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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, this is essentially the “Big Short” alarm bell. Here’s the breakdown of why this is …

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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 Point Capital: $155 million in GPOR – IBP CEO + Chairman: $255 million combined – …

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Bitcoin flashes its fourth death cross as the 50-day sinks under the 200-day and James Wynn liquidated 12 times in 12 hours while still shorting

A market showing clear warning signs and one trader refusing to stop hitting the red button. Bitcoin just flashed its fourth death cross That’s when the 50-day moving average crosses below the 200-day A classic bearish signal that often hints at growing downside momentum and a potential longer-term downtrend Position yourself accordingly pic.twitter.com/WGp03PczwU — 0xMarioNawfal …

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Michael Burry is going all in on shorting the bubble

Michael Burry is going all in on shorting the bubble byu/Quixotus inwallstreetbets Michael Burry goes short on $PLTR and $NVDA in his latest 13F filing. Scion Capital just bought put options on 1M Nvidia shares and 5M Palantir shares. Pure bubble shorting, he’s going after the next 2008. $PLTR "investors" are absolutely COOKed ☠️ I …

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Red line is where everyone sells. If you’re not hedging or shorting here, good luck.

red line is where you sell https://t.co/qRXLIj6z87 pic.twitter.com/M64CecWEJO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 14, 2025 S&P 500 – Time to make your move 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/pHPDwaSURr — Barchart (@Barchart) July 15, 2025 If you're not hedging or shorting here, good luck. — VolSignals (@VolSignals) July 15, 2025 Fund manager cash levels drop, triggering sell signal in latest …

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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 of approval on the recession call.  In the past six weeks, the economy has shifted …

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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 18th consecutive month the index has contracted. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 30, 2025 Hedge …

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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 billion)

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 resting LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Over the past three years inflation has gone …

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Mind-blowing and terrifying: if the market is blindly shorting volatility, a true ‘risk event’ could dwarf 2018’s Volmageddon.

So after the latest data release from the #BOJ balance sheet we now know central banks stepped in heavy to suppress volatility… isn’t this kicking the can down the road making the problem bigger and bigger? asking for a friend… https://t.co/Ey5RWZIkcZ — JustDario 🏊‍♂️ (@DarioCpx) September 3, 2024 Here you go sir https://t.co/9EK7NCI1um — JustDario …

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As S&P 500 reaching local high, its 6m ATM put options are on 3-year low and cost 3%. Shorting the index is relatively cheap now. This market is high on crack.

by ChampionshipUsed9855 VIX is below 13 again. QQQ has been basically flat for nearly a month. The FOMC is next week, could be a pivot point. Even the perma-bull just admitted this market is high on crack:https://t.co/OOk8ZN4gf9“Buyers have gotten drunk as a proverbial skunk, buying the worst of the worst…there’s a nasty hangover on the …

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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 asked the staff to make recommendations to the Commission for potential rulemaking on these matters, …

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