The Fed is out here playing undercover Captain Save-a-hoe to these banks don't be fooled.
Anyone investing heavily this year??
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Welp....
Yeap, $CS changed that quick. Lets see how this goes.
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You lack a basic understand of who’s the hoe and who’s the pimp. The Treasury is the pimp. The banks placed on the corner to there their customers that the Treasury is the safest, tightest, and wettest bond-pussy in the world. It’s the customers that are the hoes. They’ve bought into the illusion of the us government bond market.
Interest Rates were low for 10 years. Then they were raised dramatically. Do you think that’s the only bank that back that bought federal bonds? Which banks hold the most bonds? The bank of the American citizen. They bought it hook, line, and sinker.
On its way...
Its official. I'll be joining you $SCHD investors when/if it pulls back to the 38.2 or 50.
**Look at that accumulation ~$77.
The group of finance gurus are accused of leading viewers into ruin by uncritically praising FTX in exchange for cash.
Here's a case study in how not to win friends and influence people.
A prominent group of YouTube financial influencers have become the targets of a class action lawsuit accusing them of leading their viewers into financial ruin by uncritically promoting failed crypto exchange FTX in return for lucrative sponsorship deals.
The suit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in Miami , argues that the network of influencers played a key role in drawing customers into using FTX by convincing them it was a genuinely safe platform in a sea of fraudulent operators and crypto scams.
"FTX turned to celebrity and social media endorsers to position itself as the 'safe' option among cryptocurrency exchanges," the suit read. "FTX's paid endorser program was clearly designed to use the positive reputation associated with specific YouTube and other social network influencers to convince consumers that FTX was a safe place to buy and sell cryptocurrency."
The suit names well-known YouTube influencers Kevin Paffrath , Graham Stephan , Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh , Brian Jung , Jeremy Lefebvre , Tom Nash , Ben Armstrong and Erika Kullberg as defendants. It also includes the Creators Agency , a talent management firm and digital ad network run by Kullberg and her husband, that helped put together the group's lucrative sponsorship deals with FTX.
When reached for comment, Paffrath said he was unaware of the suit. Messages left with the other defendants weren't immediately returned.
The group of influencers, several of whom have millions of followers on YouTube and other online platforms, never made much secret that they were being paid to promote FTX on their channels before the crypto exchange collapsed amid major fraud allegations late last year.
Some have claimed to have had six figure deals with FTX in exchange for promoting it. Some of the deals involved the influencer receiving commissions for each customer they sent FTX's way. Others were paid fees for simply mentioning the service on their broadcasts.
After FTX's demise, the YouTube influencer group was quick to issue online mea culpas acknowledging that they had made mistakes in uncritically promoting the service. They also rushed to remove old videos in which they sung the platform's praises.
Here's a case study in how not to win friends and influence people.
A prominent group of YouTube financial influencers have become the targets of a class action lawsuit accusing them of leading their viewers into financial ruin by uncritically promoting failed crypto exchange FTX in return for lucrative sponsorship deals.
The suit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in Miami , argues that the network of influencers played a key role in drawing customers into using FTX by convincing them it was a genuinely safe platform in a sea of fraudulent operators and crypto scams.
"FTX turned to celebrity and social media endorsers to position itself as the 'safe' option among cryptocurrency exchanges," the suit read. "FTX's paid endorser program was clearly designed to use the positive reputation associated with specific YouTube and other social network influencers to convince consumers that FTX was a safe place to buy and sell cryptocurrency."
The suit names well-known YouTube influencers Kevin Paffrath , Graham Stephan , Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh , Brian Jung , Jeremy Lefebvre , Tom Nash , Ben Armstrong and Erika Kullberg as defendants. It also includes the Creators Agency , a talent management firm and digital ad network run by Kullberg and her husband, that helped put together the group's lucrative sponsorship deals with FTX.
When reached for comment, Paffrath said he was unaware of the suit. Messages left with the other defendants weren't immediately returned.
The group of influencers, several of whom have millions of followers on YouTube and other online platforms, never made much secret that they were being paid to promote FTX on their channels before the crypto exchange collapsed amid major fraud allegations late last year.
Some have claimed to have had six figure deals with FTX in exchange for promoting it. Some of the deals involved the influencer receiving commissions for each customer they sent FTX's way. Others were paid fees for simply mentioning the service on their broadcasts.
After FTX's demise, the YouTube influencer group was quick to issue online mea culpas acknowledging that they had made mistakes in uncritically promoting the service. They also rushed to remove old videos in which they sung the platform's praises.
