/qrb/ - QResearch Bunker

>>131909

read muh mind

just gonna ask if ya had one

good

>>131893

https://cawthorn.house.gov/

Morgan Stanley to enter ETF market

Morgan Stanley has revealed plans to break into the exchange-traded fund market with a new platform that plans to launch its first ETF offerings later this year and take on established rivals, including BlackRock and State Street. The investment bank currently has existing mutual fund offerings through its MSIM arm and its acquisition of Eaton Vance, as well as a private fund platform with over $200 billion in alternatives capital for clients. The memo notes that the initiative will be overseen by Morgan Stanley's new global heads of ETFs and ETF capital markets, Anthony Rochte and Allyson Wallace. Rochte will report to Morgan Stanley's managing director and co-head of strategy for investment management Anton Kuzmanov and Wallace will report to Rochte.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Rochte co-headed Goldman Sach's Private Bank Select business. In addition, he previously served as Fidelity Investments' head of institutional investment and technology solutions, where he was responsible for building and leading the company's ETF business, and held senior roles at State Street and iShares. Meanwhile, Wallace comes from BlackRock, where she most recently was the global head of fixed income product architecture and platform for the iShares ETF platform. She also previously served as BlackRock's co-head of global markets for iShares Global Markets Americas and held various roles in Morgan Stanley's Institutional Equity Division and Deutsche Bank.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/morgan-stanley-etfs

FBI Hunter Laptop passoff

SAM646 USAF G5 en from Hickam AFB, Oahu

This AC started out from JBA on 0324 and stopped at Fort Worth NASJRB for an overnight

Depart on 0325 to Seattle, Paine Field for an overnight

Depart on 0326 (later) to Hickam AFB for arrival on 0327

Depart from Hickam earlier today

>>131886

02-4452 USAFSOC C-32B over northern AZ heading sw from it's earlier McGuire AFB depart

ARIS17' USAF E-4B Nightwatch went up from Edwards for another test flight

>>131898

82-8000 747 nw still-longer than usual if this is a cert flight

It ain't BOTUS that is for sure

break time

back later

>>131918

>>131856

>>15968864 UK Bread

>>15965108 UK Bread

Caution: enhancements for purpse A can generate distortions for purpose B, C, or purpose-yet-unforeseen.

Ex. See pic. Hyperdigital Age (think AI) makes distortions easier to a) generate inadvertently, b) distribute, b) exploit. Can be done but should it be done? If done, be transparent and advise caution. When in doubt or when accuracy is essential to purpose, return to the original. Think organic.

Principle: Do not introduce an unnecessary risk to the accomplishment of the mission. Only risks that enable mission success without unnecessarily jeopardizing safety are acceptable, frens.

Copy?

WWG1WGA

>>131920

02-4452 USAFSOC C-32B on ground at Long Beach Int'l from McGuire AB

Not a usual destination for these

>>131921

82-8000 USAF 747 heading back to JBA on it's circuitous route

>>131890

just some additions to the hot-air machine known as out Markets-not much else I can say that hasn't been said already over the last few weeks.

Cap #1

The market is now pricing in 9 25bp rate-hikes this year... and more importantly 3 25bp rate-cuts in 2023/24

They were already 'asking' for this in February see here: >>126758 pb

So NOT news and hat tip to the only other one who noticed this too (Mr. Payne at FoxBiz) and then at the start of March the yield curve began the EBIC collapse

Cap #2 Same Shit Different Say as the most shorted stocks continue to provide the fuel and rather than just show a general graph ala ZH here is exactly who those are.

Market cap of $10B or moar

https://financhill.com/most-heavily-shorted-stocks-today

Dollar has dropped a bit today too-not an insignificant move either -0.69%

The Yen collapse kept it where it was and that is being "werked on'' by the BOJ-that temporary though.

