BREAKING: The US Treasury posted a -$404 billion budget deficit in October, the largest October deficit in history.
This marks a +$120 billion YoY increase and a +$337 billion surge from October 2024.
This comes as government outlays jumped +$84 billion YoY, to $773 billion, their largest for any October on record.
Defense spending was a major driver, surging +$29 billion YoY, to $129 billion, the largest monthly reading in history.
At the same time, government receipts dropped -$35 billion YoY, to $369 billion.
The US deficit crisis is accelerating.
I keep trying to figure out why the stock market is in a perpetual state of FOMO and the world is awash in money then I realize the idiots at the Fed are increasing the money supply by $1.5 trillion a year and the even bigger idiots in Washington DC are running $400 billion deficits in October (imagine an annualized number like $4.7 trillion). Wow.
US OCTOBER BUDGET DEFICIT HITS RECORD $404 BILLION
The US federal budget deficit surged to $404 billion in October, up 42% from $284 billion a year earlier, according to the Treasury.
Government spending jumped to a record $773 billion, versus $689 billion last year, while receipts fell to $369 billion from $404 billion.
Meanwhile, customs revenue plunged 39% to $19.22 billion, down from $31.35 billion.
October's deficit and spending both set records for the month, highlighting mounting pressure on US government finances.
@Dallas_Korben_ The analogy to Buffett different sector and timeframe. The other guys built platform businesses that are very diversified. Not sure selling a high end chip for one primary purposes and software for same will scale that well over time but who knows. Maybe the mgmt team very good.
@Dallas_Korben_ any dip of any stock is bid so hard I doubt they let NVDA go any lower. The damage of losing the founder and leader will reveal itself slowly over time.
99% of companies in the developed world would sideline a CEO who had an affair with a customer or a supplier or an underling.
If he had an affair with a Chinese spy we wouldnโt hear from him for a few years during the rehab tour.
Because the guy is the face of AI somehow none of these rules apply.
@korygill It's a difficult market to predict because it's largely driven by narrative at this point (dot com-like, but much bigger numbers). My guess we are still chopping in this range we've been in for 5 months or more. At least that's how I play it.
Nasdaq bounces 1000 on an impossible to believe forecast from Coreweave and anyone short semis get murdered. No need to hedge anymore people, it's all fine until that ANT IPO is done.
Sort of like last Wednesday, right?
These guys at these funds, banks, and insiders would sacrifice their first born to make sure IPOs like ANT would come off successfully. I know these people, they care about the payday, that's it. "Everybody's doing it."
Bullish AI.