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Founder of the Blokland Smart Multi-Asset Fund, a future-proof portfolio that invests in a smart combination of scarce assets, Quality Stocks, Gold, and Bitcoin

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jeroen blokland
7 months
EXCITING NEWS 🚀! I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Blokland Smart Multi-Asset Fund, which invests in Quality Stocks, Physical Gold, and Bitcoin. Interested? Contact jeroen @bloklandfund .com or visit for more info!
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This is one of the most unreal charts I have ever posted! #Inflation in the #Netherlands , my home country, has spiked to a surreal 17.1%.
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Wow chart! Based on #SWIFT international payments, we are witnessing 'de-euroization' and not ' #dedollarization . The #euro 's share in SWIFT global payments has dropped to 23% from 38% at the start of the year. Are #Russia 's SPFS and #China 's CIPS eating up the euro? By the way,
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The US 30-year #mortgagerate has spiked to a new high of 7.38%. This is the highest level in more than 22 years. It does not require rocket science to figure out that the spike will have a massive impact on the disposable #income of people buying a new house or getting a mortgage
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Just out of curiosity who is buying #bitcoin now?
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The end of a business model in one chart: #Germany industrial production.
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BREAKING! #Equities plummet as President #Trump ends #stimulus talks until after the #USElection2020 . Chart #NASDAQ Index
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BREAKING! US Headline #Inflation rose to 5.0% in May, beating expectations. Core #CPI up to a whopping 3.8%, highest since 1992!
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This is a massive chart from #Germany ! Industrial #production of what used to be the manufacturing powerhouse of Europe peaked 6(!) years ago. Production is down 12% since then.
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Truly amazing! Just hours after it broke the USD 30,000 barrier, #bitcoin adds another USD 2,000 or 6.6% to hit USD 32,000.
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UNREALIZED losses US Banks Up 22% to USD 683.9 billion in Q3!
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Speechless! German Consumer Confidence
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#Germany has lost its status as a manufacturing ‘powerhouse.’ So what has it got left?
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Michael Burry sold his entire #gold position! 👀 (13F)
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Be careful with #Bitcoin maximalists who tell you they bought more Bitcoin. Being a maximalist implies all of your ‘wealth’ is in Bitcoin, leaving no other ‘currency’ to buy Bitcoin. 🤥
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The inflows into the 'new' spot #Bitcoin ETFs are baffling. #Blackrock 's iShares Bitcoin Trust has accumulated USD 19 billion in inflows this year. This is more than Invesco's Nasdaq 100 ETF, including the hyped Magnificent 7 stocks and the #ArtificialIntelligence boom. In
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Wow! The Hang Seng Index is down a whopping 4% today after another round of poor #China Macro data. How long until China defies gravity and starts adding massive amounts of #liquidity despite its swiftly rising #debt pile?
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Read this carefully. Dutch #inflation is now NEGATIVE! Headline #CPI fell 0.3% from a year ago.
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Just wow! US M1 Money Supply is up a staggering 70% from a year ago. That is a lot of #USD .
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In case you really did miss it. US money supply is growing at a pace of roughly 70%(!) on an annual basis. That is just crazy.
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The Swedish central bank just raised rates by 100 bps! 100 basis points!
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4 years
A history of market manias!
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I don’t think central banks, economists, financial markets, and politicians are paying enough attention to this chart! #foodprices
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This is an astonishing chart by Deutsche Bank. The surge in #debt -to- #GDP level between Q4 2019 and Q3 2020 is just unprecedented.
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Yield Curve flattening - after inversions - is textbook #recession behavior. Today seems no exception!
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2 years
The case not to invest in #bitcoin is getting harder isn’t it?
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3 years
This is probably nothing...
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MERDE! French stocks are down 6% this week!
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Wow! They did it again! #Switzerland 's #centralbank unexpectedly cut its policy rate to 1.25%.
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Economists ALWAYS believe #inflation will quickly fall to 2%. Forecasting inflation is incredibly hard! It is impacted by demographics, supply chains, productivity, war, monetary policy, globalization, and luck Too many factors to correctly ‘model.’ chart via @biancoresearch
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The Power of Duration! #Austria ’s 100-year bond is down 82% from its 2021 peak! #Treasuries are not safe assets!
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The 2-year US Treasury #Yield is back above 5.0%!
