Jon D. Carlson

Economist & Chief strategist. #Geopolitics. Simplifying financial markets in Precious metals and Digital assets.

[Jesse Cohen @JesseCohenInv]

🚨For all you 'Weekend Wall Street' watchers:

The Dow Futures are down 1%, or about 460 points, as Islamabad US-Iran peace talks end in deadlock.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

We win!

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

“𝐹𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓈.”

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

US housing prices are moving higher again:

The median sale price rose +2.1% YoY in the 4 weeks ending March 29th, to $391,475, the largest increase in a year.

San Francisco led with the biggest price gains at +12.6%, followed by Detroit at +10.1%, Cincinnati at +8.7%, Milwaukee at +8.7%, and Baltimore at +6.9%.

Since February, median sale prices have surged +$15,000, or +4.0%, the biggest increase for this period of the year since 2023.

Furthermore, the median asking price rose +2.5% YoY to $424,975, near the highest on record.

Meanwhile, the median monthly mortgage payment rose +0.3% YoY to $2,742/mo at a 6.38% mortgage rate, the first increase since October 2025.

Housing affordability is deteriorating.

[Barchart @Barchart]

JUST IN 🚨: Stock Market says goodbye to Extreme Fear for the first time in over a month 🥳📈🫂

[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

Americans are seeing an average tax refund of more than $3,500. That’s up 10.9% from last year! The Working Families Tax Cut Act is exactly what the American people needed!

[Barchart @Barchart]

JUST IN 🚨: Private Credit losses will be larger than previously feared warns Jamie Dimon 🚨🤯👀🫂

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

The tomb is empty. The promise is fulfilled. Through His sacrifice, we are redeemed.

We stand firm in faith, courage, and truth—Happy Easter.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Second Lady Usha Vance calls her husband, Vice President JD Vance, “the nicest, funniest guy” and a keystone of their growing family: “I wish that people saw more of that.”

[Jesse Cohen @JesseCohenInv]

How are the 'Magnificent 7' Tech Stocks doing so far this year?

🔴 Microsoft $MSFT -22.8%
🔴 Tesla $TSLA -19.8%
🔴 Meta $META -13%
🔴 Amazon $AMZN -9.1%
🔴 Alphabet $GOOGL -6.2%
🔴 Apple $AAPL -5.9%
🔴 Nvidia $NVDA -4.9%

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Easy to vote

Hard to cheat

That’s the SAVE America Act mantra

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: President Trump announces King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit the U.S. for a ‘Historic State Visit’ from April 27-30th, including a White House banquet dinner on the evening of April 28th as the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Just like President Trump promised, MORE OIL BOATS are going through the Strait of Hormuz as negotiations with Iran continue

The "experts" doubted when Trump said that Iran agreed to send more boats this week, but it just happened.

Trump has a plan! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

H/t @cryptorover

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The zoomed-in section is cute

[Barchart @Barchart]

BREAKING 🚨: India

India's Rupee falls to an all-time low against the U.S. Dollar 🇮🇳📉

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇺🇸 JUST IN: US bonds rally as traders shift to pricing Fed rate cuts after Powell’s comments on limited control over supply-driven inflation, per Bloomberg.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇺🇸 TODAY: Fed Chair Powell will speak at the Harvard University Principles of Economics Class at 10.30 A.M. ET

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

President Trump shares a letter from Franklin Graham that says: “The only way to Heaven is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ”