*UPDATE* Second week of “Quantitative Tightening” and FED INCREASED its ~$9TN balance sheet by $14 Billion, including $20BN increase in residential MBS. As we’ve exposed, FED is buying more USTs and MBS than their own principal estimates. Zero explanation. Zero justification.

*UPDATE* Second week of "Quantitative Tightening" and FED INCREASED its ~$9TN balance sheet by $14 Billion, including $20BN increase in residential MBS. As we've exposed, FED is buying more USTs and MBS than their own principal estimates. Zero explanation. Zero …

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We broke all technical supports, FED is tightening aggressively, consumer sentiment record low, CPI highest in decades. People still refusing to accept that we are in a bear market.

This is the SPX in 2009, very similar if you overlay the weekly chart of 2022 pic.twitter.com/W5BSMgD74H — William (@WilliamsGK) May 20, 2022 This is gold 😂 https://t.co/CI889A1fFF — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) May 21, 2022 NDX …

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Financial conditions are rapidly tightening

4. Correlation or Causation. Stockmarket generally has a bad time when banks are tightening up on lending.@topdowncharts $MACRO $SPX $SPY pic.twitter.com/QlcmmDio2E — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) May 14, 2022 5. Correlation vs Causation pt 2: Shifts in bank lending standards point …

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Rocket And United Wholesale Mortgage Equity Drop To All-time Low On Fed Tightening (Despite Ukraine, Fed Looks To Keep Tightening)

by confoundedinterest17 As The Federal Reserve threatens to tighten monetary policy, 30-year mortgage rates have risen to 4.25% leading two major mortgage companies, Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage, to decline to all-time lows. But wait, Federal Reserve officials signaled they …

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Here comes $7 gas prices….Russian/Ukrainian crisis will fuel more inflation… and cause deep recession? Tightening is doomed to end prematurely?

https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1496128050379042823 The cost of Russia's aggression in Ukraine will be deep recession, with financial conditions tightening sharply via interest rates, the stock market & CDS (white). Very little spillover to CEEMEA, including Turkey (orange) & South Africa (yellow). But contagion …

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The market is tightening without the FED…

US Bankrate 30y mortgage rate The market is tightening without the FED pic.twitter.com/vJHvpnEWpX — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) February 13, 2022 Eye-opening chart from @Crescat_Capital. It looks to me that this indicator (which has been reliable in the past) is pointing to …

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Fastest tightening in two decades; Global liquidity is sopping up; Hedge funds are no longer hedged; Supply shortage & inflation worsening…

Global central banks are unanimous that they must "shock and awe" markets with the fastest tightening in two decades:https://t.co/SIuvff4zJf "Larger rate hikes might boost central bankers’ inflation-fighting credibility" Yes indeed. pic.twitter.com/o04Vgfd6ZK — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) February 9, 2022 Those who say …

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Fed tightening is causing liquidity to tighten further at a time when banks/institutions aren’t lending (Aka via reverse repo banks are sending years of QE $ back to the Fed) amid a death of investment/collateral

*The SPY in 2008 (right) vs 2022 (left) – Fed tightening is causing liquidity to tighten further at a time when banks/institutions aren’t lending (Aka via reverse repo banks are sending years of QE $ back to the Fed) amid …

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Fiscal and monetary tightening globally in 2022

https://twitter.com/edwardnh/status/1478355470800859137 With the Democrats struggling to pass another stimulus bill, and the Fed beginning to “taper” their bond purchases, liquidity will reverse next year. The annual rate of change in the S&P 500 compared to our “measure of liquidity”, suggests …

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