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Short sellers are waving the white flag, signaling the market’s strength—yet, it’s hard to ignore the overvaluation. With short interest plummeting to levels not seen in years, it’s clear the bears are backing down. But, this is a dangerous game. How long can these inflated prices hold before reality hits? The risk is too high, …
All real GDP growth for the last few years has been bought by deficit spending. If we run a balanced budget we are 0 real growth. h/t hv876
pic.twitter.com/35agzAGDk1 — Flow-Rida (@Phenominalee) January 21, 2025
Amid a search for the cause of the crisis, energy firm Southern California Edison admitted its grid short-circuited just after 10pm on Tuesday when a tower went down – the same time the Hurst Fire erupted. As investigators continue to search for the cause of the Los Angeles fires, new evidence potentially points to downed …
***SLV Alert*** The Largest Short interest in SLV ETF this year…. A massive 30 million shares have been shorted between 11-29-2024 and 12-13-2024. The total short interest hit 50.79 million shares. This happened when silver rallied from 30 to 32.25 earlier this month. This… pic.twitter.com/YxajJN7ULK — bob coleman (@profitsplusid) December 26, 2024 Tech Stocks or …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, commands a Golden State that has turned into a deep blue “Sapphire State.” As Newsom took over following the 2003 San Francisco mayoral election, the then-mayor-elect said that December he intended to “aggressively” make ending homelessness in his city his administration’s top priority. The plan involved a 10-year strategy to …
Bitcoin short 93k worth at bitcoin price of 99770 byu/HuGeStOcKgUy1998 inwallstreetbets
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, …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-21/the-big-climate-short “On average, more hedge funds were short batteries, solar, electric vehicles and hydrogen than long those sectors. And more funds were long fossil fuels than were shorting oil, gas and coal. Geopolitics is the key reason why the energy transition theme isn’t working out. China commands a dominant position in most of these sectors, …
South Korea has amended its Capital Markets Act to impose stricter penalties on illegal short selling, now allowing for prison sentences of up to life imprisonment for individuals profiting over 5 billion won (around $3.79 million) through such activities. This legislation aims to reduce illegal trading practices and enhance market transparency, signaling a strong commitment …
Here comes the real estate short sales repricing entire neighborhoods Race for the exits coming pic.twitter.com/9VzWD5W04L — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) October 5, 2024 There’s also (like California 🙄) a big variance between rent/own monthly costs It’s roughly $1000/mo cheaper to rent a single family home than to buy and mortgage a similar one with 10% …
"The mining giant expects the energy transition sector will account for 23% of copper demand by 2050, from 7% currently…" Source: https://t.co/zwPSzBmZ5Y. — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) September 30, 2024 CEO of @IncRegulus John Black explains the looming copper supply shortage and the main drivers that will see demand for the metal grow to unprecedented …
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"Growth data has been more likely to fall short of expectations than at any time in nearly a decade."@NewEdgeWealth pic.twitter.com/LuPu2i9kak — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) September 14, 2024 Especially temporary help services. They are the first to go and first to come back pic.twitter.com/eEyjdig4xR — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) September 14, 2024 Why is Buffett dumping all …
KYLE, Texas—People and businesses have flooded into Kyle, Texas, since the pandemic, making it the second-fastest-growing city in the U.S. The influx is creating wealth but also contributing to a big problem: Kyle is getting hotter and running low on water. Housing developments pop up seemingly overnight on this patch of hills and prairie between …
by confoundedinterest17 Is this The Big Short, CMBS style? The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) for offices spiked to 8.1% in July, the highest in 11 years. The delinquency rate of office CMBS loans has QUADRUPLED in 1.5 years. Delinquencies are currently rising at a faster pace than during the 2008 Financial Crisis. …
The horrifying attack on an Australian tourist in Paris last weekend is just the latest alleged gang rape on the streets of the French capital. In the wake of the shocking news, Parisian women have revealed their safety fears, while police have voiced concerns in the run up to the Olympics. Following the brutal attack …
Via SchiffGold, U.S. economic data is hitting headlines yet again—this time, due to serious concerns about its continued reliability. “Federal statistical agencies face increasing challenges to their ability to produce relevant, timely, credible, accurate, and objective statistics,” researchers of the American Statistical Association revealed. “Immediate action is needed to put the agencies … on a …
Asset managers have significantly increased their short positions on the Japanese Yen. The currency is at risk of sliding to levels last seen in 1986, with bearish traders seemingly unfazed by the possibility of government intervention to support Japan’s embattled currency. Some experts suggest that a slump as far as 170 yen per dollar (approximately …
Short sellers are facing significant challenges amid a historic equity rally. Regulatory pressures and retail traders squeezing stocks, such as GameStop Corp, have intensified the situation. Many short sellers are now opting to exit their positions rather than continuing to fight the market trends. Bloomberg’s Denitsa Tsekova discussed this phenomenon on “Bloomberg Markets” "Short sellers …
via Jesse Felder: The short vol trade is not only back, it’s bigger than ever. But there are a growing number of potential risks… …including persistent inflationary pressures… …weakening in the labor market… …unprecedented fiscal challenges… …and growing geopolitical conflict… …that threaten to upend it yet again. Plus ça change.
Median short interest is low pic.twitter.com/OShAKPPxXx — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) May 22, 2024 "In the week up to May 20, JPMorgan clients cut short positions by 4 percentage points, shifting into neutral while long positions were unchanged at 17%. The net long position for all clients is now back to the largest since May …
