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Get Ready for 2022’s “Big Short” January 11, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
Originators handed out adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) like Halloween candy. Big banks packed them into MBS. They bribed agencies for AAA ratings. Then they sold them to unsuspecting investors. The shorts predicted that when ARMs began to reset in the second quarter of 2007, the MBS market would collapse like a Jenga tower .That’s exactly what it did. Their short bets earned them billions. The rest of the financial system collapsed. All through the movie, I kept asking myself one question … where’s the opportunity for today’s Big Short?
The Fed’s Great Switcheroo January 7, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Education, U.S. Economy
The narrative around the Fed’s increasingly hawkish stance is that it’s reacting to consumer price inflation. That’s part of it, but I’m convinced Powell & Co. are playing at a much bigger game. Ever since the great financial crisis, asset markets have become unhealthily dependent on easy money. Besides exacerbating inequality, artificially inflated asset markets are prone to bubbles and bust. That’s why the most incisive market watchers have been saying for a long time that the Fed’s biggest challenge is to end this dependency once and for all. If that’s what the Fed is doing, how’s it going to affect markets? More importantly, which assets will suffer, and which will prosper?
Robinhood: It’s Just Not for These Investors January 7, 2022 Investing, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters
Robinhood just announced its new ETF-picking service. But after its history of lying to users, can the brokerage app be trusted?
Get To The ChargePoint; GM’s Chevy Bevy; Walgreens Boots Up January 6, 2022 Great Stuff
Guilty As Charged ‘Sup, Great Ones? Mr. Great Stuff here again. I know today is “officially” the Great Stuff Team’s day to run Thursday Throwdown … but I’m not done giving away free stock picks for 2022! I know, I know … I didn’t give you any hints yesterday that another pick was coming. Mea […]
Bank It or Tank It’s Next Chapter January 6, 2022 Bank It or Tank It, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters
Chad Shoop is amping up Bank It or Tank It by throwing some unusual options activity into the mix! But first, he needs your help...MEET OUR EXPERTS
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