08-20-26 spal
UMH
UMH PPTYS INC REIT
16.720.16 (+0.97%)
Erez Capital (Bruce Schanzer) activist - is involved. He has essentially put it up for sale. First levels have already been claimed - exit is probably about 21-25 is offers arise. Note that the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law on July 11, 2026, is a sweeping federal statute that includes major reforms to lower production costs, update financing, and expand options for manufactured and mobile housing. So as normal the reg environment has been bent to lend a hand ... |
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08-20-26 victor
carib, right.. and the debt is now at 40 t.
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The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending.
The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion debt in March. It reached $38 trillion five months before that, in October.
The unprecedented $40 trillion figure highlights competing administration priorities, from boosting defense spending that the U.S. relies on to carry out President Donald Trump’s almost-6-month-old war in Iran to lowering the cost of gas and groceries.
Kush Desai, a White House spokesman, said the Trump administration “has been focused on slashing waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending while accelerating economic growth to get America’s debt-to-GDP ratio trending in the right direction.”
However, experts say the exploding debt and the latest record milestone are already affecting Americans’ pocketbooks by raising borrowing costs for things like mortgages and cars, lowering wages from businesses that have less money available to invest, and creating more expensive goods and services.
“If we want to improve our living standards, today and for the next generation, now is the time for lawmakers to put our nation on a more affordable and sustainable path,” says Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a think tank focused on U.S. fiscal challenges. |
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08-20-26 carib
In 2006 and 2016, official and private investors each held roughly half of the Treasury market. By 2026, however, the private sector’s share had risen to 73% while the official sector’s share had fallen to 27%.
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08-20-26 spal
"As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing,"
Chuck Prince |
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08-20-26 spal
SSRM
SSR MNG INC
Running on |
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08-20-26 spal
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08-20-26 spal
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes"
Macbeth (Act 4, Scene 1). |
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08-20-26 spal
| Scarcity in the physical world and financial repression = commodity bull run |
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08-20-26 spal
Ex-Dividend Liquidity Capture: With the stock trading ex-dividend today (August 20, 2026), trading prints across TSX (MER.TO) and OTCQX (MRNFF) show zero "dividend capture drop" weakness. Instead, volume spiked to 1.06M+ shares on OTCQX and over 800k on TSX, with buyers stepping in directly at the ex-dividend open to absorb shares from yield-sensitive retail sellers.
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08-20-26 carib
Victor: I am no expert, but secondary sanctions on Iraq, if they were to become a conduit for Iranian oil, would be extremely easy to enforce.
Point is some observers now see Trump as lots of smoke and little fire.
This will be a test for the efficiency of secondary sanctions (unless Trump re changes posture before the week-end).
It is also a test for the credibility of US power. |
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08-20-26 spal
| The Dark Arts - so to speak |
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08-20-26 spal
| Frontera - Daily volume on the TSX sits between 60,000–85,000 shares, while consolidated venue data (MatchNow, Pure, Chi-X, Omega) shows heavy midpoint crossing. When institutional buyers accumulate a small-cap asset without wanting to trigger a retail momentum spike, they route iceberg orders to ATS midpoints while stacking passive bids on the lit tape. |
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08-20-26 spal
| LB is running and I am being out bid ... way it goes |
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08-20-26 spal
FECCF
FRONTERA ENERGY CORP
6.70 (+7.89%)
I trade on OTC but most of the action is dark crosses on unlit venues and on the TSX. Institutions are now crossing blocks.
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08-20-26 spal
| Frontera is now re-rating higher |
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08-20-26 spal
| Trying to get a position in LB ... "Texas" LandBridge |
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08-20-26 victor
fun :-))
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Estados Unidos crea un corredor secreto para sacar petróleo de Ormuz
El Ejército del país norteamericano escolta buques que permiten el cruce de entre cinco y diez millones de barriles al día |
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08-20-26 victor
carib, is iraq oil sanctioned?
i understand they are on good terms with everybody. |
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08-20-26 carib
| I doubt Trump will cut the deficit, so the dollar could move down, and interest rates up.. |
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08-20-26 carib
| Iraq oil goes via hormuz too (except for the overland sales via Turkey) |
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08-20-26 victor
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08-20-26 victor
carib, if...
export to china via 3rd countries, such as iraq?
iraq is iran's 2nd trading partner after china.
just like iran, iraq's #1 trading partner is also china. |
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08-20-26 savo
| may be hormuz blockade is a DT fantasy. |
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08-20-26 carib
| Question: if Hormuz stays closed for iran oil, how would china buy it anyway? |
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08-20-26 victor
savo, let's see if dt has the balls to go against china
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China pushes back against Trump’s talk of economic warfare against Iran
China has slammed the US president’s “economic D-Day” campaign against Iran, saying more sanctions will not help solve the outstanding issues.
“Imposing sanctions and pressuring do not help to solve the issue,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing. “China calls on relevant parties to take responsible measures and solve the issues through diplomatic and political means.”
China would be particularly affected by the measures, as it buys more than 80 percent of Iran’s shipped oil, 2025 data from analytics firm Kpler shows.
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08-20-26 savo
if the old fool was going to resort in the end to old fashion secondary sanctions.. why all the bombing..death and destruction?
shouldn't he have started with the sanctions and avoid the death and destruction?
is the bloodthirsty israeli lobby so influential? |
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08-20-26 victor
| No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me. TRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it. Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale. Their navy is gone, their air force is destroyed, their military factories are now rubble, their currency is worthless, and their country is hanging by a thread. Today, I am also announcing that ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences. Oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies — It all needs to stop NOW. You know who you are. This will be an ECONOMIC D-DAY, and we need all of our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat. These maniacs are on the ropes, and these HISTORIC MEASURES will cripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide. IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. President DONALD J. TRUMP |
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