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COLLAPSE? Bond bloodbath commences as Fed’s desperate fight against inflation fails

October 27, 2023 -

It is also finally admitting it cannot normalize interest rates after having spent 18 months believing in the hype about a Fed pivot and rate cuts to something like zero percent that would be forced on the Fed by a steep recession, with lots of forever-quantitative easing (QE) to follow.

The latest retail report reflected high increases in retail sales that were in good part due to high increases in inflation. Richter called the occurrence a "bond bloodbath....

Chinese developer Evergrande misses bond payment, default “inevitable” (now officially declared)

December 09, 2021 - bondholders right now. This means that the company has failed, and yet the corporate media refuses to acknowledge this fact.

Wall Street is likewise ignoring reality as the Federal Reserve under Jerome Powell, and the Treasury under Janet Yellen, continue to pump worthless fiat dollars into the markets, driving inflation and wrecking the global economy – oh, but at least obscenely rich criminals are still getting richer.

The S&P, refusing to call a spade ...

Judge sides with Trump, rejects New York AG’s challenge to $175M bond

April 25, 2024 -

New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled in favor of the former president on April 22, deeming his bond valid. This decision followed James challenging the validity of the bond and questioning the financial capability of Knight Specialty Insurance (KSI) to cover the bond if necessary.

The Los Angeles-based KSI underwrote the former president's bond, which is intended to ensure Trump's adherence to a $454.2 million judgment ...

Aussie central bank goes BUST, declaring wiped-out reserves and bond losses

September 29, 2022 -

The Land Down Under's central bank revealed its wiped-out equity, thanks to bond purchases driven by the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These purchases sought to support economic activity during the lockdown periods.

During a Sept. 21 speech in Sydney, RBA Deputy Governor Michelle Bullock revealed that the central bank's moves caused an accounting loss of 36.7 billion Australian dollars ($23.49 billion). This RBA with negative equity amounting to A$12....

China’s bond market implosion now a financial CONTAGION as debt defaults spread

October 12, 2021 -

Following the Evergrande fiasco, many other property developers in China have since seen massive selloffs as the companies that occupy China's junk bond market implode one by one.

Fears continue to grow about a financial "contagion" event that many believe will eventually spread far outside of China as offshore bondholders become bag holders. Evergrande, for instance, has missed another round of interest payments, breaching multiple deadlines and shattering ...

Bond investors warn: Brace for INEVITABLE RECESSION caused by Fed’s continued RATE HIKES

June 16, 2023 - bonds, on the grounds that when central banks are forced to switch to a pause or to looser policy, they will outperform. He sees the 10-year Treasury yield falling to three percent by year-end, nearly 75 basis points below the current level, as markets start to realize the recession will be deeper than most think.

Allianz Global Investors portfolio manager Mike Riddell meanwhile said stocks, bonds and corporate debt are mis-pricing the risks – and that only ...

Bank of America’s $112 unrealized bond losses highlight precarious state of U.S. banking system

January 20, 2025 -

Bank of America’s $112 Billion bond losses expose cracks in U.S. banking system

In a stunning revelation this morning, Bank of America disclosed $112 billion in unrealized bond losses, a figure that underscores the precarious state of the U.S. banking system. The losses, which account for nearly 57% of the bank’s tangible common equity, highlight the risks of lockdown-era investments in low-yield bonds—a strategy that has ...

Barclays NOT pulling out of Israel bond auction despite pressure from pro-Palestine activists

August 22, 2024 - bonds at auctions among the 12 official primary dealers last year, according to official statistics. But it had fallen to 11th in the three months to the end of June. (Related: British banks are now closing the accounts of clients they don’t politically agree with.)Israel uses financial control to punish Palestine

As Israel continues to rely on international financial giants to keep itself propped up amid high spending on the conflict in Gaza, the country continues ...

Credit Suisse bond BAIL-IN proves the entire western financial system is a grand CON

March 20, 2023 -

As CNBC reports, "The $17 billion wipeout of Credit Suisse bondholders has not gone down well in Europe."

One section of Credit Suisse’s bondholders is set to be wiped out following the struggling bank’s takeover by UBS, causing them to see investments worth 16 billion Swiss francs ($17 billion) become worthless. The Swiss regulator FINMA announced Sunday that the so-called additional tier-one bonds, which are widely regarded as relatively risky ...

Trading of Evergrande shares HALTED as Ponzi collapse spreads, bond holders left as bag holders

October 05, 2021 -

Massive overleveraging resulted in a partial collapse of the stock before the government quickly intervened to "save" it, effectively kicking the can down the road and leaving offshore bond holders as bag holders.

Meanwhile, "healthy" developers, homeowners and the real estate market as a whole, both in China and beyond, will apparently continue to be artificially propped up in order to keep the Ponzi scheme markets above water for a little while longer.

