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AmbroyceResearch

You're always told to think outside the box from every expert who claims to know how to get you ahead. If Trump does what everyone else did or what everyone else expects him to do, then isn't it just more of the same? And, isn't people tired of the same? This is all an "out of the box" strategy that so far hasn't caused a recession, hasn't caused WW3, hasn't caused gas to go up $9, hasn't caused a cholera outbreak, or whatever else we're supposed to start immediately enduring since inauguration. The best thing to do is sit back and learn how to adapt and capitalize on these policies. You can't beat the game so just play it well or get elected.

ShittyUsernane1222

Europe should add an EAS ALERT for trump tweets because 🥭 can at any moment declare ww3 or destroy Europe. categorized as follows under the cover name Orange Alerts: Type 1. 🥭 WW3 alert. Type 2. 🥭 Economic demolition tweet Type 3. 🥭 European Homeland security incident.

Significant_City_606

What’s nuts is we were all warned repeatedly not to trust the economic statistics coming from the White House; he literally fired people for handing in reports he didn’t like. Specifically last august; job report from the BLS ended in the commissioner being fired. None of their statistics are trust worthy simply because of the implication. “Fabricate good results or lose your job” When this fully filters out there goes confidence in the global economy, AI, whatever. It makes me think that WW3 is practically an economic necessity; terrifying implications all around.

daners101

Unless some quantum leap forward in tech breaks Bitcoin, at which point it will likely break all banking anyways, or WW3 breaks out and everything just goes to shit, I’m with Saylor. It’s not going to zero. Even if institutions like Blackrock think it’s a joke (they don’t, but if they did), there’s just too much money to be made for them to let Bitcoin die. They would have to start hating money. I don’t see that happening.

Aggravating_Path206

Because you guys were at war and facing actual existential crisis. As an Asian, I wish the Japanese had put us in concentration camps in WW2, that would be a massive upgrade from what we went through. Also as Asian, I am grateful that Americans came up with the bomb as quickly as possible and forced a Japanese surrender with them, we were going through hell, and every single day counted and saved lives.

TeaEfTea

No one wants to hold anything over WW3 weekend

ihopethisworksfornow

I’m going to be so rich when WW3 starts and the market tanks 25% on Monday. Literally can’t go tits up.

ShittyUsernane1222

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjy4g2AGVs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjy4g2AGVs) last thing your calls see once 🥭starts WW3 as a distraction

phaederus

They were super scammy, totally under the table, backroom shenanigans. They were so well hidden and complexly constructed that it took a few decades for historians to really understand then and their impact on German politics/WW2. There were also the lesser known öffa bills.

That-Complex4829

The reason for that is Japan experienced a methamphetamine epidemic in the aftermath of WW2

ihopethisworksfornow

*it’s the way that hair net kinda covered up her ear* *had me askin’ why the* **fuck** *she was even workin’ here* *but next time I get hungry* *i’ma drive to Pasadena* *’Cuz I just gotta see her* *Mi linda cucina* Bro says “my beautiful kitchen” instead of what I assume was meant to be “my beautiful cook” at the end their but “cocinera” wouldn’t rhyme and i guess you do what you gotta do MSFT is a stupid obvious buy at this price. Short dated options will cuck you. Buy leaps or shares. Shit could go lower in the short term. Honestly, all of this bullshit is pretty normal. If I had a 10 bagger for every time we almost invaded Iran and the market freaked out about it, I’d be a billionaire. Shit ain’t gonna be WW3, Russia does not care that much. No mutual defense or security guarantees in their treaty. Now, a boots on the ground invasion of Iran, idk. Honestly my worry there is more credit downgrades for the U.S. because a major war would be expected to balloon our deficit. Iran’s big and its geography is fucked. Would be way worse than Afghanistan/Iraq. But fuck all of that. The only concerning thing is gold, the USD, and this vague sense that everyone is looking to cut us out because we’re talking shit and renegotiating constantly.

