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Inflation liquidity tech credit risks stacked simultaneously for the first time in 50 years US and Canadian investors at ~60% of assets in stocks near all-time highs Korean household loans exploding nearly 3x in one month straight into the market QQQ relative to M2 looking eerily like the dotcom peak The biggest setup in decades …
The U.S. is setting up a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola abroad instead of isolating them on arrival in the United States Kenya approved the arrangement but local courts have already suspended implementation The plan is designed to isolate exposed individuals before any entry into the U.S. system Public opposition in …
Nebraska quarantine facility holds MV Hondius group tight, one Ecuador Florida resident burns legal fees on lawyers… CDC spins low public risk narrative, hides passenger fights plus full release battles… #HantaVirus Some people in quarantine in Nebraska are agitating to be discharged, but the federal government for now is not allowing it. This woman lives …
🚨 Computer Equipment Investment hits 1.2% of GDP More than the dot-com bubble. pic.twitter.com/bfLTLL04zt — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) May 2, 2026 every time 'smart money exits tech' makes a headline, it means they already bought the next thing and need you to sell this one — Peaceful Warrior (@RanjYousif) May 3, 2026 Hedge funds are rushing …
BREAKING NEWS: Fox News Media Vice President, Jason Hermes has been TERMINATED. Below is the statement O'Keefe Media Group just received from Fox. https://t.co/GM9RjJ6jjC pic.twitter.com/Bu70AKYmEO — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 29, 2026 CAUGHT ON HIDDEN CAMERA: Fox News Media VP Jason Hermes Brags About Charging ‘$4,000 Strip Club Bills’ to Fox Corporate Cards, Admits to …
THE FED IS NOW PRIVATELY PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE $2 TRILLION CREDIT MARKET COLLAPSE. For the first time in over a decade, the Fed has started directly asking U.S. banks to hand over their exposure numbers to the private credit market. This is the exact move regulators make when they stop trusting public numbers and …
By Peter Reagan As a general rule, I don’t recommend blindly following institutional investors. After all, their incentives are different from yours. They manage quarterly performance pressure. They answer to boards and beneficiaries. They navigate regulatory frameworks most of us never think about. But I also don’t ignore them. When pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and global asset managers …
“The Fed published a research note in March 2025 that almost nobody read. It found that life insurers’ exposure to below-investment-grade debt now exceeds the industry’s exposure to subprime mortgage-backed securities in late 2007. Let that land. The same financial system that nearly collapsed from subprime has quietly built a larger position in an asset …
CHINA TELLS BANKS: OPEN THE BOOKS ON VENEZUELA Beijing just quietly told its biggest banks to open their books and reveal how much exposure they have to Venezuela, signaling that even China is getting nervous about Trump’s foreign policy wild card. Apparently, Chinese regulators are asking lenders to disclose their financial ties to Maduro’s regime, …
Everything’s lining up for a Q1 shock. THE YEN PARADOX 82,640 contracts betting against the yen. Second highest since July 2024. The Bank of Japan just confessed this morning they have barely begun. After hiking to a 30 YEAR HIGH at 0.75 percent, the yen did not strengthen. It collapsed to 157.77. Finance Minister Katayama …
Let’s take a walk down memory lane and see where all those bold 2025 Bitcoin targets ended up. • JPMorgan: 170,000 • VanEck: 180,000 • SChartered: 250,000 • Tom Lee: 250,000 • Robert Kiyosaki: 350,000 • BlackRock: 700,000 • Chamath: 500,000 • Michael Saylor: 1,000,000 • ARK Invest: 650,000 • Galaxy Digital: 400,000 • Pompliano: …
It’s concerning that insurance companies now have significant exposure to private credit based on questionable ratings Better systemic bank exposure, but still not great — Illiquid Insights (@IlliquidInsight) November 19, 2025 U.S. Insurers Are Binging on Private Credit, Moody’s Says A handful of insurers are buying much of the investments, which are hard to trade …
CANDACE OWENS ACTIVATES DEAD MAN’S SWITCH Owens says sealed package with texts, emails, videos and legal documents sent to trusted contacts: “Every political figure involved will be publicly named if I suddenly die.” 🚨🇺🇸CANDACE OWENS ACTIVATES DEAD MAN'S SWITCH Owens says sealed package with texts, emails, videos and legal documents sent to trusted contacts: "Every …
AAA bonds rated just two months ago are crashing, with lower tranches nearly worthless. Subprime auto debt tied to fraud is imploding while rating agencies keep pretending nothing is wrong. First blood….. https://t.co/LEFhuiY4JY — Bogachan Ozdemir (@Bogachan_1971) September 11, 2025 🚨Tricolor’s AAA bonds (rated 2 months ago July ’25) just plunged—par to 78¢, lower tranches …
CTA and more specifically global macro funds did the heavy lifting so far, taking the reins after the biggest retail inflows ever. pic.twitter.com/DPEj91qljV — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) May 19, 2025 Retail squeezing Wall Street into buying. pic.twitter.com/BCrILye83w — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) May 20, 2025
