As indicated on the above graph, as of December 31, 2023, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Citigroup’s Citibank and Bank of America held a staggering total of $168.26 trillion in derivatives out of a total of $192.46 trillion at all federally-insured U.S. banks, savings associations and trust companies. That’s just four banks holding 87 percent of all derivatives at all 4,587 federally-insured financial institutions in the U.S. that existed as of December 31, 2023…
Global Markets Rebound After Historic Bloodbath, Japan Soars…
After Monday’s historic selloff that capped a three-week, $6.4 trillion rout in global equities as a brutal unwind in the carry trade driven by last week’s BOJ rate hike hammered most consensus trades, a dead cat bounce arrived as some investors looked for bargains and markets saw a hint of calm return on Tuesday…
What’s the Sahm Rule? Alarming Jobs Report Raises Recession Risk…
A key indicator has predicted every recession since 1970, and the alarm just sounded…
$1 Trillion Wipeout: Market Rout Punishes Megacap Tech…
As U.S. markets opened for trading on Monday, tech’s megacap companies lost about $1 trillion in market cap, deepening a downturn that sent the Nasdaq into correction territory last week….
Larry Kudlow: Recession Risk Grows Larger and Stocks Are Getting Clobbered…
It’s a shakier economy than the media admits, Kudlow says…
And Suddenly Things Change…
“The global economy is becoming unburdened by what has been.” — Jordan Schachtel on “X”…
Five Wall Street Banks Hold $223 Trillion in Derivatives — 83 Percent of All Derivatives at 4,600 Banks…
According to data from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the regulator of national banks, as of March 31, 2009, five bank holding companies held $277.57 trillion in derivatives (notional/face amount)…
There Are Very Strange Things Going on at Goldman Sachs Savings Accounts Interest Rates…
Goldman Sachs’ online bank, Marcus, is offering an interest rate on its savings accounts that is 350 times the interest rate being offered by its competitors, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. That’s not normal…
Casino Banking: Wall Street Mega Banks Traded More in Their Federally-Insured Bank Than the Total for Their Bank Holding Company…
When something happens for the first time in history at federally-insured banks, Congress and federal regulators need to pull their heads out of the sand and pay attention…
Here’s the Chart of the Global Bank Causing Panic in Markets…
The Swiss global bank, Credit Suisse, which is a derivatives counterparty to major Wall Street banks and U.S. insurers, raised alarm bells in markets on Friday and is raising more anxiety this morning. Its 5-year credit default swap (CDS), a measurement of its risk of defaulting on its debt, jumped to 250 basis points on Friday and traded as high as 350 basis points in early morning trade today…