Necessary-Shame-2732

So happy ameritards voted in 🥭. Prank on the entire world cooking since WW2. Well played.

ihopethisworksfornow

[Bears driving to Wendy’s for a Baconator as the U.S. economy collapses and WW3 begins](https://youtu.be/2zToEPpFEN8?si=O0iFcdojakMzBgrF)

LostandConfused2024

I haven’t seen a sell-off this bad *since WW3*

kalakesri

Pam Bondi saved us from WW3. Calls

MrYOLOMcSwagMeister

Yooooo wtf is going on? WW3 started or what?

FinePace3325

Guys, the market is controlled by a few elites who control the MMs. Just like the banks. It’s all a facade. And it’s becoming clear they want to take as much money from everyone as possible now. They destroyed bears in 2025 and are going to continue to rip from bears and bulls this year until the curtains come off. Everything is unraveling, but the market will stay propped up as long as it needs to because at the end of the day, it’s a tool for the elite to take your money. Ive been following this thread for a year now, I’ve enjoyed some good ups and downs, I love the banter in here and enjoy inversing WSB. I am selling everything except google, putting a bit of money into some foreign currencies, pulling money from my banks, holding physical cash and buying some physical gold. Bad things will happen this year as the elites are exposed. If you can see through all the media and all of the propaganda around various countries, it really feels like WW3 is a possibility and at the very least, a serious geopolitical shakeup is coming. SPY will eventually go to 700 before the drop because enough regards will believe that’s a good sign. This current range is meant to make you believe there is some modicum of market stability. And the elites love regards. Regards have been fattened up for slaughter. This is financial advice. Do not try to time bitcoin, it’s a joke. Stop buying meme stocks. Wait for the crash before buying back into some overvalued sectors like space. Be responsible and help family manage their 401ks. Good luck

NotMe357

On the long weekend. TACO will start WW6.

sinncab6

Or you know the most logical thing happens since we had elections during the civil war and WW2, that the Democrats retake Congress we get two years of impeachment hearings and probably a drastic drawdown in ICE funding People don't like this shit. Trump has 30% of the nation no matter what he does, he was able to get that other 17-18% for economic reasons primarily. Nobody who was an on the fence voter and cared about immigration voted for this kind of shit the optics is gestapo level. And the economy are you really going to tell yourself is doing that much better? Everyone with an R by their name is going to get painted with this shit come november and good luck to them, because I'm going to say it'll be a blue tidal wave. Now if you want to bet on unrest from elections I'd say 2028 would be much wiser, we already know how he handles losing and he's somehow found someone more spineless than Pence to sit in the VP spot.

Cturcot1

Now theoretically if the US defaults on the debt what happens globally? Do we see a WW3?

SweetLobsterBabies

They know the people gambling their roth are dying before 60 anyways. They figure if there's a big enough tax incentive people will do some risky stuff and hand their money over like chumps or win big and want to pull it out before they have had both knees and a hip replaced. Just like the WW2 scientists using their knowledge as bargaining chips, the OG Casino Crews are more than happy to sell their secrets

Impressive-Ear-1090

The Europeans pretending like they aren’t the most violent continent in history cracks me up. They didn’t suddenly find peace after WW2, the USA found nuclear weapons. They’ll be back to their own in-fighting before they know it and anyone that disagrees is kidding themselves. They’re too regionally and culturally split up. Mediterranean nations will never have the same priorities as countries sharing a border with Russia or Scandinavia.

AMountainOfAlpha

[This video should help](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0I7vlN8WW0)

Croiyx

WW3 wen

TrickyBar9580

The world has been talking about AI bubbles for months, are you slow. And fuck WW3

vermilli21

Market has been so boring. Give us a catalyst. DEEPSEEK 2.0, AI Bubble, WW3, GYNA invades Taiwan, an asteroid hitting the Nasdaq, something

IDrinkSulfuricAcid

SPY's been like WW1 Western front since November. Endless bloodbath with no actual gains for either side

rasputin777

We've seen this headline a million times. Europe is building its own OS. It's own social networks. It's own media conglomerates. It's own everything. They'll pour a bunch of money into something and it'll be on life support for a few decades. Meanwhile everything in the Western world runs on American everything. Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Google, and the next 50 most important tech companies are all American. Payment companies are pretty much all American as well. If you're looking for innovation outside the US you must look at Asia and Latam. Not Europe. And they will continue to be. The economy of Europe has been in a near coma since shortly after WW2. I think that's fine with Europeans. They want to relax and that's okay. But don't pretend you're a continent of hard workers at the same time. Commit to it. Everyone who wants to grind like NY and Silicon Valley move here to do so for a reason. It's part of the culture. Oh and we pay a fuckton more too.

