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AirB&B housing speculators ran up the price of housing for everyone, and ruined the quality of life in thousands of residential neighborhoods. Now communities are starting to fight back against STRs, which is going to force millions of f*cked borrowers to dump these “investments” at a loss.

December 19, 2022 10:38 am

Know that the City of Toronto is now enforcing the 180 nights short term rental maximum allowance. They will investigate you and audit you if they catch you. And it’s highly likely they will. Not even worth taking the risk. …

It’s starting… Professional speculators are reloading bets against stock market … short sales increased at fastest rate in more than 10 years during last five weeks

February 13, 2022 9:50 pmFebruary 10, 2022 11:41 am

It’s starting https://t.co/VeyiqWSYSd — MasterTrader (@MasteredTrader) February 10, 2022 Professional speculators are reloading bets against stock market … short sales increased at fastest rate in more than 10 years during last five weeks per ⁦@GoldmanSachs⁩ pic.twitter.com/aGH19KCR8F — Liz Ann Sonders …

Speculators Bet The Farm On Stocks

June 2, 2021 11:11 am

by jessefelder This post is an excerpt of a report recently featured on The Felder Report Premium. It’s common knowledge now that the stock market is obscenely valued. To go along with these lofty valuations, we now have an obscene amount of …

Near Record Gold Shorting By Speculators (And That’s Actually VERY BULLISH)

April 28, 2019 4:55 pm

by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC Gold has failed to gain traction over the past couple months, normally a seasonally-strong time. That has really weighed on sentiment, leaving traders increasingly bearish. Gold investment demand has lagged dramatically with lofty stock markets spewing great …

Michael Ballanger: Banks Continue To Smack Gold Speculators Around Like Common Farm Animals

April 17, 2019 10:12 am

by Michael Ballanger of Streetwise Reports “‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill Throughout history, society has always canonized certain political, military, and religious icons for reasons seemingly obvious, but after drilling down …

Here They Go Again—Fed “Stimulating” Wall Street Speculators Into Another Asset Bubble And Crash

April 3, 2019 10:31 pm

…..the Fed is that easy monetary policy seems more effective in spurring asset values than it does in boosting prices of goods and services. The S&P 500 Index rose by an average 8.5 percent from 2014 through 2018, while the …

As Speculators Flee, Sales of New Houses in Australia Plunge to Lowest since at least 2001

January 22, 2019 7:14 am

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But first-time buyers cling to hope. Sales of newly built detached houses in Australia plunged 6.7% in December 2018 from November, to just 4,622 houses, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), easily whizzing by the …

We’re All Speculators Now

September 17, 2018 3:36 pm

by Charles Hugh-Smith When the herd thunders off the cliff, most participants are trapped in the stampede.. One of the most perverse consequences of the central banks “saving the world” (i.e. saving banks and the super-wealthy) is the destruction of …

Coffee Speculators Due For A Wake-Up Call?

August 29, 2018 7:29 am

by Dana Lyons Coffee speculators have never been more short the commodity; are they about to get burned? After enjoying a bit of a resurgence in recent years, most of the commodity complex has had a rough go of it over …

Gold: What You Can Learn from Speculators’ Mistakes

August 22, 2018 9:03 am

Many Main Street investors would probably be surprised at how often the professionals on Wall Street are on the wrong side of major market turns. Gold is a prime example. Learn why this insight is especially important now … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMHwMfFy670

After Storm, Volatility Speculators Pull A 180

February 14, 2018 2:21 pm

by Dana Lyons Non-Commercial Speculators in VIX futures have now flipped from their largest net-short position ever, to their largest net-long position. One of the key components, and perhaps drivers, of the recent stock market plunge was the activity within the …

Stock Speculators Risk Record Amount On Continued Calm

September 25, 2017 6:53 pm

by Dana Lyons Non-Commercial Speculators’ net-short position in VIX futures just spiked to its largest ever. The proliferation in exchange traded products (ETP’s) has certainly marked a new era of investment accessibility by the masses. Individual investors now have vehicles by …

Stock Speculators Take Record Risk On Continued Calm

June 27, 2017 3:54 pm

by Dana Lyons Speculators in VIX futures are presently holding their largest net-short position ever. There’s little doubt that the current period will go down as one of the least volatile in market history. We mentioned a week ago that the …

Will Record Short VIX Position Backfire On Speculators?

January 30, 2017 6:49 pm

by Dana Lyons Speculators (a.k.a., “dumb money”?) are holding their largest net-short position in the history of the VIX futures contract. Every week, the CFTC releases their Commitment Of Traders (COT) report on the collective positioning among major futures players. Like …