means it “moves faster with smaller teams” — the stock dropped 19% and its AI-related revenue rose 40%
Upwork told roughly 300 employees in early May 2026 that their jobs were gone, and the company did not soften the reason: artificial intelligence had...
Warsh told senators he won’t be the president’s “sock puppet” — his confirmation vote next week will be the first fully partisan one for a Fed chair in modern history
Kevin Warsh looked across the dais at the Senate Banking Committee on April 14 and made a promise: he would not serve as a “sock...
Bitcoin slid below $80,000 after Iran rejected the U.S. deal — and the strong jobs report gave the Fed another reason to keep rates high
Bitcoin slid below $80,000 after Iran rejected the U.S. deal and the strong jobs report gave the Fed another reason to keep rates high. The...
Over 92,000 tech workers have been laid off in 2026 — and almost half the cuts explicitly cited AI as the reason
Jack Dorsey did not soften the message. In his spring 2026 shareholder letter, the Block CEO wrote that “intelligence tools have changed what it means...
The S&P 500 crossed 7,400 for the first time and posted six straight winning weeks — traders on Kalshi give 59% odds it hits 8,000 this year
The S&P 500 touched 7,400 during trading on Friday, May 8, 2026, a level the index had never reached before. It pulled back slightly into...
Kevin Warsh is expected to be confirmed as Fed chair next week in the most partisan vote for the position in modern history — Powell’s term expires May 15
Kevin Warsh cleared the Senate Banking Committee on April 29 without a single Democratic vote, advancing toward the Fed chair on a 13-to-11 party-line split...