Anonymous wrote:Gold still rising. That’s strange.

Fear = buying gold! We are That's a bubble there but I suspect it will continue onward into next year. Hell, with how things are going in US and with DT/GOP around for a few years, I think gold will continue to be leveraged globally. Why not?

Anonymous wrote:Why is wall street ignoring/downplaying inflation?

The stuff I buy at the store are more expensive. I recently got a quote for new windows, roofs and siding from the same installer I did a year ago and the prices have gone up.

So what is happening?

Wait, what inflation? Trump said prices are better than ever??

Anonymous wrote:It's not quite painful enough yet.
It's not glaringly obvious yet.
It is not really affecting stock prices now.

I think it will take until Q2 in 2026 for real pain.

There has to be some economic event to happen that's too big to ignore.

The signs are there but people don't want to see them.

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There's also quite a gap growing between the have/have nots. Either you are faring well - $200k above salaries typically continues upward, or you are hovering at that $80-120k mark and not really getting more. So if you can afford a $30 dinner, you may not blink as much paying the $35-40/dinner. Even though I'm the former, I am blinking more but not enough that I have to stop altogether, maybe more conscious of what the cost it however and if I can avoid a dinner out, I will. It's just hard to break habits and with kids, I just don't have the time to work + cook as much as I wish I had the energy to.

The big econ event that's too big to ignore is prob what it will take..

But I think we're looking at next year being pivotal for a lot of folks. I think it takes a while of pain as well before people start really hearing the shouting but when we do hear it, my worst fear is t won't be just shouting In the meantime, there'll be a lot of grumbles but you'll have a segment of population that live in bubbles to still continue that existence and those are the people who make it so the markets continue on.

Anonymous wrote:Wow the PPI numbers are so great!!! Inflation is totally under control! Time for rate cuts!!! No inflation!! None at all! The numbers!

What?? What about “impending” crash?!?! LOL

Gold still rising. That’s strange.

Wow the PPI numbers are so great!!! Inflation is totally under control! Time for rate cuts!!! No inflation!! None at all! The numbers!

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Anonymous wrote:There is always inflation. It is almost as sure as death and taxes. What matters is the rate of inflation from year to year. The inflation seen this year is not at the scale we saw a few years ago. And not everything has gone up unlike a few years ago when it was across the board.

People have turned inflation into a partisan issue. However, the inflation we saw under Biden's first two years was very high (relatively speaking) while being denied repeatedly or claimed as "transitionary". The inflation we see this year is still inflation but it's not what we saw in 2021-2022 but some people are still trying to make political capital out of it.

The current inflation is ramping up because of the moron-in-chief's tariffs. However, it's "transient" to the extent that we only have 40 months left of this moron.

Most of the tariffs have not gone into effect yet so this is not true.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not quite painful enough yet.
It's not glaringly obvious yet.
It is not really affecting stock prices now.

I think it will take until Q2 in 2026 for real pain.

There has to be some economic event to happen that's too big to ignore.

The signs are there but people don't want to see them.

I'm not sure it's going to show up in the stock market. By Q2 2026 the takeover of the Fed will be complete and there will be a lot of cheap money. It will hurt many but not necessarily the market which will be inflated along with the prices of everything else.

Interesting. Thank you.

Anonymous wrote:It's not quite painful enough yet.
It's not glaringly obvious yet.
It is not really affecting stock prices now.

I think it will take until Q2 in 2026 for real pain.

There has to be some economic event to happen that's too big to ignore.

The signs are there but people don't want to see them.

I'm not sure it's going to show up in the stock market. By Q2 2026 the takeover of the Fed will be complete and there will be a lot of cheap money. It will hurt many but not necessarily the market which will be inflated along with the prices of everything else.

It's not quite painful enough yet.
It's not glaringly obvious yet.
It is not really affecting stock prices now.

I think it will take until Q2 in 2026 for real pain.

There has to be some economic event to happen that's too big to ignore.

The signs are there but people don't want to see them.

I just paid $11.60 for a package of stew beef.

Anonymous wrote:Inflation is less than 3. Significantly lower than the previous administration was in charge.

I don't care who the f***k is in power. Just don't have stupid policies that are making me pay more for things that should not cost more.

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Anonymous wrote:Inflation is less than 3. Significantly lower than the previous administration was in charge.

Oh yeah, Fox News put that in your head?

It’s likely much higher.

You have no idea what sort of economic maelstrom is brewing because you don’t read actual news.

CNBC’s most recent rate is 2.7%–where are you getting YOUR news?

Maybe you didn’t notice when the fking BLS guy got fired for reporting you know the numbers.

The 2.7 number predates Antoni coming in.

Goddaaamn Hunter Biden’s laptop broke the economy!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Inflation is less than 3. Significantly lower than the previous administration was in charge.

Oh yeah, Fox News put that in your head?

It’s likely much higher.

You have no idea what sort of economic maelstrom is brewing because you don’t read actual news.

CNBC’s most recent rate is 2.7%–where are you getting YOUR news?

No way it’s only 2.7%. My electricity is 19% year over year. Grocery stores are out of control. Amazon saved items keep correcting up.

So you get your news from your personal vibes, got it.

Vibes and experience are not the same thing.