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SaltMaker23

Monetary devaluation is the core reason to use 2x leverage, both EU and US currencies are losing value at an accelerated rate, among all things that have been consistent for the past 50 years (since 1970) the M1 supply growth is one we can safely assume to hold or worsen. The stock market has been doing 10% per year while M1/M2 has been steadily doing 7%, depending on the way inequalities are evaluated. The top 10% wealth accounted for about 68% of the total wealth created in the last decade, meaning the inflation on assets related to M2 supply growth could very well be a lot higher (cantillon effect) Trading 1x leverage under the assumption that currency is a decaying asset exposes yourself to trading a decaying asset measured by a faster decaying asset, "positive" while losing purchasing power. 2x leverage ensures that you're still positive in real purchasing power even when your measurements are done through a decaying measure, you earn the decay as extra profit. This assumes currency loses value over extended periods of time, which has proven safe and monetary policies for the upcoming years around the world show no signs of changes.

Taraih

Doesnt seem to be an option at our company in EU. Its only chatgpt and it seems to be the most nerfed and dumb version. Tried to made some python scripts with it for QGIS and it made so many retarded mistakes as well as issues with context. Was severely disappointed. ChatGPT oneshotted it as usual no issues. ANd it wasnt even a difficult task.

Rock_or_Rol

EU posturing for war.. fuck

WendyDumpsterFire

Bro how’s Visa up when the whole EU is replacing Visa and Mastercard merchant lmao

Vimes-NW

https://gokhshtein.com/news/2026-10-11-vmware-exodus-90-of-customers-weighing-alternatives-after 90%. Angry because they are doing exactly what EU regulators were trying to block and Broadscum pinky swore "Nah huh, we're totally not going to do all that bad stuff... *hmpf trying to contain a laugh*"

TomorrowLow5092

The elections and impending impeachments is the only thing on the menu. DT is done with this issue and does not care. Everyone in the industry wants a solution but apparently EU GMP is the way to profits. VFF is the Boss! Profitable and expanding operations. The US is corrupt AF.

Sapere_aude75

Yep. I agree completely. I would expect a battle over something like this to take 5-10 years (or more) to really play out. Other constellations/launch systems are still way behind, but sooner or later they will take away SpaceX's monopoly. You have Amazon, the EU, China and others already trying to build their own systems. They are all long term risks, but I don't see the legacy carriers going away any time soon. I could easily see a recovery after that drop. It was pretty extreme. I'm not knowledgeable enough about those companies financials to really have an informed opinion.

