In the distant past, okay seriously just on January 17, 2025, the NCUA put the Butler Heritage Federal Credit Union under its conservatorship as noted […]
Tag: CRASH
2025 Q2 Ends on a What Me Worry Note
The second quarter of 2025 began in April with a trade war firestorm and ended the month of June with a Taco Fiesta creating hope […]
The Big MOAB Was Dropped on Markets This Week
While many of my readers who were growing tired of the 12 Day War will read the headline above and say “oh no another Israel-Iran […]
06.27.25 Bank Failure Friday Returns: The Santa Anna National Bank, Santa Anna, Texas
Bank failure Friday returns and here we go with one out of left field from Texas. Which has yours truly wondering if this is related […]
Trucking is Still Sending Warning Signals About the Economy Again
God bless the TACO. If President Trump had not backed off the tariffs against the globe and basically surrendered to the reality that 50% + […]
Dixie Says Please Unwad Your Panties Financial Media
I know that it’s summer and the news flow has slowed down considerably since we have ceased bombing the dog snot out of Iran, there’s […]
Credit Union Failure Friday #2: Soul Community Federal Credit Union Austell, GA
We’re going back to back tonight with another failure, this time in the small town of Austell, GA. From the NCUA website tonight: Soul Community […]
Credit Union Failure Friday: Aldersgate Federal Credit Union Marion, IL
Ok, actually it was officially conserved on Wednesday, but I just caught it in my updates so the theme for Fridays must go on. From […]
The Major Problem With Iran: You Break It, You Buy It
In just hours or days from now, there is a strong possibility of American bombers, surface to surface missiles launched from US Navy vessels, and […]
Gold is Money, Silver Shines So Now What?
As the summer officially begins this Friday, the reality that precious metals once again are taking the lead as the true flight to safety not […]
FOMC Statement: Please Don’t Smell This
Before I engage in my usual dissection of the bull crap session, here is the actual Federal Reserve Open Market Committee statement straight from their […]
Do Stocks Really Enjoy a Good War?
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for […]
What This Morning’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey Said Which is a Warning for the Fed
The New York Federal Reserve Bank published it’s monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey and the headlines were disturbing to the financial markets for all of […]
The Iran-Israel War: 30 Years of War Drums Reaches a Finale
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905 Before I offer a brief analysis of the […]
A Quick Prediction on Today’s CPI Report
If we’re all supposed to be dorks and believe the financial pump and dump media, the BLS report on CPI at 8:30 a.m. will be […]