Boiler Room: The Official Stock Market Discussion

[Futuristic Eskimo]

Shouldve set that limit buy on VRX higher. Nice ~30% rally off lows in the past couple weeks.

 

[88m3]

China Calm Shattered as Brokerage Probe Sparks Selloff in Stocks


@Domingo Halliburton @Futuristic Eskimo

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

China Calm Shattered as Brokerage Probe Sparks Selloff in Stocks


@Domingo Halliburton @Futuristic Eskimo

I thought I saw somewhere one of the CEOs with one of the brokerages just disappeared with everyone's money.

 

[88m3]

KaloBios short sellers facing squeeze as CEO Shkreli says will no longer lend stock

lol

 

[88m3]

I thought I saw somewhere one of the CEOs with one of the brokerages just disappeared with everyone's money.

Yeah, I posted a really interesting article from Bloomberg in the last few pages too about some of the investigations. It's supposed to be unprecedented according to the experts they asked.

 

[88m3]

Barclays Chose Web Search Over Risk Check on `Elephant' Deal


lol...

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

KaloBios short sellers facing squeeze as CEO Shkreli says will no longer lend stock

lol

He's an a$$hole but he knows what he's doing.

 

[88m3]

Glad I didn't buy NBG when I considered it cheap. Just got delisted.

 

[Big Jo]

Glad I didn't buy NBG when I considered it cheap. Just got delisted.

Same. Was tempted to try and flip it. Famous last words I guess

 

[Futuristic Eskimo]

Goldman and now JPM and Morgan Stanley turning bearish on the market recently

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Yuan in the SDR

 

[88m3]

Yuan in the SDR

can't get my head around that one

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Food for thought:

Shorts "All In" on China A Shares 2015 (levels not seen since August crash):

Percentage of shares short the China A-Shares ETF

December 2015 : 28%
October 2015: 5%
July 2015: 24%
2014: 3%
2013: 5%

% of Junk Bonds trading at Distressed Levels
2015: 20.1%*
2013: 11.2%
2011: 16.8%
2009: 23.2%

*Highest Since 2009

S&P Data

QE putting money where it shouldn't be. chasing yield...

% of Global Corporate Bonds rated Junk
2015: 51%
2010: 40%
2005: 39%
2000: 38%

S&P

Finally,

30% of EMU (Europe) bonds now trade at a negative yield or the equivalent of $1.7T

 

[Futuristic Eskimo]

Food for thought:





QE putting money where it shouldn't be. chasing yield...




Finally,

These distortions are brutal. Not going to be pretty when the music stops again.

 

[Futuristic Eskimo]