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U.S. Dollar Index hits fresh 2-year high as yields rise and yen keeps taking a hit

The dollar touched another two-year high on Monday, pummeling the yen, as yields continued to rise on expectations for further rate increases by the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. Dollar Index DXY, 0.07% briefly broke above 100 in overnight trading, the highest since May 10, 2020, and was up around 0.2%. The greenback also hit another seven-year high against the yen USDJPY, 0.94%, with the Japanese currency depreciating to around 125.36 per dollar; that’s the weakest since it reached an intraday level of 125.65 in June 2015, according to FactSet.

Expectations for higher U.S. rates are rippling throughout the financial system ahead of Tuesday’s consumer-price index report for March, which is expected to show an annual headline rate above 8%. The impact is being felt in everything from rising mortgage rates and car loans to a continued selloff in stocks on Monday. The dollar tends to benefit from higher rate expectations relative to other countries like Japan, where policy makers are more concerned about the risks to the economic recovery and are still clinging to easy monetary policy. As of Monday morning, Treasury yields were mostly higher, led by intermediate and long-end rates, while all three major stock indexes DJIA, -0.65% SPX, -1.27% COMP, -1.85% were down.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/usdjpy

>>132927 pb

>Yen is creeping up to ¥125 (and hit it) and is one of the main reasons the USD haz not cliff dived.-see cap #5

>

>Still think they wait until ¥130 (last time it wuz above that was in the 90's iirc)

Looks like the lather, rinse, repeat thang still going on in early trading-let the hedgies load up on shorts and then the NYFRB Chicago "branch" lays it on and squeezes them out.

The spike up on the open then the choppy action after..

>>132953, >>132956

Looks like they are picking him up now..he has been in London since 2019-according to this below

Heading for Heathrow

Nawaz Sharif To Return To Pakistan From London Next Month: Party Leader

Pakistan Political Crisis: Several corruption cases have been launched by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan against Nawaz Sharif. Islamabad:

Deposed Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to return from London next month after Eid, a senior PML-N leader has said, amid a whirlwind of political developments that have embroiled the country following Imran Khan's ignominious ouster from power.

Mian Javed Latif said a decision on PML-N supremo and the three-time prime minister Sharif's anticipated return will be discussed with the coalition partners.

All decisions would be first brought up with constituent parties of the coalition, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted him as saying.

Eid will be celebrated in the first week of May.

Several corruption cases have been launched by the government of Prime Minister Khan against the 72-year-old supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz since his ouster from the office by the Supreme Court in July 2017 in the Panama Papers case.

Sharif in November 2019 left for London after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week permission allowing him to go abroad for his treatment. He had given an undertaking to the Lahore High Court to return to Pakistan, citing his record to face the process of law and justice within four weeks or as soon as he is declared healthy and fit to travel by doctors. Sharif was also given bail in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case in which he was serving seven-year imprisonment in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail.

Commenting on the political uncertainty in the country, Latif said the coalition government will not last longer than six months and the only solution to the prevailing woes was to hold fresh elections. “However, there was this task of election reforms that had to be done prior to elections,” he said.

>>132960

going to Gatwick

>>>/qresearch/16054107

The transfer of DOD IP addresses in Jan 2021, was not kosher

https://twitter.com/UndeadFoia/status/1513345108414169092?s=20&t=TVLEkni48XyPt-CeInwvRA

>>>/qresearch/16054140

He’s dropping FOIA docs now, hes got s wealth of knowledge

https://twitter.com/UndeadFoia/status/1513345108414169092?s=20&t=TVLEkni48XyPt-CeInwvRA

Link to FOIA docs

https://sleuthscorner.docdroid.com/V2HxaSK/rhamnousia-expanded-formatting2-redacted-pdf

>>132962

>gatwick

nope

went to Farnborough

back laters

o7

Anyone note this yet? 🐸

April 2022 Moon Details

The Full Moon for this month will occur on Saturday, April 16th. The New Moon is earlier in the month on Friday, April 1st.

April's Full Pink Moon

April’s full moon is widely known as the Full Pink Moon, even though it doesn’t actually turn pastel pink as the name suggests. The Full Pink Moon’s name comes from the abundance of moss phlox, a common little pink flower that typically begins to spread across the ground in early spring. With that said, this creeping phlox is not the only thing that begins blooming during the Full Pink Moon.

In many Native American tribes, April’s full moon is associated with the bustling life and vibrant growth of spring. In Sioux culture, it’s named after the sprouting of red grass. The Comanche tribe called it the New Spring Moon, and both the Tlingit and Sioux tribes referred to it as the Budding Moon, after the new plants that begin to bud and sprout during spring. The Cherokee tribe even called it the Flower Moon (though that name is also sometimes used to refer to May’s full moon), and celebrated it for the growth of useful medicinal plants and magical herbs.

