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Update: John Kerry has decided to comment: U.S. URGES RUSSIA TO ACT IN EXPEDITIOUSLY IN NEMTSOV MATTER, SAYS BORIS NEMTSOV SOUGHT TO REFORM RUSSIAJust nine hours after tweeting “Putin annexed Crimea and is now handing over Siberia to the Chinese,” and three ours after calling for a “Russian Spring” march, prominent Vladimir Putin critic and opposition politician (who back in 1997 was also deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation) Boris Nemtsov, has been killed in the center of Moscow. As The BBC notes, the Russian opposition politician and former deputy PM was shot to death on a Moscow street. Life News is reporting he was shot in the chest four times on a street very close to Red Square.

Prominent Politician And Putin Critic Shot To Death In Moscow; "Shocked" John Kerry Urges Russia To Bring Justice | ZeroHedge HomePremiumContributorsChannelsAllBailoutCommoditiesCOVID-19CryptoEconomicsEnergyGeopoliticalMarketsMedicalMilitaryPersonal-FinancePoliticalTechnologyWeatherPartnersThe Market EarSpotGammaMerchAboutMoreRSSDonateAdvertiseLOGINLoginUsernamePasswordLoginCreate new accountReset your passwordThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.ZeroHedge ReadsAlt-MarketAntiWar.comBitcoin MagazineBombthrowerBULLIONSTARCapitalist ExploitsChristophe BarraudDollar CollapseDr. Housing BubbleFinancial RevolutionistForexLiveGains Pains & CapitalGefiraGMG ResearchGold CoreImplode-ExplodeInsider PaperLiberty BlitzkriegMax KeiserMises InstituteMish TalkNewsquawkOf Two MindsOil PriceOpen The BooksPeter SchiffQTR’s Fringe FinanceSafehavenSlope of HopeSpotGammaTF Metals ReportThe Automatic EarthThe Burning PlatformThe Economic PopulistThe Libertarian InstituteThe SakerThemis TradingValue WalkVisual Combat Banzai7Wolf StreetExpandProminent Politician And Putin Critic Shot To Death In Moscow; "Shocked" John Kerry Urges Russia To Bring Justiceby Tyler DurdenFriday, Feb 27, 2015 - 08:30 PMThis article is archived.Upgrade to premium to access all of the ZeroHedge archive.Already a member? 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The curious case of the somber sentiment We are looking for a tactical opportunity to short this rally, but one thing that is missing is the perfect peak sentiment set-up. We are frankly rather puzzled that many sentiment indicators are not more exuberant or stretched. Let's have a look at some of them. All quiet on the sentiment front The Goldman sentiment indicator is totally in "no man's land" and does not at all signal a top. Source: Goldman   In the middle No support for a tactical short from the BofA "Bull & Bear" indicator. Source: Flow Show   Why so serious...? S&P500 RSI moves back up after wobbly start to 2024 but survey sentiment lagging. Source: Macrobond   De-grossing at the top...? Too responsible....JPM trading desk reports that while markets generally kept rallying, this week was a bit different. "...we saw de-grossing from investors in N. America from Mon-Wed (after multiple weeks of gross being added)." (JPM) Far from a peak BofA private client equity holdings as % of AUM shows a small uptick but definitely not a "Retail Roar" and definitely not exubarent levels. Source: Flow Show   Hedge funds getting longer though...   1-year high Both gross leverage (for sure) and net leverage (almost) are at 1-year highs (this week helped by mark-to-market effects more than actual buying). Source: GS Prime   Source: GS Prime   Not 1-year high; actually 2-year high JPM prime brokerage reports that Global Equity L/S net leverage rose >2% to 59%—the highest since early 2022. 100%-tile on a 12m look back. Source: JPM PI a day ago at 4:19Tech surge, February fears and big ChinaFebruary fears "The dichotomy between the first half of February and the second half from a seasonal perspective. For those worried about any froth in the US markets, the last two weeks in February are historically the worst 2 weeks of the year. Given how well markets followed the historical analog last year, it’s something to have on the radar." Source: GS sales desk   They are long Asset managers and leveraged funds printing new recent US equity futures positioning highs. Source: JPM   Shorts imploding Another new low in short interest for SPY and QQQ. Source: JPM   In tech we trust We have just seen the biggest inflow to tech since last August. The crowd loves chasing after the big move has happened... Source: BofA   What's "wrong"? NASDAQ is basically trading at the same levels we traded at six sessions ago, at highs of that huge up candle. We have had two reversal candles, one shooting star and a doji, both indicating potential exhaustion in the short term. Let's see how this plays out, but the perceived bull has been stronger than the realized over the past sessions. 17k is the big support to watch. Source: Refinitiv   Bar is low Not for the Magnificent ones though. MSFT, GOOGL, AAPL, AMZN and META are all reporting between Tuesday and Thursday next week. Source: GS   Spot up, volatility up - extreme edition We have never seen this behavior in IWM...The classical "must chase" spot up, volatility up looks. Source: GS   The big buy The big China buy earlier this week has continued. Goldman's Lin writes: "In cumulative notional terms, the net buying in Chinese equities from Jan 23rd to Jan 25th is larger than any trailing 3-day period in more than five years (+4.4 Z score), driven by long buying." Source: GS   but zooming out... ...you realize that positioning in Chinese equities remains at very low levels. Expect much more upside pain should we take out recent highs (big levels: FXI at 23, KWEB 25.5). Source: GS PB   See TME's daily newsletter email above. 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Prominent Politician And Putin Critic Shot To Death In Moscow; “Shocked” John Kerry Urges Russia To Bring Justice