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Illya Gerasymchuk
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2025-07-29 11:13

🚨 this doesn't mean that you shouldn't invest into US stocks or that you can't make money there yes, it's a bubble - but that's the state of the global financial system. some areas are less of a bubble than others also, US economy won't crash overnight like many predict here

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ i guess the "China just steals western technologies" theory goes down the drain πŸ₯± πŸ‘‰ notice how there are no billion-dollar valuations on mere promises that's something important that people need to understand about US equity markets - most valuations are fictitious

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2025-07-29 10:42

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ i guess the "China just steals western technologies" theory goes down the drain πŸ₯± πŸ‘‰ notice how there are no billion-dollar valuations on mere promises that's something important that people need to understand about US equity markets - most valuations are fictitious

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2025-07-29 08:48

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί in the EU, Bitcoin still hasn't reached a new all time high but a little bit more depreciation of EUR against USD can finally bring the FIAT party to the Europeans as well πŸ˜‚ although in these cases being late to the party is better

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2025-07-28 21:54

πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Bank of Russia explicitly states 12-13% as the average target key interest rate for 2026 and that's exactly what the bond market is pricing in that's what i mean by this not requiring advanced quantitative or technical analysis πŸ˜„ multiple factors in play

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3 days ago the Russian Central Bank cut down the key interest rate by 200bp down to 18% the only way from here is further down - and if you look at the Russian bond yields that's exactly what they're telling but honestly you don't need advanced quant to reach this conclusion πŸ˜‚

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2025-07-28 21:46

3 days ago the Russian Central Bank cut down the key interest rate by 200bp down to 18% the only way from here is further down - and if you look at the Russian bond yields that's exactly what they're telling but honestly you don't need advanced quant to reach this conclusion πŸ˜‚

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί and indeed Bank of Russia cuts interest rates down to 20% 3 months ago I wrote about how the Russian bond market was pricing in those cuts a month ago the prediction materialized βœ…

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2025-07-28 21:42

πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russian 3Y bond yield is down β‰ˆ20% over the last 3 months 😳 of course - this isn't a surprise to you if you've been following my posts. i wrote extensively about this the biggest reason behind the sharp drop today is the recent 200bp key interest rate cut down to 18%

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not all bonds are the same πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί while US, EU & Japan yields are soaring πŸ“ˆ Russian bond yields are falling πŸ“‰ πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί 10Y bond yield down 8% since March just like i wrote more than 3 months ago check my posts for a detailed expiation & what's coming next πŸ‘‡

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User Illya Gerasymchuk -

2025-07-28 19:17

btw the gold depreciation today is due to the appreciation of USD

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consider this gold pullback as a free gift to further extend your long position πŸ₯³

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2025-07-28 18:17

when your favorite altcoin goes up in price soon remember one thing: πŸ‘‰ it likely has to do more with liquidity flows than an increase in the inherent value of your preferred project rule of thumb: if everything is systemically up - it's liquidity flows πŸ˜„

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2025-07-28 15:41

consider this gold pullback as a free gift to further extend your long position πŸ₯³

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gold is currently the only asset whose leveraged long position can be hedged by adding more to the long on pullbacks πŸ˜„ * one of the only - and ofc technically that's not a hedge - but you can read my previous posts to understand what I mean substance over matter πŸ˜‰

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2025-07-28 10:40

πŸ‘‰ Digital Money β‰  E-Money πŸ‘ˆ 🏦 Digital Money - claim on central bank money recorded on a public ledger. A form of public money. No credit risk. Think CBDC πŸ’³ E-Money - claim on commercial bank money. A form of private money. Has credit risk. Think PayPal balance

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2025-07-27 19:05

balance sheet capacity is defined by regulations in a world dominated by debt refinancing rather than new credit issuance - the ability to take on more assets and liabilities is more important than interest rates πŸ‘‰ debt rollover capacity is more important than cost of capital

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NOTE: Basel III is legally non-binding so for a step 2 you'd want to look into the transposed legislations πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί EU: Capital Requirements Regulation & Capital Requirements Directive πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA: split throughout Code of Federal Regulations (just ask ChatGPT/LLM & read from there πŸ˜„)

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2025-07-27 18:29

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ€πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ US/China tariffs paused for another 90 days if you read my post from two weeks ago - this isn't a surprise to you once again - the US is dependent on China financially, economically & infrastructurally threats of 100% tariffs against Russia will NOT materialize πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί

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i understand that these are secondary tariffs, but there is a grand total of 0% chance of that going in action for any substancial amount of time πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ China is Russia's main trading partner. do you really think the US economy can sustain 100% tariffs on their main import source?

