3 times now in the last 5 days hedge funds have been called out for receiving the vast majority of their repo financing in the non-centrally cleared market, where haircuts or initial margin requirements are not necessarily applied and that this might create greater risk in times of stress. Why?

by Dismal-Jellyfish Looks like the Nellie Liang description was cutoff–here it is in full: “Staff at FSOC member agencies have been working to improve monitoring systems to identify potential emerging financial stability risks posed by highly-leveraged hedge funds. Work in this regard …

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Hindenburg is now shorting IEP bonds. Carl Icahn owns 85% of the stock and is using 65% as collateral for his margin loans.

by chrislink73 Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/hindenburg-says-icahn-enterprises-failed-address-concerns-shorts-its-bonds-2023-05-11/ ​ What are Carl’s options to fight this? With the Feds investigating IEP and shorts continuing to pile on, he will need to do more to directly address the concerns of shareholders and right the ship. Carl’s …

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“WOKE” MARGIN CALL: John Perez and Mike Adams detail the risk of MORE bank collapses after “WOKE” SVB bites the dust, prioritizing TRANS awareness over RISK awareness

by: Mike Adams (Natural News) “WOKE” Silicon Valley Bank was far more interested in running LGBT programs than working to minimize exposure risk, and when word began to circulate that SVB was being run by woke idiots, depositors demanded their …

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Margin-Call Monday

pic.twitter.com/QMqM0L3krY — Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) March 11, 2023 BREAKING STOCK ALERT: Roku falls in after-hours trading after revealing 26% OF TOTAL CASH is held at SVB… ARE WE LOOKING AT A 2008 CRASH ON MONDAY OR WORSE? — Chuck …

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ELON ABOUT TO BE MARGIN CALLED

by Chris Black And just like that hundreds of billions will disappear. Should have let Twitter alone… https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1607987486604787713 Funny how the only marginally successful entity Elon worked on is devalued, I guess it is Divine Providence because the rest of …

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GLOBAL MARGIN-CALL IMMINENT

Chinese property developer #CIFI Holdings see massive sell-off on media reports of missed debt payment. pic.twitter.com/NwsIRBnSvK — Cathy Yuan Zhang (@CathyYuanZhang) September 28, 2022 GLOBAL MARGIN-CALL$AAPL signals a “whoops” on demand. I have never seen anything like this on a …

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Is a margin-call induced stock market selloff imminent?

by mark000 Looking very likely… Default insurance (CDS) on Credit Suisse is approaching same level as during the collapse of Lehman Brothers… $CS pic.twitter.com/nbHKYcuwxx — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) September 25, 2022 What just happened to dollar ? pic.twitter.com/PiMnoDn2CA — …

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Global margin call incoming…

I call this chart: "Tempting fate" pic.twitter.com/B13oaeSwjg — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) September 16, 2022 There's the week. If you notice on the weekly, last week bulls had an outside reversal, which signaled a possible continuation rally. However, this week bulls pulled …

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Margin Call! Mortgage Lenders Are Starting to Go Broke as Loan Volumes Plunge (Fed Chasing Inflation Crushing Mortgage Industry As Mortgage Purchase Applications Are DOWN -41.5% Under Biden While Mortgage Rates Are UP 96%)

by confoundedinterest17 Under President Biden, inflation has soared and The Federal Reserve claims that they want to extinguish the inflation fire by tightening monetary policy … resulting in rising mortgage rates. Under Biden, mortgage purchase applications are DOWN -41.5% while …

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MicroStrategy faces bitcoin margin call

MicroStrategy MSTR, -6.61% shares slumped 21% in premarket trade. Heading into Monday, the stock has dropped 76% from its November peak. CEO Michael Saylor, a crypto enthusiast, has led MicroStrategy to aggressively accumulate the cryptocurrency. These bitcoin purchases have made …

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Macron Wins by Massive Margin

by Chris Black As expected, Macron won a second term in France. I expected for Macron to win, but with a slim margin of victory. Well, the gap was big, as Emmanuel Macron scored 58.55% in the second round of …

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Volatility has jumped, failed trades have increased; Margin debt is moderating; Puts outpaced calls for the first time this year and smashed the prior record set in Feb 2020

Volatility has jumped, failed trades have increased — and Wall Street analysts warn that the Federal Reserve’s exit from bond-buying is set to make matters worse https://t.co/tglbmvrsLj — Bloomberg Markets (@markets) December 6, 2021 Put options volume across all symbols …

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