When one falls. all fall. so when boom?

by RedditIsOwendByTheWS Apple Microsoft Amazon NVIDIA Tesla Alphabet Meta Alphabet Class C Berkshire Hathaway UnitedHealth Group https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1692965376055705764 https://twitter.com/SuburbanDrone/status/1692889241913643108 https://twitter.com/crossbordercap/status/1692974516236919043 https://twitter.com/WinfieldSmart/status/1691128548512485376

Hilary Still a Cat 4 Hurricane. Catastrophic And Life-threatening Flooding Likely Over California And The Southwestern US

..CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING LIKELY OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK… …AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND THAT HILARY IS STILL A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE… https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac Hurricane #Hilary Advisory 12: Catastrophic and Life-Threatening Flooding Likely …

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The U.S. Dollar’s Monopoly Is Not Going Well

From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group In what is now a ten-year-old interview, Jim Rickards shocked his audience. Sadly, his controversial views then might be considered good news today… After being pressed about his somewhat extreme economic predictions, he added some context: The …

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Liquidity Fairy Alert! Bank Term Funding Program usage UP AGAIN (.4% to $107.242B vs $106.864B 8/9), marking the 11th consecutive week over $100B. This looks more and more like there’s an over-reliance on Fed Funding–growing faster than inflation ‘should be,’ I believe the BTFP is a moral hazard!

by Dismal-Jellyfish Borrowing from the Bank Term Funding Program hit a NEW all time high–the 11th consecutive week above $100 billion! What we are monitoring: Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) Discount Window/Primary Credit “Other Credit Extensions” I hope to shed …

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“These vulnerabilities will remain for some time.” Fitch Ratings lowered the operating environment score for U.S. banks in June to ‘aa-‘ from ‘aa’ mainly due to structural uncertainty around the path and rate of monetary tightening & gaps in in the regulatory framework.

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.fitchratings.com/research/banks/further-cut-to-us-bank-oper-environment-score-would-require-structural-change-17-08-2023 Fitch Ratings-New York-17 August 2023: Fitch Ratings lowered the operating environment (OE) score for U.S. banks in June to ‘aa-‘ from ‘aa’ mainly due to structural uncertainty around the path and rate of monetary tightening and gaps in in …

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PacWest going down?

by Frequent_Quail_2202 Bank of California announced that it was going to buy PacWest for an all share deal. Warburg Pincus & partners graciously offered to inject $400M at $12.30 into $BANC. Since the announcement, after the initial surge, the stock …

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