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Banking, Real Estate

“US lenders are starting to go bankrupt with new mortgages down 47%…” 

“…A report from ATTOM reveals that new mortgage originations were down 47% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the year before. That’s a 19% decrease from the previous quarter and represents the biggest annual drop in 21 years.… Continue Reading…

Banking, Economy

“M2 Growth Plummets Down To Zero”

“EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s interesting to see common optimism floating around on Wall Street as mainstream financial media often represents it. It certainly makes you wonder if this is truly the case, as any investor, from retail to professional, can simply look “under… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“With new mortgages down 47%, US lenders are starting to go bankrupt — could this one factor trigger the worst surge of failures since 2008?”

“…A report from ATTOM reveals that new mortgage originations were down 47% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the year before. That’s a 19% decrease from the previous quarter and represents the biggest annual drop in 21 years.… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies

“Sam Bankman-Fried steps down as FTX CEO as his crypto exchange files for bankruptcy”

“Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S., according to a company statement posted on Twitter. Bankman-Fried has also stepped down as CEO and has been succeeded by John J. Ray III, though the outgoing… Continue Reading…

Economy

“The [Lockdowns] created a new billionaire every 30 hours as millions brace for extreme poverty”

“Oxfam International has a new report out today that highlights the rapidly widening gap between the few ultra-rich and the world’s poorest. The report, titled “Profiting from Pain,” found that during the first two years of the pandemic, a new billionaire was… Continue Reading…

Business

“Netflix lays off ‘Tudum’ writers following disastrous Q1 earnings”

“The belt tightening appears to have started at Netflix: A number of journalists working for the company’s entertainment site Tudum have been laid off, according to tweets by those affected. A Netflix spokesperson told Protocol Thursday that there were no plans to… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Gap stock slides 18% after cutting sales guidance; CEO of Old Navy division to leave”

“Gap Inc. shares tumbled 18% in premarket trading Friday after the company slashed its sales outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, citing what it called “execution challenges” its Old Navy business, and announced the CEO of that division, Nancy… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“Surging interest rates push mortgage demand down more than 40% from a year ago”

“…Total mortgage application volume fell another 6% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume was down 41% from the same week one year ago. The average contract interest rate for… Continue Reading…

Economy, Energy

“Oil Price Rise ‘Trickles Down to Everything,’ Even Your Potato Salad to Go”

“The headlines about high oil and gas prices seem far away from products like plastic wrap or lawn fertilizer. In reality, though, these everyday items need hydrocarbons to get made, and all across the supply chain, the struggle is on… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“S&P 500 rises Friday led by Apple, but still heads for fourth-straight down week”

“The market is set to wrap up a roller-coaster week with the S&P 500 headed for its worst month since March 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 220 points, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 ticked up 1.3%. The… Continue Reading…