Getting ugly out there… Traders and hedge funds still very bullish… The pandemic super bailout convinced gamblers they should never capitulate and never sell.

getting ugly out there pic.twitter.com/eYHewcOMW0 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 21, 2022 $spx futures traders still very bullish pic.twitter.com/i3t6BaHP0x — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) March 21, 2022 Despite Expecting A #Recession, Hedgies Are Loading Up On #Stocks In A Big Way, Trying …

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Is bad news still good news?

The Federal Reserve having to hike rates aggressively in the near term.China facing new lockdowns negatively impacting growth and global supply chainsThe Russia-Ukraine war causing slower growth globally due to higher commodity prices/sanctions Is bad news still good news? — …

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MBA Mortgage Purchase Applications Rise 11%, Refi Applications Rise 9% From Previous Week, But Refi Apps Still Down 50% From Same Week Last Year (10Y-2Y Treasury Curve Continues To Flatten)

by confoundedinterest17 The mayhem caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine is helping drive down interest rates … for the time being … and this is helping push down mortgage rates and increase mortgage applications. Mortgage applications increased 8.5 percent …

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The Legacy Media is so out of whack this MSNBC “intelligence expert” thought Chernobyl was a working power plant.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1496935997145157637 https://archive.md/KogFf “Is the plant still in use? The three other reactors remained in use after the accident but were eventually shut down in 2000 and are currently still in the process of being fully decommissioned.” https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/where-is-the-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-and-what-happened-there-3585011 h/t squaremild

Fed Monetary Stimulytpo Now Almost 14 Years Old And Still Running Strong! Top 1% Share Of Net Worth Now Higher Than Bottom 50%, Income Inequality Getting Worse

by confoundedinterest17 It has been almost 14 years since The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke unleashed zero interest rate policies (ZIRP) and quantitative easing (QE) in late 2008. And Fed monetary stimulypto is still running strong after almost 14 year of …

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The only reason the Fed still exists in its present form is because the public remains woefully ignorant to the fact that the Fed has been the greatest driver of wealth inequality.

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1496193727563509768 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1496197296010244101 #BREAKING: US M2 money supply grew 12.6% yoy in January. This is far too high, roughly double the M2 growth rate required to achieve the Fed’s inflation target of 2% per year. As a result of the Fed’s errors, …

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Case-Shiller National Home Price Index Still HOT In December +18.84% YoY As Active Inventories Die (Phoenix AZ Fastest Growing At 32.5% YoY While Washington DC Is Slowest Growing At 10.5% YoY)

by confoundedinterest17 The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National home price index remained HOT in December, growing at a 18.84% pace. M2 Money YoY is still smoking at 13.11%. All 20 metro areas in the Case-Shiller 20 index grew at 10% or …

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Why Does Credit Suisse Still Exist?

BY JOHN RUBINO  Most of today’s big banks are, at their core, criminal entities. But the Swiss banks — with their cultural history of providing anonymous storage for the world’s ill-gotten gains — are arguably the worst of all. Here’s a book …

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Is Trudeau’s Canada still investable?

Is Trudeau’s Canada still investable? — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) February 18, 2022 https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1494666028395151360 Why Does Trudeau's Protest Prohibition Order Exempt Refugees, Immigrants, & Ethnic Minorities? https://t.co/VuSWOE6uh4 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 18, 2022 Trudeau has long said he admired China, but no …

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Fed Still Pumping; $9 Trillion And Counting! And Still No Interest Rate Increase… Powerless Against Runaway Inflation? Consumers Paying More For Worse Stuff…Americans Credit Card Debt Fastest In 22 Years…

https://twitter.com/WifeyAlpha/status/1494314350093422594 Minutes show Fed ready to raise rates, shrink balance sheet soon Federal Reserve officials outlined plans for interest rate hikes and a reduction in the asset holdings on their balance sheet at their last meeting. Minutes released Wednesday from …

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Fed and ECB still behind the inflation curve. Central banks risk a pile-up of monetary policy tightening as inflation expectations become more embedded.

Fed and ECB still behind the inflation curve.Central banks risk a pile-up of monetary policy tightening as inflation expectations become more embedded.By @elerianm https://t.co/5ra5cAm2hR — Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) February 7, 2022 "Negative interest rates are hugely unpopular…Some ECB policy makers …

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