Only-Lead-9787

If this was happening on the left, Fox News would be blasting “Staffers are running our country! Who’s in charge!? The president and the VP are asleep at the wheel.” Seriously though, this is a serious problem. Trump’s White House conducts policy through social media. We’re one staffer slip up away from WW3.

Wise_Monkey_Sez

Dude, the USA is still using cheques. Cheques ffs. The banking system in Europe isn't perfect, but it's about 100 years ahead of the banking system in most of the USA. Will there be problems? Sure! Any large system like this is going to have masses of teething problems. But once it is up and running it's going to be 1000x better than the existing U.S. system and the U.S. economy's passive income from being a banking hub is going to disappear, along with hundreds of thousands of jobs linked to that sector. Don't blame Europe, blame your current president, because come WW3 we all know he'll back Russia, and it's simply a security risk Europe can't take.

Kramerica_CEO

Defense Production Act. That wasn’t in place until Vietnam or Korea but even in WW2 ford plants were used to produce bombers and tanks.

Throwawayhelper420

A 15% increase in tariffs was never going to start WW3.  If you sincerely thought this you need to massively recalibrate.

Petahchu

What was your thesis for a bearish strategy that you held for so long? WW3? Overdue for correction? AI bubble? Are you done for good?

earthcomedy

smart if you've known Nuclear WW3 is coming.,...and now it's not far away...early 2030s...conventional --> nuclear. US-China (Taiwan flashpoint) enjoy the fireworks.

El_Diablo_Feo

How is it anti-Semitism when AIPAC has a stranglehold on our politics to where we'd rather give them money to blow up kids in Gaza than give our own people clean water and better infrastructure? Israel is the nation, it's not anti-Semitic to call out the nation. It's only anti-Semitic when the people are referred to in a way that is discriminatory. Their criticism is not discriminatory, it's just a truth Americans refuse to consider. Israel and the US are quickly becoming the very thing they fought in WW2 and it's sad to watch

AlleyKatPr0

Japanese people have them. This is (partially) why Japan has high disposable income and, were able to generate new manufacturing after WW2

Lazy_Range_1562

I did, but he would not tell me what he would put it into. Talked about a “ scholarship find” he liked but that was it. Told me thats what im hiring him to do, make those decisions. He was/is a fiduciary, so only made money if the acct did, but wouldn't even let me know how much other accts like mine/ he managed made last year, only that he “expected it to beat the market by a few percent”. I read a lot, ( too much) abt the govt, trump, how he is almost crashing the world economy,moving trade partners away from the US, our 9 T debt payment due this year. Devaluation of the dollar, etc, so i wanted more interaction, like back and forth a little, talk me thru it, but i guess im supposed to sign him a check and walk away? My problem was, Does he read like i do? Know the shit trump is pulling? How to avoid what a “ worst case scenario “ on our economy might look like? Idk. And finally closed the acct after 3 meets and no answers from him. Felt all alone, and didnt have faith that any scholarship acct would be the future when WW3, civil war, concentration camps are at our door. I guess this is normal for FA to just demand Blind trust?

No-Sympathy-686

Im just waiting until June to get out of all my positions for tax purposes. Hopefully WW3 doesnt break out. Although, that would probably be bullish.

Minority_Carrier

Guys, WW2 is less than a 100 year ago. A lot can happen in 100 years, not even 100 year, let’s just say 20 years.

