💵US Bond Intervention

Bessent has become the most interventionist US Treasury chief in decades, BBG reports.

Yesterday, the US Treasury doubled purchases of “long” bonds to curb extremely high government bond yields. Trump urged Americans not to worry about bond-market volatility. Experts identified the Treasury’s red line as a 5.30% yield on 30-year bonds.

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This is how wealthy people stay wealthy.

- Scott Galloway

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says Iran would have used a nuclear weapon to destroy Israel and the entire Middle East.

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Michael Saylor, Bitcoin’s largest institutional holder, likely sold at the cycle bottom for the second cycle in a row.

Save these indicators.

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Swiss Franc > USD

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The market has officially rejected Bessent's buyback.

30yr yields have almost completely erased their post buyback moves.

We saw the same result with the Yen intervention.

The intervention buys hours, not days.

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This veteran trader explains how to let your profits run.

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Stanley Druckenmiller on how great traders think about risk

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wtf

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⚡️ JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US House Speaker says the Iran war is expected to enter a new phase soon.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Iran threatens to stop all oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf if the economic war continues.

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You don't have a technical problem.

You have a reaction to loss problem.

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Since the beginning of August, demand for gold call options has surged, according to Goldman data.

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The UAE is fencing off oil depots and refineries.

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Palantir released a new surveillance system combining satellites, radars, and all cameras to track people and their movements in real time.

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Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

Either way, you’ll go through pain.

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The US economic symposium in Jackson Hole will take place this week, August 27–28, with Fed chief Warsh speaking Friday, August 28, in a traditionally progressive, clear yet unclear speech about everything but nothing.

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The dollar and yen are dominating the majors at the start of a challenging week.

The current USD backdrop makes cross-pair trading more rewarding, primarily favoring the yen and, to some extent, the pound (as we noted this morning) against commodity currencies and the franc.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says Joint Military Exercises with South Korea send a "totally inappropriate and hostile" signal to North Korea.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says US Navy cleared all mines from Strait of Hormuz, warning new Iranian mines will be immediately destroyed.

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