Today, the AEX closed with a sigh rather than a statement—down 0.50%, marking the end of a week that moved less like a market and more like a meditation.
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A surprising shift in Dutch tax interpretation now allows dividend withholding exemptions even without treaty benefits—an essential update for international entrepreneurs operating in the Netherlands.
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As Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill heads to the US Senate, investors everywhere are growing increasingly uneasy. On May 16, the credit-rating agency Moody's downgraded US sovereign debt from its long-held triple-A status to Aa1 -- following similar decisions by Standard & Poor's (in 2011) and Fitch Ratings (2023). Given the sheer volume of US debt -- which now stands at $36 trillion, or 124% of GDP -- and rising interest costs, these institutions have concluded that US debt metrics are no longer in line with those of similarly rated sovereigns.
The biggest irony of the #US, is that it was founded on the principal of the people through their #representatives having total #control over monetary and fiscal policy (no taxation without representation), but the #banking #regime have already taken over #monetary #policy before most of us were born, and now they are very close to taking over #fiscal policy in #Washington.
#Bankers fund #political #campaigns, and in turn get put in #government positions to keep directing funds to #WallStreet.
AEX closed at 917.39 (–1.03%). Not panic—just conviction cracking. Today wasn’t a dip, it was a feedback loop: belief in endless acceleration met structural limits. For entrepreneurs, this is your cue—tighten governance, not just costs. The market isn’t scared. It’s sober.
Full insight now live on the Xtroverso blog.
https://www.xtroverso.com/blog/today-s-pulse-14/dutch-market-slips-what-founders-must-see-now-366
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Leavitt: “The #BigBeautifulBill also helps get our #fiscal house in order by carrying out the largest deficit reduction in nearly 30 years.”
This is a blatant lie. The #CBO projects the bill would increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion.
El Gobierno quiere presionar con impuestos para sacar al mercado tres millones de viviendas vacías
https://www.eldiario.es/economia/subida-fiscal-gobierno-tres-millones-viviendas-vacias-llega-congreso_1_12322057.html
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El Ejecutivo quiere incentivar la salida al mercado de inmuebles vacíos elevando del 1,1 al 3% de forma progresiva la cuantía que se imputa a sus propietarios en el IRPF, una cantidad que algunos expertos consideran insuficiente para que la medida sea efectiva
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