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Every once in a while on Wall Street there's a "washout": a cataclysmic shift in the market that swaths of the investment community do not survive. Wall Street is currently teetering on the edge of such an event. But why now? @lopezlinette explains. 👇.
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Gas prices have soared so high that the US is now seeing demand destruction ahead of the summer driving season
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About two years ago, financial influencers were everywhere. But now these influencers have gone quiet — and average investors are paying the price, @thisisinsider’s @lopezlinette writes. 👇.
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Leash, a token in shiba inu's ecosystem, surges 44% on metaverse real estate plans
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Russia's isolation from global markets is withering its economy and will wreck its status as an energy superpower, experts say
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A side effect of making money easy to borrow, Lopez writes, was that all kinds of garbage ideas could get funding and all kinds of garbage companies could stay in business.
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El Salvador's bitcoin bond reportedly hasn't lured a single investor, and markets are bracing for a default on conventional debt
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says he'll stop tweeting after SEC regulators paid him a visit
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And that was before millions of Americans jumped into the market via Robinhood and other trading apps. Awash with capital, companies — especially in tech — saw their valuations leave Earth's atmosphere and make a home somewhere on Saturn, Lopez says.
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US gas prices have now dropped for 21 days in a row — the longest losing streak since the start of COVID
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is launching an ad blitz spearheaded by Matt Damon as the platform tries to bring digital assets to customers in more than 20 countries
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The CEO of Star Atlas says metaverse games will drive 'one of the largest mass migrations of new users into crypto.' He breaks down the economics of the 2 tokens driving the Solana-based game — and shares why they are undervalued.
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Coca-Cola lost $4 billion in market value after soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo suggested people should drink water instead
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Before the pandemic, the most pressing problem for central banks was the recovery from the financial crisis. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates historically low to encourage banks to give out loans and juice the economy.
One of the Fed's main jobs is to control how much money is sloshing around the economy. Between late 2008 and mid-2014, it injected 3 trillion dollars into the system. At the same time, in an unprecedented move, it kept interest rates pegged at zero.
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Ray Dalio's Bridgewater fund sold its Tesla stake last quarter — and placed new bets on GameStop and AMC
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It also means that all those hot meme stocks, SPACs, and growth stories either need to prove their current business is worth those sky-high valuations, or be washed out with the market rout.
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But now, the Fed is likely to raise interest rates multiple times in the coming year to fight inflation. That means investors will start taking a closer look at how companies generate cold hard cash — not in 10 years, but over the next several quarters.
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Welcome to Wall Street's summer from hell: a period of extreme volatility and uncertainty that will bring a near-biblical reckoning to markets. @lopezlinette explains what has Wall Street sweating. ⤵️.
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Crypto experts are awaiting a rather ominous-sounding event — "The Flippening.". The term refers to the hypothetical point where ether overtakes bitcoin. Some investors fear it could unsettle the crypto market. 👇.
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In a market bubble, it's easy to confuse opportunity for genius. But when the market tanks, a lot of those brilliant operators disperse, Lopez says. And the market has certainly tanked, with a recession likely on the horizon.
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We have a long way to fall, Lopez says, but this isn't like 2008 when the collapse of the economy pulled the stock market down. This time the problem is the stock market and its unrealistic valuations.
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The good news is, inflation aside, the real economy is looking strong, Lopez says. Wages are up, unemployment is down, and a receding pandemic should help clear clogged supply chains. But Wall Street's masters of the universe face an extinction event.
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Investors will soon come to find that few people are interested in a stock that could quadruple in five years but can't show how it will generate the cash to fund its business until then.
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🐹 A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June. Here's how it's outperforming the S&P 500. 👇.
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And this time, no one’s coming to save the stock market, Lopez says. There are no more stimulus checks, no more Fed puts, and — based on the failure to pass the Build Back Better plan — no more major cash infusions coming from the federal government.
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Ripple, the firm behind cryptocurrency XRP, just added two more financial services firms to its roster of clients
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Elon Musk's SpaceX has accepted dogecoin as payment for a Moon mission
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Pudgy Penguins help drive weekly NFT sales to more than $400 million. These were the 5 best-selling digital collections.
