Retail investors are fueling a new meme-stock mania, driving 6 million daily options contracts in unprofitable small-cap stocks while most of the market barely participates. Fund managers are running almost no cash.

Appetite for risk is incredibly strong: Options trading volumes in loss-making Russell 2000 stocks have risen to ~6 million contracts per day, an all-time high. Volumes have more than doubled since April and surpassed the previous record set during the …

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The Enron-like accounting inflating the AI mania: Oracle’s revenue stream mostly depends on Nvidia, AMD, Meta, OpenAI, and xAI, yet Meta, OpenAI and xAI themselves all run on Nvidia and AMD.

Oracle slashes 3,000 jobs while their “backlog” ramps up 300%. Make it make sense. Correct After the crash, business schools will start teaching Earnings Quality again It was a super popular class after the https://t.co/4y5lv9vF2o fiasco, but has been replaced …

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When nail salons and toy makers start pouring billions into crypto, you are deep in a late-stage mania that ends with congressional hearings and empty balance sheets.

The only thing these companies will be mining in a year is Chapter 11 paperwork. WSJ Small companies are pouring billions into bitcoin and lesser-known cryptocurrencies — raising big questions about risk, regulation, and what could go wrong if the …

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This has to be peak mania

This has to be peak mania. When pension systems start chasing meme coins, they have given up on fundamentals. https://t.co/xZgbzNZ1v6 — Capital Markets Guy (@CapitalMktGuy) April 30, 2025 Warning ⚠️"Bears are dead" commentary throughout X. This is a tremendous sentiment …

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Nvidia mania cools as distance from 36-month average peaks, trapping FOMO buyers.Who want’s to address the elephant in the room?

Nvidia Mania. RECORD distance from 36 month moving average unwinding. Peak FOMO most likely behind us. Lots will get trapped.#nvidia #nvda #capitalrotation pic.twitter.com/6InMkiQ97i — Patrick Karim (@badcharts1) November 2, 2024 Who want's to address the elephant in the room? Forecast …

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Powell Pummels Lunatic Market Mania

BY DAVID HAGGITH Powell drop-kicked the “Fed pivot in March” mantra to the floor today, driving the Dow down more than 300 points (-0.82%), the S&P down 79 points (-1.61%) and the topsy-tech NASDAQ down a major 345 points (-2.23%). …

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