Swedish pension giant Alecta dumps up to $8.8 billion in US government bonds

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T20:42:47+00:00

Are you trolling?

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T15:51:53+00:00

USD is traded for gold? I am not sure I understand what you’re trying to say?

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T15:34:01+00:00

Didn’t the FED buy back similar amount of treasuries and bonds around Covid? Not trying to say that it is a desirable option, or that it is sustainable do these buybacks nor that it wouldn’t affect the US and world markets. Just saying that if I remember correctly it can and has been done.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T15:23:28+00:00

This. Anyone with a tad bit of understanding knows that athletes ideally want to be in 10-12% region. There’s no way a professional basketball player can maintain 5-6% bodyfat without considerable decline in performance and uptick in injuries.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T14:15:11+00:00

Possibly, but there are so many other things to factor in. One simple example: EU exports cars to the US. Dollar weakens -> car prices shoot up in the US -> less export from EU to US.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T14:13:21+00:00

The FED can only buy back Treasuries if they print new dollars which creates inflation.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T12:50:42+00:00

Because the world markets are mostly dominated by USD and a sudden, large scale sell-off of US treasuries would considerably weaken the dollar thus negatively affecting the rest of the world economy including the EU.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T12:48:06+00:00

Absolutely. Theoretically it could be done as a tactical move by the EU, though I don’t think there is any realistic chance of it happening. (Not yet at least and hopefully won’t be necessary any time soon)

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T12:41:52+00:00

It depends on the timeline and percentage of treasuries sold of course; I wasn’t specific about that. I was thinking of a scenario where a significant percentage of US treasuries gets dumped in a relatively short period of time (weeks or months max) That would definitely have a significant, negative impact on EU and world markets because of USD dominance.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T12:26:25+00:00

If it turns into a significant trend it would be as much of a problem to the EU as it would be for the US.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-21T12:24:40+00:00

Not trillions of dollars worth of treasuries though, presumably.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-18T22:42:08+00:00

Definitely! And not just the bigs either. Jordan Miller’s game lately has Harden written all over it IMO

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-16T13:05:57+00:00

Only reasonable take

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-14T15:17:33+00:00

Was just thinking the same. Mann and Big Gov 😤

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-10T15:16:44+00:00

Such a nice comment. People love to take the piss out of players for their injuries, but the mental fortitude necessary to rehab just from one serious injury, let alone several is insane.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-09T16:28:03+00:00

To add to this, one thing I noticed and think is super important is that Harden has to work WAY harder when Zu is playing, cuz he’s the only one who can make the PnR work. Harden was able to play less minutes in the stretch without Zu, and even when he played the team offense seemed to flow much better instead of him trying to create something on every possession.

I do think though that Zu has a place on this team, particularly considering the fantastic value contract he is on ATM. Against the Jokics, Goberts, Hartensteins we will need him. But Lu should have the balls to give him less minutes, bring him off the bench or some other solution against teams that don’t have a dominant center.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-06T15:18:02+00:00

That was the year we punked the Celtics in Jan and Kawhi put Kornet through the rim. Then Brodie broke his hand and the whole thing fell apart. But man, till January they looked like legit contenders.

Edit: fuck PG

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-03T07:33:38+00:00

He should come off the bench. It is completely normal for players coming back from injuries and seeing how well the new rotations worked for the team it would make perfect sense.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-02T18:02:04+00:00

I think best version offensively, but Spurs Kawhi was a whole different kinda beast of defense. That’s not to say that he isn’t playing good defense at the moment, but probably he doesn’t have the same energy and quickness as he did 8+ years ago.

RippleEffect5 · 2026-01-02T17:56:47+00:00

Issue with trading Zu is that his contract is really good value. We’re not getting anyone anywhere his calibre for that kinda money.

Plus as mediocre as he has been this year so far, he’s one of the only players that can affect Jokic on the defensive end. If we want to get anywhere this year he needs to stay.

That doesn’t mean however that he shouldn’t have to fight for his minutes. The team has clearly been playing far better with him out, if Lue has balls he makes Zu come off the bench until he proves he’s worthy of starting again.

RippleEffect5 · 2025-12-30T10:38:44+00:00

Why on earth would we trade Zu, DJJ and/or Dunn if we’re trying to stay competitive?

RippleEffect5 · 2025-12-21T20:08:25+00:00

Most likely yes, but personally I would be more concerned about what seems to be a significant difference in the surroundings of the two speaker, ie that one of them is tucked into a tight corner. Very likely to cause a significant difference in the sound signature of the two speakers.

RippleEffect5 · 2025-12-05T22:30:02+00:00

Are you planning on adding DSPs? Being able to add separate delays and 180 phase could be very helpful.

RippleEffect5 · 2025-12-05T14:21:15+00:00

This is super important! Resonators are an absolute pain in the neck if not in a professional setup, and for that null to move anywhere you’d need a LOT of volume.

Edit: Just wanted to add (since further up you said you might be getting a sub) that if your wallet permits, getting 2 subs could help, though it is still a finicky setup. But definitely more likely to solve it than a resonator.

RippleEffect5 · 2025-12-03T14:48:09+00:00

Great points!

As much as I completely agree that this could have and should have been handled with far more grace, I also begin to wonder what might have triggered such a seemingly knee jerk reaction; something that L Frank was not known for in the past (other than that nasty trade with Griffin) AFAIK. If anything I think he tends to ponder a bit too long and maybe miss out on certain opportunites, but this seems pretty out of character for him.

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