Icreatedthisforyou

Brutal honesty is SpaceX has a much higher ceiling than, but ASTS is still comfortably going to grow since the only competitor is SpaceX and unlike SpaceX ASTS doesn't want to replace MNOs so globally MNOs have an incentive to sign on with ASTS (and have). There are 4 important parts to the ASTS vs SpaceX story. ***Most importantly it isn't really ASTS vs SpaceX. It is not apples to apples, it is apples in a grocery basket to a grocery basket*** * ASTS is looking to delver D2D connectivity for MNOs (mobile network operators). They are an apple. An apple that MNOs want and will happily provide access to their spectrums, pay for the service, and support. MNOs are the grocery basket. * SpaceX in the context of the field ASTS is a part of wants to be an MNO, and part of doing that is doing D2D because that is coming and what they will be competing with. That is on top of the other things SpaceX does. * It isn't fair to compare ASTS and SpaceX in that context it isn't "Can SpaceX kill ASTS" it is "Can SpaceX kill ASTS + MNOs." The answer to that is...almost certainly not. In the US you have Verizon, ATT, etc.. You have more overseas. ASTS has it easy the sign on with them deliver their produce which works globally, and the MNOs are the ones that handle 1) securing customers, 2) helping with regulatory hurdles, and 3) securing spectrums relevant to their areas. Lets move onto then where SpaceX is competing against ASTS more directly. ***Spectrum*** This is the mover of the ASTS price recently. Spectrum is the frequency they are allowed to use to communicate satellites to the ground. * ASTS: They are just flat out winning. They have access to more AND BETTER spectrums right now directly. And they always will have the ability to utilize spectrums of partner MNOs who will happily provide access. Not all spectrums are equal how wavelengths move through materials and atmospheres matter. Additionally you need the hardware (satellites and devices on the ground) that allow communication to occur. Hardware is next. * SpaceX: The spectrum they just bought was important in bridging a gap they had, D2D just wouldn't work in a lot of cases if say someone was indoors, or in a forest, or in anyplace that wasn't clear line of sight. The reliability wasn't there and the spectrums they had before would really require modified devices on the ground, which is a problem because now you need to partner with manufactures to have some kind of addon for the phones they are selling before you can even add D2D services, purchasing this spectrum resolves that issue in the US at least. This spectrum purchase is not global and it is important to recognize ASTS and SpaceX are not competing just for the US, this is a global competition looking at global user bases and that is what is being competed for over the next 5 years. SpaceX has a problem though...they don't have the hardware for D2D in space. ***Hardware*** Focusing mostly on satellites, because the purchase of this is a pretty clear indication all parties will be competing to access your everyday unmodified phones. * ASTS: They are SIGNIFICANTLY ahead. 1) Their satellites are better and have more flexibility for using those spectrums around the world, 2) They already have 1/3 of the satellites they need in space in order to do the initial regional networks (13/45). 3) They have the capacity to make the 32 additional satellites they need to complete that regional constellation before 2028 (meaning midish 2027 they will have made enough). 4) They have the capacity to produce enough satellites to fully complete a global satellite constellation (>90) by sometime in 2029. 5) Their satellites continue to improve and beyond that they get to just improve the quality of the product they deliver in terms of speed, capacity, and reliability and they are able to have up to 248 satellites up in space. 6) Their problem is purely a "how do we get these satellites into space problem" * SpaceX: They are behind. The individual satellites are "worse" so you can't compare numerical satellites 1-1 between them, for instance they are worse because they are smaller and need more satellites to match the surface area of ASTS satellites. Regardless first SpaceX needs a satellites that can do D2D service 1) SpaceX's first satellites that can utilize the spectrum they just bought and can actually compete with what ASTS already has in space will be ready to launch starting late 2027 (SpaceX's stated timeline, this means ASTS will have their full regional network up and running before SpaceX is even truly launching their competitor. 2) SpaceX is able to produce about 3500 satellites a year, if they convert all production to their next gen ones to do D2D we can run with that assumption. They need about 3500 satellites (because even the next gen ones they are designing are just worse (mostly size related) to get a limited access network established. So by the end of 2028 they will start competing with ASTS and MNOs selectively with high value customers. 2) They need about 7500 satellites, so roughly 2 total years of production to complete a regional network to compete with ASTS in the US/EU (End of 2029)....but ASTS at this point will be building out their constellation to improve reliability/capacity/footprint and by the end of 2029 they will be expanding into other markets. 3) SpaceX needs 4 years of satellite production to achieve global coverage...assuming they can increase the number of satellites they can produce by 50% (I think they can). So 2031 is when SpaceX will have a full constellation. 4) Where SpaceX isn't limited on is capacity...well technically they are but in reality they are not. ***Launch Capacity*** Satellites on the ground are just expensive bricks. * ASTS: This is where ASTS has a problem. Even now they have the ability to out produce the number of launches available for them and that will continue to be the limiting factor to ASTS getting satellites up in space and what is truly determining when the different checkboxes are completed. They may have 45 satellites completed by mid 2027...but they likely only have like 25 or 30 in space by that point, and MAYBE they can get the other 15-20 in space by the end of 2027...but probably not until early 2028. MAYBE around that time as global launch capacity increases this will be less of a problem. As of now ASTS basically has to pay a lot of money for limited available launches * SpaceX: Launches their own satellites. Technically they too are limited by launch capacity...but if SpaceX deems launching their own satellites is more valuable than selling launches that is what they will do. So constraint for SpaceX is different since they have control over a significant amount of launch capacity. Launch capacity is really what will slow ASTS down, which is the downside of being just an apple. Satellite construction is what will slow down SpaceX, which they are behind on because they are more than just an apple and have to play catch up technologically in this specific sector. SpaceX decided to figure out how to launch stuff into space before deciding to really get into communication and trying to be an ISP and they figured out how to be an ISP before they tried to be an MNO. Their attention has been elsewhere. I would bet both largely come online at a similar time frame, SpaceX will be highly publicized in the context of being a newer competing MNO in the same way they are a newer competing ISP with starlink. ASTS's success will be quieter in support of existing MNOs so if you start hearing about major MNOs like Verizon/ATT/etc... doing a bunch of stuff with "connectivity everywhere" and commercials of people in true bumbfuck no where being connected, then that is how you know ASTS is doing well. The US/EU per individual maybe the most valuable regions, but the real money for both SpaceX and ASTS is actually global because terrestrial infrastructure is behind in places like India, and Africa and D2D is what would be the cheapest way for these higher population areas to get connected since the terrestrial infrastructure is going to lag behind...but that is starting to get into development rather than ASTS vs SpaceX competition. As far as Musk and will he/won't he deliver. Space launches and Starlink are the most effective parts of the business under Musk's umbrella. They are also the areas he has had the least direct disruption in. Musk's strengths are convincing people to give him money, so he can give it to competent people to do things. He has demonstrated the most competence in regards to space being willing to shield the competent people when failures happen (as they will in the sector), and let them fix it. I don't think SpaceX venture into this is going to fail, it should be an area of growth for them, because this isn't like Tesla where he can design a terrible car and double, triple, and quadruple down on bad decisions. This isn't social media where he can do the same. And this isn't AI where whatever don't need to get into an AI debate. This is more similar to Starlink. Starlink is at this point extremely successful. I have no doubts this current direction will also be successful in a 5 or so years time. So even as someone that isn't a Musk fan, this is something SpaceX almost certainly succeeds at, how much that moves the needle on company value is more up in the air. How other parts of SpaceX (like the AI or if they roll Tesla into it) is also up in the air. ASTS I think is pretty safe for a similar reason, high demand from extremely wealthy and powerful companies, and the only competitor is SpaceX, and ASTS is ahead of SpaceX, and even with delays of 1-2 years will still be implementing ahead of SpaceX on behalf of those wealthy and powerful companies.

