The reserve ratio for banks was reduced to 0% on March 15, 2020.

by Settlemente Here is the link to the announcement of the reserve ratio for banks being reduced to 0%. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reservereq.htm#:~:text=As%20announced%20on%20March%2015,requirements%20for%20all%20depository%20institutions. The FDIC insures up to $250,000 worth of deposits (per person, per bank). The Dodd Frank act included requirements for …

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Gap Between VIX Put-Call Volume And CBOE Put-Call Ratio Is Widest Since 2006, Precursor To Major Volatility Spike (The Deregulation That Buttiegieg Blamed Trump For Would NOT Have Prevented The East Palestine Ohio Train Derailment)

by confoundedinterest17 The gap between the VIX Put-call volume and CBOE Put-call ratio is the widest since 2006, the precursor of a major volatility spike. Meanwhile, for those of you interest in railroad regulatory issues, as a general matter, regulations are …

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For those looking for signs of capitulation, the put/call ratio isn’t showing signs it’s happened yet. More liquidity continues to be drained…

Instead, we're currently at 0.8. If we were seeing capitulation then where are all the put buyers? — Andrew Thrasher, CMT (@AndrewThrasher) May 23, 2022 https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1528803862081150977 Where is the Fed Put (per BofA Fund Manager Survey) pic.twitter.com/yfwYi0JpGo — zerohedge (@zerohedge) …

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GBTC ETF is significantly underperforming Bitcoin. GBTC’s 2% expense ratio is generating $740 million in annualized fee income for its management!

Ref: https://www.barrons.com/articles/grayscale-bitcoin-trust-fund-etf-price-51637689328 With $37 billion in assets, the Grayscale trust GBTC is the world’s largest Bitcoin fund. It towers over every other fund on the market. Investors have flooded into the Grayscale trust because it owns Bitcoin directly. Its largest holder …

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Everybody’s Everything Bubble: Shiller CAPE Ratio Climbing With Fed Monetary Stimulus (House Prices Gone Wild!)

by confoundedinterest17 I call this the Everybody’s Everything asset bubble. Take a look at Robert Shiller’s CAPE (Cyclically-adjusted Price-Earnings) ratio. It has been rising ever since The Federal Reserve and other global central banks began their interest rate suppression and quantitative easing (QE) …

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