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Retail investors in target retirement funds faced higher tax liabilities as a result, the SEC said Vanguard agreed to pay $106.4 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday to settle charges for “misleading statements” connected to its target retirement funds that resulted in higher taxes for retail investors, the regulator said. Vanguard — one …
via Angelo Giuliano: HUGE China trade surplus. The problem (for the US) ? China is not taking any more US debt anymore, instead China is recycling its US trade surplus into > – Belt and Road initiative – Gold – tangible assets investments We are facing the same critical point that led to the Opium …
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Japan will be forced to hike again. pic.twitter.com/OZoNx4M9IK — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 26, 2024 Translation : Urgent need for rate hikes. https://t.co/jAWawyZ51o — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 27, 2024 📊💴 Tokyo inflation accelerates, fueling rate hike expectations Tickers of interest: $JPY $NKY Full Story → https://t.co/kAUGf8Jhz6 pic.twitter.com/4nSjl8TVHp — PiQ (@PiQSuite) December 26, 2024 …
Hey Bob – you're close. Get this, if MSTR does -50% in a day, then the MSTUMSTX 2x funds get wiped out. Completely. Everyone loses -100% of their money. ~10bn aum between the two leveraged funds on a stock with a 80bn market cap. — lowstrife (@lowstrife) December 19, 2024 Factchecked by Chatgpt: Leveraged Funds …
by Martin Armstrong The United States Treasury Department expedited a $20 billion aid package to Ukraine as part of the 50 billion G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) Loans initiative. The establishment wants to offload these funds as quickly as possible to deter Donald Trump from reversing course and withholding aid. The funds were sent to the …
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirms $10,000,000 in US taxpayer funds has been sent to the Taliban. pic.twitter.com/SpQbJqTDhA — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) December 11, 2024 https://twitter.com/CaptCoronado/status/1866875857161355351 h/t rewind
Although Biden wandered aimlessly at the G20 Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, causing concern when he missed the “family picture” with world leaders, he had enough of a hold on his faculties to pledge a record $4 billion dollars to the World Bank. The pledge is a 14.3% increase from 2021. However, approval will …
BREAKING 🚨: China Chinese Equity Funds have seen an ALL-TIME HIGH $21 Billion withdrawn over the past 5 weeks pic.twitter.com/QoLyMF3TTf — Barchart (@Barchart) November 18, 2024 China’s 🇨🇳 population is expected to shrink by 51 million over the next decade By 2035, the population is expected to drop to 1.36B, down from a peak of …
As seen in the chart below, US technology funds have seen historic outflows over the last month. With over $5 billion of outflows since October 1st, this is more than DOUBLE the outflows seen at the start of the 2022 bear market. Despite record highs, we have record selling. pic.twitter.com/KcMjrtv3VV — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …
They believe that the prices of these bonds will drop, which typically happens when interest rates rise. By shorting these bonds, they’re hoping to profit if their predictions about the market come true. Largest 2-Year Treasury Short Position in History 🚨 Hedge Funds have now built the largest 2-Year Treasury short position in history pic.twitter.com/mhzOmhCWWf …
The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders (CoT) report shows a clear divide: asset managers have taken a long position, while hedge funds have gone short. This split highlights contrasting strategies and market outlooks. Asset managers, often focused on longer-term gains, may be betting on interest rates stabilizing or falling. Hedge funds, known for speculative moves, …
Bungling World Bank bureaucrats lost track of at least $24 billion bankrolling the battle against climate change, according to a bombshell report by a left-leaning charity group. An investigation by Oxfam revealed “poor record-keeping practices” by the DC-based international lender that resulted in anywhere between $24 billion and $41 billion in misplaced funds. The agency’s …
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faces a new firestorm of criticism for claiming FEMA is out of disaster funds right as the DHS’ Inspector General released a report saying FEMA is sitting on at least $8.3 billion in untapped, unspent funds. On Oct 2, Mayorkas said, “We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not …
by Contemporary_Scribe Why YSK: Each state has an official site to check for unclaimed property. Most will take you less than 3 minutes to check though the process of actually claiming the funds once you find them may be a little more time-consuming. Below is a link to each state’s official unclaimed property site. I …
In a late Friday night missive to congressional leaders, President Joe Biden wrote that the Small Business Administration’s disaster loan program is expected to run out of funding before Congress reconvenes after the November elections. The SBA needs $1.6 billion to keep up with thousands of new applications coming in each day for aid after …
Wow https://t.co/WVlZ7VkO8a — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2024 This is ridiculous.. At what point do we stop letting them treat us like crap? — aka (@akafaceUS) October 2, 2024
For all the cries to "get out of cash," investors are doing the opposite, still piling into money-market funds. Cash-like funds reported $121 billion of flows in the past week, the biggest flow since March 2023, bringing total assets to $6.42 trillion. https://t.co/crqbzAvkay pic.twitter.com/UN3bJjuwdW — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 27, 2024
D.C.’s signature program for first-time home buyers has run out of money this budget cycle after just three months, disrupting home searches for eligible residents for the second time since June. The District’s Home Purchase Assistance Program (HPAP), intended to lift people with very low to moderate incomes into homeownership with significant loan assistance, has …
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: September 3, 2024 ~ The Office of Financial Research (OFR), the federal agency created after the 2008 financial collapse on Wall Street to defog the lenses of federal regulators to prevent a replay of that disaster, has posted frightening graphs on its website as part of its “Hedge Fund …
Just pandering for votes! pic.twitter.com/mrwPX09cPv — Donna Marie (@sabback) August 28, 2024 View post on imgur.com WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt. The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking …
Binance has seized all funds from all Palestinians as per the request of the IDF. They refuse to return the funds. All appeals denied. Your funds are SAFU at @noonesapp tho. In accordance with the authority delegated to me by the Minister of Defense, according to Section 61(a)… pic.twitter.com/RYlsFmlh2i — Ray Youssef (@raythewarchief) August 26, …
'UNBELIEVABLE': Parents outside of Boston fume after learning some of their kids won’t have a ride to school as their state funds migrant buses: https://t.co/xDpwNtlaB2 pic.twitter.com/x0uZhlO9Bs — Fox News (@FoxNews) August 24, 2024 Parents and students of a school district outside of Boston were informed last week that they would be without school bus service, …
Equities saw largest fragility shock on record… From @dailychartbook pic.twitter.com/kobmFd70EQ — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) August 20, 2024 Hedge Funds are net bearish on commodities for the first time since 2016. Incredible timing. Right when commodities are starting to outperform. The fund flows rotation will be epic and drive commodity prices/stocks so much …
It's Going to Be Different This Time (Really) Markets expect fed funds cuts, but they'll stop above 3% pic.twitter.com/uDx3LbGTuP — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) August 14, 2024
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 …
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) GOP senators have accused the Biden-Harris administration of funneling taxpayer dollars into radical extremist groups through the controversial Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). During a press conference on Wednesday, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. …
UNEXPECTEDLY: Hillary Clinton-run group helps fund Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. Just Stop Oil’s stunts are partly funded by a campaign organisation run by Hillary Clinton, US financial disclosures reveal. A group founded by Mrs Clinton from the ashes of her failed presidential bid has donated $500,000 (£391,500) in the last three years to the protest group’s California-based …
https://x.com/AGAndrewBailey/status/1818803801169563695 Context: President Biden’s Executive Order 14019, signed on March 7, 2021, directs federal agencies to promote access to voting. This includes using agency resources and premises to support voter registration through “approved” nonpartisan organizations, which lack any center or right-of-center representation. Biden Bucks: Executive Order 14019 So you waited FOUR YEARS and hundreds of millions …