the_mammynun

You realize that HITIs German arm has doubled revenue from a year ago when the acquisition closed? And it's on track to double again over the next few years. They are creating a powerful position of leverage between their retail and import businesses. You know what else is short sighted? Investing billions to grow a plant ahead of globalization. High Tide is now importing EU GMP cannabis flower from Thailand where the supplier has a cost basis per gram of $0.30--about a third of even the lowest cost Canadian suppliers. At least retail is durable and creates massive leverage and branding opportunities over time due to the direct relationship with the consumer. Imports/international logistics will also always be needed. You may think running a retail store is easy--but try running hundreds of them. It's like how any stoner can grow a few plants in their backyard but not thousands. With scale comes complexity. That complexity is your moat.  Keep an eye on High Tide. I agree that the retail business is not the high growth business shareholders want it to be, but the international business is booming. We finally have profits that are trending upwards because of it. 

FormulaLiftr

Crazy work calling joining the EU a cuck move while you throw your countrymen under the bus as you bend over for Donny. Ps, you’re (physically) too old for him.

Skipperlarrymary

Generally, Canadians are limiting unnecessary travel to the US. Personally, I used to go at least one every year if not multiple times, and haven't been since, oh, let's say January 20, 2025.Vegas tourism has been down all year due to Canadians and EU citizens avoiding the US.

OddAd7664

Vegas is struggling as tourism (from EU and Canada) is down.

rudolf_de_Leeuw

One catch with expecting a 2012-style rescue: the ECB's Transmission Protection Instrument is conditional on the country following EU fiscal rules, so a France that can't pass a budget arguably doesn't qualify. That makes it more likely politicians are forced to move first, probably after another leg up in the OAT-Bund spread.

imrickjamesbioch

Try Trillions, once you lose the tech infrastructure to another country, it’s almost impossible to go back. Meaning if all the AI code is written by Chinese companies, EU isn’t gonna redo their entire infrastructure appease US counties whom put Fake Jesus in office. US is playing the short game, while China playing the long game and its close to checkmate. Say what you want about CCP government but at least they’re a stable trading partner vs the US whom no longer abides by their agreements or negotiates on good faith.

Rock_or_Rol

Bonds are so fucked if conflict with Iran escalates or we don’t hike rates soon. The biggest bullish case is 🥭 can actually pull off an Iran/Russia deal ahead of the midterms. They’re in bed together to our detriment, but there is a case that we can make less concessions it’d than it would take individually because they benefit from their alliance. Not to mention, Europe is on the struggle bus. France’s debt has like doubled beyond their allowance into the EU. The oil shock and crack spread may pose a greater cost than dealing with the risk of Russia’s aggression spreading to Poland, Estonia or wherever in 2 years. Ukraine is a proxy, if mother Europe and US run out of funds, they lose the attrition war quickly. It’s a 2 way street though, Ukraine and Europe now has leverage on 🥭. They can ruin his presidency by blowing up more Russian fuel depots and refineries. They can leave him stranded in Iran and with the Houthis. That is, they can take us down with them. So… it’s in everyone’s best interest to get a deal. Unfortunately, too many wars are predicated on dominance and not on economic sustainability. If, however, we do somehow escape the quagmire and open up oil/fuel trade with Iran and Russia… we may solve the world economy’s ensuing ejection fraction symptom after the oil shock heart attack. Scenario #2 - we do hike rates and enter a recession. The USD is still the world reserve currency. It won’t be quite the same flight to safety as other recessions, especially under 🥭, but bonds are highly traceable and benefit from being grandfathered in. I’d assume we’d see a resurgence if he was impeached as well as we regain much of our credibility and I’d argue political stability. We are in times of times of tremendous economic uncertainty and just about everyone knows this bubble is on the verge of popping. Our debt is high but not unsustainable. We could double it and survive. The rate at which treasuries are rising is very concerning though I’m a regard so please don’t listen to me for any technical analysis, but yeah.. there are some massive macro factors that are simple enough to consider

diefy7321

“war with EU” is a big leap from saying shit lmfaooo

NotMe357

Last time TACO didn't get his Nobel Peace Prize he wants to go to war with EU to get Greenland. Now he seems calm. I guess the phone call between TACO and Putin make TACO calm down alot lol

