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Is this the beginning of the End? All indices across the world go negative - All at Once.

Q
May 15, 2026 · 10:44

Take a look at CNBC's headline tickers: everywhere, all at once, red, red, red. All indices across Europe and Asia. All metals. All cryptocurrencies. The 2 Green rows: Bonds and Energy, even the bloody Japanese 10 YR. Dow crossing 50k, SPY 750 - fine, business as usual. One headline: US sells oil to China.

Think about this for a moment: China has been buying oil under the radar from Russia and Iran at a discount for years. Their price is not reflected in the public bid/ask of brent and natural gas. If, however, they start buying sizeable amounts at international prices - it makes sense that this creates a shockwave disparity in energy prices. It's probably just baloney because why would China commit to BS like this? For soybeans? But the market obviously doesn't think so because the algos everywhere, tied into Alladin by yours truly BlackRock, just flipped and burned on a dime on a massive scale across the entire world. Never seen anything like it.

So is this the straw that breaks the AI camel's back?