The credit cycle isn't really about blue owls, instead a gray swan. Nvidia isn't just in the news for its stock trading at a tremendous discount, it's how the company and all the money surrounding connect what might seem disparate dots all throughout the system, and in so doing point to the emerging downside the mainstream is having a harder time dismissing. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eurodollar University Live 2October 9-12, West Palm Beach, Florida40 seats exist. Application only.https://eurodollar-university.com/edu-conference-2026----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-big-techs-ai-spending-is-3-trillion-higher-than-it-seems-e1067bb2https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-18/pimco-s-stracke-says-wealth-firms-running-shy-of-private-credithttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

It's QE-lite!!!! Yield curve control!!!! Money printer go brrrrrr!!!! What's the truth about the Treasury buyback program? Well, it's starts with understanding what a buyback truly is and also how the government has been operating it for over two years already. In a sea of misinformation, here's the plain truth about the buybacks, starting with how misinformation is actually the whole point...on both sides.Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eurodollar University Live 2October 9-12, West Palm Beach, Florida40 seats exist. Application only.https://eurodollar-university.com/edu-conference-2026----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond just reached its highest level since 2007. And to a lot of people, this means everything - from inflation to fiscal deficits. There’s just one problem.The 30-year bond is not actually doing what everyone says it is.Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis------------------------------------------------Eurodollar University Live 2October 9-12, West Palm Beach, Florida40 seats exist. Application only.https://eurodollar-university.com/edu-conference-2026------------------------------------------------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2njjIkGROx4https://www.facebook.com/bloombergbusiness/videos/long-term-borrowing-costs-have-hit-their-highest-level-in-decades-on-the-back-of/1413253187330397/https://www.facebook.com/FirstPrudentialMarkets/videos/30-year-us-treasury-yields-just-hit-levels-not-seen-since-2007-stocks-wobbled-oi/1785429659307592/https://www.ms.now/money-power-politics/watch/u-s-bond-selloff-drives-30-year-yields-to-highest-point-since-2007-2511366211745https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-mortgage-rates-soar-highest-more-than-23-years-2023-10-25/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/investing/jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-7-percent-interest-rate-recessionhttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

Blaming Amazon's Prime Day, everyone is trying to work around yet another "unexpected" negative number. Following an "unexpected" drop in July payrolls, the Census Bureau now reports an "unexpected" drop in retail sales alongside an "unexpected" setback in consumer confidence and, yes, an "unexpected" decline in gasoline usage during peak driving season. None of this is unexpected, just the work of more mini-cycles. Eurodollar University's conversation w/Steve Van Metre----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/08/14/retail-sales-unexpectedly-fell-in-july.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/08/14/a-big-miss-on-retail-sales-in-july-heres-what-to-know.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/Reuters/videos/amazon-prime-day-to-gauge-us-consumer-strain/3972193316417707/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7q-tX-BQYhttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

Record decline in Chinese bank loan flows is only where this starts. It's what China's government did in response in announcing a major financial crackdown that really matters. Combined with the latest macro data, it is all leading to another real world example exposing the fallacy of interest rates. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysishttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

There is something going on with the long bond, that’s for sure, but what is it really? The answer is surprisingly simple, and it also explains why the last 30-year Treasury auction held this week was said to have been a mess. That was more about what everyone says than what’s happening and why. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysishttps://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

Japan and the United States just launched one of the most dramatic currency interventions in decades. But less than two weeks later, half the yen’s gains have already disappeared. The currency is already back around 159 to the dollar, once again threatening the psychologically important 160 level. Now what?Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------EDU's August 2026 Webinar on the four stages of investing:https://youtube.com/live/6loLe-RuGk8?feature=shareEDU's June 2026 Webinar on the backgroud:https://youtube.com/live/We2aP56WLJ8?feature=shareEDU's Special webinar offer:edu2.eurodollar.university/webinar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

When the person responsible for managing nearly **$2 trillion of a nation’s savings** starts discussing the possibility of losing all of it, you should probably listen. Though, deep down you already know what I’m talking about. You think everyone is long and buying the market. The truth is, people are already checking out, especially the institutional types. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider----------------------------------------------------------------------------------EDU's August 2026 Webinar on the four stages of investing:https://youtube.com/live/6loLe-RuGk8?feature=shareEDU's June 2026 Webinar on the backgroud:https://youtube.com/live/We2aP56WLJ8?feature=shareEDU's Special webinar offer:edu2.eurodollar.university/webinar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

Yes, we are going to have to worry about mortgage debt, too. To say the nation's largest private mortgage originator had a bad week is an understatement. But what did the company's stock plunge tell us? Not subprime 2.0. Instead, a familiar tale spreads yet again.Eurodollar University's conversation w/Steve Van Metre----------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold?That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.Check it out here: https://monetary-metals.com/snider-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you want to see The Four Economic Regimes, and How to Position Your Portfolio for Each One, sign up here https://eurodollar-university.com/home-page----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu

Shock on Wall Street as the jobs numbers stun everyone - almost everyone. It was a mess but a predictable one following the pattern we've been laying out. And it wasn't just payrolls, with critical confirmation showing up all across the household survey and unemployment. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis----------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you want to see The Four Economic Regimes, and How to Position Your Portfolio for Each One, sign up here https://eurodollar-university.com/home-page----------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDUI’ll also be active on Bravais Social - a new AI-centered social network designed for professionals and knowledge workers. The platform aims to bring together a wider range of tools and functionalities tailored specifically for professional interaction, research, and knowledge exchange in one place. You can find me here: https://bravais.social/profile/edu