Mammoth-Fee1592

Let’s hope EU and Asia give up all the gains like they usually do 😂

Due_Collar2

Europe’s problems? You can thank these two for a big part of them. 1. Gerhard Schröder – Putin’s friend and Russia’s lobbyist The former German chancellor built close ties with Putin and later took positions in Russian energy companies, including Gazprom and Rosneft. Even after Russia invaded Ukraine, Schröder continued defending his relationship with Moscow. In October 2026, he even attended Putin’s birthday celebrations while Russia continued its war against Ukraine. 2. Angela Merkel – Making Germany dependent on Russian gas In 2021, around 55% of Germany’s natural gas imports came from Russia. Merkel’s government supported Nord Stream 2 despite Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Germany’s dependence on Russian gas became a major strategic weakness for Europe. 3. Nord Stream 2 – Ignoring the warning signs Russia had already demonstrated its willingness to use military force to change Ukraine’s borders. Yet Merkel’s government continued supporting a pipeline that would deepen Germany’s energy dependence on Russia. Critics warned that this would strengthen Putin’s influence and undermine European energy security. 4. Shutting down Germany’s nuclear power plants After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Merkel reversed Germany’s nuclear policy and accelerated the phase-out of nuclear power. Critics argued that Germany was removing a major source of low-carbon electricity before renewable energy was ready to replace it. This increased the challenges of maintaining a reliable and affordable energy supply. 5. The 2015 refugee crisis Merkel’s famous statement, “Wir schaffen das” — “We can manage this” — became a symbol of Germany’s response to the refugee crisis. Her government was criticised for inadequate preparation for the large number of arrivals and the pressure placed on local authorities responsible for reception and integration. The crisis also created deep political divisions in Germany and across the EU. 6. Short-term pragmatism instead of long-term strategy Merkel was often praised for her pragmatic approach to politics. But critics argue that her government failed to consider the long-term consequences of several major decisions. Germany became heavily dependent on Russian gas while reducing its nuclear power capacity. At the same time, Europe failed to develop a sufficiently coordinated response to the growing security threat from Putin. The result? Europe became more vulnerable to Russian energy pressure, Germany had to rethink its energy strategy, and the war against Ukraine exposed how badly European leaders had underestimated Putin. Schröder helped Putin gain influence through energy and business. Merkel’s policies deepened Germany’s dependence on Russia. Europe’s problems didn’t appear overnight. Some of its leaders spent years helping create them. And Ukraine is paying the price in blood. 🇺🇦

acergum

There will probably also be an increase in racist rhetoric like blame Muslims or Chinese or Germans. Maybe a rise in anti-EU sentiment. Bring back the franc! Lol

Rock_or_Rol

There’s 10 rules to stock trading. 1. Buy high, sell low. If you do that right, you don’t have to worry about the rest. Facetious, but genuinely that’s all there is to it. WW3 risk, rate hikes, bond fire sales, crack spreads, rampant inflation, erratic political action, rocketing oil, risk as far as the eye can see, torpedoed revenue/growth from the AI flagship, circular financing, blatant market manipulation, currency manipulation, disposable income rapidly declining with the economic class that actually spends instead of parks it, fake earnings, tariffs, sanctioning our allies… it’s all bullshit. This market reacts to uncertainty like it’s a good thing. We’ll crash on 🥭 threatening EU tariffs for Greenland but chop up between rate hikes, historic crack spreads, oil shocks, diminished economic activity and ridiculous inflation. The only thing propping it up is us.

CleanReplacement1525

No bubble. AI is revolutionary. Productivity gains are insane and will accelerate. You just dont understand how deep this goes. EU going down a toilet due to horrible government policies. US tech companies have captured 70%+ of their AI/Cloud markets and will accelerate. Too far ahead. China wont be trusted. World going to shit and the US markets are the last safe place to make a return. People all over the world who have access are pouring money into US stock market. Youre about to miss the biggest secret bull run in history if you keep believing this nonsense. I swear the smart money is pushing these anti-AI stories to shake out the weak hands and grab all the shares for cheaper.

lihoslavl

Whoa, you are finally getting my point! It is true, noone in the West wants nuclear winter, it is true. What also is true that they want those resources for free which means they want Russia to be forced in non-nuclear conflict which drains Russia's resources and allows it to split one more time (aka decolonization shite). I publish wiki sources precisely because they are Western-biased and not neutral as they used to be. The US is constantly involved in some kind of wars / military operations and 0 shit given by everyone. In 2000s people in Russian elites dreamed of united trade and military alliance from Lissabon to Vladivostok. Noone in the West wanted it, of course because in reality all these alliances (NATO, EU) are formed to oppose Russia. This is the real reason.

