Flatly untrue. 2008 was the first the time Fed did QE since the Roosevelt administration, yet bank lending still increased between 1945 and 2008....
Prosperous??? Gimmee a break. Major short sellers don't go after healthy companies. They go after the walking dead, or at least the irrationally...
Look at GME's numbers. The company is worthless--well, worth what little you could get for its assets in a fire sale, so there is no way anyone...
(43) Is This The Next Big Hedge Fund To Blow Up... And What Happens Next - YouTube Why the reddit radicals bid up gamestop: not profit seeking,...
Yes, and it was worth much less. For example, for the year 2020, GME's earnings per share was NEGATIVE -$5.38! It's future prospects are not...
But only after private wealth is transferred into public debt. It's a closed loop, although some of this debt is used merely to rollover previous...
It's a myth, unfortunately widely believed. Fed cannot pump money into the economy. It's flatly illegal. What they can do is QE--pumping bank...
The problems might have something to do with this: Charles Schwab to lay off 1,000 workers following merger with TD Ameritrade (cnbc.com) Only...
Yes, start with books and other sources. Newbies should earn a little about the markets before they take the plunge. Soldiers are not sent into...
I suggest looking at firms that specialize in forex and will also let you open a small account and trade mini-lots or micro-lots. TDA does not...
"I may not have the correct view on the correlations of markets on SPY." -- Ah, there's the problem with formulas or "laws" versus heuristics...
"Spreadsheets are a complete and self-sufficient strategy in all respects to generate macro ideas as large hedge funds and banks do" I typed...
Maybe one day, but don't hold your breath. USD is preferred currency for global trade, but global trade is depressed by covid problems. When it...
I hate TDAm's thinkorswim platform for FX, but I use them anyway because I can quickly shift my funds anytime I wish between FX, stocks, and...
Right, that's because of short squeezes that occur from time to time during bear markets. But if one can ride it out, perhaps with puts, the...
My thoughts too. The Federal Reserve was CREATED (by the bankers) to protect the banking system as a direct result of the financial fiasco of...
Where's the inflation going to come from? Velocity is in the dumps. People are anxious about the future and more inclined to save than to spend...
Even MSM such as CNBC are acknowledging this activity is a threat to the stock market as a whole, and possibly the larger financial...
I would say just the opposite. BTW, most people jumping in the stock market today are not investors, just speculators. That's okay if they...
LOL, yes! Not just Chinese companies. Think of Tesla, GE, or HSBC, and a host of lesser lights. And "zombie" companies are all over the place...
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