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Japan and USA debt auctions face buyer shortage as bond yields spike, signaling financial turmoil ahead

May 22, 2025 -

Financial Markets Sound Alarm as Sovereign Debt Crisis Looms

Financial markets are flashing warning signs as Japan and the United States struggle to attract buyers for their long-term debt auctions. The yield on Japan’s 30-year government bonds surged to a historic high of 3.15%, while U.S. 20-year Treasury yields spiked to 5.1%—a dramatic move signaling waning confidence in sovereign debt. Analysts warn this could trigger a cascading collapse ...

Trump’s fraud case bond payment reduced to $175 million, delaying AG James’ efforts to seize assets

March 29, 2024 -

This is the ruling of a New York appeals court that decided Trump has just 10 days from March 26 to pay the $175 million bond for his civil fraud case.

Back in February, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump and his co-defendants, which include his two adult sons and several former Trump Organization executives, to fork over $460 million in damages and interest for making fraudulent valuations of Trump's business assets.

The appellate ...

DUMPING DEBT: Nearly two dozen countries, including many US allies, are dumping their US Treasury bond holdings

July 31, 2023 -

China began its long process of selling off its massive U.S. debt holdings in June 2019, when it was removed from its top spot as the largest foreign owner of U.S. Treasuries as Japan increased its own bond holdings. By April 2022, U.S. Treasuries held by the Chinese dropped below the $1 trillion mark.

From December 2022 to March, China sold over $31.3 billion in U.S. debt. By the end of July, China once again sold $46.2 billion in U.S. Treasuries. Current estimates ...

Credit Suisse merger with USB could destroy Western bond market after bank zeroed out BILLIONS in bonds

March 23, 2023 -

According to analysts cited by Bloomberg on Monday, the proposed merger between Switzerland's two largest lenders, Credit Suisse and UBS, could have an adverse effect on the entire Western bond market, Russia Today reported.

On Sunday, UBS announced its acquisition of Credit Suisse, which was on the verge of insolvency due to a loss of investor and customer confidence, for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.24 billion) in stock. The Swiss government, which brokered the ...

Bank of Japan is buying up it’s own government’s debt: Bond holdings top 50% for first time

July 04, 2022 -

The Bank of Japan’s move to buy up Japanese government bonds is leading to a series of distortions within the bond market. These include an inverted yield curve that sees the interest rate on certain short-term bonds exceeding that of long-term bonds. It is also accelerating the depreciation of the Japanese yen against other currencies.

The bank's purchase of government bonds without preset limits is in keeping with its policy ...

An unbreakable bond: Babies in the womb can lend cells to their pregnant mothers if her body becomes injured

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An unbreakable bond: Babies in the womb can lend cells to their pregnant mothers if her body becomes injured

May 11th, 2016, by Julie Wilson

A new study published in the journal Cell Adhesion & Migration gives a whole new meaning to motherhood as scientists reveal developing babies pass on important, and potentially lifesaving cells to their mother.

Fetomaternal transfer, the migration of fetal cells to the mother ...

Bond market ‘close to a crash,’ which is endangering the rest of Wall Street and Americans’ retirement accounts: Expert

October 17, 2022 - bond market, in part, because 'there is $50 trillion more in world debt today than there was in 2018.' And that will hurt equities," van Doorn writes.

"The bond market dwarfs the stock market — both have fallen this year, although the rise in interest rates has been worse for bond investors because of the inverse relationship between rates (yields) and bond prices," he continued. "About 600 institutional investors from 23 countries participate ...

Brace yourself: Ongoing Treasury bond collapse ranks among worst in market crash history – and the carnage has only just begun

October 09, 2023 -

According to reports, Treasury bonds with maturities of 10 years or more have plummeted 46 percent since March 2020 when the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "pandemic" was declared as cover for the hemorrhaging financial system and mini-crash that occurred around that same time.

The last time Treasury bond losses were this large was back during the dot-com bubble burst at the turn of the 21st century.

Meanwhile, the bond rout is currently ...

Swiss defend $17BN AT1 bond wipeout in Credit Suisse deal as furious creditors including David Tepper vow to sue Switzerland

March 26, 2023 - bondholders have pledged to sue the Swiss government and Finma over the matter the FT reported.

In its first statement on the deal since the weekend, Finma said on Thursday that all the contractual and legal obligations had been met for it to act unilaterally given the urgency of the situation.

“On Sunday, a solution was found to protect clients, the financial centre and the markets,” said Finma’s chief executive Urban Angehrn. “In this context, it is important ...

Arizona man held on $1 million bond for firing warning shots after armed men pointed ‘AK-47 right at him’

February 14, 2023 -

According to Fox News, George Alan Kelly, 73, is being charged with first-degree murder over the shooting death of a Mexican national and suspected illegal alien found dead on his property. The defense is also arguing that the January 30 shooting was not premeditated and was, in fact, an act of self-defense.

The report said he's being held in connection with the "shooting of a man whom authorities believe to be 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, based on the Mexican ...