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WOW! #Germany 's Manufacturing #PMI plummeted to 38.8, which points to outright #recession . Services held above 50. So, is this time different, and will Germany's self-inflicted wounds in the Manufacturing Sector not result in another German recession?
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BREAKING! US core #inflation rose to 4.5% in June, higher than expected and the highest level since 1991. Headline #CPI also higher than expected at 5.4%!
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Wow! #China #inflation drops to -0.5%. That is some serious #deflation going on in China (chart via @ricyet )
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OMG! Europe has completely lost it. European ‘politicians’, who are not leaders, increasingly act from an ideologist perspective, which is incompatible with democratic and socially supported policy making. To send a threatening letter to @elonmusk , compelling him to censor(!) his
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With great audience comes greater responsibility #DSA As there is a risk of amplification of potentially harmful content in 🇪🇺 in connection with events with major audience around the world, I sent this letter to @elonmusk 📧⤵️
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Why are stocks down today? #YIELDS ! US Treasury yields are approaching 5% again, at which point things start to break. Think of the regional banking crisis, for example. But there's more. The UK suffered a near pension/insurance meltdown when UK policymakers came up with an
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🚨De Nederlandsche Bank heeft berekend dat 95% van de huiseigenaren de #verduurzaming van hun woning kunnen bekostigen met hun #spaargeld en door het afsluiten van een lening. Zo dan! Ik heb het rapport gelezen blij word ik er niet van. De eerste vraag is in hoeverre een
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De Nederlandse huizenprijzen zijn in de afgelopen 12 maanden met meer dan 5% gestegen. Sinds juni vorig jaar is de gemiddelde waarde van een koopwoning elke maand gestegen. In tegenstelling tot het verleden hebben hogere rentes weinig effect gehad op de waarde van een woning.
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It's official! The #Netherlands is recording the most new #Covid19 cases per 10K people. @MinPres @hugodejonge
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BREAKING! #Switzerland 's #yieldcurve is now negative for all maturities, hence anywhere between 3 months and 50 years.
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This is one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. The price of crude #oil according to the expiring May future contract is USD -40.
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One word: #INFLATION !
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There are no shorts left!
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BREAKING! US retail sales rose 17.7% in May, more than double the number expected.
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This chart showing world #debt is trending on Twitter. And, of course, the slope of the blue line is impressive. But it gets really 'awkward' when you show the total debt number as the % of global #GDP , which is around USD 100 trillion. Global debt equals more than twice the size
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BREAKING! The Dow Jones Index enters a #bearmarket ...
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Some personal news! After almost 20 great & inspirational years @Robeco , I have decided to follow my dreams and go on a new journey. Upcoming July, I will be launching a brand new research platform. Expect more analysis, graphs, and insights. New updates soon.
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Meanwhile, in #China ... Stocks are making new lows!
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BREAKING! The German #yieldcurve , the mother of all Eurozone yield curves, is now completely negative!
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Is #Tesla ’s market cap really that insane?
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Yikes! #Bitcoin is down a whopping 12% from its peak yesterday. It's another confirmation investors are forced to abandon their goldilocks scenario of decent #GDP growth, slowing #inflation , and a series of central bank rate cuts on the horizon. The US GDP number, which was
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I'm truly terrified of this chart!
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100% of the US #yieldcurve is now inverted. Give me your best (meaning substantiated) reason why this time will be different and there won’t be a #recession .
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Volgens @mauricedehond zou de PVV, als er nu verkiezingen zouden zijn, 50 zetels behalen. Dat is dus één derde van alle zetels. Dat alleen is al een post waard. We moeten terug naar 1989 toen het CDA met 54 zetels een grotere overwinning boekte. Maar als je de enorme
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People under 40 hold just 6% of total US wealth!
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BREAKING! The #ECB lowers interest rates for the first time since 2019.
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The Bank of Japan, which holds a staggering 47% of ALL outstanding Japanese government #debt , has announced additional bond purchases to push #yields lower. This is as awkward as it sounds! The higher the debt-to-GDP ratio, the LOWER yields.
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BREAKING! The 10-year US Treasury #yield has dropped below 1.30% for the first time ever.
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Markets now price FIVE(!) #FederalReserve rate cuts until the end of the year. FIVE!
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Wow! #Inflation in The #Netherlands spiked to a massive 11.9% in March. Double-digit inflation is here!
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The supply of #money ‘created’ by central banks is massive, but it’s just not moving around! #velocityofmoney
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Wow!