AarowCORP2

If he truly wanted that, he would have just blamed Ukraine for “not making peace with Russia” and turned on them/nato as soon as he entered office. Neither would he negotiate in the aluminum/steel trade war with the EU last year.

relevant_rhino

It's not like the US will geat any meaningful amount of Diesel from Russia. It's a clown show. However i would suggest the EU should take all the shadow oil tankers, empty them, let them free again, repeat.

Content-Pop-690

Lmao bit sure why this is downvoted…. Fucking short the EU whole continent is shut comped to Asia

Darthmook

So apparently now all your biggest customers and allies in the EU and Canada are bad! And a tiny tin pot failed economy Russia is good, as is the financial parasite Israel... Good luck trying to generate the same level of business with those two..

vitaliksellsneo

EU benchmark prices it by the ton, US benchmark (heating oil) is by the gallon and Asia is by the barrel.

GreatDiscernment

Trump’s FRIENDS: (1) Fuel from Russia, (2) Potash from Belarus and (2) Toys from China. ENEMIES: Canada. EU Hello Republicans??? Knock! Knock! Anyone home???

RV7DR

I'd also add that ARM is facing both and FTC and EU are investigating Arm Holdings for potential illegal monopolization and anticompetitive licensing practices in the semiconductor market. ARM was also in court this week defending itself in a pretty high stakes, and potentially very costly, case with Qualcomm. Up to you- but I am staying away from this one. I'd say it's vastly over inflated price currently

Glittering_Wash_8654

With what leverage? The only way for him to do it, is to go to the EU and make them stop funding Ukraine

fezzuk

Hope EU countries stop these illegal shipments.

mnztr1

Have not seen that they have the weaponry thus far to do more then temp damage. And if they do then more EU and US farmers will go bankrupt, food prices will soar and many people will starve to death. So be careful what you wish for.

Additional-Stuff-700

Weldone Agent Krasnov you acomplished your boss request. There goes the American trator system help ruzzia to get more money to keep on fighting jn Ukraine. I no longer care about the fuckup America its a desgrace and hope they will colepse like the Ceaser regime did and hope Canada joining EU and make a strong Western alies to end the shitty American power which is unreliable.

Domi4

The Play was to make Europe dependent on Americal oil and gas instead of Russian. Now when that became true, je went for the cheap Russian oil. Now Trump is disgusting for behaving like this but this is going to End relationship between EU and the US as it was. This is betrayal. Plan and simple.

confused_teabagger

Russia raises prices for the oil, then US raises prices for the export of that same oil to Europe. So that Europoors have to eat it all! Putin played T-Diddy like a fiddle. It is almost sad for EU.

Ja1ax

Russian oil and fuel is under sanction in the EU. This, if true, is a big middle finger to Ukraine and the EU. Total POS. He is driving the US further and further away from the rest of the world and creating irreparable damage.

TheLastGoodRiot

>This one I actually if this was actually true, I would believe that it was a deal settle by the European and that Trump would try to claim as a victory. Putin gains nothing from keeping Trump in the WH, but he could do it for some EU country is that comes with Pro-Russian upside.

Clittle93

Russia has been a supplier of EU nat gas and oil since the war started. They made a hooplah about it and sanctions but that only toned it down a bit. It’s been on this whole time.

Ancient-Prize4353

5G in the US is a scam, the logo doesn't mean anything. I travel often and most 4G in Asia or EU metropolitan areas are faster than US 5G, and for like 5 bucks a month you can get unlimited data with no cap. Americans have no idea how much they are being fleeced by the ISPs

TheBestintheWest11

will supply for the to US and way less to the EU. watch!

Lame_Coder_42

yea, cumulatively over several months if all of it came to US. EU and US combined consumes over 1 million tons per day. Global consumption is over 3.5 million tons per day. This announcement is what peak cringe, republicans are losing the mid-term election desperation looks like.