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Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary explains why he's buying the dip in bitcoin and ether — and says the collapse of risky tokens will help the crypto market in the long run
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Vlad Tenev, the CEO of the stock-trading app @RobinhoodApp, used to be on financial TV all the time slinging his product. Now, Lopez says, no one talks about him or his company.
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Odds of a melt-up in the stock market are rising as institutional investors raise $297 billion in cash, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says
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Transport for London (@TfL) is going to crack down on ads for cryptocurrencies after meme token @RealFlokiInu's campaign flooded the city's travel system. Here’s why critics are saying that these crypto ads are unethical. 👇.
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Lopez also points to Chamath Palihapitiya, the king of SPACs — a type of investment vehicle that went unused for years until it suddenly surged in popularity during the pandemic — who has been quietly selling off his supposed crown jewels.
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Let their silence be a lesson, Lopez says. When financial markets are minting not just money but celebrities, it's time to be more than skeptical. It's time to prepare for the kind of disaster that makes once great stock pickers look like pikers.
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Jim Simons' RenTech fund quadrupled its Tesla stake last quarter — and boosted its AMC bet by 38%
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Russia is days away from a historic debt default as a $100 million payment comes due with Moscow cut off from the global financial system
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry defends the SEC from Elon Musk's criticism — and accuses the Tesla CEO of making his own rules
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Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history
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Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs is about to sell $300 million in metaverse real estate, potentially marking the largest NFT launch to date
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Prepare to switch to rubles for natural gas exports by March 31, Vladimir Putin tells Gazprom and Russia's central bank
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Microsoft's massive deal to acquire Activision sparks rally in EA, Ubisoft, and other gaming stocks
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The SEC says crypto platforms that hold customers' stashes must treat them as their own assets and liabilities
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Trump says he hopes the US economy will crash within the next year to avoid being a 'Herbert Hoover'
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Hip hop star Snoop Dogg expands his crypto investment footprint with an NFT collection on the cardano blockchain
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Decentraland's four-day metaverse festival that featured 80 artists and garnered 50,000 virtual attendees is happening again next year
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Russia's economy has gone from bad to worse in a matter of months. Here's where the country is feeling pain the most.
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Tesla short sellers have made $8.2 billion betting against Elon Musk's company this year as tech stocks crashed
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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says there's no margin call on its bitcoin loan and it has plenty of collateral
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Gun stocks are soaring after the deadliest mass shooting in US history
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Two years ago, bitcoin accounted for almost 67% of the total crypto market. Today, that percentage has dropped to 45%, while ether has seen its market share rise from 8.5% to nearly 20% now.
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The SEC has delayed its decision to sign off a bitcoin ETF a second time, citing outstanding concerns over potential market manipulation
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El Salvador already has $500 million in verbal commitments for its billion-dollar 'meme' bitcoin bond — and $5 billion in more bonds could follow
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Billionaire investor Ron Baron outlines how Tesla could soar 570% over the next decade to a $4.5 trillion valuation
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Bitcoin plunges as much as 15% after Elon Musk halts Tesla payments, citing climate damage in major U-turn
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Energy stocks could surge 42% as oil prices extend one-year highs, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says
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I'm a crypto investor with more than 1 million TikTok followers. I swear by this 30-minute morning routine for making smart trades. (with @MasonVersluis)
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The EU is set to propose a Russian oil embargo, but Putin ally Hungary pushes back: 'It makes no sense'
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Elon Musk selling Tesla stocks to fund his Twitter takeover is like giving away caviar to buy $2 pizza, Wedbush's Dan Ives says
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After years of inflating, it's becoming clear that the "everything bubble" has burst. Since the start of 2022, the S&P 500 has fallen by more than 18%, and Nasdaq is down almost 30%. This isn't a short-term drawdown — it's a pivotal shift for markets.
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Gary Gensler says the SEC won't bring in a China-style crypto ban, but Congress could
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Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary breaks down his crypto portfolio and explains how his metaverse bets are based on the economics of Web3
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Russia's economy could spiral into a depression under an EU oil embargo. An energy analyst breaks down why Moscow won't be able to rely on China and India to fill the gap.
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Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Russia before the Ukraine war, report says
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Crypto lender Celsius Network's valuation soars 2,400% in latest fundraising round
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To read more about how ugly 2022 will be for the stock market, subscribe to @thisisinsider. 👇.
