As the banking crisis spreads and global demand for dollars surges, central banks are rapidly reducing their holdings of U.S. debt to “cash out” and the use of the Federal Reserve’s overseas liquidity tools has surged. Federal Reserve data …
“Fed data show foreign official holdings of Treasury securities fell by $76 billion in the week through March 22 to $2.86 trillion…” Source: https://t.co/IdWk5419KS — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) March 24, 2023
I wonder how many other companies are in the same boat? Some Camping World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CWH) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the Chairman & CEO, Marcus Lemonis, recently sold a substantial US$10m worth of stock …
by confoundedinterest17 Interesting story on Alignable. Due to high inflation, reduced consumer spending, higher rents and other economic pressures, U.S.-based small business owners’ rent problems just escalated to new heights nationally this month, based on Alignable’s November Rent Poll of …
by Shaun Richards This morning in Frankfurt ECB President Christine Lagarde has been setting out ger stall on monetary policy. In essence she is presenting herself as a doughty and valiant inflation fighter. For the ECB, displaying our commitment to …
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CHINESE developer Sunshine 100 China Holdings has defaulted on US$178.9 million of debt and interest payments due Sunday (Dec 5), as the direct fallout of the woes of property companies in China continues to impact investors in Singapore. Sunshine 100 …
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The world’s largest pension fund (in Japan) announced in the last 24 hours that it is selling over 34% of its US Treasuries. World’s biggest pension fund makes record cut to U.S. bond weighting https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/202…
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by photowanderer https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/ark-invests-arkx-space-exploration-etf-to-begin-trading-on-tuesday.html Ark Invest, Cathie Wood’s firm with multiple actively managed exchanged-traded funds, will debut its latest fund on Tuesday: a space exploration ETF. The ETF’s top 10 holdings by weight: Trimble – 8.3% The 3D Printing ETF – 6.1% Kratos – 5.6% L3Harris – 5% …
via gold.org: Holdings in global gold-backed ETFs and similar products rose slightly in March by 3 tonnes(t) to 2,483t, equivalent to US$183mn in inflows. Global assets under management (AUM) fell by 1.6% in US dollars to US$103bn over the month, driven …
via Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Investors should put about 40 percent of their portfolios in non-U.S. stocks and bonds to diversify their holdings, according to top executives at Vanguard Group, the fund giant that manages $4.9 trillion. Global stock markets are …
The CEO of Nova Scotia based DiaDan Holdings Ltd. recently took her passion for photography and applied it to the greater good by donating several pieces of her photographic artwork to local charity. Eileen Richardson’s interest in the arts …
The Central Bank of Russia has continued getting rid of US Treasury bonds in August. The share of Russian investments in American debt is getting close to zero. Russian investments in US securities as of August have fallen to just …
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpPfBzeWsAYAwaJ.jpg US Households have been holding a very high proportion of their wealth in equities — a level only once seen in 1968 and for several quarters in the late 1990s. Such a high exposure …
The Daily History of the Debt Results Historical returns from 09/24/2018 through 09/28/2018 The data for the total public debt outstanding is published each business day. If there is no debt value for the date(s) you requested, the value for …
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s portfolio of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities has dropped below $4 trillion for the first time in more than four years, according to Fed data. The portfolio was assembled through three rounds of purchases starting during the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Lowe’s finally seems to get the brick-and-mortar meltdown. Orchard Supply Hardware – whose mission was, according to its site, “to be America’s neighborhood hardware and garden store focused on paint, repair, and the backyard” – is an iconic …
by Simon Black Last week we saw how quickly a currency crisis can destroy someone’s savings. In just one week, the value of the Turkish Lira plummeted over 30% after the US imposed sanctions against Turkey. So anyone holding all of their savings …
David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick on the McAlvany Weekly Commentary Talking Turkey: “This will be the single largest default in financial history” Capital controls are like Hotel California… You can’t leave. Will Turkey, Iran, Russia, Germany abandon the West & turn to …
Here’s what’s happening: Tesla’s top shareholders cut holdings last qtr(reporting delay, tiptoeing out) TRowe ~-25%Fidelity -21% They are selling to retail buyers + Musk who borrowed against his stock to buy more stock in attempts to prop price.https://t.co/ulijQTNxM1 — Josh …
by Jesse Gold inventories in trusts and funds declined. Silver inventories did not. Even as the prices of both declined. The largest gold trust is GLD. Gold is held by HSBC Bank plc (the “Custodian”) in their London vaults on …
via thefreethoughtproject: Moscow, Russia – The Russian government has drastically reduced their holdings of United States Treasury bonds, with Russian ownership of U.S. bonds declining from $96.1 billion in March to $48.7 billion in April—and then further reducing their holdings to just $14.9 billion in May; an 11-year low. …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Who stepped up to the plate? It’s a good thing Russia never held as many US Treasury securities as China and Japan. The scenario would have been different. The “grand total” of US Treasury bonds, notes, …
via Sputnik Top international money managers are expecting that a downturn in the global exchange in capital, goods, services and workforce could cripple stock markets worldwide, suggesting other investment opportunities might be in focus over the coming years. Kristian Rouz — …
via Ryan MCMORROW In the event of a trade war with the United States, China could resort to devaluing its currency or dumping its massive holdings of US debt, but analysts warn both weapons could be double-edged swords. Donald Trump last …
via the real deal Clockwise from top left Hilton Hotel in Barbados; Canary Wharf; Nine Elms; Waldorf Astoria. (Credit: CaribDigita; Diliff; Curran2; Hennem08) As HNA Group’s debt troubles seem to go from from bad to worse, the company is now planning on …