At the same time, April is a time when rivers and streams begin to fully thaw. Accordingly, the Shoshone tribe named April’s full moon the Full Melting Moon, and the Arapaho tribe called it the Moon Where Ice Breaks in the River. It was also known as the Fish Moon because of the fish that would begin to swim upstream during this time. The Cherokees believed that flowing water was under the control of a spirit called the Long Man, and so would perform rituals to honor him during the Full Pink Moon. An example of a ritual like this was the Knee Deep Dance, based off the movements of the Water Frog. The Assiniboine tribe

> also called April’s full moon the Frog Moon.

https://www.moongiant.com/moonphases/April/2022

Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro N.C. on Thursday, April 14th

KECK205 USAF C-17 Globemaster went to Piedmont Triad Int'l Airport Greensboro N.C.-Dropped off equipment for 'Not AF1 Joes visit on Thursday (about 60 minutes on ground) then went to NAS Norfolk still as KECK205 for 4 hours and now ne as RCH795 having departed NAS Norfolk and heading to Dover AFB-see cap #2

Biden to visit NC next week. Here’s what we know about the trip so far

Biden plans to come to Greensboro next Thursday, to talk about manufacturing efforts

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article260241940.html#storylink=cpy

Earlier it departed JBA after a ground stop of about 2 hours: for the load-in inbound from E. West VA Regional Airport earlier today

and in Captain Obvious news

White House says Biden has no plans to travel to Kyiv

President Biden has no plans to travel to war-torn Ukraine, despite Republican criticism for not visiting the country after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to the capital of Kyiv this weekend. “We are not currently planning a trip by the president of the United States to Ukraine,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “What is most important to the Ukrainian leadership is that we are expediting weapons and getting them the security systems they need and that is what we are focused on.” On Saturday, Mr. Johnson made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two walked through Kyiv’s streets, where Mr. Johnson showed solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Republicans quickly savaged Mr. Biden, suggesting that he wasn’t showing the same level of support for Ukraine as Mr. Johnson. “Boris Johnson went to Kyiv this weekend. Joe Biden went on his 32nd weekend vacation to Delaware,” Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, tweeted Sunday.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/11/white-house-says-biden-has-no-plans-travel-kyiv/

*Of Note

On Saturdays schedule it showed this-cap #3

1pm EST BOTUS/Flauxtus depart Arlington, Virginia en route New Castle, Delaware

1:55pm EST BOTUS/Flauxtus arrive in New Castle, Delaware

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

No mention of traveling to Arlington, VA the day of or prior.....and the schedule makes it appear they spent the night in Arlington by suggesting they departed from it on Saturday with no mention of any travel to itfrom the WH

Now it is only a few miles away from the WH but wouldn't you have to 'depart' the WH at some point to be able to 'depart' Arlington, VA after?

>asking for a fren

SAM793 USAF G5 KAF AC of interdast east back to JBA after a ground stop at Scott AFB, IL

Earlier today it departed Scott-after arriving yesterday from JBA >>132895 pb to Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL for 5.5 hours then back to Scott for a quickie stop-couldn't have been on the ground for moar than 20 minutes

Cap #2 is updated with a moar current pic from March 2022 and taken at Payerne AB Switzerland

Mkt Fag: Flailing and Bailing on the DOW/SP500-the NAS is on it's own for now edition

Big Bank earnings start with JP Morgan on Weds followed by Goldman and Shitibak on Thursday...Bank of America Italy is on April 18th

Looks like lather, rinse, repeat on DOW (cough NY FRB Chicago 'office' >>124181, >>124182, >>132692, >>132725 all pb ) because four minutes after Yerp closed (11:34am EST) there was a big chunk thrown in at market of 4.69M shares and then it went sideways after that-same thing on SP500 at exactly same time 17.20m shares 'dropped' in at market. The bigger chunks earlier look smaller because a ton of volume came in towards the close and those started showing up approximately 1 hour before the close at 3pm EST. Big short cover at 3:58pm on DOW (for the biggest pile of the day of 11.68m) and same on SP500 with 81.28m. There were probably some longs thrown in there too so not all short covering but smart to do at the close since the squeezes that have been habbening courtesy of the NYFRB Chicago 'office' have been wiping out any of the follow through early on.

