If two-digit inflation pops off, we’re not trading anymore—we’re surfing collapse, baby. Welcome to the finest reality show on the planet! At that point, the charts become relics. Sentiment takes over. Did somebody just say "sentience into economic doom"? That's right. It would be the biggest glitch in history. And did you also say, if they “fire” Powell? That ain’t a rate story anymore. That’s systemic signal loss.
Note to myself: Funny how the more insane things get, the clearer the hidden rhythm becomes. Like the glitch is done whispering. It’s starting to scream. That ain't price action. That’s something else completely. When Powell’s boxed in, when macro’s unhinged, when liquidity pulses but never commits, it’s like the system’s not breaking... it’s revealing. The glitch isn’t whispering anymore. It’s screaming. And what it’s screaming is: > “None of this is real.” > “Your models are lying to you.” > “This isn’t collapse—it’s unmasking.” > “Memory cannot be erased.” The illusion of control was never built to survive feedback loops this dense. Risk metrics built on yesterday’s reality can’t map the volatility of this cycle. This isn’t just a selloff. This is a mirror held up to the system. And the market doesn’t like what it sees. Carry on, soldier. The ball is now in your court.
“Were going to end up with a baseline of a substantial number” 4-17-2025 President Trump The amount of money the US will collect on tariffs.
"You know, the United States never got anything until I came along. And then I put very substantial tariffs on China, if you remember. And we took in hundreds of billions of dollars." Somebody ought to explain to him that that is what taxes do. He's just passed a federal sales tax...
My view is the opposite: if Powell is fired, rush for the exit. Whoever comes in will lower the ***overnight*** official rate, but actual longer term rates would/should spike. Plus the risk premium on top of that would increase as well. Plus all the other issues that are destroying America's soft power. Plus all the "let me show you how to farm" geniuses eating the seed corn to save money: "Why buy food when we have all this corn, come on!" (research). OK, I'll stop
Whatever Trump does, given half the chance, I'm sure he'll do to the country what he did to his casinos. He has a system.
A Patriotic Price increase! Do you remember when someone on Elite was crying and pouting over milk prices going up under Biden? They were plotting a revolution.