If true, that makes China an enemy.
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Margin debt continues to track the market, which is best represented by the Wilshire 5000. It is often that meaningful declines in margin debt coincide with corrections or worse. This time appears to be no exception.
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THE EU IS SEEKING TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR INDIA TO DIVERSIFY AWAY FROM RUSSIA.
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Europe was waiting for the outcome from the French election to announce the full Russian oil embargo. So that's next, and then oil prices go vertical
As Mike Tyson suggested: "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth". I suggest everyone get their MOUTH PUNCH plan ready. Banks in 20-Q1 described early DQ's as remaining at or near cycle lows. The punches will continue.
The market isn't prepared for a non-US bank with Russian/Ukrainian exposures having a trading related SNAFU. This is the likely pathway for interest rate risk transmitting to credit risk via liquidity risk.
YARDENI RESEARCH QUICKTAKES (April 24, 2022). Fear is showing up in the equity Put/Call Ratio and the Investors Intelligence Bull/Bear Ratio, as I showed in my April 23 post. But there's not much fear in the VIX or the high-yield corporate bond spread. T…lnkd.in/eVunPNXe
Agreed. Slaughter is likely.
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Ditto...
"We are going to have a crash landing if [the Fed] doesn't slow it down," @jimcramer warns after a rough day for stocks.
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Merrill Lynch's Investment Clock for the Global Economic Cycle
Old one but, fun one...
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Paltry though it was, the reward ($1.3m) was worth the risk (0) in the world pre-sanctions. Now it is not only uncompelling but irresponsible. Which begs the ?: if cbk gold leasing is dead how long can the raiders keep holding the price down.
Replying to @ttmygh
"In the 2020-21 financial year, the RBA made $1.3 million through lending its gold holdings. While the metal is loaned, it never leaves the Bank of England vaults. At the end of last financial year, the RBA had outstanding gold loans of 6 tonnes worth $500 million."
Risk/reward
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Global Equity Market; Airlines, Travel, Casinos & Hotels relative to Broad Market
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Despite the Nasdaq being down 18% from its peak, a record high 64% of Bitcoin supply hasn't moved in at least a year.
Beneath the surface, there is a group of convicted HODLers viewing BTC as their store of value amidst unprecedented uncertainty in markets. Pretty remarkable.
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Collapse Dutch Consumer Confidence
Consumer #confidence in The #Netherlands has collapsed to the lowest level on record!
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IN PRE-RECORDED REMARKS, FED CHAIR POWELL DOES NOT ADDRESS MONETARY POLICY OR THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.
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$SNBR Here is your glimpse of housing slowdown and massive hit on margins
































