Macro Economist and Global Strategisthttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mlln5ncqg22rU.S. President Heads to China: Global Week Ahead https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2919211/us-president-heads-to-china-global-week-ahead?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-291921111 May 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlln5ncqg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mlgainddqs2rBarchart: Semiconductor Stocks are now the most overbought since the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 🚨🚨🚨09 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgainddqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mlehemv5e22rGlobal Oil Shock Modeling: Zacks May Market Strategy https://www.zacks.com/commentary/2918420/global-oil-shock-modeling-zacks-may-market-strategy?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-291842008 May 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlehemv5e22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3ml22zw2cjk2d"Sell in May and Go Away?" Global Week Ahead https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2913961/sell-in-may-and-go-away-global-week-ahead?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-291396104 May 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22zw2cjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mktfrruhc224Hmmmm. Actions trump words. Data center pipeline, by operational date.02 May 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktfrruhc224https://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mkqrmddets27The U.S. currently shows a recessionary import pullback — absent AI imports.30 Apr 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqrmddets27https://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mkg3jeovjk23What these right-wing x media groups were told to post, after the Correspondents shooting event.26 Apr 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg3jeovjk23https://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjzcayyngc2iThe simplest sane-washing fact is that capable, well-educated (and craven) guys like Warsh brought Trump’s rule to the USA. Twice. If you placate the likes of the Stanford Hoover faculty, like he and Niall Ferguson did, you have shared your character. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcayyngc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjzbqzynqs2e“Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.” - economist Justin Wolfers21 Apr 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzbqzynqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjxdddmv622zHuh? Says a guy who accepted a job offer delivered to him by his father in law, from a President who filed criminal charges on the current Fed Chair.20 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxdddmv622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjwqkb32nc27Oil Prices & Share Prices: Global Week Ahead https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2903441/oil-prices-share-prices-global-week-ahead?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-290344120 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwqkb32nc27https://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjwikkjrqk2wKevin Warsh --- standing at a lectern at Hoover Institute. The vita: He is an opportunistic Harverd-educated attorney. He was on Wall Street, at the time of the Financial Crisis. He saw a lucrative moment & seized it. To sell the Federal Reserve's "Emergency Powers" then, and never looked back. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwikkjrqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjwh4i7kmk2ihttps://www.ft.com/content/a11d75a8-5885-4d65-97c1-0cab85f7df4d?syn-25a6b1a6=1 One thing needs to become matter of fact, inside & outside the US: A set of family offices, tied to Hoover, Cato, and Heritage, has control of the Federal U.S. government. Warsh is Exhibit A. He got a $10M insider payout last year alone, to confirm who he works for.20 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwh4i7kmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjr62nxt7s2uLiterally nothing changed on the Strait of Hormuz. Nothing.18 Apr 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjr62nxt7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjppmkb4ds2q“President Donald Trump said in a phone interview on Friday that Iran agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely, and will not receive any frozen funds from the US in exchange for the move.” He’s just doing the usual lying today. Making a statement about ‘progress’ for the base to hear.17 Apr 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjppmkb4ds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjn72srpok2pWill Fed Policy Choices in 2026 Move Stocks Higher? https://www.zacks.com/commentary/2901865/will-fed-policy-choices-in-2026-move-stocks-higher?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-290186516 Apr 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn72srpok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjn6zeh6bk2lDo You Buy or Sell Stocks, When the S&P500 Hits a New Record? https://www.zacks.com/commentary/2901862/do-you-buy-or-sell-stocks-when-the-sp500-hits-a-new-record?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-290186216 Apr 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn6zeh6bk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjkw3fryoc2mhttps://x.com/SenWhitehouse/status/2044518829980602567/video/1 Here is Senator Whitehouse at his best. Updating us: To the 2026-era of Leonard Leo and the billionaires, and their judicial court-takedown scheme.15 Apr 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkw3fryoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjkb6o2w7s2jhttps://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/715a79a4-7f0b-4ec7-85f6-029ef8f8102f Well Thank God the Republican Party has had Trump's back for the last 10 years. The "Rule of Law" is in good hands, as is independent U.S. monetary policy. What a total policy disaster this is....15 Apr 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkb6o2w7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjjveytppk2j“Emergency powers would tend to kindle emergencies,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, back in 1952. Amen Justice Jackson: Trump is on track to issue 6 1/2 times more emergency orders than the average president this century — more than every administration since 2000 combined.15 Apr 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjveytppk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjih32y7dk2yhttps://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/5ddfc2ae-f517-4863-8948-c40760a4d9e8 Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh reveals assets worth more than $130mn Last weekend, it was $1M a plate for dinner with Trump in Charlottesville VA. Just the way Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe planned. What an inflated bunch of boors these people are.14 Apr 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjih32y7dk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mjf6pwnzvk2yQ1 Reports Spill Details & Outlooks: Global Week Ahead https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2899108/q1-reports-spill-details-outlooks-global-week-ahead?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-289910813 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf6pwnzvk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3miz6r2lglc2phttps://www.zacks.com/commentary/2896837/zacks-expectations-for-fed-policy-april-econ-outlook?art_rec=home-home-top_stories-ID02-txt-289683708 Apr 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz6r2lglc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mitplrqgc22tA Global Stock Market Correction? Global Week Ahead https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2894993/a-global-stock-market-correction-global-week-ahead?cid=sm-sharethis-hl-289499306 Apr 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitplrqgc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mio3n7u77k2dhttps://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/data-and-indicators/weather-adjusted-employment-change/ This is worth a look: SF Fed's weather-adjusted monthly payroll count is very positive inJAN, negative for both FEB and March.04 Apr 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio3n7u77k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mimmrswhjs2dExtremes beget extremes…03 Apr 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimmrswhjs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnblank100.bsky.social/post/3mijrpoyea22uhttps://www.zacks.com/commentary/2893996/fair-value-for-the-sp500-zacks-april-market-strategy?art_rec=home-home-trending_topics_latest-ID01-txt-289399602 Apr 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:ppiefvtet4r4inx4o2dhgr5q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijrpoyea22u