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RT @TKL_Adam: The rush to the exit:

Asset selloffs are defying historical correlations, coming with drops in stocks, gold, bonds, and oil prices, all at the same time.

It's not often you see a market where ALL assets are liquidated simultaneously.

Everyone wants cash, yet so many are trapped.
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BREAKING: Stock market futures extend declines with the Dow now down nearly -300 points since the close. https://t.co/sjpDt0m5EB

The BULL trap:

We just witnessed the biggest bull trap of 2025 with the S&P 500 erasing a ~4.5% rally in ~3 hours.

Between 10:30 AM ET and 3:15 PM ET, the S&P 500 erased -$2.3 TRILLION of market cap.

Bull traps are TEXTBOOK signs of a bear market.

(a thread) https://t.co/sGIqMRluiE
- The Kobeissi Letter
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Market concentration is declining:

Magnificent 7 stocks' share of the S&P 500 is down 4 percentage points this year, to 27.6%, the lowest since April 2024.

This metric is now only ~1.5 percentage points above the Q4 2021 peak before the 2022 bear market began.

This comes as the group erased a whopping -$1.4 trillion in market cap last week.

Since its December peak, the Magnificent 7 have lost -$4.5 trillion in market value, down 28%.

This is almost DOUBLE the size of the entire German stock market.

The Magnificent 7's historic run has come to an end.
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BREAKING: President Trump officially signs Executive Order increasing tariffs on China to 104%. https://t.co/ankAz0wHwv
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BREAKING: S&P 500 futures collapse below 4900 as President Trump signs Executive Order raising tariffs on China to 104%.

Futures are now down -370 points since 10:30 AM ET. https://t.co/cTVE3ycDsp

The BULL trap:

We just witnessed the biggest bull trap of 2025 with the S&P 500 erasing a ~4.5% rally in ~3 hours.

Between 10:30 AM ET and 3:15 PM ET, the S&P 500 erased -$2.3 TRILLION of market cap.

Bull traps are TEXTBOOK signs of a bear market.

(a thread) https://t.co/sGIqMRluiE
- The Kobeissi Letter
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Investors are all-in on US stocks despite the recent pullback:

Households, mutual funds, pension funds, and foreign investors’ allocation to US equities is up to a record 51%.

This is above the previous peaks of 50% in the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble and prior to the 2022 bear market.

As a result, investors now allocate just 14% and 19% of their financial assets to cash and debt instruments.

To put this into perspective, at the low of the 2008 Financial Crisis, allocation to equities was at 28%.

Investors have rarely been this optimistic about the US stock market.
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This is what you call a nightmare situation:

Treasury yields are now up +10% since April 3rd while the S&P 500 is down -10%.

The 10-year note yield is currently up 55 basis points in 48 HOURS.

In other words, we now have HIGHER rates with stocks pricing-in a recession.

Something broke this week.
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RT @TKL_Adam: The collapse of bond prices amid a tariff-induced recession will be studied for years to come.

Higher rates combined with GDP contraction is a lethal combination. https://t.co/AlsOgdU5Cn
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BREAKING: Oil prices fall below $57 for the first time since February 2021 as markets price in a global recession. https://t.co/MxYJZYgOAW
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BREAKING: Bitcoin falls below $75,000 as crypto markets erase -$500 billion since the April 2nd high. https://t.co/uFBKUms881
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