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BREAKING! Crude #oil falls to below USD 20.
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It's official! #Inflation in the #Netherlands was 17.1% in September. Average wage growth so far in 2022: 3.3%.
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Everybody’s long #equities . Biggest inflow ever!
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Major reserve #currencies since 1250! Which currency will be the next? Great chart by @JamesEagle17
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This is a solid central bank cartoon!
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WOW! The Chicago #PMI just dropped to outright #recession levels! 🚨 After spending also disappointed and core #inflation cooled, all the #FederalReserve now needs is a weakish #payrolls number, and the door to rate cuts will be re-opened on June 12.
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Interesting and somewhat disturbing. The % of people earning more than their parents has collapsed... via @wef
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Whoop! #Italy 's 10-year bond #yield collapses after #ECB announces to speed up their bond purchases.
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If you were wondering why stocks have held up so well despite a looming banking crisis? #LIQUIDITY ! The Fed Balance Sheet increased by a whopping USD 300 billion+ last week.
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Yikes! The US Composite #PMI just fell to 45.0! That is near #recession levels. The Services PMI is down to 44.1, where an increase to 49.8 was expected.
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This time is different. The velocity of the market decline in unlike anything before.
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Remember that #Austria (almost) 100-year bond? It has lost half its value in less than three months!
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Margin debt...
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Pretty neat #Tesla chart! #TSLA
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US #Inflation is back?! Core Services ex Housing #CPI rose by 6.7% on a 3-month annualized basis. That's huge. In fact, during the 'inflation crisis of 2022,' there were only three months in which Core Services ex Housing inflation was higher. 😱
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BIG TECH explained!
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Europe's next big enemy: drought! Water levels in Europe's major rivers, including the Rhine, have dropped to record low levels, meaning ships simply can't get through. Eurostat estimates shipping routes alone add USD 80 billion to Eurozone GDP. The total impact is much bigger.
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If only I had storage capacity. #oil #OilPrice
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‘Everybody’ is selling #gold !
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#CreditSuisse 's Total Deposits declined by a whopping CHF 140 billion, or 37%, in Q4. That is disturbing, and it seems unlikely that the deposit outflow will stop. Who would want to bring their money to Credit Suisse now? More likely, everybody wants out.
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#Food prices!
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New day, new low! #China 's Shanghai Composite Index down another 1% as markets across the globe rally.
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Here's a headline: Dutch #inflation falls to the LOWEST level on record! EU Harmonized #CPI -1.0%. #Deflation
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8 trillion! The #FederalReserve balance sheet just hit USD 8 trillion for the first time. ht @DeItaone
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UNBELIEVABLE! #France 's Services #PMI falls to an unprecedented 10.4!
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BREAKING! The German 10-year bond has dropped to -0.40% for the first time ever.
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The incredible rally in #equities explained in one chart! #liquidity
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Oh boy! US M1 Money Supply growth has accelerated to a whopping 66%.
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A 'golden rule' in #monetarypolicy says that when US real #yields rise above 2%, economic activity is severely impacted, and the odds of a #recession increase accordingly. As of Friday: 5-year US real yield: 2.38% 10-year US real yield 2.20% 20-year US real yield 2.27% 30-year US
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Global reserve currencies since 1450!
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#Money stopped flowing The #velocity of money has dropped to an all-time low. #inflation If you wish to receive the Daily Sketch by mail, please sign up here
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YIKES! US consumer expectations for 1-year #inflation spiked to 4.2%!
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In case you missed it! #Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high against the #euro .
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The last time #Bitcoin topped USD 40,000 was in May last year. After that, #Crypto scandals and lousy overall market sentiment pushed the price down. And while many investors are focused on the 'halving,`' it's the acceleration of Bitcoin as an 'accepted' asset class that feels
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This is just 'wow'! #India 's Services #PMI collapsed to 5.4 in April, down from 49.3. 5.4...
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#Silver since 1803! (logarithmic scale)
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New day, new low! #China 's Shanghai Composite Index dips below 2,900, down almost 15% from its April peak. For comparison, the MSCI World Index (USD) is up 13% since then. 28% performance gap between #China and 'the world.'
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The Baltic Dry Index is down 12 days in a row!
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Wow! The British Pound continues its 'no-deal' #Brexit slide, now at 1.2150, approaching post Brexit-referendum levels. #GBP
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