DEBT/DERIVATIVES BUBBLE
- Top 100 banks in US have at least around 209 trillion USD in derivatives exposure.
- Just the size of the YEN carry trade could be 20 trillion +.
- Personal debt at unprecedented highs. $1.3 trillion in the US, third of that created in the past year.
- "Fifty banks saw unrealized losses on their investment securities portfolios exceed at least 50% of their capital equity in the first quarter of 2024,"