11-20-25 Wall Street Is Turning Bitcoin Into Just Another Volatile Asset
2025-11-20
The #Bitcoin original promise of decentralization is fading as ETFs like $IBIT pull it deeper into Wall Street’s ecosystem.
In this Short video, Michael Lebowitz and I discuss how short-term traders and arbitrage flows now drive more volatility, diluting true holders and turning $BTCUSD into just another tradable asset.
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11-27-25 Market Cycles, Tariff Checks, & 50-Year Mortgages
2025-11-17
Out Thanksgiving Day special, featuring Lance Roberts, Danny Ratliff, and Michael Lebowitz opining what he would do, were he to run the Federal Reserve, and why you shouldn’t spend that $2k tariff refund just yet.
The Bearish Bond Narrative Fades
2025-11-14
Not that long ago, bond yields were rising as concerns over deficits, inflation, and a series of bad Treasury auctions were paraded through the media. We bring this to your attention as the Ten-year Treasury auction on Wednesday was on the weaker side, yet the bond market reaction was minimal. Additionally, government deficits are just …
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11-13-25 QE Is Coming: Why Fed Liquidity Now Runs the Entire Market
2025-11-13
The scent of QE is back.
With overnight funding markets flashing early stress and NY Fed President John Williams hinting at “gradual asset purchases,” it’s clear: the liquidity cycle is turning again.
But the real question is why markets have become so dependent on the Fed in the first place.
Lance Roberts & Michael Lebowitz break down how the 2008 financial crisis fundamentally rewired market plumbing, sidelined private liquidity providers, and turned the Federal Reserve into the primary—and often the only—source of liquidity in the financial system.
0:00 – INTRO
0:20 – Government Shutdown Concludes – Deluge of Data to Follow
3:04 – Dow 48,000
9:43 – Will the Fed Cut Rates?
13:21 – Why the Rush to Cut Rates?
17:14 – What’s Causing Turmoil at the Fed?
20:42 – What Changed w Bank