Is Reality Finally Setting In? Nasdaq Is Crashing As Major Factor Reversal Strikes

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via Zerohedge: While the catalyst for this sudden move is unclear, the fact is a notable regime shift is underway today in factors as the long-momo-short-value trade is reversing fast as Treasury yields tumble. Is this the start of a September-like reversal? Notably the almost incessant rise in low-vol strategies is getting hammered today… As … Read more

Bloomberg paid to have his own ass kicked on national TV last night

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Billionaires have some weird fetishes. ————- I want to to remind everyone that Michael Bloomberg PAID for that beating. He gave money to the DNC and they changed the rules so that he could be in the #DemDebate tonight. Very shortsighted. Hilarious! https://twitter.com/ali/status/1230344240980512768?s=20 Mini Mike used millions to get on that stage and he was … Read more

The Fate of Final Rallies

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By Harry Dent I have been talking recently about how this final blow-off rally since the sharp 20%+ crash into late December 2018 is tracking very close to the one that occurred from late October 1998 into late March 2000. That correlation suggests that this rally could last into late May or so, at the … Read more

Lindsey Graham, Thom Tillis pushing Trump for total Amnesty Open borders package hidden in the farm bill!

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Horowitz: Senate Republicans looking to repeat 1986 amnesty, seeking President Trump’s support: Sources Farm Worker Amnesty. Senator Thom Tillis and other liberal Republicans are hell-bent on turning our rural communities into pipelines for cartel drug trafficking and criminal aliens. Rather than holding vote after vote on ridding our communities of sanctuary cities and dangerous criminal … Read more

TURKISH ARMY BEGINS MILITARY OPERATIONS in IDLIB PROVINCE ,SYRIA!

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#BREAKING The Turkish Army begins military operations against the Assad regime in Idlib province.M60 are heading towards Nayrab, special forces are heading to the frontline.Artillery working against regime positions.Regime and Russian planes keep striking nearby towns.#Syria pic.twitter.com/f9sHdyFV3P — Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke) February 20, 2020 Sources from Syria: The Turkish army and Syrian opposition had … Read more

Never Go Full Retard

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by northmantrader The recognition that this market is in a bubble (something I’ve been writing about extensively) has gone mainstream and banks are recognizing is now too. This week JP Morgan’s Kolonavic is also raising the alarm bell: “The bubble we are describing is expressed in equity factors … We caution investors that this bubble will likely … Read more

Options Traders Showing No Fear

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by Dana Lyons A historically high percentage of stock option trades are betting on higher prices. Whatever “wall of worry” that has served as a tailwind for stock prices of late has been completely demolished. At least, according to data from the options market. And unlike the UM survey that we highlighted last week wherein consumers were merely … Read more

Video: Here’s the moment that the Bloomberg campaign absolutely imploded on itself #DemDebate

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Video: Here's the moment that the Bloomberg campaign absolutely imploded on itself #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/6QT0xnNRN0 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 20, 2020 THE HINDEN-BLOOMBERG! NYC mayor goes up in flames at Vegas debate. Or does he? As John Podhoretz writes in the New York Post, “The thing is, even if the entire night had been the epic disaster the … Read more

Price Extremes, The Trapped Fed and Scapegoats

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Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his. Since 2009 stocks have risen into a bubble fueled by inexpensive debt, buybacks and QE. Most commodities have not matched the price increases. Palladium is an exception—more later. The ratio of the commodity index to the S&P 500 Index sits at a historic low.Commodity prices … Read more

3 Tail Risks That Could Shock The Market

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by UPFINA The stock market has fat tails. Returns aren’t normally distributed. Events such as the crash of 1987 have occurred even though the normal curve says they are almost impossible. Prices are discontinuous which means if you have a stop on a trade, it might not matter because the price can skip that stop. When … Read more

Beware Ally Bank Bill Pay

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by dreadpirate_13​ This morning marked the end of a long and frustrating saga involving Ally bank’s Bill Pay feature. Let me preface by saying that I’ve been a customer for 10 years now and this is the first issue I’ve had, but it was a doozy! I’d been using Ally’s bill pay feature to pay … Read more

15% for retirement is not an absolute Rule. You should check whether it’s still right for you.

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by jeo123​ In just about any retirement related thread you’ll find the suggestion to save 15% of your income for retirement. It’s a great easy to use number and is good to get in the minds of people(especially those starting out) to save appropriately for retirement. However if you try to find the reason it’s 15%, you … Read more

$EXPE is Due for $MSFT Type Run

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by 23therealme23 DD Update 1 — Look who picked up a bunch of shares… maybe they know something 🧐🧐 https://imgur.com/gallery/uMY8RTn Original DD — Just jumped in on $EXPE. Out of $SPCE and $MSFT which I jumped in on about a month ago. Check my comment history. Proof of positions— https://imgur.com/gallery/ZSmD9tD Why? Listen to their latest … Read more

Over the past 2 weeks, options traders spent more than $16 billion buying speculative calls. That’s 60% more than any other 2-week period since 2000.

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Over the past 2 weeks, options traders spent more than $16 billion buying speculative calls. That's 60% more than any other 2-week period since 2000. Maybe this is a nothing-matters-forever kind of market, but holy moly.https://t.co/EE8NcDL1Ou — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) February 19, 2020 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1230285293082812416 This is among the most absurd things you'll ever see. A company … Read more