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Health of the U.S. consumer collapsing

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Oct 3, 2025 · 22:35

I learned today 69% of American consumers are currently living pay check to pay check.

25% of these consumers are purchasing their groceries via “buy now pay later” methods (17.25% of total U.S. consumers)

How do you reconcile this weakening of the consumer as an investor against a market that continues to make new all time highs because of ongoing concentration of massive cap ex spend across a handful of tech companies?