Mammoth-Fee1592

If you do end up switching over lemme know how you like it. It’s lowkey a game changer for options. They even have a live tab for EU, Asia & US finance news 

sodihpro

Way to go increasing cliff between EU and US. Supporting Russia like this will result in tensions when EU-sponsored weapons set fire to US bought Diesel

Own-Recipe5908

"Delegated". Even at peak the EU was given as much if not more in monetary to Ukraine than the US in total. The problem is Europe doesn't produce patriot missiles for air defense. We used em all up in the sandbox so we're not giving a significant amount even when Ukraine says they'll pay for them.

originalrocket

Got caught in the NIO frenzy huh.  So did a family member of mine, after 2 years I finally convinced them to sell and put it elsewhere.  They broke even recently.  Take you licks and move on,  its not coming back. And stay the hell out of China.  They dont report and operate like US and EU stocks do. Plus did you really own them to begin with?

_GoA2

Like how the actual fuck are Americans allowing this. Even moreso us in the EU should kick up a fuss how Congress blatantly manipulates stock, as a lot of EU workers funds are invested in such stocks

tinim9

Orange man didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize again this year. He will go bananas at Norway & EU by raising tariffs on them. Puts

Nevyn_Cares

Break ever so many laws and nothing happens. tRump and co cannot help themselves but take every self beneficial possibility that they can. The fact that this was so easy suggests to me that the USoA might need some valid readjustment and split into different countries, whilst still being under some sort of group like the EU. This is no shame on the US, if you can do this peacefully it will be legendary, but the people around the president are already (yet again) speaking treason.

IronWhitin

For sure really few people in EU are.

IronWhitin

You are missingnthe point that no one pay that FEE in Eu the home internet+ mobile is at max 40€ and valide the SIM on alla EU soil. If you need to travel you just buy an Esim from an app for a months or a week andò is gonna cost max 10€.

Jerikolol

TL;DR EU are cucks

NaiveMercury

I am literally studying a top 1% MSc in CS in the EU and I am getting chased by companies like Siemens and Novo Nordisk and my biggest worries are QQQ's intraday swings WSB broke me

miaomiaomiao

Manager here, but in EU. Hiring internationally is a bigger pond to fish in, people from abroad will accept a lower salary because they want to move out of their country, and there's great talent internationally. Caveats: many candidates have poor communication skills or poor culture fit that are a waste of time during the hiring process, some employees will quickly move on to a next job because it's easier to find another job once relocated. Personally I have good experience hiring from Iran, Ukraine, Türkiye. Our team is around 50% local, 50% international and it's a good mix.

Double-Minimum-9048

Iran winning unlike other wars lil pup, thats why oils at $100 and the middle east is make defense agreements with the EU and Zelensky.

Resident_Pickle5422

1000 more immigrants to EU :pepetrump:

Affectionate-Idea690

# The EU Isn't Banning Crypto. It's Building a Trace-and-Seize Machine. lollololololol so fuked lol

Affectionate-Idea690

EU’s underground gas storage is lower than last year (**72% full compared to 83%**), a normal winter is manageable, but a severe cold snap will force Europe to import massive amounts of expensive LNG to avoid shortages. poor europoors here let me send u a heating blanket

Rock_or_Rol

🌮 when? Here’s my analysis… 🥭 isn’t going to make a deal with Iran until he gets one with Russia and the Houthis are neutralized. An Iran deal alone won’t fix his midterm problem, it’ll just make him look like an idiot. A deal with Russia too though? He has a very good shot to keep Congress and his peach. It helps explain everything, change my mind. The problem? EU and Ukraine aren’t in enough pain just yet. Russia will push this to the brink or else 🥭 loses some heavy concessions on all fronts to pull it off. He’s trying to get a Russia meeting together for the end of the MONTH. We are in for a lot of pain still. Still a dynamic situation and ayatollah iasis closing the strait of America might change his schedule, but yeah.. be afraid 👻 TLDR; I’m regarded. Do not trust the bounces. Yen is wayyy too high for what’s going on in the world. Once that goes, so goes the speculative premiums on stocks

Capt_Chickenpox

Amazing day, market goes down after EU market close? I'll buy in cheap again tomorrow, and let you all deal with this shit

Affectionate-Idea690

EU gas co. group: LNG volumes to depend on temps, demand lolollol heating rations incuming or they will have to snuggle with the neighbor lololol

ga643953

Exactly. They fight for survival but when swift code is involved, their payment gets frozen even if they did deliver the oil to China. You can't survive if you have no money to feed their family, which is why they recently ramped up attacks on ships to force the US to the negotiating table rather than just doing it as a middle finger to the POTUS. Saying the gulf states should have planned for it years ago is dumb. Did you see this war coming from miles away going into 2026? I would say no. Same thing with Trump's tariffs and other policies that hurt his allies. US allies, especially the EU didn't expect the US to use USD and trade deficit against them. They also didn't expect Trump to straight up say stuff like he'll pull out of NATO if he wasn't getting Greenland. So what happened afterwards? You start seeing these govenrments in EU realizing they can't rely on the US military and tech stack, so they're now trying to build alternatives themselves. Do you think they would even think about divesting from the US and building their own tech stack if Trump didn't do any of this?