The Rouble has basically gotten back to where it was-it did not drop until they started getting sanction habby so not on the exact day the military ops started but a big FU to the rest of the world's currencies. that one is a zh chart

The Logger, [29.03.22 09:20]

👆👆👆 My dear friends in America, This is a special moment in history as I address you directly for the first time. As the President of the Russian Federation, I felt the need to express my views to you directly without the filter of media or governmental organizations who obscure the fact our two nations have existed peacefully for centuries. In fact, we were allies through not one but two world wars. We have cooperated, culturally and scientifically for years, including most recently, on the international space station. Russian rockets have taken Americans into space and American ships have delivered much needed medical and humanitarian aid to us in our times of need

There is NO REASON for our two great nations to be adversaries. Unfortunately, there are powers that be who do not want such peaceful coexistence. Your current president represents them. He has steadfastly upped tension against Russia through direct personal attacks on me, calling me a killer', a 'thug' and a 'butcher', and has instituted punishing diplomatic, economic and political sanctions on

the Russian people. These sanctions have not only cost us but have cost you the American people. You need not look beyond your local

gas pump, grocery store or rent payments to realize something is terribly wrong, and you need not look back more than a year ago to

realize you have been tricked into accepting an election result which has put an ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT into power. President Biden is

NOT and has NEVER been your TRUE representative. Just ask yourselves. Would anyone who cared about Americans do the things he's done? The answer is clearly 'NO'. He oversaw the disastrous Afghan evacuation causing the death of 13 brave American servicemembers and stranding billions of dollars of military gear; he has sabotaged America's energy industry by cancelling the

Keystone pipeline; he has passed punishing corporate taxes which have hobbled American companies; he has singlehandedly warped

America's moral values by calling men women and women men; he has robbed every citizen of their hard-earned money by unleashing. a devastating wave of inflation and now he is dragging the United States and NATO by extension into a disastrous military confrontation with us over Ukraine where the United States has no vested interests. He is adamant in stoking the Ukrainian crisis into a direct military confrontation with Russian forces which by all analysis could lead to WW3. Please hear my words today. Take action today; rise up and say 'NO' to war; say 'NO' to President Biden. Rise up by the thousands and tens of thousands and say 'YES' to peace I salute you and bid you peace and happiness: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation.

https://t.me/jim_watkins/4591

Jim Watkins, [29.03.22 17:53]

These are words from the President of Russia.

https://t.me/shareJim/186997

BREAKING! California AB 1993, which was supposed to be presented tomorrow and if passed would require EVERY Californian worker and contractor to get Covid vaccine, has been defeated.

https://t.me/police_frequency/65831

Dems discuss legislation making it unlawful to recognize the "existence" of LGBTQ people

Top Biden Economist Says Farmers To Increase Crop Production On "Price Signals" To Avert Food Shortage

The White House's chief economist told reporters at a daily press briefing on Monday that American farmers will respond to "price signals" to increase crop production to mitigate food shortages worldwide following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A reporter asked Cecilia Rouse, the chair of President Joe Biden's Council of Economic Advisers, about the White House's plan to deal with food shortages when it comes to wheat.

Rouse said, "well, first we are a net exporter of many food commodities, and farmers respond to price signals, and so with the price of food rising, they will be responding by making additional plantings and try to take advantage of increase pricing."

She added: "The market will work as the market will work."

and if by 'magic' that will be so.... *see below

Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse is asked how the White House is planning on dealing with food shortages. pic.twitter.com/MpJUghx63R — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) March 28, 2022

The war in Ukraine has disrupted the global food supply. Russia and Ukraine account for more than a quarter of the international wheat trade, about a fifth of corn, and 12% of all calories traded globally. We've outlined the emerging market countries that will first feel the brunt of food price shocks and shortages. Bloomberg data shows the most reliant countries on Ukraine wheat, including Egypt, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Turkey. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization forecasts that global food prices could soar another 8%-20%.

*The issue with Rouse's response is that the costs of plantings have skyrocketed. Fertilizer and diesel prices are at record highs, and this may deter some farmers from additional plantings or even switching crops that require less fertilizer. The farmers who decide to plant wheat may spread less fertilizer on fields, which could impact harvest yields later this year. Bread, cooking oils, and meat prices have surged. Countries are now adopting food protectionism (see: Argentina) by limiting or ceasing exports of farm goods to mitigate domestic shortages.

Last week, President Biden warned that there could be global food shortages:

"We did talk about food shortages. And it's going to be real. The price of these sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia, it's imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well," Biden said at a presser in Brussels.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/top-biden-economist-says-farmers-increase-crop-production-price-signals-avert-food

>>131943

according to this it is just "on hold"

So we'll be dealing with this again whenever that one decides to raise it again.

https://twitter.com/buffywicks/status/1508924855592255491?s=21

>>131943

>>131946

moar

Take Action on AB 1993

CURRENT STATUS: Asm. Wicks has put AB 1993 on hold for the moment. First hearing on March 30, 2022 at 1:30pm in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. Referred to Labor and Employment Committee and Judiciary Committee

https://californiahealthcoalitionadvocacy.org/AB1993/

The red link in Current Status takes you to the twatter account of "buffy"

>>131930

82-8000 USAF 747 back at JBA after a long cert flight-must be a new pilot gettin' hours in cause that AC was used for last weeks trip.

