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It's been a couple of weeks since the FTC approved Cyrpto ETF's. So we are getting into decent interval territory. wherein there is a moonshot and just enough distance from a major policy decision to give some plausible deniability. This isn't a prediction but just a model. You know Crypto isn't dependent upon double entry bookkeeping and double entry bookkeeping is a problem if you want to get to Mars.

OMG, we haven't been this low in 12 days. The horror!

It's about time for one of Jay's greatest hits

I wonder why the FOMC hasn't gone back to the one day meeting? I remember that the crowd went wild when they had the first two day meeting but I can't guess when that was. At the time I wondered what would happen if they announced a 3 day meeting but all these years later going back to one day would have made more sense. I'm sure the lunches are nice. Do they get dinners too?

It's hard not to be bullish when we can look forward to Crypto merging with AI.

No. On the news front it's the passage of a 7 week funding bill. Everyone was worried the hard core in the House was really going to do it this time and shur er down. So silly. No, little Mike Johnson did was all other congressional GOP leaders have done for years after they get an offer they can't refuse. They fold. Now who delivers these offers they can't refuse I'll leave you to guess.

I saw on the internet that BTC is going to a million. Did you IBIT? Did IBIT? https://www.ishares.com/us/products/333011/ishares-bitcoin-trust

Hell, maybe this Crypto thing won't work out but they are going to give it a try. Who is they? Everyone who wants more money. Which is everyone but us old fools.

Crypto derivatives could be the hydrogen bomb of liquidity. Enough to get Musk to Mars. The world has passed us old fuddy duddys by.

Like a story that starts with a lottery winner and that soon involves strippers, a story about Crypto and then hedge funds is certain to end in tragedy. Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/crypto-hedge-fund-ceo-may-not-exist-probe-finds-no-record-of-identity/

I think this year wraps it all up. Interest rates will never rise again. Low rates are permanent. Nobody actually cares about balance sheets. It's a show me the money world. Maintaining abundant liquidity is America's #1 global strategic concern. Greenspan nor Jerry were or are responding to simply economic concerns. Any serious bout of deflation could mark the end of American global supremacy. Put yourself in their shoes. You risk that, because of a balance sheet? Nobody gives a flying fuck about balance sheets.

I agree with they guy who said Santa has certain maniacal tendency's.

I'm blaming Godzilla minus one.

I was never quite sure what the numerology was saying but I don't think it was this.

Sounds like you'll be able to continue your practice in French then.

Meanwhile

I haven't believed TNX would go much higher than 5% or stay there very long at least until there was a correction. Sorry Lee. It was these stupid charts that kept saying so.

Saw a blurb saying CA is looking at a $68bn budget shortfall because of falling revenue. The story of the year is weak withholding taxes. It simply does not jibe with observation. Who isn't paying taxes and why? Everybody knows Jerry is going to 'cut rates' by March. Which means QE and everyone wants it. Everyone.

I visit the range every year. It's discouragingly discouraging how discouraged people are out there. Fed by media crafted grievances. It is a monumental tragedy.

Remember, no discouraging words on the range.

Treasury, Fed, and everyone in the whole world who's wealth is high measured in asset prices, and little people too, are on board with more central bank money. Everywhere, everyone. Nobody is against it. And everyone knows more is coming.

Bears used to get so bearish they would start chewing the tires off their trucks. Now there are no bears left and the only ones chewing tires are dogs. https://jalopnik.com/italian-town-discovers-true-cause-of-slashed-tires-and-1851074137

Plunging fast now. Piling into anything. Don't think RRP is going to last till April. Not to worry, there is never going to be a shortage of money again, I guess. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRPONTSYD/

That's right. Here Is the Doctor circa 77 in his leisure suit next to his hot Chevy Vega.

I just saw on YouTube that if you buy 10 shares of Tesla you will become a millionaire. Is there going to be a stock market by the time Musk is president of the Republic of Texas, or X? If so then could be.