Fit-Air-4060

Tin foil theory - weaker currencies in the EU is to force EU to release their diesel supplies

YooperSauna

EU is going to approve FSD…That is the TSLA bear dagger IMO

daveybuoy

As someone who has used Adobe for decades professionally, it would be tricky for me to let go of Premiere and After Effects to use some slapdash piece of AI crap. I rely on it heavily. It has to work. Clones like GIMP have already ben around for years, but the people who use Gimp aren't professionals and weren't going top pay for the license anyway. I can see canva taking a bite out of it, but Express essentially does the same thing and we'll probably move to that because the enterprise model is better and Adobe Stock integration is huge. The biggest threat to Adobe, meta. google and apple etc. are if the EU and Canadian government procurement departments decide to divest of US made products and services. They banned us from using TikTok a few years ago for advertising. They could easily tell us all no more Adobe (or windows, or iPhones, or ads on meta/snap/google/YouTube) tomorrow. That would be roughly $300,000-$500,000 per year less purchasing from my role alone, and I'm a teeny tiny fish.

Jerikolol

delist EU

robottosama

I am sympathetic to this view, but where in particular are they extracting unwarranted profits? The one case I know of is credit card fees -- multiple percentage points in the USA, vs a fraction of a percent in the EU.

unwanted_hair

EU imports cheap labor only to not produce anything.

Affectionate-Idea690

# China rejects EU request for curbs on hybrid car exports: FT

GodPleaseGiveMeAName

I'm not American, perhaps that's why it is easier for me to see this. The USA is the only country in the world that, if it wanted to, could survive this whole energy crisis ordeal while leaving everyone else scrambling. China, Russia and EU are all energy dependent. If the USA really wanted to cut ties with everyone else, everyone else would be screwed.

CorrectTemperature65

lol the headline is "trump on plage: "Big problem", whilst the EU has a specialist team, uses big words, and state they're requesting information and monitoring it very closely

Lucixxx6

EU trading ended plus oil dump

weenies

Wonder if EU debt crisis is why SPY opened lower

Spy300

>ITALY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: ITALY ASKS EU TO CONSIDER INFLATION AS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR THAT CAN JUSTIFY DEVIATION FROM BUDGET GOALS Lol

AmsterdamValueInvest

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Ok_Performance7026

We’re clearly in an AI boom, and parts of it will eventually correct. The technology is transformative, but valuations have gotten extreme, and not every AI company can justify its current price. Even NVIDIA, the industry’s strongest player, carries real risk. Its growth depends on a circular cycle where AI companies buy more GPUs to build bigger models that require even more GPUs. That works brilliantly until demand slows or the economics shift, and then the whole loop becomes fragile. AI also faces external pressures: communities pushing back against datacenter expansion, potential future regulation if political leadership changes, and ongoing efforts from the EU to tighten oversight. Strong governance and thoughtful regulation will ultimately help the technology mature in a healthier, more sustainable way but many AI companies will not succeed.

Salt_Contract342

As a 🇨🇦 no fucking way do I want to join the EU. Trade deal, yes.

Count-to-3

Probably MU in EU market priced in euros

annoying12345

I remember reading about the EU when ben ward was fuxking my ass(no lube) with Maricann. Between that company, acb, cgc and tilray all can go to hell....and if thats where we all are currently, then somewhere worse!

lonewolf420

Not when we have to sell it to the EU at higher prices, then we get higher prices because that is how global markets work..... for grease and other oil products not gasoline a bunch of those the Autozones, O'Reilly's type companies put out press releases to their purchase suppliers to buy up as much as you can before its gone and that was nearly a month ago. People horde before the big price swings, so even if we have plenty of it it won't be coming to us for cheaper it will be much more expensive regardless.

lonewolf420

its a global market, EU buys from us China and India buys from Iran/Russia. it won't matter how energy independent the US is, why short of a export ban would the companies sell cheaper to US than it would to the EU at those exorbant prices...... People thinking America can weather this storm are pretty regarded at what actually happens in an oil shock. For extra cred go look up different crude types and how the American refineries are tooled, you could say well we own Venezuela now but people fail to see that is a drop in the bucket and needs large investments to bring its capacity online after decades of corruption and poor infrastructure investments in that country.

lonewolf420

yea and the EU is already looking to curb them in that market, Chinese EVs are not what people should be clamoring for no matter how cheap they offer them. Some of them are quality a majority of the low cost ones are not and would be considered death traps in the US market with safety standards.

