Why did the South Korean financial services regulator commence investigations into potential illegal naked short selling? In September 2023, over 50,000 citizens, frustrated with their losses in the Korean stock market, petitioned the government to investigate unfair trading practices, especially naked short selling, purportedly carried out by brokers and banks….
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HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DUMB (CENTRAL BANKS) AND DUMBER (GOVERNMENTS)
Have you ever watched the movie “Dumb and Dumber”? If you have not, you should. If that’s not your genre, at least do me a favor and watch this 41-second video clip here before reading this article. “That’s as good as money sir, those are IOUs”, isn’t this sentence striking…
THE ETHEREUM ETF IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN YOU THINK
Earlier this year in “WHY A BITCOIN ETF WILL REMOVE THE BARRIER BETWEEN CENTRAL BANKS’ MONEY PRINTING AND CRYPTO” we saw a great leap forward being taken toward the fungibility of the crypto and Fiat ecosystems. Was the SEC on board with it? Of course, it wasn’t, and not because…
HOW TO FABRICATE REVENUES FOR DUMMIES (A GUIDE)
Dear readers and followers, considering all the material and inspiration provided lately by great corporate barons and myopic regulators, for fairness, I decided to write a brief guide on how to fabricate revenues so everyone can benefit from it, and not only the big corporations that can afford to pay…
THE DANGERS OF FINANCIAL ENGINEERING AND, WHEN THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, ACCOUNTING FRAUD
I have to admit, yesterday was one of those days when I personally struggled quite a bit. While I was going through #UBS financial statements, finding something incredible (if not shocking) on every other page, #UBS share price was skyrocketing in the market (UBS Q1-24 RESULTS REVIEW – THE “LA…
IF YOU WANT TO BECOME RICH, THERE IS NO POINT IN TRYING TO TRADE A STOCK MARKET CRASH, BUT YOU SHOULD START PREPARING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEXT CYCLICAL BULL RUN THAT WILL COME AFTER
Last week ended with the #VIX closing at 13.49, well below its ~19.50 long-term average, while the CNN “fear and greed” index closed at 40 in “fear” territory. Warren Buffett disclosed his cash “war chest” grew to 189bn #USD and socials have been fantasizing all over the weekend about the…
WHY UNDERSTANDING CENTRAL BANKS’ ACCOUNTING IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS (ESPECIALLY THE BOJ ONES)
Yesterday, I got this interesting question that I believe the answer is worth sharing with everyone: why does the #BOJ balance sheet decrease when the #BOJ intervenes in the FX? And why doesn’t that mean there is less liquidity in the global system? Understanding central banking accounting is the key…
STOP DREAMING – THE US ECONOMY HAS BEEN IN A RECESSION SINCE Q2 2021!
Every time I look at a new release of public, politically, seasonally adjusted data, I struggle not to smile (often, not to laugh lately). Things must be so bad this time that 7 months away from US elections, despite adjustments beyond the limits of human creativity, we’re getting this type…
THE NEXT CRYPTO ALTCOINS SEASON WILL BE A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OF FOMO
All the talk about #crypto as of late has been mostly around #Bitcoin and the #Bitcoin ETF that, like it or not, has been the most successful ETF launch ever. A while ago, I explained what the #Bitcoin ETF meant for the whole #crypto industry (“WHY A BITCOIN ETF WILL…
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR INVESTMENTS AND FINANCES RISK WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT TOTALLY UNPREPARED
Observing what happened in the past 72 hours was very fascinating, to say the least. First, pretty much no one gave credit to Iran’s threats, then no one gave credit to US administration warnings and ultimately, when Iran pulled the trigger, everyone quickly dismissed the risk of a retaliatory strike…