10-17-25 The Leverage Trap: Why The Next Selloff Could Be Brutal
2025-10-18
Leverage drives bull markets higher—but when sentiment shifts, it accelerates the fall.
In this Short video, I explain how margin debt above $1 trillion fuels gains today but can trigger a rapid, cascading selloff when the tide turns. $SPX $QQQ
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10-15-25 The Fed’s Quiet Pivot: Ending QT Is Bullish for Risk Assets
2025-10-15
The Fed just made a quietly bullish move. In this short video, I explain how ending quantitative tightening and stabilizing its balance sheet adds liquidity, supports Treasuries, and sets up a stronger backdrop for risk assets.
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10-15-25 Is the Fed Poised to Pause Quantitative Tightening?
2025-10-15
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just hinted that the Fed may soon pause its balance-sheet runoff — a potential shift that could reshape market liquidity and investor sentiment.
Lance Roberts breaks down:
* Why the Fed may pause QT — and what it signals about financial conditions.
* How ending balance-sheet runoff affects liquidity, yields, and asset prices.
* What history tells us about QT pauses and subsequent market rallies.
* Why the Fed’s portfolio composition (Treasuries vs. MBS) still matters for inflation and housing.
* Portfolio tactics if the liquidity tide begins to turn.
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First Brands: Canary In The Rehypothecation Coal Mine?
2025-10-13
The First Brands Group, manufacturer of auto parts, including Raybestos brakes and FRAM, filed for bankruptcy on September 29th. This bankruptcy is troubling in two ways. First, per the ZeroHedge chart below, the price of First Brands loans fell by 80% in a day. In other words, the loan market had no clue of financial …
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