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Solana tumbles as its blockchain network suffers 2nd outage in a month
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A key bitcoin lightning network developer shares how he makes $4,500 a month just in fees from running a node. He and 3 other crypto experts lay out how to run profitable nodes.
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Robinhood lists shiba inu coin and other popular altcoins as the trading app looks to boost crypto offerings
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A 'FinTok' star decided to buy tickets to see Dallas Mavericks with Dogecoin and Mark Cuban stepped in to help — here's what she told us about the experience
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A teen crypto influencer who started by investing her pocket money into bitcoin says Gen Z could make crypto go mainstream - once they understand its benefits
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Stock futures go red as Trump extends lead in Florida
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David Einhorn says Chamath Palihapitiya and Elon Musk were 'the real jet fuel' for the GameStop short squeeze and that regulators have been defanged when it comes to policing markets
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Bitcoin tumbles below $40,000 and other coins slide after China signals a crypto crackdown, wiping $280 billion off the market
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JPMorgan and UBS invest in Ethereum developer ConsenSys as part of $65 million funding round
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Actor Jim Carrey says he's deleting his Facebook page and dumping stock because the company 'profited' from Russian election meddling, and he wants you to join him
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Warren Buffett's favorite market indicator hits 200%, signaling stocks are overpriced and a crash may be coming
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Twitter's stock has fallen so much that Elon Musk's $1.1 billion profit is now a $40 million loss
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He argued that his SPAC push "democratizes access to high-growth companies." To say his SPAC companies have not done well since the market started falling would be an understatement — these companies are getting vaporized. 👇.
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Weekly NFT sales drop 23% to $191 million amid crypto bear market. These were the 5 best-selling digital collections.
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The most popular notion of our last rally was a bet that economic conditions would remain favorable to companies that didn't make money — that these firms could grow off debt and investment capital alone.
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It's really never a good sign when you see celebrities hanging around the stock market, and during the bubble they were everywhere, pumping crypto and investing in SPACs. “These people are not your friends,” Lopez writes.
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Elon Musk becomes a record $25 billion richer in one day after Tesla shares soar 20%
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The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine says the country is accepting dogecoin donations and urges Elon Musk and other holders to help 'save lives from Russian invaders'
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Binance suspends trading of TerraUSD and Luna as CEO says he is 'very disappointed' with how the stablecoin creators handled the massive collapse
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Campbell's Soup blasts new tariffs after Trump's Commerce secretary used its soup can to defend them
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Tesla's stock split shows the EV maker is in a massive position of strength and will be a catalyst to buy, Wedbush's Dan Ives says.
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BlackRock warns a global energy crisis and runaway inflation risks will force the Fed to 'slam the brakes' on the US economy — and the firm reveals which stocks can thrive amid the turmoil
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Helene Meisler (@hmeisler) has worked in markets for 40 years and has written about them for 25. Subscribe to @thisisinsider to see why she still updates 200 stocks a day by hand:
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry warns the 'mother of all crashes' is coming — and predicts crypto and meme stocks will plummet
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The Russia-Ukraine crisis has already rattled financial markets, and analysts say a full-blown war could send energy prices soaring — and even tip several economies into recession. Here's what top Wall Street strategists are telling their clients. ⬇️.
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Why June CPI is going to be a big moment for stock market bulls, according to Fundstrat's Tom Lee
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ConstitutionDAO's cryptocurrency has surged 900% as the collective's token becomes a meme coin
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Superstar artist Damien Hirst to sell 10,000 NFTs using a new Ethereum technology called Palm
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Bitcoin crashes to $42,000 after Elon Musk tweet-storm – but rebounds after he clarifies Tesla hasn't sold its holdings
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The cofounder of the cryptocurrency Tezos explains why traditional crypto will keep going strong despite the rise of government-backed digital currencies — and shares her best advice for getting started in crypto investing
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Bitcoin is worth zero and there is no evidence that blockchain is a useful technology, Black Swan author Nassim Taleb says
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Digital World Acquisition extends 6-day decline to 30% after Trump's Truth Social threatens a lawsuit against the SEC over delayed SPAC deal
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Victims of the $1.3 million Frosties 'rug pull' are trying to recover their lost crypto by making their own NFT collection
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The billionaire scientist who developed Pfizer's breakthrough vaccine has not sold any shares in his surging stock, unlike contemporaries
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