Unless they made some equipment changes but likely pilot and hours.

Anything to this?

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@MICHAELDET

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Breaking

DOCUMENTS IN HUNTERS BIDEN LAPTOP SHOW LARGE MONEY TRANSFERS TO NONE OTHER THE HARRIS SENATE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION HAS ALL THE BANK TRANSFERS FOR IMPEACHMENT

Posted on 3:45 AM · Mar 29th, 2022

https://gettr.com/post/p12iiny345a

Without Registering as Stock Exchanges, Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial Account for More Stock Trading than the New York Stock Exchange

The above headline regarding Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial comes from a report authored by John Detrixhe that was published at Quartz in February of last year. The report found that as of December 2020 the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had a 19.9 percent share of stock market trading versus 13.4 for Citadel Securities and 9.4 percent for Virtu Financial. This gave Citadel Securities and Virtu a combined stock market trading share of 22.8 percent versus 19.9 for the NYSE.

The big problem with this picture is that neither Citadel Securities or Virtu Financial are registered as stock exchanges and neither are regulated by the SEC as stock exchanges. Citadel Securities is a broker-dealer that pays for order flow from at least nine online brokerage firms and has a dubious history of regulatory fines and abusive behavior. Virtu Financial is a market maker and high frequency trading firm that bragged in its IPO prospectus that it had only one losing day in 1,238 days of trading.

the big banks also used that one too...no trading loses in several quarters

Tomorrow at 2 p.m., a Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of America’s Stock Exchanges: Examining Their Role in Our Economy.” The Subcommittee has released a revealing Memorandum that looks at the myriad problems afflicting stock trading in the U.S. and undermining trust in U.S. markets as the standard for markets around the world. Consider the following paragraph from the Memorandum which focuses on market concentration: “There are a total of 24 stock exchanges in the U.S. registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as NSEs [National Stock Exchanges] under section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933. Among these 24 exchanges, 17 are owned by three companies: the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Nasdaq,Inc.; and CBOE Global Markets, Inc.”

To put that another way, 70.8 percent of the registered exchanges are owned by just three companies – all of which are now for-profit, publicly-traded companies rather than non-profit, utility-type businesses operating in the public’s interest – the prior U.S. model for stock exchanges that built the United States’ reputation for running the most respected stock trading structure in the world. Accentuating the fact that stock trading in the U.S. has moved from stock exchanges charged with creating a level playing field for all participants, regardless of the size of their bank account, to a concentrated cabal of dubious actors was the announcement on May 5, 2020 that the SEC had approved an application to become a stock exchange by the Members Exchange (MEMX).

Investors in MEMX include both Citadel and Virtu along with 5-count felon JPMorgan, serially-charged Citigroup, as well as Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Goldman Sachs. (The latter three were intimately involved in providing the obscene leverage that blew up the Archegos Capital Management family office hedge fund last March, generating over $10 billion in losses to global banks.) Other investors in MEMX include TD Ameritrade, Bank of America Securities, BlackRock, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, FlowTraders, Jane Street, Manikay Partners, Wells Fargo, and Williams Trading.

Dark Pools owned by JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch have already taken substantial trading away from lit and regulated stock exchanges and moved it into their unlit and largely unregulated trading platforms known as Dark Pools.

The SEC’s rubber-stamping of this cabal to further concentrate their power over trading on Wall Street by forming a joint stock exchange is effectively endorsing a robber baron structure for stock trading in the U.S.

No congressional hearings were ever held as to whether Members Exchange represented violations of anti-trust law. It is likely instructive to know that the SEC approval for the Members Exchange came while Jay Clayton was serving as SEC Chair in the Trump administration. Clayton had previously represented 8 of the 10 largest Wall Street banks at Big Law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in the three years prior to taking his SEC seat.

moar

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/03/without-registering-as-stock-exchanges-citadel-securities-and-virtu-financial-account-for-more-stock-trading-than-the-new-york-stock-exchange/

the CEO of Virtu actually said that pay for order flow helps retail.....kek