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Argentina está por superar a Colombia en exportaciones de petróleo, para meterse en el top 20 mundial. No falta mucho para q superemos a Venezuela y México (impensable hace algunos años). Mucho más difícil, aunque no imposible, entrar al top 10
Over 330,000 Federal employees have been fired, resigned, or retired last year and were not replaced
This means the Federal workforce is now at its lowest level since 1966
🚨There is ALMOST NO cash left on the sidelines:
Cash levels in US equity funds fell to 1.2%, the 2nd-lowest level on record.
This is HALF the percentage seen during the 2022 bear market.
US equity mutual fund cash balances as a % of total assets have been in a downtrend for the last 18 years.
Equity funds are almost COMPLETELY LOADED up on US stocks.
US rates keep rising.
They're already higher than when Bessent announced a doubling of Treasury QE.
The market correctly views this as a sign of weakness.
- The weekend wars
- Oil market manipulation
- Yen intervention
- Treasury QE
All are just reflections of the dire fiscal situation the US is in.
With debt-to-GDP above peak WWII levels, the US simply can't afford higher rates...
Which is why the US will implement YCC sooner rather than later.
European natural gas prices rise to the highest since the war in Iran began (on a settlement basis) 🇪🇺⚠️
LNG traffic through Hormuz is still shut, disrupting ~20% of global supply
EU gas inventories are filling at a below-normal rate ahead of winter as Asia pulls more LNG
🇩🇪 Germany just lowered the bar.
The Economy Ministry now says 60-70% gas storage could be enough for an average winter, down from the old 90% comfort zone.
Germany is currently sitting around 50% full, which the ministry itself called "still very low" and says complete filling before heating season starts is now hardly achievable.
This is what a thin margin looks like before winter even begins.
https://t.co/diviUyWBvs
The entire world wants US stocks.
Foreign investors outside the US purchased +$181.4 billion of US equities in June.
The private sector alone bought a record +$144.7 billion, bringing an annualized rate to +$1.74 trillion, an all-time high.
Over the past 3 months, private purchases have totaled +$351.1 billion, equivalent to an annualized pace of +$1.4 trillion, also an all-time high.
This surpasses the 2025 annualized record by ~$400.0 billion.
By comparison, foreign official institutions, such as central banks and sovereign wealth funds, purchased +$36.7 billion in June.
As a result, private investors accounted for ~80% of all foreign equity purchases over this period.
The appetite for US stocks is stronger than ever.
LandSpace's Zhuque-3 lifted off from northwest China on August 19, 2026, delivered the Honghu-03 satellite to orbit and then flew its first stage roughly 390 km downrange to a landing pad, touching down on four legs. It is China's first booster recovery on land, and it comes only six weeks after a state-built Long March 10B was snagged in a net on a ship at sea. The catch is that Zhuque-3's own first flight in December ended with the booster crashing beside the pad.
You can't make this up:
At 8:15 AM ET yesterday, the 10Y Note Yield was trading at 4.68% when the US Treasury announced it would be increasing bond buybacks to $4 billion.
The yield fell to a low of 4.63% as the US Treasury pledged to provide "liquidity support."
Exactly 24 hours later, the 10Y Note Yield is ABOVE levels seen prior to the announcement, at 4.71%.
It's going to take a lot more intervention to tame this beast.
🚨 HOLY CRAP. The California Democrat Legislature has formally PASSED the Stop NICK SHIRLEY Act — sending it to Gov. Gavin Newsom for signature
The bill will CRIMINALIZE Shirley going around and confronting fraudsters while recording them, then posting it online, especially "immigrant" locations
And it was pushed by California AG Rob Bonta's wife.
Lawmakers blocked Rep. Carl DeMaio from speaking out against its 1A violations
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING 🤯
@NickShirleyy is TOO effective that California is crafting pro-fraud laws around him!
SHIRLEY IN APRIL: "Very interesting connections with her husband being the Attorney General of California. Their goal as a family should be to prosecute and take care and make sure that there is so little fraud in the state that they can have such a peaceful night of sleep!"
"However, while the Attorney General is supposed to be prosecuting fraud, his wife is creating laws to let fraud continue!"
"They're specifically saying that NGOs who receive money based off immigrant services don't have to disclose their money."
Treasury announces bigger “debt buybacks.”
Bitcoin +5%. Gold +3%. US Dollar -1%.
Markets understand what this really means:
More deficits. More debt. And a desperate attempt at financial repression.
Instead of addressing the elephant in the room - higher interest rates driven by relentless spending and surging national debt - Treasury is resorting to financial shenanigans to suppress yields.