[Topic Taken From Jehovahs-witness.com]: " ... Things Are Getting A Little Concerning"...Whew!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 7:20 am
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liam Posted 2 days ago
Oil prices are spiraling between 93 to around $101.a barrel, due to ongoing tensions in the Middle East
Global oil consumption is 100 million barrels a day. To try to ease the pain, 400 million barrels being release by western Countries which is just 4 days of oil to use. Plus the Strait of Hormuz has about 20 millions of barrels a day that typically flow throw it. Meaning we are short and prices for everything, groceries, and just about everything is going to start creeping up.
Tariffs….over the last year the US Government has collected over 150 Billion of revenue in Tariffs. The Supreme Court has said it was illegal. And another Judge has said the money has to be returned with INTEREST for as long as the Government refuses to pay. Meaning the tax payers have to foot the bill.
Private Credit funds; This is the MOST CONCERNING on Wall Street. These are companies that couldn’t get money from your traditional banks, like Wells Fargo, Bank of American, or Chase. So instead they went to several Hedge Funds for private loans.
Regular people and investors lend money to these hedge funds, who in turn lend to other people. The reason regular people invest into these hedge funds is because they get very high rate of returns, between 8-15 percent in interest.
The problem is that these hedge funds were lending money to businesses that were losing money and couldn’t pay the money back. The IMF did a study that showed that 40 Percent of these businesses were negative cash flow. The past few years several of these companies have gone bankrupt and will not pay the money back to the hedge funds.
What started happening was the small hedge funds like Black Stone and Blue Owl stopped withdrawals. Now the Big Boys like Black Rock, the largest money manger stopped allowing everyone from withdrawing their money. Now Morgan Stanley has also stopped everyone from withdrawing their money.
Also,BlackRock is reportedly underweighting long-term Treasuries and reinforcing global diversification amid concerns about U.S. debt, which has reached $38.4 trillion. There are rumors of a potential $2.1 trillion outflow from the firm as it adjusts its investment strategy in response to these economic pressures.
Why does this matter? Because the Big Banks like Wells Fargo, Chase, and Bank of America are also exposed to this risk. Nobody knows the extent of the problem, but it is a problem, because it might cause some of these Hedge Funds that hold a lot of retirements funds to crash. And Banks might start collapsing. The FDIC only insures up to 250k per depositor. If even that!
We don’t know what will happen, but it’s starting to get concerning. You might want to keep some cash on hand for a couple of months for food, just in case things get a little tough.
And no, I’m not predicting Armageddon, Just being cautious and prepared in case the shit hits the fan like 1929.
Remember Stupid Judges and Politicians run the world.
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[Topic Taken From Jehovahs-Witness.com]: " ... Things Are Getting
A Little Concerning"...Whew!!!
(2 Timothy 3:1-7)
A Little Concerning"...Whew!!!
(2 Timothy 3:1-7)
See original thread or topic at this link: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/ ... concerning
liam Posted 2 days ago
Oil prices are spiraling between 93 to around $101.a barrel, due to ongoing tensions in the Middle East
Global oil consumption is 100 million barrels a day. To try to ease the pain, 400 million barrels being release by western Countries which is just 4 days of oil to use. Plus the Strait of Hormuz has about 20 millions of barrels a day that typically flow throw it. Meaning we are short and prices for everything, groceries, and just about everything is going to start creeping up.
Tariffs….over the last year the US Government has collected over 150 Billion of revenue in Tariffs. The Supreme Court has said it was illegal. And another Judge has said the money has to be returned with INTEREST for as long as the Government refuses to pay. Meaning the tax payers have to foot the bill.
Private Credit funds; This is the MOST CONCERNING on Wall Street. These are companies that couldn’t get money from your traditional banks, like Wells Fargo, Bank of American, or Chase. So instead they went to several Hedge Funds for private loans.
Regular people and investors lend money to these hedge funds, who in turn lend to other people. The reason regular people invest into these hedge funds is because they get very high rate of returns, between 8-15 percent in interest.
The problem is that these hedge funds were lending money to businesses that were losing money and couldn’t pay the money back. The IMF did a study that showed that 40 Percent of these businesses were negative cash flow. The past few years several of these companies have gone bankrupt and will not pay the money back to the hedge funds.
What started happening was the small hedge funds like Black Stone and Blue Owl stopped withdrawals. Now the Big Boys like Black Rock, the largest money manger stopped allowing everyone from withdrawing their money. Now Morgan Stanley has also stopped everyone from withdrawing their money.
Also,BlackRock is reportedly underweighting long-term Treasuries and reinforcing global diversification amid concerns about U.S. debt, which has reached $38.4 trillion. There are rumors of a potential $2.1 trillion outflow from the firm as it adjusts its investment strategy in response to these economic pressures.
Why does this matter? Because the Big Banks like Wells Fargo, Chase, and Bank of America are also exposed to this risk. Nobody knows the extent of the problem, but it is a problem, because it might cause some of these Hedge Funds that hold a lot of retirements funds to crash. And Banks might start collapsing. The FDIC only insures up to 250k per depositor. If even that!
We don’t know what will happen, but it’s starting to get concerning. You might want to keep some cash on hand for a couple of months for food, just in case things get a little tough.
And no, I’m not predicting Armageddon, Just being cautious and prepared in case the shit hits the fan like 1929.
Remember Stupid Judges and Politicians run the world.
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