Hummm... invest at your own risk, no matter how safe someone says it is, it is still at your own risk tolerance! I get it on the low but still investing is at your own risk! Well to my understanding...!
Any META fans here?
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. has created a tool to predict the structure of hundreds of millions of proteins using artificial intelligence. Researchers say it promises to deepen scientists' understanding of biology, and perhaps speed the discovery of new drugs.
Meta's research arm, Meta AI, used the new AI-based computer program known as ESMFold to create a public database of 617 million predicted proteins. Proteins are the building blocks of life and of many medicines, required for the function of tissues, organs and cells.
Drugs based on proteins are used to treat heart disease, certain cancers and HIV, among other illnesses, and many pharmaceutical companies have begun to pursue new drugs with artificial intelligence. Using AI to predict protein structures is expected to not only boost the effectiveness of existing drugs and drug candidates but also help discover molecules that could treat diseases whose cures have remained elusive.
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. has created a tool to predict the structure of hundreds of millions of proteins using artificial intelligence. Researchers say it promises to deepen scientists' understanding of biology, and perhaps speed the discovery of new drugs.
Meta's research arm, Meta AI, used the new AI-based computer program known as ESMFold to create a public database of 617 million predicted proteins. Proteins are the building blocks of life and of many medicines, required for the function of tissues, organs and cells.
Drugs based on proteins are used to treat heart disease, certain cancers and HIV, among other illnesses, and many pharmaceutical companies have begun to pursue new drugs with artificial intelligence. Using AI to predict protein structures is expected to not only boost the effectiveness of existing drugs and drug candidates but also help discover molecules that could treat diseases whose cures have remained elusive.
The SVB Debacle: The Biggest Myths, the Out-of-Control Blame Game, and the Worst Takes
Derek, Michael Batnick, and Ben Carlson also discuss whether this will change the direction of monetary policy and whether the U.S. has too many banks in the first place
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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse FAQ: Whose Fault Is It? How Can We Stop a Bank Panic? What Comes Next?
Liz Hoffman, author of ‘Crash Landing,’ joins to talk the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse
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The SVB Debacle: The Biggest Myths, the Out-of-Control Blame Game, and the Worst Takes
Derek, Michael Batnick, and Ben Carlson also discuss whether this will change the direction of monetary policy and whether the U.S. has too many banks in the first placewww.theringer.com
Silicon Valley Bank Collapse FAQ: Whose Fault Is It? How Can We Stop a Bank Panic? What Comes Next?
Liz Hoffman, author of ‘Crash Landing,’ joins to talk the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapsewww.theringer.com
Sharon Stone says she 'lost half' of her money due to bank fallout
The "Basic Instinct" actress says she "lost half" of her fortune to a bad "banking thing," presumably referring to the fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.
Btw the board is on that shit again, I'm not getting notifications for THIS thread specifically... missed all the bank chatter this past week
I bookmark the page. This is one of the only threads I care about on BGOL. Everything else is gravy.
Btw the board is on that shit again, I'm not getting notifications for THIS thread specifically... missed all the bank chatter this past week
Silicon Valley Bank staff handed up to £20m in bonuses
The British arm of Silicon Valley Bank has paid staff up to £20m in bonuses after it was bought by HSBC in a rescue deal.
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This sounds all bad. Someone will need to pay for these "creative" ways.
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For them to be even suggesting this should rise a lot of red flags, they know something but, don't want to panic the market. These MF been gambling with other people's money and rolling snake eyes. Old head in my office said back when they started these rate hikes banks would eventually take a big it from it guess he was right.
I'm team DCA.
Lump sum is only a thing if the market crashes, the company is sound and you know they'll recover in a reasonable amount of time.
Apple, Microsoft Dominate U.S. Markets After FAANG Trade Fizzles
The combined weighting of Apple and Microsoft in the S&P 500 has risen to the highest level on record
Hardika SinghUpdated March 22, 2023 at 4:43 pm ET
The combined weighting of Apple Inc. AAPL-0.91% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.54% in the S&P 500 has risen to 13.3%, the highest level on record, while the influence of other big technology stocks has waned of late. That is according to Strategas Securities data going back to 1990.
Not since International Business Machines Corp.IBM -1.99% and AT&T in 1978 have two stocks made up a greater share of the benchmark, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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For much of the past decade, investors simultaneously bid up shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Netflix Inc. and Google owner AlphabetInc. GOOG -1.53% The robust gains in the stocks year after year reinforced bets that they could only go up, helping the trade become so popular that it earned the FAANG nickname.
