Drake XK

Country Boy from the South 💯 | Business Proprietor | Honey Badger Friend 🦡 | Former Penn Mutual / Bernstein | Posting Finance, Politics, Tech, UFOs, w/e

[Drake XK @budqst]

AI is moving at such an incredible pace. One of the best examples I have seen of what is possible is
@boneGPT's new Slopcannon Video producing engine. Take an idea and a song or whatever, and it becomes a complete visual storytelling experience. Licensed music muted in example:

[Drake XK @budqst]

There is most certainly a magic recipe to win every time in the markets. It's called having enough liquidity to make the fees/spread almost irrelevant and having HFT algos so close to the exchange that trades happen almost instantly. Just like Schwab and the rest of the big firms do. 😂

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Japanese banks sold -$16 billion of foreign bonds in September, their largest monthly sale since February.

This also marks their 9th consecutive monthly sale, the longest streak since 2022.

As a result, sales of foreign debt by Japanese banks in the first 9 months of 2026 were the largest for that period since 2005.

Japanese financial institutions have turned to domestic government bonds, whose yields have surged to their highest levels in 3 decades.

Over the 5 months ending in August, large banks and insurers bought +$34 billion of Japanese government bonds with maturities of 2 years or more, their largest 5-month purchase since the start of 2023.

Global bond demand is undergoing a historic shift as yields rise.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

The price of the fuel, used by farmers and truckers, is up more than 75% since the start of the Iran war in late winter.

Diesel costs have become a particular concern for economists, who say higher diesel fuel costs trickle down into “just about everything," per CNBC

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

The weird part is, despite all of the chaos and obvious evidence, there is zero suggestion from the politicians in power to change their immigration policies.

They still refuse to even consider mass deportations of the people causing this. Why?

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇫🇷France has completely lost control.

Fires rage across Paris as mobs march under Soviet Union and pro-Communist flags.

Arrests surge past 1,800 with total lawlessness on full display.

Writer: Bri

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

The French Limoges City Hall, inaugurated in 1883, survived two world wars but didn't survive "multiculturalism"

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Footage from @bkbrey shows the aftermath of the large fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta, following an incident where a live fire exercise triggered a massive explosion. So far 7 have been reported killed with others injured in the serious incident.

Numerous unconfirmed reports also indicate that additional military medical and/or emergency personnel were parachuted in to help aid in the response.

More to come.

[Drake XK @budqst]

@sentdefender @bkbrey I can't believe a gas line was anywhere near where live fire exercises were happening.

[Drake XK @budqst]

@soychotic Only in Japan... 😆

[The Great Martis @great_martis]

BLACK MONDAY 😱📉

It would be a complete dishonour for a market technician not to share this technical setup.

Monday marks the 39th anniversary of Black Monday October 19, 1987 when markets crashed an astonishing 22% in a single day.

While modern circuit breakers protect us from a total free-fall, the structural overlay between 1987 and today’s 2026 setup is eerie.

It would be something if Monday marks the beginning of something so beautiful, yet so consequential.

For one's private perusal.

Enjoy .

[Drake XK @budqst]

Things are definitely getting more and more precarious right now. The midterms are not helping matters.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Calls for a "Black Monday" are spreading rapidly across social media right now.

If history is any guide, this means the S&P 500 should hit 8,000 soon.

Ignore the noise. Read our analysis below.

[Drake XK @budqst]

@Kalshi Pretty soon it won't matter because there won't be any oil tankers left.

[Drake XK @budqst]

@Kalshi Anthropic is just tripping over themselves to blow more money. How much actual profit have they generated so far after expenses?

[Drake XK @budqst]

@SquirrellyNews Its literally all over google.

[Drake XK @budqst]

@boneGPT Slopcannon has got graphics artists twisted into knots right now. This is going to change everything for them, even more so I think than AI with the software development community. You still have to know what you are doing to get anything meaningful from AI on software.

[Drake XK @budqst]

Live fire training exercise hits gas line leaving ~7 dead and dozens injured at Canadian military base in Wainwright:

[Faytuks News @Faytuks]

At least seven people are dead and dozens more injured from an explosion and fire at the Canadian Forces Base in Wainwright, military sources say -Global News

A live-fire training exercise hit a gas line or gas well on the base causing an explosion

https://t.co/bhNNyFsjuA

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Ukriane hits St. Petersburg this morning

[Drake XK @budqst]

A glimpse of what it looks like when you take the mask off. A Bush donating to Talarico. You wonder why he has so much support…

[Kalshi Politics @KalshiPolitics]

KERA: George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Bush donated to a Super PAC supporting James Talarico

[Drake XK @budqst]

This is a direct result of Zelenskyy ignoring Trump’s request to stop bombing oil refineries. At this point, the world really doesn’t have a choice except to accept Russian fuel products. Nobody except maybe Europe wants to go back to the Stone Age.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

NEW: The Trump administration is proposing that Europe resume buying Russian gas as part of a Ukraine peace deal, offering Moscow billions in revenue and renewed economic influence.

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have discussed restarting Russian gas pipelines through Ukraine and potentially Nord Stream. U.S. investors could also receive a share of the profits.

Germany strongly opposes the proposal, warning that renewed dependence on Russian energy would threaten European security. However, the AfD supports restoring imports to lower energy prices.

Source: NYT

[Drake XK @budqst]

@MarioNawfal At this rate, every country that relies on gas will be going bankrupt too.