Survey shows hedge funds tightening nonprice terms due to liquidity issues.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/data/files/scoos_202306.pdf Summary The June 2023 Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms (SCOOS) collected qualitative information on changes in credit terms and conditions in securities financing and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. In addition to the core questions, …

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Something is broken? Its not just the Fed… World Central Banks starting to add liquidity; Corporate Insiders are selling heavily into the stock market rally over the last 2 months

Its not just the #Fed… World Central Banks starting to add #liquidity See our latest liquidity heatmap pic.twitter.com/ryLxnyE4Sp — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) June 20, 2023 Corporate Insiders are selling heavily into the stock market rally over the last 2 …

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Swiss National Bank, in guessing, provides liquidity “for purpose” for Credit Suisse’s toxic positions…from my vantage/assessment, “infinite liquidity” would be a closer approximation.

by quad-beep-05 via WSJ: The Swiss National Bank has offered UBS UBS -0.93%decrease; red down pointing triangle Group AG around $100 billion in liquidity to help it take on the operations of Credit Suisse Group AG, according to the people familiar with the matter. Details …

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Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok: “Since SVB collapsed, the Fed has been adding liquidity, and the S&P 500 is up more than 10%. The high correlation between Fed net QE and the S&P 500 seen in the chart below suggests that Fed liquidity is a crucial driver of the stock market,”

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-incredible-chart-shows-the-close-relationship-between-the-s-p-500-and-fed-liquidity-166542a7 Earnings, schmearnings. Is what really matters just liquidity? This incredible chart, from Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok, shows the close relationship between S&P 500 SPX, -0.37% performance and net Federal Reserve quantitative easing (QE) since the pandemic began. …

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Liquidity will be severely depleted…

Blackstone Real Estate Fund Facing Substantial Redemption Requests – The Registry Blackstone’s retail real estate fund, valued at $69 billion, experienced a seventh consecutive month of limited investor withdrawals in May, as it faced substantial redemption requests. The fund, known …

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$qqq to $iwm ratio never higher… ‘Bye bye liquidity… right when everyone is max bullish and on vacation’…. ‘Getting out, there will be no one on the other side of the trade.’

Bye bye liquidity… right when everyone is max bullish and on vacation.pic.twitter.com/8Y0a7zk1WV https://t.co/FQUZXdc38m — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 2, 2023 The chart of the week: S&P Tech with the ISEE call/put index:https://t.co/zlMsxl36fz Getting out, there will be no one on the …

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CCLF reset effective July 1, 2023. “All members are reminded that CCLF requirement provided by MBSD will be incorporated into such Member’s liquidity planning.”

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/6/1/MBS1227-23.pdf This follows up on changes to the reset date and Look-Back Period: What is the Capped Contingency Liquidity Facility (“CCLF®”)? On April 25, 2017, the Commission approved FICC’s adoption of the Clearing Agency Liquidity Risk Management Framework …

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