Tempura69

**The day China goes for Taiwan is the day WW3 starts**. - Not really, lol. The only thing saving Taiwan right now is that it's the main producer of chips that the US needs. And the US needs those chips badly because the bubble bursting is right around the corner. The US doesn't really care about Taiwan, it only cares about the chips. That's why they wanted TSMC to shift a huge chunk of the production to the US and is threatening tariffs if they don't comply.

gizamo

Jfc. Learn some basic history, mate. Taiwan is a free, independent country, regardless of what China wants to pretend. The day China goes for Taiwan is the day WW3 starts. The US won't sit back like it did for Ukraine when Russia rolled in.

Scribble_Box

There are African children drinking puddles and fighting off armies of puppy sized mosquitoes, and you're out here complaining that you had to watch big booty Latinas? We really do deserve WW3. SMH.

Bagholder71

Is WW3 a trade/hybrid war? 

ShittyUsernane1222

the crash of 2026 also called the biggest panic , the big sad was a major worldwide financial crisis which was triggered by the liquidation of US treasuries and death of US financial hegemony, the silver spike of '26, ai uncertainty and the popping of global credit bubble in tandem with worsening macro-economic conditions such as K-shaped recoveries. It has led to notable events such as WW3, the first human-machine accords, first contact war of '44 and the colonization of the solar system, revival and ultimate take-over of cyber-communism as dominant economic system (see also Socialism with Chinese Characteristics).

SilverPrivateer

Fact. Japan was banned from spending any money on infantry, tanks, military airplanes, missiles... anything that was around in WW2. So what did they do? They put their entire defence budget in the one thing that wasn't invented yet, robots. While other countries were developping "landmines" and "spy planes" they were building up their robots, and now have a 20 year lead on everyone else.

Burnned_User

But the US left for Iran leaving Japan in charge. We gave a lot of weapons to Taiwan in the hopes they will do better than Ukraine but without American boots on the ground, I don’t see our entry point into WW3.

Sazza12

I was promised WW3 and all I got was boring Super Bowl

SeesawSufficient4799

i would say its more of an opportunity for WW

SherbertMindless8205

I don't think it's gonna start with bombs and amphibious invasion, probably something is gonna trigger a naval blockade, economic pressure and threats of invasion. A deal would probably include something like you can keep free speech and your own democracy and economic system, maybe even your own garrison troops, but external military security be handled by PRC and you gotta formally surrender. How long it will stay that way is of course not certain. Militarily I agree it's very different to Ukraine, it heavily depends on the situation in washington, since any military defense would be reliant on the US willing to start WW3 essentially. Without outside help I don't think they have a chance, area close to one of the Oblasts in size, army size about one tenth that of Ukraine. And china has the biggest industrial base in the world. I don't think it would be possible to sanction China the same way as Russia, it's way too big part of the global economy.

rndoppl

I know. i know it's extremely bleak and painful for the bottom 80% in America. For nearly 40 to 50 years, America has been in decline for the middle class and poor. The worship of selfishness and low taxes hasn't helped. But I'm also pointing out that investments still do very well. The large profits now generated used to be paid to workers as a larger percentage. But now they exist on corporate balance sheets. The US had two favorable positions exiting WW2. We had Roosevelt's high taxes on the rich which accelerated distribution. And we didn't suffer industrial damage like Europe, USSR, and Japan. We grew the middle class and prosperity like mad. But capital always revolts. It wants return on investment. It hates benefitting others, god forbid sharing. Right now, the middle class in America is experiencing an equalization to Europe and China. It is very painful, but there are ways to mitigate the full extent of the doom and gloom.

VancouverSky

WW3 would imply china has allies in the fight over taiwan.... I doubt Cambodia, Pakistan and Iran is coming to their aid whem its go time for taiwan.

TerminatorJ

Feels like we’ve been on the brink of WW3 most of my life… but now definitely feels closer than ever.

vermilli21

I was promised WW3 this weekend

PowerfulSeeds

Since Reagan in the 80s, not WW2. Otherwise youre spot on!

