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Investors rush out of equity funds to end rough year — Weekly net outflows accelerate after upbeat run in markets
Investors rounded off a bruising year of rising interest rates and high inflation by retreating from equity funds at the fastest pace in more than two decades. New data from EPFR show a net withdrawal of nearly $42bn from global …
SEC Alert! SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX. Defendant concealed his diversion of FTX customers’ funds to crypto trading firm Alameda Research while raising more than $1.8 billion from investors
Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-219 The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Samuel Bankman-Fried with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), the crypto trading platform of which he was the CEO and co-founder. Investigations as to other securities …
The Last Time (For Fed Hikes Rates)? Fed Forecasts SLOW Growth 1.2% YoY In 2023 As CMBS Are Getting Hit (Investors Worry About Credit Risk As Economy Weakens)
by confoundedinterest17 This will be the last time (Fed rate hikes) as the US economy is forecast to either go into a recession in 2023 or slow down to an anemic 1.20% Real GDP YoY. Even the Fed is forecasting 3.10% core …
Gary Gensler: ‘single-stock ETF may create exposures for investors that in many ways resemble buying shares on margin.’ ‘investing in them is meant to be similar to shorting a stock.’ ‘Though these products are listed or traded on exchanges, they are not necessarily right for every investor.’
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/gensler-remarks-iac-120822 Good morning. Once again, it is good to be back with the Investor Advisory Committee. As is customary, I would like to note that my views are my own and that I am not speaking on behalf …
Investors record short on US 2y bonds at -25.8% open interest…
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Investors turning bearish on USD
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Wolf Richter: Home Sales Free Fall, Investors Stay Far Away
Guest post by Wolf Richter from WolfStreet.com: Sellers are struggling with denial: Priced “right,” a home will sell, but “right” is where the buyers are, and they’re a lot lower. Sales of all types of previously owned homes – houses, condos, …
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Hard Landing Coming? Investors Don’t Think So.
By Lance Roberts Is a “hard landing” coming, economically speaking, as the Fed continues its most aggressive rate hike campaign in 40 years? Investors don’t seem to think so as investors continue to chase economically sensitive stocks despite the underlying economic deterioration. …
Three Out Of Four Bitcoin Investors Have Lost Money: Study
Roughly three-quarters of people who have bought bitcoin have lost money according to a study published Monday as the cryptocurrency sector reels from the collapse of a major exchange that has sapped confidence. Economists at the Bank of International Settlements, …
Equity Investors Are Betting Heavily On A ‘Soft Landing’ For The Economy
by jessefelder The following is an excerpt from a recent report featured on The Felder Report PREMIUM. Despite all the worries over the possibility of a recession in the quarters ahead, the stock market seems to have priced in a “soft …
This bear market will get worse in 2023. By the time investors figure out what to do, the horses will be out of the barn. It will be an illiquid steep sell-off. Policymakers will be powerless.
https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1586777856062930945 Americans should brace for a cash crunch and a painful recession, experts say. Here’s what Jamie Dimon, David Solomon, and Ray Dalio warned this week. Jamie Dimon, David Solomon, and Ray Dalio warned of a cash crunch this week. …
This One’s Going To Hurt You! US Dollar Continues To Rise, Hurting Investors (US Dollar UP 25.2% With Bidenflation)
by confoundedinterest17 This one’s going to hurt you for a long, long time. Over the past year, the dollar has been on a tear: The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the dollar’s strength against a basket of foreign currencies, is up …
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jaime Dimon Says investors “Don’t Give A Shit About ESG,” Are We Finally Done With This Bullshit?
Are the big dogs finally going to tell Larry Fink to fuck off? Also he said the President needs to cut the bullshit with asking other countries for oil. Echoing what he has said before, Jamie said this is the …
The Worst Case Scenario For Retired & Nearly Retired Investors Who Are Over Age 55
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders I just did some research and wrote about it. I should be clear that you may find this article a little unsettling if you are nearing retirement or have already retired. On the other hand, it’s …
Are Investors Staring Down Another ‘Lost Decade’ In The Stock Market?
by jessefelder Legendary hedge fund manager Stan Druckenmiller, in an interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp, recently gave a pretty bleak assessment of the stock market in the years ahead. "There's a high probability in my mind that the market, …
Just Like In September 2008, Many Investors Fear That A Dangerous Chain Reaction Is Starting On Wall Street
by Michael Do you remember the panic that swept through Wall Street in September 2008? Well, a lot of people believe that it is starting to happen again. And once selling starts to spiral out of control, it is going …
Bullish Meme Investors Were Shocked By This News
Image CC0 via ISO Republic From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group During my career, I’ve watched three speculative financial bubbles inflate, and two of them pop (the dot-com bubble, the 2007-08 housing bobble and today’s Everything Bubble). These bouts of “irrational …
The reason investors don’t believe Powell will stick to a hawkish narrative/policy is because he never has.
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1562804128291491843 Case in point: Who's scared of a hawkish Powell?Nobody. Buy everything says the tape. pic.twitter.com/vWqz2L7v5w — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) August 25, 2022
The Fed-created wild drooling “investors” have learned nothing & huge comeuppance is ahead. The version 2.0 of The Big Short begins…
Steepest yield curve inversion I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/CEY0bfrQyi — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 10, 2022 This "buying all dips" nonsense (Micron only down $1.50) on epic horror show ahead – greatest glut in 4 decades I've followed semis… & the return …
7 million retail investors have left Robinhood in a year as stocks and cryptocurrencies plummet
Robinhood’s monthly active users plunged 34% to 14 million over the past year. Retail investors have stopped trading stocks on the platform as stocks and cryptocurrencies plummet. The trading app now plans to cut 23% of its staff, chief executive …
Investors are snapping up homes at a furious rate — in some regions they bought up to 20% of houses for sale
Not content to blow the biggest housing bubble in history, the Fed has gifted its Wall Street vulture fund accomplices with unlimited amounts of Yellen Bux “stimulus” so they can outbid legit homebuyers while running up housing prices for everyone, …
Retail Investors’ Appetite For Speculation Appears Insatiable
by jessefelder One of the most astounding phenomena in the markets over the past couple of years is retail investors’ enthusiastic embrace of leveraged speculation. Everything from good old-fashioned margin debt to ultra-short-dated call options was utilized recently and to a degree never seen before to …
Many Investors Fleeing Stock Market. Some Doubling Down…
Dave Cooper and Samantha Longshore are doing whatever they can to save money, skipping summer vacations and deferring house repairs. Their extra cash will go straight into stocks. To Mr. Cooper and Ms. Longshore, a plunging market is a chance …
China’s Troubled Property Market Has Global Investors On Edge
by Boo_Randy Millions of Chinese bagholders pre-paid for apartments that will likely never be completed as deeply indebted property developers are going bust left and right. Now huge numbers of those baggies have vowed to stop making their mortgage payments, …
Founders of bankrupt crypto hedge fund 3AC go missing, as investors try to recoup assets
Lawyers representing 3AC’s creditors say the physical whereabouts of Zhu Su and Kyle Davies are “currently unknown.” The court filing from Friday also alleges that the founders have not yet begun to cooperate with the liquidation process “in any meaningful …
By the Time the Fed Comes Clean, Investors Will Have Lost Trillions!
By Graham Summers, MBA The Fed’s lying again. One of the BIGGEST LIES in financial history was the Fed’s claim that there was no inflation or that inflation was transitory in 2021. How do I know this was a lie? …