The market value of all gold stocks and physical gold held in ETFs & close end funds combined is probably less than 1% of the S&P. pic.twitter.com/qE910ZpQVY — Tonyforever (@Tonyforever2003) January 5, 2025 #GOLD forms a rising wedge pattern on the yearly chart. The 1980 and 2011 candles show sharp shadows, while the 2024 candles …
Bond yields surge despite Fed cuts, exposing weakening control over markets. The 10 year note yield is just causally up another +13 basis points today. That's +85 basis points since the Fed started CUTTING interest rates. And, no one seems to care. Why has this become normal? pic.twitter.com/zoV9TshYmG — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 12, …
Fraud typically emerges during market bubbles, not at market bottoms. During bubbles, investor excitement and speculation drive prices to unsustainable levels, attracting scams and fraudulent schemes. In contrast, market bottoms are marked by fear and low confidence, resulting in less fraudulent activity as investors are more cautious. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 NVIDIA HAS ASKED FOR …
A startling new meta-analysis reveals a troubling connection between childhood cat ownership and an increased risk of developing schizophrenia-related disorders. According to the analysis of 17 studies spanning 11 countries, individuals who grew up with a cat are 2.24 times more likely to face these serious mental health challenges. The research highlights that the risk …
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: August 12, 2024 ~ According to a report at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research (OFR), the Gross Notional Exposure at hedge funds has skyrocketed by 24.5 percent in the span of one year: from $22.946 trillion on March 31, 2023 to $28.579 trillion on March 31, 2024. (Run your cursor along the …
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The NAAIM Exposure Index dropped to 92.2 from 68.6, the sharpest decline since January. pic.twitter.com/VJCtYT1HDC — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) June 7, 2024 The NAAIM Exposure Index is a tool used to gauge the sentiment of active investment managers in the stock market towards US equities. Here’s a breakdown: Source: The National Association of Active Investment …
China is moving to curb “snowball” derivatives after brokers hiked returns to near-record levels to attract investors to the risky products following a stock-market selloff, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials this week told some of the biggest brokerages to suspend any increase in their net exposure to over-the-counter derivatives involving domestic A shares, including …
Amid market uncertainty, retirement funds opt for safer bonds, while global managers increase commodities exposure to hedge against volatility. Amid market uncertainty, retirement funds opt for safer bonds, while global managers increase commodities exposure to hedge against volatility. Meanwhile, despite significant Federal Reserve rate hikes, US “super-core” inflation is surging, as per BofA analysis. Large …
JUST IN: #Bitcoin surpasses silver to become the 8th largest asset in the world. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 11, 2024 Hedge Fund equity long exposure is at 5-year highs according to Goldman Sachs 👀 pic.twitter.com/4DG9YVzjMq — Barchart (@Barchart) March 11, 2024
Source: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/final/2024/ia-6546.pdf TLDRS SEC adopts amendments to enhance private fund reporting including those also registered with the CFTC. The amendments to Form PF will enhance reporting by large hedge fund advisers on various aspects such as investment exposures, borrowing, counterparty exposure, risk metrics, and investment performance to improve insight into fund operations and strategies, and enhance …
via naturalnews Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has been ordered to pay $2.25 billion to a man who developed cancer due to the Roundup weed killer, one of the products of its subsidiary Monsanto. Jurors in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that the weed killer is to blame for 49-year-old landscaper John McKivison developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Individuals affected …
“JUST IN: Nearly 700 US banks now exceed the 2006 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loan concentration guidance. What is the CRE loan concentration guidance? It’s guidance by the FDIC for the amount of exposure that small banks should have to CRE loans. Currently, small banks hold over 70% of CRE loans which is $2 trillion …
by Dismal-Jellyfish This table shows the aggregate assets and liabilities of hedge funds that file Form PF with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unlike table B.101.f in the regular Financial Accounts publication, which reports assets and liabilities of domestic hedge funds only, this table presents data on all hedge funds that file Form PF, both domestic and …
They are pumping the Stock Market up for the Fall 2023 Crash. Invest Wisely. Active managers had less than 20% exposure to equities last October when the S&P 500 was at 3,500. Today their equity exposure has jumped above 99% with the S&P 500 above 4,500. This is the highest exposure since November 2021. pic.twitter.com/61vcbdEbvl …