$192 TRILLION!
That’s correct. TRILLION. The amount of derivatives held by US banks at the end of 2023. Unsustainable and the death knell for the global financial system.
That’s correct. TRILLION. The amount of derivatives held by US banks at the end of 2023. Unsustainable and the death knell for the global financial system.
Exactly why I always preach BUY PHYZ IN HAND. This time IS different. Never before did Derivatives control the world. The only chance anyone has is with the real thing. The Derivatives will destroy all markets and financial systems and IMO that’s part of the plan. Get everybody day/swing trading the Derivatives and then just pull the plug and walk away….And anybody left standing had better have the real thing, and the means to protect it, to fall back on or they too are history. All FWIW…www
Sir CM,
The derivatives market is (and has been for over a decade) much, much bigger. Many banks are global.
I quote this post below. I have no reason to believe that the derivatives market has shrunk, when the TBTF banks are still counting on a bailout by the Fed is any SHTF scenario occurs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/z6k4fe/banks_are_over_leveraged_2_quadrillion_dollars_in/
GL
“The derivatives market is (and has been for over a decade) much, much bigger. Many banks are global.”
Yup. $192 Tr is a fairy tale. OTC alone is nearly $700Tr yearend 2023 per BIS. Global figures involving quadrillion (notional) have been in use for a decade.
You guys are missing the point. The authors state the $192 trillion was “off balance sheet”, ie hidden. That is on top of what they actually show on the balance sheet. Everyone has known for years now that the total is in the quadrillions. The point is it is unsustainable just as the deficit spending is. Everyone is complacent about both. Until it blows.