Month: March 2020

The five stages of pandemic

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by peckx063 Stage 1: Denial. It’s just the flu. Most people don’t get sick. If you’re not old you’ll be fine. It’s media hype. It’s attacking Trump. Don’t look at your 401k for 6 months. Now is an excellent time to buy DIS. Don’t worry in 2 weeks this will all be over and we … Read more

Second Wave of Corona Virus hits Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan

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Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong are witnessing fresh waves of coronavirus infections, as the growing number of cases around the world test their successful early defenses against the disease. Singapore reported 23 new cases late Tuesday, its highest daily count since the epidemic started. Taiwan recorded a single-day high of 10 cases of infection, bringing its … Read more

Coronavirus-19 is here to stay

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Antiviral drugs that had held promise as a potential treatment for the did not work in one of the first major studies in seriously ill patients, researchers from China reported on Wednesday. “No benefit was observed,” the researchers wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study tested Kaletra, a combination of two antiviral … Read more

Mueller’s only case, which was against the Russian company that ‘interfered’ in our election was tossed

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Wow. The DOJ moves to dismiss the charges against the Russian Company (Concord) who conducted the alleged “information warfare against the US” The troll case will be dismissed w/ prejudice. How embarrassing for Team Mueller. Wow. The DOJ moves to dismiss the charges against the Russian Company (Concord) who conducted the alleged "information warfare against … Read more

China blame us for what they did. They lied and allowed global spread because they wanted to “save face.” CCP are liars and ALWAYS will be.

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by HeavenlyTrumpets Now they claim there are ZERO coronavirus cases!!! good god and the scientists and media and doctors will clap like seals cheering for them now. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8128889/Chinese-province-Wuhan-reports-NO-new-coronavirus-cases-time.html Meanwhile China has been secretly building new hospitals https://www.ntdtv.com/b5/2020/03/16/a102800729.html (Translation) A Chinese doctor in a January press conference forgot to give the typical Chicom propaganda and leaked that the coronavirus … Read more

Margin Call: You Were Warned Of The Risk

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by Lance Roberts I have been slammed with emails over the last couple of days asking the following questions: “What just happened to my bonds?” “What happened to my gold position, shouldn’t it be going up?” “Why are all my stocks being flushed at the same time?” As noted by Zerohedge: “Stocks down, Bonds down, credit … Read more

AAPL holds $55B in corporate debt. AMZN holds $12B. GOOG, unclear. MSFT $7B. Are the FANG companies at risk if the corporate debt market collapses?

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by Power80770M AAPL People love to say that AAPL has $100B+ in cash, but they actually have $40B in cash equivalents, and $67B in “marketable securities.” What are “marketable securities”? From their latest 10-Q: The maturities of the Company’s non-current marketable debt securities generally range from one to five years. Of this $67B in marketable securities, nearly … Read more

Miami Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart has tested positive for coronavirus. He voted Friday the 13th in the House, 1 Day Prior to Symptoms.

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BREAKING: Miami Republican Rep. @MarioDB has tested positive for the coronavirus. He voted Friday in the House – One Day Prior to Symptoms NEW: Miami Republican Rep. @MarioDB has tested positive for the coronavirus. He had a fever but now feels fine. — Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) March 18, 2020 Having watched the House floor obsessively … Read more

This is why YOUNG PEOPLE MUST CARE! Its not just your parents at risk. Young people are dying too.[VIDEO]

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Share this! THIS is #coronavirus #Covid19 This is why YOUNG PEOPLE MUST CARE! Its not just your parents at risk. Young people are dying too. Wash your hands, stay home, protect yourselves and family❤️🙏🏼 https://t.co/FRC9mJGeX2 — Barzen Kasim (@WeloveKURDISTAN) March 19, 2020 Coronavirus Ravages 7 New Jersey Members of a Single Family, Killing 3 Coronavirus … Read more

Things must be getting bad. CNN is doing the whole don’t panic thing they did as the market collapsed in 2008…

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https://twitter.com/BradCabana/status/1240505658799083521 Yes, these are scary times. But that doesn't mean you should head to the bank, drain your accounts and put your cash under your mattress. https://t.co/NQ6k5EfUo6 — CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2020 MAYBE IT REALLY IS THE END TIMES: Stunned CNN Offers Rare Praise for Trump’s Leadership After Coronavirus Presser. CNN’s Dana Bash Praises Trump’s Handling of … Read more

Yes, the Fed IS Out of Ammo…For Now. Bernanke Just Told the Fed to Go Monetize EVERYTHING (Weimar-Lite)

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by The Phoenix Thus far in this crisis, the Fed has: 1)    Cut interest rates from 1.25% to 0.15%. 2)    Launched over $700 billion in Quantitative Easing (QE). 3)    Launched a $1.5 TRILLION repo program. 4)    Launched another $1 trillion repo program. 5)    Announced it will begin buying commercial paper (short-term corporate debt). 6)    Allowed … Read more

Fed Fires Most of Its Bullets in Attempt to Curb Market Panic

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Photo by Flickr.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group Do you remember the 2-year / 10-year yield curve? You know, the one the Fed swept under the rug in 2018? The one that officially inverted last year? Well, that same yield curve inversion preceded every major recession for the last 50 years. Last year’s inversion appears to be right on target … Read more

Bleach Shortage? Here’s How to Make Bleach from Pool Shock (and How to Purify Water With It)

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by Cassius K. We’ve all seen photos of the empty shelves in stores across American, and one thing that has become increasingly difficult to find is bleach. Typically, a bottle of bleach should contain between 6 and 8.25% sodium hypochlorite, a more dilute solution that one might expect, similar to an item such as peroxide. Unfortunately for … Read more

Markets Trying to Find a Near-Term Bottom

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By Harry Dent Two things I have been predicting for years that most people just can’t get have just started to happen. You know when a person keeps going into cardiac arrest or flatlining, the doctors keep shocking them with the defibrillator until they finally give up and pronounce the patient dead? I say the economy … Read more

In The Midst Of Global Coronavirus Panic, Facebook Decides Now Is A Good Time To Roll Out Their All-New FB5 Interface Design For Desktops

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by Geoffrey Grider In the history of Facebook, there have been four major redesigns. The latest one, FB5, otherwise known as The New Facebook, might be the most dramatic of them all. It’s a total shift in how Facebook looks and works on desktop and mobile. While doing routine maintenance on my computer today, I cleaned … Read more

Why ‘Price-Insensitive Buying’ Is To Blame For Many Of The Major Economic Problems We Now Face

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by jessefelder I recently made the distinction here, with a little help from Ben Graham, between investing and speculating. Over the past decade, markets have become overrun with speculators while investors have become an endangered species. “Price-insensitive buying,” as it has been called, has come to dominate markets from fixed income to equities and it is … Read more

Tesla, the WTF Chart of the Year

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You’ve got to admire Musk for snookering true believers into buying $2 billion of new shares a month ago that are now down 52%. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET: First a little history. Back in the good old days of February 4, 2020, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk could still be seen walking on water, and when … Read more