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Wall Street quietly rotates out while Main Street FOMOs into the exact top hedge funds are fleeing. This is the exact handoff that turns yesterday’s heroes into tomorrow’s bagholders when the music finally stops. Burry bought more puts again yesterday, added to $SOXX $NVDA and $QQQ short position. 😬😬😬 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) May 7, 2026 …
By Peter Reagan Image CC BY 2.0 via Web Summit Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the overall economy. This week, we’ll cover: Ray Dalio: 15% gold allocation is the new normal Why is Tether buying so much gold bullion it’s practically a nation? Indian gold supply faces …
🚨 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 …
Private credit is in big trouble. Slow motion bank run byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Carlyle just capped redemptions on its flagship private credit fund after investors slammed in 15.7 percent withdrawal requests, the latest gate in a wave hitting semi-liquid vehicles. That liquidity squeeze rolls straight into bank balance sheets and regional lenders who already lag the …
(Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among investment banks offering hedge fund clients ways to bet against the $1.8 trillion private credit market, people with knowledge of the matter said. The firms have assembled baskets of listed companies with exposure to the space, the people said, who requested not …
Gold and silver joined a broad sell-off on Thursday. The metals shed around 5% and 10%, respectively, as fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets. Mining stocks and ETFs linked to gold and silver also fell. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/gold-and-silver-sell-off-as-inflation-fears-grip-global-markets.html Makes LITERALLY ZERO sense. GOLD the hedge for geopolitical instability is crashing in the face …
INSIDERS ARE RUNNING FOR THE EXIT: Look at this data. – Diamondback Energy: $1.13 BILLION sold – Peter Thiel dumped $289 million in Palantir – VRT former officer: $263 million sold – BW Group: $210 million in DHT – Silver Point Capital: $155 million in GPOR – IBP CEO + Chairman: $255 million combined – …
And so it begins. View post on imgur.com Off to a great start so far! pic.twitter.com/FopdrjKd8J — ChrisNuke (@ChrisNuke69) January 31, 2026 They dumped 2.75 billion ounces of paper silver (maybe more) in less than 48 hours. That's equivalent to about 3 years' worth of silver production sold off in 2 days. IMO it's fraud. …
Here is the source of the vibecesson We have outright deflation in rent, gas, eggs and milk vs last year but blue collar workers are expecting the squeeze to continue… inflation expectations are near 7%! They aren’t thinking about 12m changes and saying problem solved. They… pic.twitter.com/i38oCwNB6P — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) January 28, 2026 …
Google Searches for Dollar "Debasement" soared this quarter to the highest level in history 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/qJJFqd5b5h — Barchart (@Barchart) December 6, 2025 Gold has replaced bonds as a hedge against equities. The negative correlation between bonds and equities has broken, they now move together. If you're looking to hedge both equity and geopolitical risk, gold …
JAPAN’S 2-YEAR YIELD HITS 1% FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008, AND THE YEN CARRY TRADE JUST CRUMBLED OVERNIGHT. Stocks and Bitcoin mass liquidations return. pic.twitter.com/Uf3vxIsoRy — Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) December 1, 2025 Japan’s bond market sent a clear signal this week. The country’s two-year government bond yield touched 1%. Its highest level since 2008. …
Goldman says on Friday and Monday, hedge funds just logged their biggest two-day buying spree in over six months and one of the largest bursts of buying seen in the past two years 👀 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) November 26, 2025 Yesterday the hedge funds had the largest buys of US stocks going back to atleast …
Everything here points to stress building faster than anyone in charge wants to admit. When this many cracks show up at the same time, something bigger is already pushing underneath the surface. Odds of a U.S. recession in next year almost 40%https://t.co/b3edTK8whk — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) November 16, 2025 There’s never just one cockroach 🪳 https://t.co/yVDebFcIo7 …
“In October alone, there were 36,766 foreclosure filings — the first step in the process, when a lender warns a borrower they’re in default. That’s up three percent from September and 19 percent from a year ago… lenders formally started foreclosure proceedings on 25,129 homes in October — up six percent from last month and …
Institutional investors are cashing in gains: Investors sold -$4.7 billion of US equities last week, driven by single stocks. Outflows from single stocks rose by $500 million, to -$5.7 billion, making the last 2-week outflow the 3rd-largest since 2008. This was led by institutional investors who dumped -$3.6 billion, the most since June, after -$1.4 …
Markets ripping higher into a shutdown isn’t strength … it’s proof the S&P 500 no longer trades on fundamentals. Liquidity, passive flows, and option mechanics have replaced cash flow and earnings. This isn’t history being made, it’s price discovery being euthanized. Markets ripping higher into a shutdown isn’t strength … it’s proof the S&P 500 …
Heavy truck sales are rolling over. This is a leading indicator of a pending economic downturn.
