Otavio (Tavi) Costa: ‘Regardless of what anyone may claim about the recent AI advancements, this is probably one of the most speculative markets in history.’

The ratio of Nasdaq 100-to-Russell 2000 is now retesting the peak of the tech bubble levels. This situation, similar to today, where smaller companies perform poorly compared to large-cap companies, was a critical precursor of the tech bust. An important …

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler: “Though I’m not suggesting that such individual funds areas large as today’s largest banks, as noted in the Federal Reserve’s recent Financial Stability Report, the largest hedge funds by gross asset value have at times on average exceeded 20-to-1 leverage.

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/gensler-honest-unbiased-investment-management-05192023#_ftn10 SEC Chair Gary Gensler in speech “Honest and Unbiased Investment Management”: Remarks before the Inaugural Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management Highlights Private Funds: Today, nearly 75 years later, the private fund industry has grown to …

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Tucker gets into the thousands of recent attacks on our Nation’s infrastructure, rail, food, water, power… it’s worse than you thought.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize how bad attacks against our infrastructure had gotten until this @TuckerCarlson clip I firmly believe there is an organized domestic terrorist network attacking our food supply, railways, power grids, and water supply pic.twitter.com/42YroqbU66 — …

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This is one of the most aggressive central bank rate hiking cycles in recent history, leading to one of the most rapid tightening of financial conditions we’ve ever seen.

This is one of the most aggressive central bank rate hiking cycles in recent history, leading to one of the most rapid tightening of financial conditions we've ever seen. No coincidence that equities, bonds, and crypto have had historic routs …

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CNN Spins Pure Fantasy In Reaction To Biden’s Recent Quote About The Feds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6bkEjGbK7g Redstate reports, Monday, President Biden admitted nearly a year after he took office and over a year after he promised to “shut down the virus” that there was “no federal solution” to handle the pandemic. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/12/28/cnn-reporter-gives-head-spinning-explanation-for-bidens-no-federal-solution-admission-n498166

Baltic Exchange Dry Index continuing to tank … now 38% off its recent peak… Taper has de facto started…. Dollar funding stress for emerging markets at 13-month high

Baltic Exchange Dry Index continuing to tank … now 38% off its recent peak pic.twitter.com/Q1HwUKlo3g — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) November 2, 2021 Ahead of the #Fed on Wednesday, latest weekly evidence shows #taper has de facto started. Flows into …

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2021’s Uncanny Resemblance to 2008

by highquaIity A story in a few parts: Let’s take a trip back in time to 2008, just before one of the biggest financial crises the US has ever experienced. 4 of 7 Fed seats resigned shortly before the crisis …

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Both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg have picked up on Zoltan Pozsar’s most recent article, which warns of coming chaos from an accumulation of cash in the Federal Reserve’s reverse repurchase facility (RRP)

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2021/07/zoltan-pozsar-credit-suisse Pozsar estimates that use of the facility has jumped by $300bn since the Fed increased the interest rate on the RRP from 0 to 5bps last month: the higher rate means it no longer makes any sense to hold …

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