Wall St is building a “Shorting Machine” for Private Credit the 2008 playbook is back.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/wall-street-builds-new-tool-to-bet-against-private-credit-bdf8bafa A report just dropped that should have everyone be more cautious. Major banks (Goldman, BofA, Barclays) are teaming up with S&P Global to launch a Credit-Default Swap (CDS) Index for Private Credit. If you aren’t familiar with 2008 history, …

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Insiders are running for the exit. Hedge funds are shorting stocks at the “highest level” since 2022. S&P 500 customer put delta just hit its most negative level in decades.

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 …

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Shorting bonds is the next trade to blow up.

Shorting bonds is the next trade to blow up. https://t.co/DpgDMfmY4N — Fibonacci Investing⚡️ (@FibonacciInves1) June 4, 2025 Record institutional short in ultra long bonds (via futs) pic.twitter.com/Bt3m3qlpjm — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 2, 2025 The Beige Book just put the stamp …

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Hedge funds are shorting stocks again, boosting leverage to new record. Chicago PMI plunges to four-month low, sinks to 40.5 in May. Supercore PCE turns negative for the first time since covid.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index fell for a second straight month to its lowest level in four months. The index sank to 40.5 this month from 44.6 in April, falling short of the 45.1 forecast. The latest reading marks the …

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WSB traders start shorting MSTR.

I shorted MSTR; no such thing as infinite money glitch byu/Lewers808 inwallstreetbets 2.6M MSTR SHORT byu/CanIMarginThat inwallstreetbets MicroStrategy Tumbles After Citron Research Shorts the Stock MSTR to raise $2.6 BILLION at 0.0% interest to purchase more Bitcoin (up from $1.75 …

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Market optimism on inflation ‘misleading’; Bond erosion accelerating; Druckenmiller is now shorting Treasury bonds with 20% of his Duquesne Family Office’s portfolio.

Druckenmiller recently announced at a conference that he is shorting U.S. Treasury bonds, and these bets now account for 15% to 20% of his portfolio. https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/10/20/does-stanley-druckenmiller-know-something-wall-str/ ✅Market optimism on inflation is ‘misleading’ byu/Fun_Balance_1809 inu_Fun_Balance_1809 Inflation is not dead, it’s just …

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Anyone Shorting Nvidia? Hype about to die!

by Quirky_Ad3179 Financials of the company are great !! But the recent hype about AI with TSMC reducing production. Hoping it will crash below $400 !! Finance Source : https://marketstreak.com/stock-price-history/nvidia?ticker=NVDA

Gary Gensler: ” investing in a levered single-stock ETF may create exposures for investors that in many ways resemble buying shares on margin. Further, investing in an inverse single-stock ETF is meant to be similar to shorting a stock.” “they are not necessarily right for every investor.”

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/gensler-prepared-remarks-iac-06222023 Highlights: The use of predictive data analytics, however, also can lead to potential conflicts. Conflicts may arise to the extent that advisers or brokers are optimizing for their own interests as well as others. I have …

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