How is that possible that Fixed Income are larger than stock markets? Fixed Income are virtual units of debt / ledger entries…

by Quant2011 In every region they are larger, meaning that productive assets (stocks) are valued less than non-productive , electronic ledger entries, impostors of real money: ​ https://seekingalpha.com/article/4594039-global-etf-market-facts-3-things-to-know-from-q1-2023 Gold ETFs in North Am are only 1727 tonnes, 55M oz, worth just $110 …

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Nothing got fixed after the 2008 financial crisis. We are going to pay a terrible price for the fecklessness of the Fed and our worthless, captured regulators, enforcers, & policy makers who turned a blind eye to systemic fraud and enormous risks to the soundness of the financial system.

Too soon? pic.twitter.com/Yq5yhbiDQb — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 16, 2022 J Powell – "We printed too much money, prices went up too quickly and you couldn't afford stuff…worry not! We will now reduce your net worth and take away your job." …

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500,000 Aussies facing mortgage ‘cliff’ as ultra-low fixed-rate terms wind down

by Boo_Randy The housing bubble busts in the hottest markets like Australia and New Zealand, where people borrowed as much as 11X their income due to insanely overpriced housing, are going to be spectacular. Got popcorn? https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/500000-aussies-facing-mortgage-cliff-as-ultralow-fixedrate-terms-wind-down/news-story/c12c6a483498468ee017a48dba58d37d Hundreds of thousands …

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Hot Economy, Rising Inflation: The Fed Has Never Successfully Fixed a Problem Like This

https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-jobs-fed-recession-economy-11650294297?mod=hp_lead_pos9 The Federal Reserve is setting out to do something it has never accomplished before: reduce inflation a lot without significantly raising unemployment. Central bank officials think it is possible with calibrated interest rate increases that slow booming demand just …

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CRAZY: 46 COUNTERPARTIES TAKE $497.4B AT FED’S FIXED-RATE REVERSE REPO… TRADERS LAST WEEK SPENT $11.6 BILLION ON OPTIONS CONTRACTS TIED TO $AMC, MORE THAN ON $SPY, $QQQ AND $TSLA COMBINED

almost got to half a trillion *46 COUNTERPARTIES TAKE $497.4B AT FED'S FIXED-RATE REVERSE REPO pic.twitter.com/CK5PcTrnvN — Brian Chappatta (@BChappatta) June 8, 2021 TRADERS LAST WEEK SPENT $11.6 BILLION ON OPTIONS CONTRACTS TIED TO $AMC, MORE THAN ON $SPY, $QQQ …

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Michael Pento: Epic Stock Market & Fixed Income Bubble Will Not End Well; Bitcoin Spikes; More Investors Sell Bitcoin for Gold/Silver

by moneymetals https://s3.amazonaws.com/ILB_MS_BUCKET/ILB-171208-WeeklyMarketWrap.mp3  DOWNLOAD MP3 Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up we’ll hear a truly explosive interview with Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Michael describes for …

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