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BlackRock Seeds Ethereum-Backed Digital Liquidity Fund With $100 Million
• Zero HedgeHaving surpassed Microstrategy in the size of its holdings amid the furious success of spot bitcoin ETFs...
'$150,000' By 2025--Bitcoin Braced For An 'Unprecedented' Wall Street Price Earthqua
• https://www.forbes.com, Billy Bambrough'$150,000' By 2025--Bitcoin Braced For An 'Unprecedented' Wall Street Price Earthquake After Breaking $60,000, Boosting Ethereum, XRP And Crypto
Nvidia hits $2 trillion valuation as AI frenzy grips Wall Street
• ReutersNvidia hit $2 trillion in market value on Friday, riding on an insatiable demand for its chips that made the Silicon Valley firm the pioneer of the generative artificial intelligence boom.
Decline of the star stockpicker: investors pull $150bn from equity hedge funds
• Financial TimesClients tire of managers' poor returns in bull and bear markets
THIS financial law could DESTROY your investments
• https://www.youtube.com, Glenn BeckStates are starting to move against a little-known law that could destroy your financial investments.
The "Short Jim Cramer" ETF Has Officially Shut Down
• Zero HedgeTuttle said he started the ETF to "point out the danger of following TV stockpickers, Jim Cramer specifically."
Surprise!? CEO of JP Morgan says "Trump was kinda right" and his supporters deserve respec
• https://joannenova.com.au, By Jo NovaDid Wall Street just step away from the poisonous left?
The New Bankers to the World Aren't on Wall Street
• TBS NewsMiddle East sovereign funds spent almost $89 billion globally last year, with deal makers using their wealth to diversify their economies and win geopolitical influence
Salomon to Dismiss 12% of Staff And End Its Municipal Bond Role
• New York TimesIn a retrenchment expected to be followed by other leading Wall Street firms, Salomon Inc. said yesterday that it would dismiss 12 percent of its work force, close its municipal bond department and re-examine its space needs in New York City and arou
Wall Street Eyes 'Explosion Of Profits' From Gaza Destruction
• http://ronpaulinstitute.org, by daniel mcadamsA new article in The Guardian details the enthusiasm among the masters of Wall Street for the wars in Gaza (and Ukraine), issuing "buy" orders all around for US weapons manufacturer stocks.
Is This The End Of Naked Short Selling?
• https://www.zerohedge.com By James StaffordAmerican investors have been taken for a trillion-dollar ride by naked short sellers, in what could turn out to be the biggest financial regulatory scandal in North American history.
Worst US Bond Selloff Since 1787 Marks End of Free-Money Era
• BloombergCarnage from the bond market - where the rout is worse than anything you'll find in the history books - is spreading, and the implications are nasty.
CDS traders are sending default swaps on the big US BANKS sharply wider
• Linkedin - Charles-Henry MonchauDeutsche Bank believes the rise in yields could propel Banks' Unrealized losses $140 Billion higher to a record $700 Billion.
Chaos, Carnage and Madness!
• Marquee Finance by Sagar SubstackIn what could be termed the mother of all the bubbles, the duration sell-off in the bond markets has now reached unprecedented levels.
Something is breaking in financial markets - Here's what's behind the sell-off
• CNBCRates are expected to stay higher for longer, an idea Fed officials have tried to get the market to accept and which investors are only now beginning to absorb.
Barclays warns that only a stock market crash could save bonds
• Investing.com"We do not see a clear catalyst to stem the bleeding," the strategists wrote in a note.
Government Shutdown Alert: Moody's Just Issued a BIG Warning on the U.S. Economy
• https://www.msn.com, by Joel BagloleMoody's is warning that a federal government shutdown on Oct. 1 would likely result in a downgrade of its credit rating on the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 could crash nearly 50% as a brutal recession takes hold, veteran technical analyst warns
• Yahoo Finance"There's something very, very wrong with this market," Milton Berg said on the latest episode of the "Forward Guidance" podcast.
Stakeholder Capitalism is global authoritarianism.
Donna HancockIf you ever aspire to own your own property, or even if you're currently a homeowner, take 60 seconds to pay attention to this.
Goodbye to the Bull Market for US Treasury Bonds
• BloombergThe paradigm has shifted. Higher yields are back.
Treasury yields extend rise, with 10-year rate highest since 2007
• MSNThe trend of higher-for-longer yields remained intact on Monday, despite the fact that traders still expect the U.S. central bank to be approaching the end of its rate-hike campaign and reaching its so-called terminal level for interest rates.
Report: 'Big Short' Investor Michael Burry Bets $1.6 Billion on Stock Market Crash
• https://needtoknow.news, Information LiberationMichael Burry, the investor who predicted the 2008 housing crash and was the subject of the "Big Short" movie, has bet more than $1.6 billion on a Wall Street crash.
Credit default swaps are so back
• World News EraMore companies are defaulting on their debt. So traders at banks and hedge funds are jumping back into the market for individual companies' credit-default swaps, or CDS, to insure against default.
The Real Threat Is a Market-Driven Dollar Downgrade
• Schiff GoldLast week, Fitch Ratings downgraded the US's long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+. While the downgrade won't significantly impact the US government's ability to borrow, it should serve as a wake-up call because there is a much bigger problem