Life-Industry-1131

We’re in WW3 already, it’s a Cold War now. It’ll be kinetic for a year probably after mango is gone

Traditional_Page_75

You either believe in WW3 or you don’t

Me-Regarded

I miss the ber telling us WW3 is at hand every weekend. Sad

GameSharkPro

Exactly my point (I am not sure if you are agreeing or not). A literal global pandemic=> 6 months of economic uncertainty followed by quick recovery. Great depression, unforseen unplanned quantitative tightening => decade of economic downturn and WW2. Tldr, We have better tools to weather the storm where depression era economy will not happen.

fruitloop00001

Like if you found a WW2 shell you wouldn't put it up your ass before you call the bomb squad

Robertroo

United and American Airlines get shorted right before 9/11. WW3 immanent?

SirVengeance92

You don't recall WW1 and WW2? Far more lethal than American politics today

Shatter_

[What’s going on](https://youtu.be/jvO2O-G8VG4?si=TXKvGsUt2Hq-q9WW) is more nuanced and interesting than the headlines. I’ll be adding a small amount to HIMS on Monday. This stock is not for the faint hearted but they are doing some very interesting stuff beyond weight loss.

Me-Regarded

Ber doom and gloom has already begun and it's still Friday. It will be certain WW3 by Saturday night

Switch5555

Bought $200 in SPY puts. Rolling for WW3

jensenskawk

WW3 gonna happen this weekend as scheduled in the Epstein files

A55BAG

Indeed.. retail can have this day. Probably WW3 outside market hours during weekend 😅

bugaoxing

Preamble to say that I’m not saying long term investing isn’t the best strategy - However, WW1 and WW2 are not great examples of times when long term investing still paid off. Whether long term investing was a good choice depended entirely on whether your country of residence was on the winning or losing side. And I don’t just mean that if you were on the losing side you would have needed a super long time horizon to recover your losses from war time. I mean that your investments went to 0 and never came back. In Japan for example, if you were broadly invested pre-war, you would have seen your 1) many shares forcibly taken from you by your own government, 2) many of your holdings going to 0 because the companies were physically destroyed, and 3) post-war you were left with the weakest claim to any restitution and functionally meant you received absolutely nothing for whatever shares you believed you had. So long term investing in an all-out war scenario is nothing like investing through a bear market like the dot com crisis or oil crisis. It just isn’t comparable.

Available-Range-5341

I diagnose you with TDS. You guys already ruined the Economics and Economy sub. They blame everything bad since WW1 on Trump now. Do you have to take over this sub too?

neutralpoliticsbot

yo bears what happened to WW3? What happened to all your stupid spam all night? What happened to the economic catastrophe? What happened to Iran attack? Wha happa??

2muchnet42day

Only WW3 would save my puts

RetiredEarly2018

WW1 will have felt unstable WW2 will have felt unstable The oil crisis felt unstable The dot com crisis felt unstable GFC felt unstable This too will pass into history.

vermilli21

We gonna get WW3 after the meeting today, get some defense stock lottos

Sapereos

I think you underestimate what the very rich will do to avoid 70% taxes, and also how quickly the debt is growing. Also look at demographics now vs that WW2 to 1981 period. If we can’t grow our way out of debt through higher GDP (likely through productivity gains from AI), then debasement/inflation is the natural order of things. It will hurt the average joe, but politicians and the wealthy can make money off it since it will juice asset prices. It will be their fallback option. No administration here is going to choose austerity, and they will keep kicking that can down the road as long as they can while the debt continues to erode government finances.

IceMysterious3056

WW3 pending or something?

jensenskawk

Epstein files says WW3 is scheduled for Feb 8 2026. Are you ready?

epsilon1856

Ain't a loss until you sell. WW3 here we come!

