econophysics2020

GME Gamma Squeeze – the Movie

SpotGamma: https://spotgamma.com/gme-gamma-squeeze/?utm_source=ZeroHedge%20GME%20Squeeze&utm_medium=ZH%20Website&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge%20GME%20Squeeze In late January 2021, GameStop experienced a once-in-a-decade squeeze that has captivated the world’s attention. This was a premeditated and programmatic exercise, orchestrated by coordinated stock and option buying across the retail and professional community, that resulted in large institutional entities losing billions of dollars. These investment houses with significant short positions did not expect aContinue reading “GME Gamma Squeeze – the Movie”

mRNA Vaccine Safety

Remmel, A. (2021): COVID vaccines and safety: what the research says It is clear that coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective, but as more are rolled out, researchers are learning about the extent and nature of side effects. As people around the world receive COVID-19 vaccines, reports of temporary side effects such as headaches andContinue reading “mRNA Vaccine Safety”

Cross-Asset Complacency at 20-yr High

What can possibly go wrong? Well, here’s JPM’s John Normand ,head of cross-asset strategy, (courtesy of ZeroHedge): https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/complacency-20-year-highs-jpm-models-warn-imminent-correction Current readings for individual indicators and the composite are summarized in charts 3 and 4. In Chart 3, four of the seven cross-asset measures have moved beyond the levels that have preceded previous corrections (short and long-term valuation, positioningContinue reading “Cross-Asset Complacency at 20-yr High”

The Blackouts That Go With Going Green

With the Modern Solar Minimum upon us, better get used to colder winters over the next 3 decades. Solar Cycle 24 (December 2008 – December 2019) is recorded as the weakest in magnitude since 1957 (Hajra, 2021). That cycle is consistent with the so-called “hiatus” that ran through 2013. Here is how Cycle 24 fitsContinue reading “The Blackouts That Go With Going Green”

The New Normal: Higher VX Summer Prices and Excessive Contango in VX Futures

Evil Speculator: https://evilspeculator.com/the-new-old-normal/ Implied volatility has been dropping faster than an ACME anvil over the past two weeks, which stands in stark contrast to what I am seeing in the bonds market so the jury is still out whether or not we are looking at some bifurcation here (strange things happen sometimes) or if riskContinue reading “The New Normal: Higher VX Summer Prices and Excessive Contango in VX Futures”

Solar Minimum, Weakened Jet Stream, and Extended Cold Ahead

7-day NOAA GFS forecast (courtesy of Tropical Tidbits): https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=T2ma&runtime=2021021612&fh=6 With a weakening solar cycle, no surprise we are seeing new cold records being set. And, this is what’s ahead – a slight warming trend late-decade to be followed by a return to cold temperatures.

Arbitrage

Zero Hedge: https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/microstrategy-selling-600-million-bonds-acquire-additional-bitcoins MicroStrategy Is Selling $600 Million In Bonds To “Acquire Additional Bitcoins” With Bitcoin surpassing $50,000 for the first time this morning, Business intelligence and mobile software firm MicroStrategy has announced it intends to sell bonds and use the net proceeds to “acquire additional bitcoins.” In the last few weeks, MicroStrategy has been addingContinue reading “Arbitrage”

CCP Virus “Circulating Widely” in Wuhan in December 2019

Epoch Times: https://www.theepochtimes.com/who-investigators-say-ccp-virus-was-circulating-widely-in-wuhan-by-late-2019_3697310.html?utm_source=ChinaDaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-16 An investigator with the World Health Organization (WHO) said the CCP virus was “circulating widely” in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. Lead WHO investigator Peter Ben Embarek told CNN that his team found signs of a wider outbreak in the Hubei Province city in late 2019, noting that there were at least 13 strains of the CCP (ChineseContinue reading “CCP Virus “Circulating Widely” in Wuhan in December 2019″

Limits to Growth and Freefallen Population

Chris Hamilton (Econimica) explains the “free-fallen” reality of depopulation dynamics: https://econimica.blogspot.com/2021/02/global-depopulation-two-paths-one.html My points of emphasis in bold. Global Depopulation – Two paths, One Destination Play along with me while we consider the ultimate barometers of economic wellbeing that are fertility rates and births across the developed world, China, and the RoW (rest of the world). Continue reading “Limits to Growth and Freefallen Population”

Циркон

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon Zircon is believed to be a maneuvering, winged hypersonic cruise missile with a lift-generating center body. A booster stage with solid-fuel engines accelerates it to supersonic speeds, after which a scramjet motor with liquid-fuel (JP-10 Jet fuel) in the second stage accelerates it to hypersonic speeds. The missile’s range is estimated to beContinue reading “Циркон”