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2025-07-27 17:19

NOTE: Basel III is legally non-binding so for a step 2 you'd want to look into the transposed legislations πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί EU: Capital Requirements Regulation & Capital Requirements Directive πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA: split throughout Code of Federal Regulations (just ask ChatGPT/LLM & read from there πŸ˜„)

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start by asking ChatGPT or another LLM with the Basel III PDF(s) attached read from there, iterate with questions and validate your understanding you'll probably need to come back to it a few times don't overthink it, a basic prompt like this one is sufficient πŸ‘‡

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2025-07-27 17:12

start by asking ChatGPT or another LLM with the Basel III PDF(s) attached read from there, iterate with questions and validate your understanding you'll probably need to come back to it a few times don't overthink it, a basic prompt like this one is sufficient πŸ‘‡

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regulations may sound boring - but they're crucial to understand money, liquidity and financial system as a whole they become fun once contextualized - and govern the rules of credit i'd suggest starting with Basel III - namely liquidity coverage ratio & capital ratio

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2025-07-27 16:56

regulations may sound boring - but they're crucial to understand money, liquidity and financial system as a whole they become fun once contextualized - and govern the rules of credit i'd suggest starting with Basel III - namely liquidity coverage ratio & capital ratio

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2025-07-20 09:40

πŸš€ and indeed the crypto cap increased even more now, await for a solid $4 Trillion it's almost like it's correlated with global liquidity flows - or perhaps I'm just really good at guessing 😳 i wrote a lot about this in the past - so read up for details if inerested!

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πŸš€ crypto inflows materialized as expected but wait - it's not over yet more upside to come πŸ‘€πŸ“ˆ

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2025-07-20 09:33

yes - US, China, EU & others will print a lot more as well πŸ˜„ that BTC was seized as a part of criminal proceedings. German Code of Criminal Procedure (111p), allows such sales if there's a risk of significant value loss crypto is extremely volatile & 0.1% insignificant πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

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2025-07-20 09:11

the idea is that the more effort it takes to understand something - the more deeply you address your real knowledge gaps, thus the more value you get as for the back-and-forth interactions i mostly just dictate my question - as ambiguous or as imprecise it may be

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πŸ“šchatgpt ratio is great a book quality metric in post-LLM era this is how I value the quality of the books that I read. the more time i spend querying LLMs - the more valuable the book is sometimes i spend over an hour to absorb a paragraph - that's how i know it's a goldmine

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2025-07-20 08:58

πŸ“šchatgpt ratio is great a book quality metric in post-LLM era this is how I value the quality of the books that I read. the more time i spend querying LLMs - the more valuable the book is sometimes i spend over an hour to absorb a paragraph - that's how i know it's a goldmine

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2025-07-20 08:52

πŸ’§a liquid asset is one with low credit and duration risk but the duration of the assets should be compared to the duration of the liabilities - assets are funded by liabilities + equity duration of assets & liabilities should be as close as possible to minimize duration risk

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2025-07-18 11:04

not all money (credit) is the same there's a quality dimension to it as well credit issued by a central bank is higher quality than the one issued by commercial banks - no credit risk central bank money is an unambiguous means of settlement for debt - think of legal tender

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2025-07-17 12:54

gold is currently the only asset whose leveraged long position can be hedged by adding more to the long on pullbacks πŸ˜„ * one of the only - and ofc technically that's not a hedge - but you can read my previous posts to understand what I mean substance over matter πŸ˜‰

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πŸš€ you can already feel a new ATH for gold the loading screen is at 96% [πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›] 96% and it won't stop there price action is showing immaculate breakout vibes πŸ€©β¬‡οΈ

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2025-07-15 16:09

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ˜³ 30Y US bond yield above 5%

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WOW US 10 Year bond yields are up 2.24% today

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2025-07-15 09:52

πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί and indeed Bank of Russia cuts interest rates down to 20% 3 months ago I wrote about how the Russian bond market was pricing in those cuts a month ago the prediction materialized βœ…

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russian Central Bank key interest rate is at 21% 3Y Russian Federation bonds are at β‰ˆ16.5% yield The market is pricing in upcoming rate cuts @AskPerplexity and @grok will tell you that Ruble & Russian economy are in a bad state. The reality is different

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2025-07-14 18:43

i understand that these are secondary tariffs, but there is a grand total of 0% chance of that going in action for any substancial amount of time πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ China is Russia's main trading partner. do you really think the US economy can sustain 100% tariffs on their main import source?

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a reminder that Russia doesn't trade with USA anymore πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ€πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί so it's not clear what 100% or 9999% tariffs on Russia will achieve Russia's been offloading US securities for gold since 2018 Russia's exports to the US are less than 1% of the total

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