The market and economy are always fundamentally on a dual track driven by money. Currently, Treasury debt driven money creation has stretched this dynamic, pushing P/E valuations to an extreme 31x, and the ratios of stock prices to money measures to un…
The FINRA margin ratios show that speculative activity in margin accounts has reached historic extremes. Margin debt typically grows with market value, yet the ratios of margin debt to both cash-account and margin-account free credit now reveal conditi…
This report documents how the Treasury–repo complex has replaced the Federal Reserve as the central engine of money creation. Since the July 2025 debt-ceiling increase, Treasury issuance, hedge-fund basis trades, and private repo financing have merged …
Withholding tax data continued to show strong nominal gains in October with modest real growth. However, soaring federal spending widened the deficit again, which means growing Treasury supply to come. Tariff revenue gains have been offset by weaker co…
This report examines the mechanics of the ongoing liquidity-driven bull market and its growing systemic fragility. It argues that the U.S. Treasury—not the Federal Reserve—is now the de facto “money printer,” with repo financing transforming government…
This report examines the mechanics of the ongoing liquidity-driven bull market and its growing systemic fragility. It argues that the U.S. Treasury—not the Federal Reserve—is now the de facto “money printer,” with repo financing transforming government…
Dealers’ shrinking holdings, depleted cash, and reliance on leveraged hedges show that current market stability rests on repo financing rather than balance sheet expansion. The system remains vulnerable to any funding or sentiment shock.
Dealers’ shrinking holdings, depleted cash, and reliance on leveraged hedges show that current market stability rests on repo financing rather than balance sheet expansion. The system remains vulnerable to any funding or sentiment shock.
September’s Treasury data shows headline revenue strength masking a deeper slowdown. Withholding taxes remain in their normal cyclical range, but real growth is flat once wage inflation is factored in. Tariffs are propping up receipts even as they sque…
Massive Treasury issuance, repo expansion, and leveraged basis trades have fueled both economic strength and equity gains, but extremes in valuations and leverage point to rising risks of reversal.
I track weekly real time cash flow data from the Fe…