Erik Plug

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[Erik Plug @erikplug1972]

11/ Macro is a game of plumbing.
The White House is changing the pipes. The BIS is measuring the pressure. The East is buying the lead. Stay liquid, stay sovereign, and watch the yields.
End/ #Macro #StockMarket #Gold #Investing #FinTech

[Erik Plug @erikplug1972]

1/ The global macro game just changed. We’re moving from "Financial Engineering" to "Physical Certainty." The plumbing of the world is being re-routed in real-time. If you aren't watching the EOs and the BIS working papers, you’re exit liquidity. Let’s dive in. 🧵

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10/ The "Sub-4.2% Rotation" is the trigger.
When the 10Y yield finally breaks lower, capital will flood into high-yield Dividend Aristocrats like $O and $NEE. Refinancing costs drop + Yield search = The ultimate squeeze.

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5/ The SLR Recalibration Legacy
Look at JPM & BAC. Following the capital relief, JPM expanded loans by 11% ($1.5T) while BAC surged 9%. They aren't hoarding cash; they are absorbing corporate credit and Treasuries. They are the new structural anchor for the 10Y yield.

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4/ The Credit Squeeze (EO 14406)
Simultaneously, the admin is tightening the screws on domestic credit. New mandate: Underwriting must now account for "deportation risk" and work authorization. The consumer credit box is shrinking. Asset quality over volume. Clean balance sheets are the new flex.

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3/ Impact?
Massive margin expansion for lean payment networks. Massive margin compression for regional banks that lived off FinTech "rent." We are disintermediating the incumbents to fund the innovators. Tech is becoming the bank.

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2/ The FinTech Master Account (EO 14405)
The White House just fired a shot across the bow of traditional banking. New directive: The Fed must evaluate granting non-bank FinTechs direct access to Master Accounts. The "Banking-as-a-Service" middleman is on the endangered species list

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@HenrikZeberg SLR revised… yield curve control (but no yield curve control) QE but no QE… just a different approach. Not the FED, but banks

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16/ Bottom line

This doesn’t start a bond bull market.

-> It creates a window
-> A temporary easing of financial conditions

The real question is:

——-!!!! Does liquidity go to Treasuries… or into credit? !!!!——

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🧵 The April 1st SLR Change Might Be the Most Underrated Macro Catalyst of 2026

This isn’t QE.
But it might be the next best thing.

Here’s what’s really happening 👇

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15/ Strategic takeaway

Short-term:
-> Bullish for bonds and equities

Medium-term:
-> Reflation risk
-> Yields rise again

Long-term:
-> Structural pressure on rates remains

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14/ Current macro context
•ISM rising
•Oil rising
•USD strong
•Credit moving

-> This is late cycle

-> Liquidity here often turns inflationary

[Erik Plug @erikplug1972]

13/ The key nuance

-> SLR caps yields
-> But does NOT eliminate inflation risk

👉 It can delay stress, not remove it

[Erik Plug @erikplug1972]

12/ This is NOT QE… but it rhymes
•No central bank buying
•But banks expand balance sheets
•Liquidity improves

-> Call it: “Credit-driven liquidity expansion”

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11/ Long-term impact (9–24 months)

Structural forces dominate:
•Fiscal deficits
•Treasury supply
•Inflation expectations

Rates:
-> No structural bond bull market

Equities:
-> Multiple expansion limited
-> Earnings drive returns

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10/ Medium-term impact (3–9 months)

If liquidity flows into credit:

Rates:
-> Growth + inflation pressure
-> Yields bottom and rise again

Equities:
-> Rotation
-> Cyclicals / energy outperform
-> Growth weakens again

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9/ Short-term impact (0–3 months)

Rates:
-> Yields stabilize / move lower
-> Bond volatility decreases

Equities:
-> Relief rally (growth benefits most)
-> Financial conditions ease