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We have heard from Trump, Bessent & Musk repeatedly: They want LOWER dollar, yields & oil. But do they realize this is what triggers a yen carry trade unwind – part 2 – which would trigger de-risking of the concentration bet in MAG7 (Big Tech)? https://t.co/kKp6AVEWut https://t.co/qZeO3sh7kW — Samantha LaDuc (@SamanthaLaDuc) February 6, 2025 The …
by Tom McClellan The drop in the number of publicly traded U.S. companies is continuing. I last reported on that here back in April. Since then, the losses in the Nasdaq have leveled off just a little bit, but the NYSE continues to lose listed issues. Several different factors have affected these totals over time, …
https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1825183451605057694 https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1825188832305934729 The unwinding of YEN carry trade in focus once again. Backtesting the primary trend-line pic.twitter.com/54ga5jpEmq — The Great Martis (@great_martis) August 16, 2024 I think the unwinding of the carry trade is far from over. The yen's newfound strength might be a temporary reprieve before another leg down. — Isaac Everest (@mktwavestamer) August …
A quarter point rate hike from 0% to .25% caused a -27% decline in the Nikkei, wiped out all gains for the year and caused a global crash w/$6.4 trillion in stock losses. So far.https://t.co/VCez2pIbgq The global stock losses exceed the entire value of the Japanese stock market… pic.twitter.com/CKFGfuwxXw — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 6, 2024 …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, History suggests being wary of the “strong buys” at $45 when the eventual bottom is $4. In response to my chart-fest post The Rollercoaster Ride Ahead: 15 Years of Extreme Distortions Will Be Unwound, readers asked: OK, so what can I do in response? That’s the right question, for passively awaiting the …
The Fed sponsored a $multi-trillion carry trade. Tech is 90% correlated to the $USDJPY – most since March 2020. Unwinding this will be a disaster. Said the ECB. Today:https://t.co/PGl3PLGtCp pic.twitter.com/FqGtNPykwx — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) June 1, 2023 The Nasdaq 100 Index Is at Its Highest Level Since the Dot-Com Era, More Than 20 Years Ago ‘The …