Elon gave TWTR the FU by refusing the BoD seat (which means he is going to by moar shares-he could have easily done that via proxy) and it was down about 6% early on only to 'magically' reverse and ending the day +1.69%. The cryto tards were also pissed cause the POS known as DogeCoin dumped too-down almost 9% The Russel 2000 (small caps) actually had a decent day going until it got toppy (and choppy) then at 10:32am EST it joined the rest on it's reality awareness-so mebby the same shit going on here with the hedgies being forced to cover the pile on in the morning and the NYFED 'Chicago' office 'feex't ' it. That is 'managed' by the FTSE (London Stock Exchange)

Oil had some big volume exits and is still well below $100-see cap #5

Treasuries din't much today (that they had not already done last night: 10yr is at 2.78% and was at 2.76% last night so not much there. It now haz 28bp between it and the 2yr-so wayyy steeper today-I wonder where all this supply is coming from-cough, reverse repo process-those were loaded with short end bonds when I first started looking at it. The 30 yr was on life support all day and as all that volume showed up on the indices it improved. Meanwhile the 30Y mortgage rate hit 5.25% today - the highest since 2009! Dollar continues to to it's ascent -totally caused by the yen-see here >>132958 and the ¥ is still going at 125.51per USD (at time of post)https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/usdjpy

The USD index was at 100.18 for a brief time on friday morning-about 15 minutes into the session

See ZH chart cap #3 for the treasury complex

And all this Treasury movement has shifted the rate rise/cut cycle from 3 (starting in 2023) to just 2 being 'priced in'.

And the Rouble was dropped like a glass-jaw boxer today and following through on fridays drop see cap #4-which also helps the USD so you've got the yen and the Rouble on devalue mode which is not insignificant-another prop job for the USD.

Some Headlines'

China Slashes LNG Purchases on High Prices and Pandemic Slowdown

China is slashing liquefied natural gas purchases as soaring global prices deepen import losses and pandemic lockdowns throttle domestic demand. Imports in the first quarter fell 14% from the same period last year, according to shipping data, and private companies are spurning offers to use once-highly coveted slots at state-owned receiving terminals. Consultancy Wood Mackenzie Ltd. said it recently revised down its gas demand forecast for the country through 2026 due to economic pressures and high prices.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-slashes-lng-purchases-on-high-prices-and-pandemic-slowdown-1.1750918

PG&E agrees to pay $55 million in penalties over two wildfires

Pacific Gas & Electric agreed on Monday to pay $55 million in penalties and costs to settle civil cases brought by prosecutors over wildfires across six Northern California counties.

https://worldnewsera.com/news/entrepreneurs/pge-agrees-to-pay-55-million-in-penalties-over-two-wildfires/

Lumber slides as surging inflation hammers DIY renovation market

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/lumber-slides-as-surging-inflation-hammers-diy-renovation-market-1.1750880

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/rubusd

>>132980

still is but was multiple before

always knew the lowers were effed-just did not know how bad they were until it let me know (nice way to say sploded)

Just one rib now.

Russian AF RSD031 Tupolev Tu204 Special Flight Detachment east from Moscow

Greek AF HAF352C G5 ne from Baku, Azerbaijan after about 90 minutes on the ground

FLICK72 USAFSOC C-32B on descent for Belfast Int'l, Ireland after departing McGuire AFB, NJ earlier today

>>132956, >>132960

Pakistani AF 4270 G4 still on ground at Farnborough Airport after arriving earlier from Istanbul ground stop of 90 minutes

So you are the defacto PM of Pakistan yet you are still in London.......

Former Managing Partner Of Manhattan Investment Advisory Firm Sentenced To 12 Years For Defrauding Investors In An Over $120 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID HU, former managing partner and chief investment officer of the Manhattan-based investment advisory firm International Investment Group (“IIG”), was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for his role in an over $120 million scheme to defraud IIG’s clients and investors. HU pled guilty in January 2021 to investment adviser fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud offenses. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein announced today’s sentence, which will be formally imposed following the conclusion of forfeiture and restitution proceedings in the case.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “David Hu shirked his fiduciary responsibilities and defrauded IIG funds and investors for more than a decade. Hu’s lies caused millions of dollars of losses. Hu mismarked millions of dollars of loan assets, falsified paperwork to create fake loans, sold overvalued and fake loans, used the proceeds from those sales to pay off earlier investors, and falsified paperwork to deceive auditors and avoid scrutiny. Today’s sentence sends the message that brazen fraud does not pay and will be appropriately punished.”

According to the Information and based on statements made and documents filed in federal court in this case: HU and co-conspirator MARTIN SILVER founded IIG in 1994. HU was a managing partner and the chief investment officer of IIG. IIG, an SEC-registered investment adviser, provided investment management and advisory services, including for three private funds that it operated: (1) the IIG Trade Opportunities Fund N.V. (“TOF”); (2) the IIG Global Trade Finance Fund, Ltd. (“GTFF”); and (3) the IIG Structured Trade Finance Fund, Ltd. (“STFF”). IIG also advised the Venezuela Recovery Fund (“VRF”), a fund that managed the remaining assets of a failed Venezuelan bank (VRF, together with TOF, GTFF, and STFF, the “IIG Funds”). In March 2018, IIG reported to the SEC that it had approximately $373 million in assets under management.

