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Alina Habba says if Trump testifies, “It would be a pretty short testimony…because he had no part in this.” She adds, “We have this judge, we have this court, and we have a DA who has been politically motivated since the minute he decided to run for office.” pic.twitter.com/cLTn9zG30H — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) May 21, …
Trigger Warning: Chart of the Day: Citi Surprise Index vs SFR9 My hypothesis is that the US economy has begun to slow due to the long and variable lags of monetary policy finally starting to offset the positive benefits that have come from higher government deficits putting… pic.twitter.com/KP9FXPKLqH — Craig Shapiro (@ces921) May 16, 2024 …
Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management dumped positions in Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. during the first quarter while buying shares of an exchange-traded fund that invests in physical gold, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission released Wednesday. Burry rose to fame after his bet against mortgage bonds in the run-up to …
A neighborhood in Long Beach, California has become the first and possibly not last to ban unsupervised Airbnb rentals over concerns about drug-filled parties plaguing homes. In April, College Estates resident Andy Oliver filed a petition to the city’s Community Development Department following months of out-of-state tourists renting out unhosted houses, taking advantage of the …
the big short it’s happening 🚨 pic.twitter.com/2AT96svxwr — “Dezza” (@stockswingpicks) May 10, 2024 This ain't a bubble . This is a castle in the air . — The Great Martis (@great_martis) May 10, 2024 Double tops 🌋🌋 surfacing across the board .⚠️ pic.twitter.com/Zo3LbhweBd — The Great Martis (@great_martis) May 9, 2024 Dow theory ✍️📖 Dislocation …
“A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries deep inside Russia achieved the unthinkable — leaving the world’s largest petrostate running low on petrol”, – Politico ❗️Diesel prices for Russian consumers have skyrocketed, rising almost 10% in the past week alone, according to the government’s figures. Petrol costs have also hit a six-month high, …
Key points: The F-35 fighter jet program’s lifetime cost is estimated to exceed $2 trillion, up from a 2018 estimate of $1.7 trillion. Sustainment costs increased by 44% to $1.58 trillion over the program’s lifetime. The Pentagon extended the projected life of the plane to 2088. In 2023, the average F-35A was only mission capable …
Trump Media, which began being publicly traded last week, is now far and away the most expensive stock to sell short, according to S3 Partners, a leading financial data marketplace platform. Investors who wanted to borrow Trump Media shares to sell them short on Wednesday would have had to pay financing costs of between 750% …
BIDEN: "American infrastructure plan used to, you know, uh…" pic.twitter.com/mcnzWJZtVf — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 12, 2024
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) vowed on Monday to strictly punish market manipulation and malicious short selling, in a bid to promote the healthy and stable development of the Chinese stock market. https://t.co/kxKN0hMawK — Global Times (@globaltimesnews) February 5, 2024 The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) vowed on Monday to strictly punish market manipulation …
The recent tumult in Chinese stocks has sent shockwaves through the nation’s asset management sector, resulting in a notable uptick in mutual fund closures. In 2023, around 240 local mutual funds were liquidated, marking the highest closure rate since the industry underwent a significant shakeup in 2018 due to more stringent asset management regulations. What’s …
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1743004590520385783 Hmmm… https://t.co/XjAxp0ozSl — @amuse (@amuse) January 4, 2024 People like Mark Cuban is why America is in ruins. His opinions are not only invalid but detrimental, a threat to the fabric of society pic.twitter.com/25J539wINy — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) January 4, 2024
Staggering how abysmal the Chinese Outbound Tourism Recovery has been this far. Take Thailand International Visitor Arrivals for instance, and looking at the top 5 countries from where tourists flock to Thailand: – China is still 70% below 2019 levels– While Malaysia is up 3%… pic.twitter.com/4Uys596tB8 — Smartkarma (@smartkarma) January 2, 2024
Only one President in the last 30 years has left the Presidency with less money than they started. Most of them increased their net worth 10x-50x during their Presidency. Jimmy Carter Before: $2.3 million After: $10 million Ronald Reagan Before: $10.6 million After: $15.4 million George H.W. Bush Before: $4 million After: $23 million Bill …
Highest call volume literally hit 42069. Thanks for calling the top. Highest call volume literally hit 42069. Must be a huge crisis in this pivot. byu/AdvancedLong inwallstreetbets 46% of S&P 500 components have an RSI that exceeds 70, the highest level since 1991 according to data compiled by Goldman Sachs That's just a bit stretched. …