Zestyclose-Carry-171

Europe continues to receive investments not for very high returns but for stability, so people can confidently invest in more risky assets elsewhere. The problem is there are not a lot of countries that can credibly fulfill Europe role. The US can, but it is becoming more risky as you can see it with Trump. The UK has the same problem as the EU. Switzerland is too small to receive that much money. Same with Canada and Australia, who are good candidates and are big enough, but are pretty empty demographically (and closing in on immigrants). China and Russia are very risky politically. Japan and Korea can receive money, but it also has its own demographics problem, on top of needing constant US military involvement. Same with the petromonarchies of the Gulf State. How many people would serenely lend their money and invest a lot in Brazil, Mexico, India, ? Not saying it can't break the Euro, since as Europe gets riskier, other regions gets less risky comparatively, but still.

Ok-Dimension-5429

There are endless EU ETFs which have a near identical underlying. He could have bought those instead. Pointless reasoning

Independent-Use-228

Romanian definitely. Need that EU exposure.

Loose_Hornet4126

Sorry sir it's the name. Europoor (even the rich) is poor by amerifat standards in average. Case and point, EU uses some type of euro Monopoly money because all the europoor countries have too weak of currency

Critical_Reveal_2207

i think the US flip‑flopping is just a political stunt; a diesel ban would cut into their own market and hurt farmers more than ease prices. so the EU hold‑back might just be the best way to keep the market stable.

Oknursing

This is just tottally wrong and the problem with basing things off "anecdotes" The US has been booming since Covid, and really since the 08 crash. The rest of The west has badly fallen behind. Going from Western Europe having about 90% of the wealth of the US to 60%.since 08. People in the US bitch and moan when Gas prices are still a fraction of Europes. Or when GDP "only grows 2-3%while in the rest of developed world this would be ecinomic growth not seen in a generation. So you get these "vibes" that dont really mean anything simply because the baseline performance they are used to is so high in the US any kind of nwgatuve feels far worse then in reality. Whil3 the baseline in say EU or Canada has become used to is so low just not faklling off a cliff feels OK. If you

Alendro95

>I would say both US and Russia are coordinating in trying to destroy EU. that's pretty obvious in last years. More and more right wing "nationalist" politicians are backed by USA, Russia and/or Israel. They want to weaken EU

StockLifter

Out of all big powers the EU is the only one with semi reasonable debt management

ProofByVerbosity

suddenly? a lot of EU countries have been in bad shape for quite a while.

asdafari14

> China is moving manufacturing to Brazil so that Brazil can build cars for the EU market. Those factories are for the local market since Brazil introduced tariffs. They are building factories in the EU to get around the EU tariffs.

Conscious_Long_2315

brazil is trading at a huge discount even with the rally, great dividends, and the economy provides real goods (agriculture, metal, energy). They have also signed trade partnerships with Europe recently and have low correlation to US markets. Huge labor pool. China is moving manufacturing to Brazil so that Brazil can build cars for the EU market.

lOo_ol

Yes, the USD is a bigger concern and in a worse position than the euro, but the EU doesn't need external help to dig its own grave. Some countries are financially responsible, France isn't one of them, and hasn't been for a very long time.

Neinhalt_Sieger

What is this bulshit news? Suddenly France is a problem, and not the biggest debt in the world held by US, on a cardboard AI industry, with yields and inflation spiking on unprecedented oil shortage, on wars created by thr US. I would say both US and Russia are coordinating in trying to destroy EU.

Glock715

Looks like the agreement with cannara would still be EU-GMP washed at the Curaleaf facility. That’s going to be such an interesting dynamic to follow. Says Cannara is still in pursuit of EU-GMP certification at their grow facility.

keisis236

Maaan, America seems like a shithole, this would be illegal in most countries in the EU XD

Turbots

Ah yes, take a hundred pictures of every item at the shelf, even though its labeled on the shelf itself and usually on the product ... So then you can compare each item at the counter with the pictures you made. That's not even remotely tedious, that's just incredibly stupid and this whole fucking topic should not even be a discussion. It should not be allowed for these companies through law. This is where consumer protection should step in and the law maker should enforce it with huge fines on the perpetrators. These lousy fucking shitbag companies should get punished. So glad I live in the EU where we have SOME level of consumer protection. In the US you are all getting fucked in the ass on a daily basis, I don't know how you all put up with it.

blofeldfinger

That would be totally illegal in EU. You pay the shelf price, even if it’s lowered by mistake.

magicjohnson89

Doing well DB. Hold a lot of this as a long term investment in a junior ISA that matures in 2030. Hopefully our ties to the EU continue to grow and we re-join before that date for big gains.