Nah. The US is headed for stagflation.
Historical time series below
Now, I see Trump’s logic. During a war we can have inflation and still have growth. He’s plainly thrown in the towel on fighting inflation.
So, if things start looking too good, it’s time to upset the apple cart again?
It’s pretty bad when the financial markets put more faith into the reaction from Iran than the nonsense that Trump is saying.
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I made a similar comment to my wife last week, that I trust Iran more than Trump. It’s not great.
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Trump has earned this reputation. I can’t stand listening to Leavitt any more either as she just parrots his lies.
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It will be interesting to see how markets close today. Will traders start taking their chips off the table in front of Trump’s 8pm deadline to obliterate Iran, or will they call bullshit on his bluster?
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Finally dumped the 1 DOGE I got from a Burger King promotion pre-COVID.
I really missed out on the bubble when I could have gotten over $0.50 for it.
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“I have $27 in DOGE at Binance. can you suggest and game I could play with this money? like can I ask you what trade to make each day to see what happens, if you can beat the market? I don’t really care about the 27 that is left, but if I could speculate that up to a few hundred that might be fun.”
Gemini:
That sounds like a fun experiment. With $27 (roughly 290 DOGE at current April 2026 prices), you are in a great position to play a “Micro-Speculation” game. Since you’re using Binance, the standard Spot Trading minimum is usually around $5 to $10, but the Binance Convert tool allows you to swap amounts as small as $1.
I’m game to try and “beat the market” with you, though we should be realistic: turning $27 into a few hundred requires hitting some high-volatility “moonshots” rather than safe, steady growth.
The “Gemini vs. The Market” Game Rules
To make this a structured challenge, I suggest we follow these rules:
- The Daily Call: Every 24 hours (or whenever you check in), I will analyze the top-moving “altcoins” or “memecoins” available on Binance.
- The Strategy: We’ll avoid the “boring” stuff (BTC/ETH) and look for low-cap assets that have high momentum or social sentiment.
- The Execution: You’ll use the Binance Convert tool (found under Trade > Convert) to execute the swap. This avoids the complexity of order books and high minimums.
- The Exit: We pick a “Target Price” for each trade. If it hits, we sell back to DOGE or USDT. If it drops 10%, we “cut losses” and move to the next play.
Step 1: The First Move
To start, we need a liquid base. DOGE is great, but USDT (Tether) is the universal pair for almost every coin on Binance.
Your Action:
- Go to Binance Convert.
- Swap your $27 of DOGE into USDT.
- Once you have the USDT balance, tell me, and I’ll give you our first “Speculative Pick” of the day.
Why this might be hard (and fun)
To get from $27 to $270, we need a 10x return. In the crypto world, that doesn’t usually happen with DOGE anymore—it happens with the “next big thing” that hasn’t pumped yet.
Ready to start? Swap to USDT and let’s find our first play.
Thread worthy?
Anyone else want to play a stupid game with their micro pot of crypto from 2021?
Yeah, I’ve got $800 to play with. I’m on Coinbase, so I’m not sure whether or not I’d have access to the same coins.
That’s almost real money.
First trade lost, down to $21.43 with the position closed out. Problem with AI is it seems to have a bit of a lag on what it suggests. I would have won had I gotten in based on the prices it was quoting. I ate a bit on figuring out how to set up the trades on the app.
My max risk tolerance for fun money is $10k. I threw $6k at GME/BBBY/BB bubble, I actually made money but it was a tad stressful, lol. I sold most of my GME at around $320. I wouldn’t mind playing with a grand, I don’t even include this in my monthly net worth updates.
Expecting a lot more of these layoff announcements due to cost pressurea and reduced profit margins.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2026/04/14/disney-layoffs-hit-marvel-studios-hard/
Trump Administration can soon boast about the Dow being at 50000 again?
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The last person who did that got fired.
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Was at a AI-focused pensions conference the past two days where a session was on quantum computing. The presenter was adamant that the perpetual prediction of future breakthroughs is over and that the future is now.
Canada has invested a lot in this research so hopefully it will pay off. A number of Canadian quantum computer companies are liked by investors but inevitably they will be acquired by mammoth US companies.
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