Its a money grab like any other tax. F*ck them, smart people will work around it. via MSN: Dec. 1—Delaware County Council is considering a 3% tax on Airbnb operators and others in the short-term rental business, something hotels have been paying for years. Last month, county council had a first reading to amend the …
As the S&P 500 stock short interest continues to linger near historic lows, signaling an unprecedented lack of bearish bets, concerns heighten over the market’s vulnerability to a correction. The persistently low levels of short interest imply a market sentiment that is overwhelmingly bullish, raising alarms about a potential overbought condition. Investors are left grappling …
by John-Wetter-2310 Michael Burry, the man who famously shorted subprime mortgages during the 2008 financial crisis and then got the movie ‘The Big Short’ made after him, was just wrong in a big way. Back in August, Burry took a $1.6 billion short position on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. Well, he was wrong. Very …
Six months ago, when looking at Michael Burry’s Q1 13F which in turn followed just a few months after the famous permabear admitted he had been wrong to urge his followed to sell… … we found that the Big Short had continued the trend of rapidly rotating his entire portfolio and in the first quarter, Burry …
The financial landscape is in tumult as repo rates soar, with banks heavily borrowing to address liquidity concerns and a looming specter of potential economic deflation. Adding to the complexity, Chinese banks have entered the scene, issuing an extraordinary volume of short-term debt at penalty rates, coinciding with unusual activities by the Chinese Communist Party …
Compared with Europe the US is in really good shape. Euro makes out 57% of DXY, this famous End of the Dollar must be really imminent pic.twitter.com/FvHBLV0C2u — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) November 4, 2023 The European Entitlements Crisis would likely manifest as a significant financial challenge where governments struggle to meet their obligations to …
✓iSN™ ALERT BIDEN TRIP TO ISRAEL CUT SHORT DUE TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY President Had To Be Flown Back To US For Unspecified Procedure After Just 7 Hours On The Ground [Developing] pic.twitter.com/cgWIwi2c6Z — iSource News (@isource_news) October 19, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1714950663682015527 What’s up with BIDEN’S CHIN? Anyone notice that? 10/18/23 pic.twitter.com/VGJ99iKuPg — Dr. Truth (@Tony11Sim) October …
Probably won’t affect anyone here… https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Is-This-The-End-Of-Naked-Short-Selling.html While what is now an all-out war on naked short sellers intensifies, there is a new flashpoint on the front line–a potentially devastating ruling targeting those who are alleged to make illegal naked short selling possible: The Facilitators: bankers and brokers. On September 29, Federal District Court Judge Lorna …
via Mike Shedlock: Jim Jordan fell 17 votes short in the first round of voting. Some would consider it fitting if the process took 15 rounds because that’s how many McCarthy needed. Not Today, Maybe Tomorrow Jordan could only afford to lose at most four votes. He lost 20 votes today with another try tomorrow. …
by TheUltimator5 feel free to sharpshoot the graphics if something isn’t clear. This isn’t easy to understand in any way. It is hard to depict some things graphically, but I did my best to make this as simple and dumbed down as possible, to allow people to slightly understand the process. I am sure there …
by TonyLiberty Hedge Funds will now be forced to reveal their short positions by the SEC. The new SEC rules will require institutional investors to report their gross short positions to the agency monthly and certain “net” short activity for individual dates on which trades settle. The SEC plans to then publish aggregate stock-specific data …
Bond volatility has recently diverged from equity volatility. The only comparable time to this was just before the GFC. Bond volatility recently increased significantly; I wonder if the $VIX will finally catch up. pic.twitter.com/rU8F1jmANM — Swordfish (@Swordfishv44183) October 8, 2023 $SPY short interest is near historic lows. Have bears finally capitulated? pic.twitter.com/oBNs190hlO — Swordfish (@Swordfishv44183) …
by Martin Armstrong The demand for housing in Canada drastically outweighs the supply. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has confirmed that fewer new builds are expected for 2024. In fact, the agency anticipates that Canada will be short by 3.45 million homes by 2030 – right on time. Better yet, the gap is certain to widen if/when …
Bernstein says investors should take profits in pricey tech stocks such as Nvidia, $NVDA, per CNBC. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 28, 2023
