Something is serious f%^ked up in America right now

We're at all-time lows for American confidence in:

◼️The Presidency
◼️Congress, and
◼️The Supreme Court

All-time since 1973!

1973 was the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of the first series of recessions that… https://t.co/L1zpKVwRnatwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This is truly sad.

American confidence in public school just matched its all-time low set in 2014.

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Quick insights from our DEEP LEARNING ALGO

(certain commodities oversold)

1/ Our deep learning Wheat algorithm signals oversold in $WEAT

Many on Wall Street would have you believe the "U.S. Consumer is hanging in there" and "in fine shape."

That's horse crap. Let's dispose of that nonsense right now.

1/
app.hedgeye.com/insights/12977… Below is your "WTF Chart of the Day."

As you can see, over the past 50 years the cost of public college tuition is up +1,759%.

Meanwhile, the salary of your average, hardworking American is up just +596%.

Inflation: ✔

2/
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This is a quick thread about scammers/scumbags who should be banished from our industry.

In other words, spineless opportunists who mislead people and represent the worst of Wall Street.

We're looking directly at you Brad Thomas @rbradthomas! 😉 Let's start with this horse shit from Brad.

"Medical Properties Trust has been beaten down by short sellers, which has caused shares to massively underperform"

Wrong❌

$MPW has been "beaten down" b/c it's finally being exposed by analysts like @HedgeyeREITs for being a scam

Ummm, guys... M2 didn't even go negative in the Volcker days, when beleaguered contractors and carpenters were sending 2x4s to the Fed Chair's office.

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to 🇺🇸’s past to predict our future in this startling and hopeful prophecy for how our present era of civil unrest will resolve over the next 10 years—and what our lives will look like once it has. 25 years ago, Neil Howe @HoweGeneration and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new theory of American history. Looking back at the last 500 years, they’d uncovered a distinct pattern: modern history moves in cycles.

Alright... the FTX Debacle

This is so much bigger than #FTX and @SBF_FTX.

Sure, it's one of the biggest political, regulatory and financial breakdowns of this Cycle.

But the bigger story is right under our nose.

This requires a thread. 🧵 @SBF_FTX 2/ The #FTX story.

Incompetence here? Of course.

Corruption? Fraud? Massive conflicts of interest? Most definitely.

This whole thing is rotten to its core.

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India hiked rates by 40 bps to 4.40% in an emergency meeting.

It's their first hike since 2018. They also increased the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 bps to 4.50%.

RBI is trying to withdraw liquidity from the system and combat inflation, which is currently at 7%.

If Bitcoin hits $21,000, $MSTR will get margin called.

per their earnings call h/t @smallcapsteve @TheDeepDive_ca

Eurozone PPI just hit an all-time high at 36.8% YoY.

8th consecutive all-time high, previous print was 31.5%. +5.3% MoM.

Energy costs are up 104.1%
Producer inflation ex. energy is up 13.6%

major #Quad3 stagflation...

Oftentimes, we are left to wonder how our policymakers amass fortunes whilst "serving in the interest of the American people". Occasionally, a bit of light is shed unto how these so-called "technocrats" become rich while "ordinary" people suffer. This requires a thread. 🧵 2/ We are appalled to learn that Fed presidents have been daytrading all along, while pumping asset prices sky high and gaslighting Americans into believing that inflation is temporary, or that "it isn't too bad if you discount all the things you need to survive".

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