WSB traders uses Robinhood Margin exploit to buy a $1,000,000+ position from $4K in actual funds

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/drqaro/robinhood_free_money_cheat_works_pretty_well_1/ The boys are back at it   so it turns out when selling covered calls and if you buy the shares the stock isn’t subtracted from the buying power. The cash balance from the covered call gets added to your cash – increasing your buying power by the premium you took in. ​ ***Also, … Read more

A redditor comments about the repo market situation

A comment from /u/Ilogy clarifies the situations at hand. The first question is: what is the actual problem? And then, secondarily, what does the Fed think is the problem? (Or perhaps more precisely, what does the Fed want us to believe is the problem?) In my opinion, the problem is that some of the collateral in the … Read more

#ArtOfTheDeal PHASE ONE

https://twitter.com/Yogi_Chan/status/1191681190610309120 $360B in tariffs dropped for $20B in ag purchases? Really? Now $360B >>#China Wants U.S. to Drop Tariffs on $360 Billion of Imports for Trade Deal Negotiators asked to eliminate tariffs on about $110B in goods that were imposed in Sept and lower the 25% tariff rate on about $250B that began last yearhttps://t.co/CsLNCvvRLJ … Read more

Jim Simons’ Medallion fund has generated an average annual return of 66% since 1988.

WSJ had an article about Jim Simmons oday, Mr. Simons is considered the most successful money maker in the history of modern finance. Since 1988, his flagship Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66% before charging hefty investor fees—39% after fees—racking up trading gains of more than $100 billion. No one in the investment … Read more

SPX Put time

by angrypelican29 SPX RSI overbought (see chart with VIX overlay in pink and Parabolic SAR overlay .VIX MACD about to go positive (see second chart). Market up VIX, up divergence. Went long SPX 3030 puts for Wednesday @ $.60 https://preview.redd.it/uyw9e2jnapw31.png?width=699&format=png&auto=webp&s=0876f1e2839ed85f8cf7323a78ee4df1c827f8e6 https://preview.redd.it/7vaco8jnapw31.png?width=788&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d10ace870c46709bd4c976e797053d628e6eca5   Disclaimer: Consult your financial professional before making any investment decision.

Leveraged-Loan Downgrades Spike, Collateralized Loan Obligations Get Cold Feet, Selloff in B-Rated Loans Ensues

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Sell first, ask questions later.” The $1.2-trillion US leveraged loan market is starting to get downgrade-indigestion. So far this year through October 11, of the 1,460 leveraged loans in the S&P/LSTA Index, 282 issues were downgraded, already exceeding the 244 downgrades for the entire year of 2018, and blowing past the … Read more

American Conspiracies & Cover-Ups

Authored by Douglas Citignano via Off-Guardian.org, In today’s world, the phrase “conspiracy theory” is pejorative and has a negative connotation. To many people, a conspiracy theory is an irrational, over-imaginative idea endorsed by people looking for attention and not supported by the mainstream media or government. History shows, though, that there have been many times when … Read more

Another Sign Of The Times – Man Stabbed To Death Over A Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich

by Michael Snyder Would you kill someone for a chicken sandwich?  If your answer is no, what if it was a really, really tasty chicken sandwich?  After a two month wait, Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich finally returned on Sunday.  It was “national sandwich day”, and fans in many locations started lining up well before stores … Read more

Uber Loses Another $1.2 billion, Stock Dives Again

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Burning cash is easy; It’s quite flammable and just goes up in smoke. Here it is in a nutshell, the philosophy of “growth at all costs.” Uber’s total revenue increased 29% to $3.81 billion in the third quarter compared to a year earlier, the company reported this afternoon. And that’s very good revenue … Read more

The Middle Class Is Now The Muddle Class

by Charles Hugh-Smith The net result is the muddle class has the signifiers but not the wealth, power, capital or agency that once defined the middle class. The first use of the phrase The Muddle Class appears to be The rise of the muddle classes (Becky Pugh, telegraph.co.uk) in January 2007. The “muddle” described the complex nature of defining … Read more

Joe Biden’s Brother, James Biden.got a $1.5Billion construction contract in Iran, with zero construction experience.

https://t.co/C65WHWAr9F Yep the story about it. So amazing how the Bidens got millions when they knew nothing about the businesses they got money for, from foreign countries. — TruthWithin (@truthiswithn) November 5, 2019 James Biden isn’t a big name in the business of residential housing development, so what exactly qualifies him to work at a … Read more

Second Half Rebound…Not! September Factory Orders Down 3.5% Y/Y

via Zerohedge: After August’s contraction, Factory Orders in September were expected to accelerate their decline, but the 0.6% MoM drop was more than expected. This sent the year-over-year contraction in factory orders down to -3.5% – the worst since July 2016… Source: Bloomberg Additionally the final durable goods orders print for September worsened, dropping 1.2% MoM … Read more

California’s Road Diet Comes To Boston

If you keep voting for the people who do this to you, you will keep getting it done to you. A ‘diet’ to give California drivers indigestion In the past, it was other people’s governments that would seek to make your life more difficult. But increasingly in California, the most effective war being waged is … Read more