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JPY intervention risk / Scott Bessent : new regime / Trump 'less buybacks in 2026!' / MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all

  • Writer: Stéphan
    Stéphan
  • 14 minutes ago
  • 3 min read
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  • Trump on the defense prime contractors focusing on Wall St instead of production: "We’ll be discussing executive pay, dividends, CapEx and buybacks. I don’t want them buying back their stock. I want them putting the money into Plant and Equipment." >> this is a pretty BIG deal for 2026..most likely..

  • At President Trump’s direction, the Treasury Department is utilizing all tools to stop terrorist cartels, drug traffickers, and human smugglers. This sweeping operation examining U.S. money services businesses along the southwest border will help root out potential cartel-related money laundering from the U.S. financial system

  • All-In Interview: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent! (Thread-interview-well worth it)

  • Markets : BofA proprietary Bubble risk indicator (thread), Trump building battleships now (bigly bigger than ever), iconic Saks considering bankruptcy, precious metals.. 'what else', JPY strengthen a little, beware.. (very short JPY positioning and interventions chatters ahead of 157-160 USDJPY), RBA minutes show upside risk to inflation (HUGE res levels AUDUSD around 0.6700 area... with risk and commods into next year! one has to wonder why AUD is still so weak..), SPX500 to re-test close to 200WMA (Thread) - for a generational buy opportunity !, Apollo 2026 outlook (Thread) >>>> USDollar softer into year-end..., in some or many way, the higher US debt goes, the higher asset prices must rise (GOLD, precious metals, hard assets, quality equity etc), fiscal austerity is not an option these days (even BoJ recently wanted to run it hot..), must inflate the debt away or be crushed.., industrial metals and commodities will/should be next in 2026, certainly a huge focus going into next year..

  • Trade : | China to impose duties of up to 43% on certain EU dairy products as trade tensions ratchet higher

  • Geopolitics : Trump said talks between Moscow and Kyiv are going “OK.” Separately, Fitch lifted Ukraine’s score from selective default after the nation announced creditors agreed to an exchange of its growth-linked debt into conventional bonds, The US and its allies are renewing their push to hold a conference on Gaza reconstruction, with Washington and Egypt among potential venues

  • Investment-grade borrowers have issued $1.7tn of bonds this year, closing in on 2020s Covid debt rush, stoked by a rush of borrowing to fund AI. (FT)


“I called the Fed 'the engine of inequality' and someone said to me, ‘Well, do you believe that the Fed is responsible for economic equality in the system?’” “And I said, ‘Absolutely not. That is not one of their mandates, but they shouldn't be exacerbating it.’” >>> agree or not, worth listening again... basically.. Bessent is the 1st Treasury Secretary in 50+ years, that is reordering 3 main things that interact with each other 'markets, money and power'...rather than follow consensus..tariffs, Reagan-like tax policy, supply side economics and full on control of the FED effectively...













 
 
 
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