BREAKING: NVIDIA, $NVDA, Blackwell chips have started production at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona.
NVIDIA is building supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas, with Foxconn in Houston and with Wistron in Dallas. Mass production at both plants is expected to ramp up
Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that Congress should hold hearings and defended Democratic lawmakers’ calls for investigations into any possibility of #insidertrading after President #DonaldTrump encouraged people to buy #stocks before reversing his #tariff policy last week.
> “There is enough of an offense here, there’s enough smoke here that should demand congressional hearings,” the New Jersey Democrat said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-cory-booker-says-congress-hold-hearings-whether-insider-trading-tr-rcna201032
After a harrowing week of some of the biggest drops and gains in Asian stocks, investors are keenly aware that one man on the planet can upend markets again at any moment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/13/markets/stocks-traders-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #globaleconomy #donaldtrump #us #tariffs #trade #tradewar
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BREAKING: US Politicians were buying tariff exempt companies before the news like $AAPL Apple.
Take Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. She bought $AAPL, $AMZN, $DELL, $NKE, and others before the surprise announcement today, buyjng the companies as they fell.
Unusual.
The U.S. has long been considered a financial safe haven —but President Donald Trump's trade war is starting to raise questions about if that's still true. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/12/economy/asset-flight-us-safe-haven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #globaleconomy #us #donaldtrump #stocks #tariffs #trade #tradewar
President Donald Trump insisted Friday that his tariff policy was "doing really well" despite China hiking levies on U.S. goods to 125% in the spiraling trade war between the world's two biggest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/12/economy/trump-defends-china-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #donaldtrump #trade #tradewar #tariffs #stocks #globaleconomy
After 20 years, what might future-you wish current-you did around now? Rest is a valid answer!
If nothing else, regardless of your politics, please watch this bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF5LgOhfMcM&t=1809
What are your needs? How can you meet them, or what help do you need?
What needs can you help others meet? / How can you help other people?
Your sanity matters and your family's material needs day-to-day matter.
Avoid doomscrolling with (sustainable!) activity in your local community. Yes, it matters.
Any collective help, education, volunteering, repairs, socialising, or otherwise you can do is important.
How can you meet new people? How can new people meet you?
If you have 'enough people' in your life, then consider them. Is it possible any of them could feel socially isolated? What would they need in order to connect with people around them?
The United States is doing a Globexit.
Got it.
Video of Trump Bragging About Enriching His Billionaire Pals Draws Outrage
"Donald Trump in a nutshell: doing everything he can to make the ultra-rich even richer," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "We need to find out if Trump's tariff chaos was used as cover for insider trading."
#USA #News #Fascism #Economy #GDP #Oligarchy #FreeSpeech #Freedom #Constitution #NATO #World #Technology #Threats #Bonds #Stocks #Tariffs
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-brags-billionaire-friends
No need to go back further than 1930 (Smoot-Hawley)
"The Awful History of Tariffs and Depressions
What the 19th century teaches us about what happens next."
#USA #News #Fascism #Economy #GDP #Oligarchy #FreeSpeech #Freedom #Constitution #NATO #World #Technology #Threats #Bonds #Stocks #Tariffs
JUST IN: Luigi Mangione’s lawyers have asked the judge to prevent US federal prosecutors from seeking death penalty per Reuters
Alrighty Then!
Treasury yields spiking—exact opposite of Trump's desired lower rates.
10Y hitting 4.5%, 30Y approaching 5%
This signals a confidence crisis. #Markets are demanding higher returns on #US #debt amid geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty.
Not just #market #volatility—this threatens America's economic credibility on the world stage. Trump's unpredictable policies appear to be backfiring in real time.
Quick market update:
Wednesday's mega-rally was mainly led by the top 7 stocks in the market. Thursday saw a little retreat there, but then the top 50 and 100 stocks staged a rally.
Mid and small caps have been beaten down this week and mainly moved sideways yesterday.
Relative strength to SPY shown here:
Trump stealing from 401ks to enrich himself https://www.bocvip.com/827236/trump-stealing-from-401ks-to-enrich-himself/ #Bonds #business #CurrentTrends #economy #Investment #IPOs #predictions #stocks
Boomers have 57% of the vacation homes in the US, and 58% of investment income-generating rental properties, per the National Association of Realtors.
The White House is considering using our tax dollars to give $10,000 per year to every person in Greenland, per NYT
Global #stocks fell & the #dollar sank further on Friday, while a manic #bonds selloff took hold in a brutal end to the week of tit-for-tat worldwide #tariffs that have fed fears of a deep #recession & shaken investor confidence in #US assets.
The selloff in US #Treasuries picked up pace during Asian hours, with the 10-year note yield rising to 4.45%, gaining about 45 basis points in the week, the biggest increase since 2001, LSEG data showed.
#ETTTTS #trump #economy
https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1pix-2025-04-11/
Cui Bono? 
