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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John P. Hussman: ‘Why do cash reserves, not new loans, dominate the increase in M2 over the past decade? Why were banks enticed into accumulating Treasury securities that have led to massive balance sheet losses?’

Why do banks have $8 trillion in uninsured deposits? Why do cash reserves, not new loans, dominate the increase in M2 over the past decade? Why were banks enticed into accumulating Treasury securities that have led to massive balance sheet …

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Shock! IMF writes a 37-page research paper: “Gold as International Reserves: A Barbarous Relic No More?”

by Quant2011 https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/01/27/Gold-as-International-Reserves-A-Barbarous-Relic-No-More-528089?s=08 ​ In contrast to the diversification of foreign currency reserves, which has been undertaken by advanced and developing country central banks alike, active diversifiers into gold are exclusively emerging markets. We document two sets of factors contributing …

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US Oil Reserves Nearly Depleted

by Martin Armstrong The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) has been at its lowest level since, ironically, 1984. The reservoirs are composed of four underground sites constructed from salt domes on the Gulf Coasts of Louisiana and Texas. The White …

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IF HE WON’T RESIGN, HE MUST BE IMPEACHED! Joe Biden just sent 5 million barrels of US Oil Reserves to Europe ensuring more skyrocketing prices for US Citizens

Un-freaked-believable. We sent 5,000,000 barrels of oil to Europe from our strategic oil reserves with prices through the roof for Americans. At this point it’s hard to assume Democrats are doing anything other than purposefully destroying our country! https://t.co/DJ3FcC7THM — …

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