IIG advertised itself as specializing in global trade financing, particularly in providing trade finance loans to small and medium-sized businesses. IIG’s principal investment advisory strategy, including with respect to the IIG Funds, was investing in trade finance loans that it also originated. Trade finance loans are used by small and medium-sized companies, typically exporters and importers, to facilitate international trade. IIG’s purported expertise was in trade finance loans to borrowers located in Central or South America, and in a variety of industries, with a stated focus on “soft commodities,” such as coffee, agriculture, fishing, and other food products. IIG’s trade finance loans were purportedly secured by collateral, such as the underlying traded goods, assets held by the borrowers, or expected payments by third parties.

Investments in TOF, STFF, and GTFF were marketed by IIG to institutional investors, such as pension funds, hedge funds, and insurers. In offering memoranda and communications with investors, IIG advertised strict risk controls, such as promises to use diligence to carefully select borrowers or issuers with trusted management and marketable assets, and portfolio concentration limits based on borrower, developing country, and industry.

IIG purported to value the trade finance loans in the IIG Funds on a regular basis. IIG and, in turn, HU, received a performance fee with respect to the IIG Funds, as well as a management fee, which was calculated as a percentage of the assets under management held in the Funds.

moar

https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2022/04/11/former-managing-partner-of-manhattan-investment-advisory-firm-sentenced-to-12-years-for-defrauding-investors-in-an-over-120-million-ponzi-like-scheme/

First General Research, now Australia

>>132989

One anon theory is ad server is comped, another is Jim is messing with us

I'm avoiding the rush and going with aliens

>>132990

It's not premium so not interested

>>132991

Clicking the banner seems to go to Jim's telegram

64-14843 USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint passed over Seoul, SoKo from Kadena AB, Okinawa and now u-turn off and heading se nao

>>132984

FLICK72 USAFSOC C-32B heading se after a Belfast Int'l ground stop of about 90 minutes

>>132848 pb

BOXER41 USAF C-40B went to Copenhagen earlier today from Berlin-that is the group of Politicians led by Steny Hoyer see linky

>>133002

"WARSHIP 62" USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), tracking south outside Yokosuka.

"WARSHIP 114" USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), homeported Everett, Washington, is currently at anchor outside the Yokosuka Naval Base

Pakistan AF BURQ303 G4 up from Lahore heading sw

>>133008

tell him good luck on job prospect.

Highway 1 was a shitty commute-both ways even back then so can't imagine it has improved.

Two lanes only both sides.

Where it meets 17 (in S. Cruz) to get over to the Santa Clara Valley was terrible backups back in the day.

The other somewhat affordable area was north by UC Santa Cruz-or it used to be because of the student population

This Comey pic taken further north on the 1

The "Geologic time..." twatter from him

pinned that down to that area at the time-used to ride bike all up/down that area.

droppa bun then im out

ttyitm

#899' update 1

>>132948 Yuval Noah Harari | "God Is Dead It Just Takes Awhile to Get Rid of the Body." Says WEF Advisor "-rumble

>>132953, >>132956, >>132956, >>132965, >>132974, >>132983, >>132984, >>133010 pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

>>132955 Russia Added Yuan, Euro to Reserves Before War, Cut Dollar Share-bnnBBerg

>>132956, >>132960 Pakistan Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif Named New Prime Minister Amid Raging Pro-Khan Protests-zh

>>132958, Mkt Fag: U.S. Dollar Index + Flailing and Bailing on the DOW/SP500-the NAS is on it's own for now edition-various sources/anon

>>132963 The transfer of DOD IP addresses in Jan 2021, was not kosher/FOIA docs-soce media

>>132969 April 2022 Moon Details-moongiant

>>132972 Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro and some schedule irregularities from Sat 0409

>>132985 Former Managing Partner Of Manhattan Investment Advisory Firm Sentenced To 12 Years For Defrauding Investors In An Over $120 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme-shorenewsnetwork

>>132997 Naomi Wolf Fires a Warning Shot: A Resounding Defeat of Biden at Midterms Will Not Be Allowed, Look for an Emerging Emergency to Unfold-gatewaypundit

>>133006 Boatfag: "WARSHIP 62" USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), tracking south outside Yokosuka and "WARSHIP 114" USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) at anchor outside Yokosuka NB

night