FrivolousShrimp

Strong GDP? With VTI (domestic) up 13% over 52 weeks while VTIAX (international) up 35%? Not since WW2 has international growth so handedly outpaced US domestic markets. We had the "lost decade", but we lagged by only single digit percentages. The US markets are only keeping up with the rate of devaluation of the dollar. The monkeys are running the zoo.

luv2block

Big picture, we are in WW3 as we speak. It's not a guns and bombs war, it's a financial and resource war. I think this market crash is actually self-sabotage by the US. The US can keep markets elevated if they want to (they have been for the past 15+ years). They let it crash today... everything crashed except US treasuries. Crypto and metals, because they challenge US treasuries, crashed the most. The US banks / US gov are sending a message to the world.... start playing ball or we'll crash global stock markets. Trump's tarrifs failed miserably. His attempt to threaten to take over other countries, failed miserably. So now all the US can do is threaten to bring the whole global market system down. Trump's approval rating is at 29%, so he doesn't give a shit anymore. And the banks don't care, because they'd rather burn it all down than lose control over the world. That's my take on it.

jensenskawk

Feb 8 2026 is WW3 as scheduled in the Epstein files

picksicx

Get ready to go to the frontlines for WW3

illinformed-will

So WW3 started and it's not on the news yet, got it.

PyloPower

Starting to feel like all the big boys know WW3 is near and are liquidating, and this week shows what happens to markets only have retail buying... Fully Regarded.

Mission_Wide

It's like being stuck in those WW2 U-boats and absolutely pummeled by depth charges.

neutralpoliticsbot

as soon as you start seeing bears talking WW3 its time to buy calls. I saw one WW3 comment already we almost at the bottom guys

IceCoughy

WW3 or what?

sentrypetal

You could reduce the debt post WW2 because the US was a manufacturing power house and the rest of the developed world was destroyed by the war. Today you can’t if you tax the rich at 70% they will just leave. If you tax corporations at 70% they will just lay off workers. If you tax the workers 70% the majority of them will die as many are living at or near the poverty line. The only way the debt gets resolved is hyperinflation which crushes those without assets I.e. the poor and middle class. All options are bad.

gruffyhalc

The most important thing about investment money... you need to pretend it doesn't exist. You need to be able to live your life even if it goes to zero. Then you just don't look at it. Don't ask questions. Buy via automation so you don't need to look at the price. If you can last at least 10-20 years, then yes, that's investing. There's no crystal ball. There are going to be people convincing you in the news that it's WW3 and that everything ends and you need to sell everything. There's also a slim but non-zero chance of that being true. The best you can do is an educated bet.

RealHornblower

Debt to GDP is \~120%, which is the metric that matters. It was 120% at the end of WW2 as well, and between WW2 and 1981 it declined to \~30% of GDP, which included the implementation of the "Great Society" programs of Medicare/Medicaid, as well as going to the moon and several wars. The idea that the debt is an insolvable problem is simply not true. It's not even that difficult to solve if you view it as a math problem instead of like, an ideological struggle between capitalism and socialism. Like it or not, the top marginal tax rate on the very rich was 70%+ during that period of declining debt to gdp. There may be other solutions to the debt problem, but there objectively is at least one that we know works, so acting like we have no choice except dollar debasement is just not accurate. [Gross Federal Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDGDPA188S) | FRED | St. Louis Fed](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDGDPA188S) [Historical Highest Marginal Income Tax Rates | Tax Policy Center](https://taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/historical-highest-marginal-income-tax-rates)

Kizzy33333

WW3 to start Feb 8 per Epstein files everyone getting out.

CivenAL

I’m new to the casino, can anyone tell me why everything is red AF but I can’t find any truly worrying news or significant catalysts that should cause it? My symbols and screeners look like WW3 broke out but I didn’t get the memo. Can someone enlighten me?

A55BAG

Did the WW3 start? 🤣

Fit_Problem_7924

And treasuries flat. Wtf? People long on WW3 hoarding tomato soup in bunkers?

vishesh_07_028

Not WW3 for sure for imminent.

Early-Vermicelli3322

WW3

Mr-uncleBerry

WW3 stock

SlickRick941

Get in on SHLD and ITA before WW3 with Iran kicks off

StarGaurdianBard

Okay. I did. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01914490.pdf Notice how the WW3 stuff isnt here? Did you seriously insist it was real and in the files and tell someone to look it up without looking it up yourself first? You must be highly regarded

PM_ME__YOUR_HOOTERS

Only you can save Iran, do the right thing and crash your account to prevent WW3

Fantastic-Vehicle880

Gabe approves of WW2.5

wrecktvf

Gabe delays WW3 confirmed