Michael A. Gayed, CFA ✓

NMZ offers an 8.5% tax-free monthly distribution. The catch is structural: bonds around 76 cents on the dollar and 41% leverage. High income is not the same as low risk. https://t.co/iuskkEeDbG https://t.co/CxdeZ88aDo

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Regulators doubled the bank exam threshold, $3B to $6B, for an 18-month cycle. The risk test did not move: capital and supervisory gates still decide. https://t.co/0n7KJWpDFy https://t.co/C32SoOib1y

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BlackRock's HYT yields 11.7% at its widest discount in a year. The catch: roughly a quarter of each check is return of capital. Your own money, mailed back. https://t.co/J9X9t81MOw https://t.co/XnYHSNXRbp

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1/25 Fear changes the sector opportunity set. The VIX paper asks when to favor cyclical sectors instead of defensive ones. Updated through Aug 31, 2026. https://t.co/vJ30Ktl3bz https://t.co/WWjKuhM70F

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The Fed's first hike in 3 years. Copper within 1.1% of its record. Gold snapped its losing streak at $4,380. The supply shock is winning. https://t.co/eiZEgjCDKt https://t.co/yUhIf9lMNY

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2 Risk-On, 2 Risk-Off. The composite tilts risk-off at -18. Treasury Rotation flipped defensive and the lumber-gold gap blew out to 19 points. New Weekly Signals: https://t.co/73IRhybm6S https://t.co/rsMXUTWejU

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The CFTC wants to revive Rule 4.13(a)(4), the exemption it killed in 2012. Small-pool cap doubles to $800,000. The catch is Form PF. https://t.co/Z6fs43pLpy https://t.co/6Kw1LIghJ4

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1/25 Leverage is not just a return decision. It is a survival decision. The paper asks when to apply it and when to step aside. Updated through Aug 31, 2026. https://t.co/HZ3PSt6RPh https://t.co/GHhlmpeqS3

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Today's close: The Free Markets ETF ( $FMKT ) at $22.50, climbing 1.39% since yesterday. Looking for opportunity in regulatory change? $FMKT is the pioneer ETF exclusively investing in companies we believe are positioned to benefit from deregulation. https://t.co/VfyB94Ce4l

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FINRA zeroed its Q4 Trading Activity Fee. $160M waived. The bigger move: fee increases delayed two years, $718M saved. https://t.co/uepa7RL4z5 https://t.co/Jl7xNapudS

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XLK/SPY is +2.65 sigma. XLU/SPY is -3.01. The framework is split, not calm. New in The Lead-Lag Report: https://t.co/eMwAHO2aDa https://t.co/kZdIVAAyc1

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SEC proposes rescinding Rule 14a-8, moving shareholder proposals from a federal floor toward state law and company rules. New in Free Markets Report: https://t.co/DK8XXxgc0E https://t.co/k7NbtSgyEE

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They will literally drop aliens into Iran to distract you from Oil priced in Yen causing the reverse carry trade. 114K views · 1.3K likes · 92 reposts · 61 replies Open on X →

STRANGE OBJECT SEEN IN THE SKIES JUST NOW IN TEHRAN, IRAN SHIT IS ABOUT TO HIT THE FAN. https://t.co/jk4ZrPjU0K

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Wait so I was right. 23K views · 124 likes · 1 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

1/25 The bond market can change the equity conversation. Tactical Risk Rotation asks what Treasury leadership tells us about taking risk. Updated through Aug 31, 2026. https://t.co/hgp5UDKDYI https://t.co/vF8dS64vlm

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TIME FOR ROCKY IV 23.5K views · 189 likes · 1 reposts · 25 replies Open on X →

For Iran to win the war, all they need is to destroy Japan’s Oil imports priced in Yen. Few understand this. 20.4K views · 449 likes · 36 reposts · 25 replies Open on X →

THIS FUCKER CAN’T BE BEAT HIS LAST ANTHROPIC POST HAD OVER 2 MILLION IMPRESSIONS AND NOW THIS MOTHER FUCKER MUST BE FOLLOWED GO FOLLOW HIM RIGHT FUCKING NOW HOLY SHIT 12.7K views · 50 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Anthropic, Open AI, Google, and SpaceX are getting sued… Do you know how lawsuits and litigation work? If you do then you know this has the potential to be a big, like really big, deal. From the beginning, it looks like a class action style lawsuit that allows other 16.8K views · 35 likes · 5 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Unpopular opinion: Iran is about to bomb their own Oil fields and fuck the entire world. 26K views · 453 likes · 10 reposts · 39 replies Open on X →

Michael A. Gayed, CFA ✓@leadlagreport19 Sep

Yea we're actually so fucked 😭😭😭 6.7M views · 61.4K likes · 2.7K reposts · 81 replies Open on X →

Michael A. Gayed, CFA ✓@leadlagreport19 Sep

I lost 100 pounds fasting. Have struggled my whole life. Now it’s time to talk about how others have overcome. I’m launching The Pain Trade Podcast. Every discipline has a version of the same truth — the payoff comes from the part everyone else won't endure. Do not relent. h

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New from The Free Markets Report: the CFTC handed its crypto rules to the White House. Congress stalled on the Clarity Act, so the CFTC is taking crypto market structure through executive review. A 90-day clock. No public text yet. https://t.co/ooSF7EDyo5 https://t.co/mgBm5OZe1

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Final call: Chang Robotics' Matthew Chang goes live with Michael Gayed, CFA at 1 PM ET -- reshoring, robotics, and what it means for portfolios. Bring questions. https://t.co/rfOpyNUK2P https://t.co/EmfNQ7zkoy

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Unpopular opinion: there are no coincidences and they are doing this to provide all day liquidity for the reverse carry trade to be mitigated (and it won’t be). https://t.co/WsfH882lJ8

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They are aggressively selling Treasuries to save the Yen. My 10 day timeline might be right after all. It may be starting right here, right now, tell your mum Gayed might be right. 41.3K views · 1.2K likes · 64 reposts · 67 replies Open on X →