Anonymous wrote:I really want to Tesla stock guy who calls anyone worried about a recession a fear monger with TDS to show up and tell us why we’re stupid. Like i actively enjoy these oats because the dude is cocksure that all is well. Like it’s hilarious that anything negative is so uncomfortable. We are going to have a crash. Please come back and defend the state to the economy and tariffs. Please. I will be polite I’m serious.

Anonymous wrote:Stupid fear-mongering

Anonymous wrote:Glasses: One company controls roughly 30% of the global eyewear market, owns numerous brands (Ray-Ban, Oakley, and more), optical stores (LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut), and insurance partnerships. Some estimates suggest control near 80% of major eyewear brands.

Anthem Health: In many U.S. states, Anthem holds over 50% market share in commercial health insurance—crossing into monopolistic territory in certain regions. Just three companies—CVS Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s OptumRx—control ~80% of the prescription drug middleman market. Hospital mergers have left many U.S. regions with just 1–2 dominant hospital systems. Research shows this raises prices by 20–40% for patients.

Meatpacking (Beef, Pork, Poultry): Four companies—Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef—control 80–85% of beef processing in the U.S. Similar concentration exists in pork and chicken. This impacts grocery prices, farmer contracts, and food supply stability.

Seeds & Agrochemicals: The “Big Four” (Bayer/Monsanto, Corteva, Syngenta/ChemChina, BASF) control over 60% of the global seed market and ~70% of agricultural chemicals. Farmers often have little choice but to buy from them.

Grain Trading (ABCD firms): ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus dominate global grain trading. They control supply chains that affect bread, cereals, and animal feed prices worldwide.

Waste collection: Two giant companies control 50–60% of U.S. garbage collection and disposal.

Groceries: In many U.S. metro areas, Kroger and Albertsons (pending merger) could control over 70% of grocery sales. Walmart already captures ~25% of all grocery spending nationwide.

Banks: The “Big Four” (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup) control nearly 40% of U.S. deposits.

Hedge funds and large chains (like Gannett and Alden Global Capital) now own the majority of U.S. newspapers. Entire states have only one or two daily papers left.

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Anonymous wrote:What 2008 Crash? Nobody remembers that far back. We dont even remember the Tarriff sell off

You will when your taxes get raised to pay back the monies Trump now owes to Canter Fitzgerald.

Cantor Fitzgerald is a company owned by Howard Ludnick and his kids.

Howard Ludnick is in Trump's administration.

Howard Ludnick is also in the heritage foundation who wrote project 2025 which is the playbook Trump's handlers are following.

Cantor Fitzgerald has been offering to pay 20-30% of tariffs for companies. The catch is if the tariffs get reversed by the courts then Cantor Fitzgerald gets 100% of the refunds for the tariffs from the federal government.

Cantor Fitzgerald wouldn't do this unless they thought it would make them lots and lots of money.

The money collected for tariffs won't be sitting in an account somewhere. So when it's gotta be returned it'll be the American taxpayers who need to pay it all back.

The American consumers are the ones paying for the tariffs now

So once they get overturned and it's time for Cantor Fitzgerald to collect the American taxpayers get to pay for the tariffs a 2nd time since they originally paid it the first time too.

All this shit so a handful of billionaires can make billions and billions more.

I hadn't heard about this, but just Googled and, of course, Elizabeth Warren is on it. Not that anything will change.

The grift in this admin is unreal. It's just beyond.

Oh, also Moody's said yesterday we'll be in recession by the year's end.

https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-warren-probe-lutnick-firms-potential-conflicts-of-interest-related-to-massive-tariff-bets

Anonymous wrote:There will be no crash.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know what to think, so I'm just sticking with my current allocation. I've never successfully timed the market.

Anonymous wrote:Ms. monopoly above is correct. This is a huge problem as competition is stifled and therefore there are no incentives to lower prices. No one thought Ma Bell could be broken up but it was and in a very short period of time, all of the “Baby Bells” soon had higher market valuations than the original. Competition is good for the economy. Sadly, we don’t see much of that theses days.