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Fed warns of hidden leverage lurking in financial system https://www.ft.com/content/cd723c4e-b182-416c-b511-bd3d516978d3 Credit Suisse ignored ‘warning signals’ before losing billions in hedge fund collapse – CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/29/investing/credit-suisse-archegos-report/index.html Regulators around the world monitor collapse of US hedge fund https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/29/credit-suisse-nomura-archegos-sell-off-hedge-fund AAII Equity Allocations – “only“ the 25th highest reading on record (vs 5th lowest for cash). Clearly though this … Read more

You can get clues about the stock market’s next price move by studying financial history. When you combine these clues with the message of the Elliott wave model, conviction and clarity emerge. Look at this revealing chart.

by confoundedinterest17 Not only after home prices screaming at near 20% YoY growth, but apartment rents are surging as well. (Bloomberg) — Apartment rents were up in August from a year earlier in all the top 30 U.S. metro areas, the first time that’s happened since the start of the pandemic, according to a new report by … Read more

https://youtu.be/qsH9Gr_iTLQ   h/t Jim

  The context box says “The New World Order is a conspiracy theory which hypothesizes a secretly emerging totalitarian world government.” These context boxes are used to help fight ‘misinformation’, and they’ll happily slap them on any video, no matter what channel uploads it. So it’s rather interesting that they’ve decided to remove this context … Read more

by confoundedinterest17 Face it, the 30-year Treasury market is not as interesting as widely-traded as the 10-year Treasury market. But we did see some interesting revelations in today’s 30 year Treasury auction. If yesterday’s 10Y auction was blockbuster, one of the strongest benchmark sales on record, then today’s $24 billion offering of 30Y paper – the last … Read more

CNBC, Released on 9/9/21 Kyle Bass, Hayman Capital Management founder and CIO, joins Closing Bell to weigh in on the debate about whether to invest in China as the government cracks down on tech. Kyle Bass is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, L.P., a Dallas-based … Read more

  h/t nature_l0ve1

The White House on Thursday withdrew David Chipman’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms after resistance from Senate Democratic centrists imperiled his bid. Chipman, currently an official at the gun control group Giffords, faced fierce opposition from all 50 Senate Republicans but also didn’t have the votes to be confirmed along … Read more

by confoundedinterest17 Let’s get ready to tumble! New homebuying startup emerges as US house prices begin slowing. (Bloomberg) — Orchard, which offers cash to homebuyers upfront so they can purchase a new residence before selling their old one, raised $100 million to fuel growth in an ultra-competitive housing market that’s pushing shoppers to find new ways to stand … Read more