The Basis Trade Collapse: What You Were Never Meant to Know
By Peter J. Merrick, TEP® and Adrian C. Spitters, CFP®, co-authors of the international bestseller It Starts With Gold™ and the forthcoming book Guns, Gold & Land™
This analysis continues a series of long-form investigations published in The Merrick Spitters Reset Report™
Most individuals do not know what a hedge fund is. They have never heard of the basis trade. They have no idea how a quiet financial trick… played behind closed doors by ultra-wealthy speculators… could lead to the loss of everything they have worked for.
And that is exactly how they wanted it.
A hedge fund is a private investment firm where the ultra-rich hand over their money to professional gamblers. These traders use complex strategies and massive amounts of borrowed money to chase small profits that quickly add up. They are not accountable to you. They are not regulated like banks. They play by their own rules.
One of their most dangerous games is called the basis trade.
It works like this: hedge funds buy U.S. government bonds and, at the same time, bet against those same bonds using something called a futures contract. They are betting the prices will come together. If they do, they make money. If they do not, they lose big.
To make this trade worthwhile, they borrow an enormous amount of money. In some cases, fifty dollars of borrowed money for every dollar they actually have. Imagine betting your home and your retirement on a one percent return. If anything goes wrong… if markets shift, if liquidity dries up… it all unravels.
That is exactly what happened in March 2020.
The market buckled. Prices moved the wrong way. Panic selling began. U.S. Treasury bonds—supposed to be the safest asset on earth… crashed in value. The entire financial system came to the brink. Not because of a virus. Because of this trade.
The Federal Reserve stepped in with trillions of dollars. Not to save you. Not to help small businesses. They were forced to save the system from the consequences of this dangerous bet.
Now the same trade is back. Only this time it is even larger.
Over six hundred fifty billion dollars is currently tied up in this strategy. Behind it? As much as four quadrillion dollars in global financial contracts that could be triggered if the market breaks.
Let that number sink in.
This time, the collapse will not be temporary. It will not be fixed with a bailout. It will be used as an opportunity. A crisis that justifies The Great Financial Confiscation.
What does that mean for you?
It means frozen bank accounts. It means forced conversions of your money into government-issued digital credits. It means programmable currency that tells you how, when, and where you can spend. It means you will own nothing, and they will tell you that you are lucky to have anything at all.
This is not a prediction. It is a plan. Written in white papers. Outlined in central bank agendas. Waiting for the right moment to be deployed.
And it all begins with this trade.
That is why we wrote It Starts With Gold.
We knew the system would not warn you. So we did.
This international best seller by Peter J. Merrick and Adrian C. Spitters breaks it down in plain language. No technical jargon. No financial degree needed. Just the truth, laid bare.
Inside, you will understand how the monetary game is played, who is rigging it, and what they are preparing to take next. Most importantly, you will discover what you can do right now to protect yourself.
This is not about speculation. This is about survival.
You will learn how to transition into tangible assets, which are things you can touch, feel, and hold. Like physical gold. Like mutual life insurance structures. Like ownership that cannot be deleted or locked behind a screen.
It Starts With Gold is already changing lives. It is helping individuals reclaim control. It is giving them the tools to protect their families and their futures.
Now it is your turn.
Do not wait until they tell you what you are allowed to own.
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Before they get their hands on everything you thought was yours.
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