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$ES_F trader and #FX futures speculator. There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side. EDUCATIONAL ONLY

Palm Beach, FL
Joined January 2018
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Boy Plunger retweeted
ZELENSKY: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE BEGUN TO "PREPARE THEIR SOCIETY" FOR POSSIBLE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS - BBC
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The last 8 times the S&P 500 was down in a calendar year, Bonds finished the year up, cushioning the blow. Very different story thus far in 2022 with Stocks and Bonds both down over 10%, something we've never seen.
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Boy Plunger retweeted
LiveSquawk Preview: Eurozone Inflation Poised For New Record High As Recession Looms - Annual headline CPI forecast at 9.0% (prev 8.9%) - Y/Y core rate seen rising to record 4.1% (prev 4.0%) livesquawk.com/report/specia…
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Boy Plunger retweeted
China's Jobless Turn To Car Boot Sales As Covid-Hit Economy Stalls - RTRS reuters.com/markets/asia/chi…
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Bond markets are moving again, and you should pay attention. Let's look under the hood together. A thread. 1/
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Final nail in the coffin for team transitory
.@SecYellen on inflation being transitory: "I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take. As I mentioned, there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy [...] that I, at the time, didn't fully understand." trib.al/DqWmX50
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Worst starts to a year for the S&P 500 (total returns through May, since 1928)... 1) 1932: -45.0% 2) 1940: -25.2% 3) 1962: -16.1% 4) 1970: -15.5% 5) 1931: -15.1% 6) 2022: -12.8% 7) 1938: -11.6% 8) 1939: -11.2% 9) 1941: -10.6% 10) 1973: -10.0%
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US rents hit another new high in May, up 15% over the last year.
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Every major metro area in the US has seen a double-digit % increase in home prices over the last year, led by Tampa which is 35% higher. All 20 cities in the 20-city index hit record highs for the 5th month in a row. US Home Price Appreciation by City... Data via @ycharts
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Boy Plunger retweeted
Inflation is out of control. Inflation expectations are getting out of control. Markets are imploding because investors are not confident that the @federalreserve will stop inflation. If the Fed doesn’t do its job, the market will do the Fed’s job, and that is what
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JPMORGAN: “.. our recession probability model based solely on financial indicators .. now exceeds 41% .. the market is discounting a much higher probability than that implied from economic data, and using financial indicators alone has produced false positives ..” [Kolanovic]
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Boy Plunger retweeted
Global asset classes compared by market cap in 2021. - Real estate: $326 trn - Bonds: $124 trn - Equities: $109 trn - Gold: $12 trn - Digital assets: < $2 trn Real estate is HUGE.
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The UK has 80% more covid-19 cases today as compared to the January 2021 peak (107k per day vs. 59k). The UK has 90% fewer covid-19 deaths today as compared to the January 2021 peak (120 per day vs. 1,250). 🙏
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Boy Plunger retweeted
BREAKING: Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged, but doubles pace of taper to $30 billion per month. The central bank also sees three rate hikes next year. cnbc.com/id/106989524
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Last #Fed dot plot for reference: $USD
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Following the irregularities we observed on our platform this afternoon, despite the issue having been fixed, we will be rebooting our servers as a final step in accordance with our internal remediation plan. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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