Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells stocks as cash pile swells to record levels

https://www.ft.com/content/4ec10c1b-a365-483f-8566-e2ff47435dd5?ftcamp=traffic/partner/feed_headline/us_yahoo/auddev “Conglomerate offloads more than $5bn worth of US and international shares” “The company sold more than $5bn worth of US and foreign stocks in the third quarter, according to results released on Saturday. The sales lifted Berkshire’s divestments of …

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Stocks Plunge, Bonds Bust Some More

by DAVID HAGGITH Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash Stocks and bonds continued their race downhill today (bond prices down/yields up) with the S&P busting down and holding below 4200 for the first time since last spring, and the NASDAQ jolting down 2.4% …

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Dangerous divergence between stocks and bonds

"Impervious" Nasdaq Risks Big Downside If Mideast Conflict Spirals https://t.co/pZGX7DJyvn — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 19, 2023 Hedge Funds have increased their short stock exposure to the highest level of the year pic.twitter.com/IXb4OHLPA5 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 23, 2023

Unprecedented Tech Bubble: The Ratio of The Nasdaq To US Treasuries Soar Beyond Historic Levels; Stocks Are Also The Most Expensive Relative To Fixed Income In Over 20 Years

The Nasdaq’s return compared to US Treasuries is now at a record high, surpassing levels seen during previous bubbles and indicating a significant gap between equity and bond returns. So many unsustainable metrics out there right now. This also underscores …

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Congress has been buying war stocks….

by UnusualWhalesBot Many bought defense company $GD, General Dynamics. Numerous Republicans bought heavy into oil + energy companies, with buys in $XOM, $DVN, $CVX. Democrats bought cybersecurity like $FTNT. These companies lobby Congress heavily. http://twitter.com/1200616796295847936/status/1711156014752604647

Stocks Bounce…But Is the Bottom In?

By Graham Summers, MBA Bonds finally bounced yesterday. However, the bounce was relatively weak and didn’t signal the “all clear.” Simply put, things stabilized. But they didn’t actually improve much. And market leading indicators suggest this correction isn’t over yet. …

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The situation is becoming rather worrisome: The slump in 10-year and 30-year bonds is approaching the epic drops we saw in stocks during the 2008 financial crisis and the dot-com bubble bust. Accelerating Junk Bond default is coming.

The Bear Market never ended. The end of this bear market rally is rapidly approaching……. https://t.co/kf0JCvL7XA — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 5, 2023 G, we already there… Long-duration US TSY bonds have now lost more in % terms than …

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