As their share prices surged, so did their concentration in the S&P 500. At the peak in August 2020, the group swelled to make up about one-quarter of the index. Although that share has since edged down to 21%, some investors still worry the index is top-heavy and a significant pullback in a few stocks could leave broader markets susceptible to a fall.
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The big tech stocks began to diverge once worries about inflation began bubbling and the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates, dimming the allure of some growth stocks.
Of course, they faced company-specific issues as well. Meta, for example, has seen challenges stemming from competition and privacy restrictions, while Netflix has battled subscriber losses and struggled to control content costs.
Todd Sohn, ETF strategist at Strategas, said Apple and Microsoft have emerged as havens in the stock market turmoil, bringing their weightings in the S&P 500 to 7.11% and 6.14%, respectively. The stocks have gained 21% and 14% in 2023 after suffering steep losses last year.
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“It’s just been monumental,” Mr. Sohn said. “There’s just more comfort with the way Apple and Microsoft are viewed as opposed to going out and buying any tech name out there.”
More broadly, investors have piled into tech stocks to hide out from the banking crisis amid hopes that the Fed is nearing the end of its campaign raising interest rates. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite has rallied 1.9% this month, extending its 12% gain for the year, while the S&P 500 is down 0.8% in March and has given up almost all of its early year advance.
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Lori Van Dusen, founder and chief executive of LVW Advisors in Rochester, N.Y., cautions investors to actively pick stocks instead of just buying funds tied to an index, noting that the hefty weighting of tech companies during the dot-com bubble led to big market declines.
“The index is more concentrated than it’s been. You’re just making a bet that these are going to be the places to be going forward and that’s usually a bad bet,” she said. “That is not the way to make money in the coming years.”
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The combined weighting of Apple and Microsoft in the S&P 500 has risen to the highest level on record
Hardika SinghUpdated March 22, 2023 at 4:43 pm ET
The combined weighting of Apple Inc. AAPL-0.91% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.54% in the S&P 500 has risen to 13.3%, the highest level on record, while the influence of other big technology stocks has waned of late. That is according to Strategas Securities data going back to 1990.
Not since International Business Machines Corp.IBM -1.99% and AT&T in 1978 have two stocks made up a greater share of the benchmark, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Advertisement - Scroll to Continue
For much of the past decade, investors simultaneously bid up shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Netflix Inc. and Google owner AlphabetInc. GOOG -1.53% The robust gains in the stocks year after year reinforced bets that they could only go up, helping the trade become so popular that it earned the FAANG nickname.
As their share prices surged, so did their concentration in the S&P 500. At the peak in August 2020, the group swelled to make up about one-quarter of the index. Although that share has since edged down to 21%, some investors still worry the index is top-heavy and a significant pullback in a few stocks could leave broader markets susceptible to a fall.
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The big tech stocks began to diverge once worries about inflation began bubbling and the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates, dimming the allure of some growth stocks.
Of course, they faced company-specific issues as well. Meta, for example, has seen challenges stemming from competition and privacy restrictions, while Netflix has battled subscriber losses and struggled to control content costs.
Todd Sohn, ETF strategist at Strategas, said Apple and Microsoft have emerged as havens in the stock market turmoil, bringing their weightings in the S&P 500 to 7.11% and 6.14%, respectively. The stocks have gained 21% and 14% in 2023 after suffering steep losses last year.
Advertisement - Scroll to Continue
“It’s just been monumental,” Mr. Sohn said. “There’s just more comfort with the way Apple and Microsoft are viewed as opposed to going out and buying any tech name out there.”
More broadly, investors have piled into tech stocks to hide out from the banking crisis amid hopes that the Fed is nearing the end of its campaign raising interest rates. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite has rallied 1.9% this month, extending its 12% gain for the year, while the S&P 500 is down 0.8% in March and has given up almost all of its early year advance.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
How do Apple and Microsoft fit into your portfolio? Join the conversation below.
Advertisement - Scroll to Continue
Lori Van Dusen, founder and chief executive of LVW Advisors in Rochester, N.Y., cautions investors to actively pick stocks instead of just buying funds tied to an index, noting that the hefty weighting of tech companies during the dot-com bubble led to big market declines.
“The index is more concentrated than it’s been. You’re just making a bet that these are going to be the places to be going forward and that’s usually a bad bet,” she said. “That is not the way to make money in the coming years.”
Apple, Microsoft Dominate U.S. Markets After FAANG Trade Fizzles
The combined weighting of Apple and Microsoft in the S&P 500 has risen to the highest level on record.
www.wsj.com
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