5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Thom Question: “If banks only insure $250,000, you’re certainly not gonna set up hundreds of accounts to keep it insured. What banks will take millions and keep it insured?” This is an excellent question. When I used to meet with my previous wealth advisor at Chase Private Client, I asked her this and she said that there are different tiers of banking, especially for high net worth individuals. Like you would need a minimum of $5M to even qualify. Next time you are at the bank, ask to sit down with the branch manager or premiere banker and ask them what they offer.
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Militia Man Iraq has about $16 Trillion worth of raw materials…Silica, phosphate, sulfur, liquid natural gas, oil, gold…rare earths…as well as…tourism…trains, trucking…
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Samson Article: “GOVERNMENT ADVISOR : IRAQ’S NATURAL RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED AT $16 TRILLION”
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Jeff The central bank and the new government are working together as a team. They’re trying to create stability. The government itself is trying to remove what has been long-term political corruption. The central bank is noticing that but they have to work together and do this together as a team to make it happen correctly, ethically, fairly, transparency, all that…That’s what we’re witnessing.
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Stephen We could wake up tomorrow morning and the Iraqi dinar revaluation could have happened…Me being super conservative with my estimations and predictions I still am looking for a few big things to happen before the Iraqi dinar is officially revalued. I don’t think we’re there yet. I would love to be wrong. I would love to wake up tomorrow morning and say, I got it wrong and I have never been happier. But I think we’re just a little bit off of that happening…
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Sandy Ingram Zaidi…is Iraq’s youngest prime minister. He is also an attorney, well-educated, handsome, wealthy and intelligent. But he has two major problems. 1. He is supported by the United States. 2. He is tasked with taking guns away from people who want to keep them.
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Paulette If al-Zaidi is really the “Trump of Iraq” and plans to MIGA, I expect he will start moving quickly…I don’t expect that he will be like Sudani regarding the Factions. Sudani was all words and no action…al-Zaidi’s government program was approved and so he has not only been given authority to bring the arms in control of the State but he also has an opinion from Zaidan, Sistani and Sadr to do so. Let’s Gooooo!!!
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Clare Article: “In numbers… Iraq continues to bleed its foreign currency reserves amid declining oil revenues” Quote: “According to the Central Bank’s newly released official financial indicators…the bank’s net foreign assets continued their downward trend, decreasing from 125 trillion and 614 billion dinars on April 23 to 123 trillion and 269 billion dinars (about $93.3 billion) by the end of the same month.”
5-18-2026 Boot-On-The-Ground Guru Omar [Reference Guru Omar’s 5-17-2026 post below] Zaidi’s phrase “comprehensive economic and financial reform program” is not causal. It’s the same language that is used when Iraq discusses deleting the zeros, modernizing the dinar, announced full digital banking integration, when Iraq coordinated with the IMF on the monetary reform restructuring and he paired it with strengthening our national partnership.
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Thom Al-Zaidi has been PM for four days. In that time: drones launched from Iraqi soil hit Saudi Arabia, his oil minister confirmed an 89% export collapse, Trump and Xi agreed Hormuz should open but no one is making Iran do it, and his cabinet is still half-empty. The May 27 session — where Interior and Defense get decided — is the next critical date. Until the
militia ministry question is resolved, Washington holds the dollar tap closed.
5-18-2026 Intel Guru Reset Intelligence The Finance Ministry. The chair Tehran held for 22 years now has a different name on the door.
5-18-2026 Intel Guru Frank26 [Iraq boots-on-the-ground report] OMAR: Television is saying that the 14 members that were voted on and elected by parliament…they have been approved and they are clear of any Iranian influence or backing. It’s a fresh start for your government… FRANK: If we’re talking about a fresh start for the government without any Iranian influence, then we have security and stability for the new exchange rate, for the monetary reform purchasing power.
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Militia Man Look at all the countries that have completely broadcasted the support for this new prime minister. Why? Because it’s a clean government…Now you see these convergences over the last week have been amazing…This is a powerful window…We’re seeing the pieces of the puzzle come together…
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Samson Article: “MR. AL-SADR CONGRATULATES THE PRIME MINISTER ON FORMING THE GOVERNMENT AND URGES HIM TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRY’S SOVEREIGNTY”
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Jeff This new prime minister is a lot more aggressive than his predecessors…Can the new prime minister move an inch without changing the rate at this point? Where does the rate change fit in with their next steps? …The new government cannot go another inch forward now until the rate changes…The first day in office the prime minister went straight to the economy…financial matters…reforms, everything that requires the rate to change…The rate change has got to be the next move for him to do everything they’re talking about…
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Stephen Having been invested in the Iraqi dinar since 2011 and having watched all of these years come and go, hopeful that it was going to eventually happen, but not really knowing when and seeing this much movement and this much happen all in a very very short amount of time it just tells us everything we need to know. It is extremely, extremely exciting.
5-18-2026 Newshound Guru Thom Iraq…needs to finish their cabinet posts…Then they need to get to work. Budget, HCL. It is do or die for Iraq.
5-18-2026 Guest Guru Ross “The Major Prerequisite for the IQD to Achieve Stability to Revalue.” Iraq is on track to not only diversify away from just oil but diversify the oil flow itself. The Strait of Hormuz is directly tied to Iran and this economic vulnerability being solved was always a MAJOR prerequisite to IQD achieving the stability to revalue. You are going to witness unstoppable progress from here on.
5-18-2026 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat …the CBI keeps moving ahead with banking reforms. I am not even following them too closely any longer as these reforms, as I am told by my CBI contact, are all part of the White Paper and the White Paper is as done as they need it to reinstate the dinar and go international.