SP 500 returned 3% total from 2020-2025 when measured in gold. When measuring in dollars it returned 80%. Measuring in dollars is like measuring in Monopoly money Irony is gold is not a recession hedge (long bonds are). It is a system hedge. — Mr. VIX (@yieldsearcher) September 8, 2025 Silver is ripping and the …
Can someone explain to me how $BTC the greatest “inflation” hedge of all time is down on a hot PPI? Maybe Bitcoin isn’t an inflation hedge after all and instead is a speculation gauge. pic.twitter.com/djupZTujUT — Kris Patel 🇺🇸 (@KrisPatel99) August 14, 2025 Suddenly, the hope of many #Bitcoin maximalists is shattered https://t.co/AjMn1C2Ikw — David …
BREAKING: President Trump accuses Nancy Pelosi of insider trading. pic.twitter.com/HtWMIsDJoh — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 9, 2025 Trump calls Pelosi a “disgusting degenerate.” Says her husband “beat every hedge fund in 2024.” Blames “INSIDE INFORMATION.” https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-accuses-pelosi-insider-trading Pelosi’s 2024 return: +54% Trump’s crypto wallet: +900% Pelosi’s trades: Apple, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks Trump’s trades: MAGA …
Hedge funds are buying more homes and using tricks like seller financing to sell them again. This lets them avoid traditional loans and keep control over the property. They often sell to buyers who can’t qualify for normal mortgages because of bad credit or unstable income. These buyers sign contracts with high interest and big …
Scott Bessent warned that China could face 100% tariffs if it continues buying Russian oil, citing a pending bill that allows secondary duties up to 500%. https://kyivindependent.com/china-should-expect-100-tariffs-for-buying-russian-oil/ “The Chinese take their sovereignty very seriously. We don’t want to impede on their sovereignty, so they’d like to pay a 100% tariff,” Bessent said. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bessent-warns-china-russian-oil-purchases-that-could-bring-100-tariffs-2025-07-29/ Trump already …
Ground beef just hit $6.12 Highest price ever recorded by the USDA Up 12% year over year Up more than 50% since 2022 This isn’t a seasonal spike It’s systemic US cattle inventory has collapsed 94.2 million head as of July 1 Lowest mid-year count since 1973 June feedlot placements: 1.44 million Lowest since 2017 …
It's so over for Crypto, Jim Cramer likes Bitcoin $BTC and Ethereum $ETH as a hedge against inflation and national debt. 😭pic.twitter.com/pjog2RQSeq — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) July 23, 2025 Erratic behaviour intensifies. Mass distribution in play. pic.twitter.com/tyGlybiUWk — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 23, 2025 $SPY $QQQ Japan trade deal and China …
Positioning for a market downturn in 2025 has become more tactical than ever especially after June’s macro fireworks and the July 11 CPI print looming ahead. Equities hover near record highs while the 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to about 4.42 %. Some traders now split their risk between long duration bond ETFs and targeted inverse …
This setup screams complacency. When everyone loads up on calls and forgets risk even exists, that’s when the rug gets pulled. S&P 500 $SPY Put/Call Ratio is at one of its lowest levels in the last 3 years 🚨Is it time to hedge? pic.twitter.com/aL0tqo3KTC — Barchart (@Barchart) June 12, 2025 BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Dollar$DXY could …
April came with blood on the screen. Stocks sold off, yields surged, and the Fed kept its poker face. Retail panicked. But one group didn’t buy the dip: hedge funds. They saw the trap. Or at least they thought they did. They didn’t touch equities. Instead, they went after bonds with a vengeance. Hedge Funds …
Hedge Funds just increased their net leverage over the last month by the largest amount in history 🚨🚨 They're getting desperate 👀 pic.twitter.com/roBh1STX7P — Barchart (@Barchart) June 4, 2025 Exactly… there are no recessions when M2 is going up /s Except for all recessions. https://t.co/C1u5yV5QI4 pic.twitter.com/His8efSCT8 — Michael Green (@profplum99) June 3, 2025
