Go to bed by 10 pm Raleigh NC

There is mandatory sleep order at 10 pm. Make sure to get tucked in by that time RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Raleigh Mayor Mary Ann Baldwin has put a curfew in place Friday ahead of a planned protest. The curfew will be in place from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday. “There are two … Read more

Soldiers Now Deployed In Philly!

This manufactured crisis just normalized military on the streets of the US… In fact, people have been calling for the military to be on the streets… Something most Americans would have never done just a few months ago… — Spiro (@o_rips) October 30, 2020 I literally just tweeted out a movie trailer depicting a not … Read more

Italy in chaos! Another day of anti lockdown protests

Gamonal forever young https://t.co/Oqd01B5KY1 — Diego E. Barros (@diegoebarros) October 30, 2020 Barcelona. Caballero… La mascarilla!Y por favor, dejen de tirarnos vallas! Libertad! pic.twitter.com/GRE2H8zki5 — No Habrá Paz † (@_SantosTrinidad) October 30, 2020 #DisturbiosCOVIDMomento muy delicado para una pareja de @barcelona_GUB Mucha violencia de los manifestantes.@LaVanguardia pic.twitter.com/4AQs7wvgcH — Mayka Navarro 🐾🐕🐕 🐾 (@maykanavarro) October 30, … Read more

60k Puts bought on HYG

by Particular-Wedding Big bet against junk bonds with -.02 delta. A trader is betting that we will be seeing chaos in the fixed income/credit markets in under a month. Cheap hedge or just a speculative bet? I am guessing a bit of both. The strike targets a range just above the March 2020 lows. ​ … Read more

Most employers issue only paychecks every two weeks. In the meantime, payroll processors like ADP make millions from investing worker salaries before they’re paid.

by TrueBirch There are efforts to use technology to shorten the gap between someone working and getting paid. To learn more, check out two pieces (first, second) that NPR ran on this topic last year. I found the numbers in ADP’s quarterly reports. The date reflects the total amount ADP made in the quarter that ended … Read more

Most Central Banks are now at 0% or NEG% overnight rates. Here’s a composite of G10 overnight rates.

2/ Most central banks are also engaged in QE. Here's balance sheet/GDP for $USD, $EUR, $JPY $GBP pic.twitter.com/jqvXz3g6AC — IceCap (@IceCapGlobal) October 30, 2020 4/ another consequence has been a gradual decline in yield produced by investment grade bonds. This means less "safe" income for conservative investors. This chart shows how the yield for $LQD … Read more

Moving averages not holding

Moving averages not holding pic.twitter.com/QnYw7vCuc6 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020 pic.twitter.com/ha50opnAsn — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) October 30, 2020 Tick…tick…tick… The Pan-European banks are very, very close to taking out their ALL TIME LOW (from 1987). A break of that support will be explosive to the downside. The Winter of Discontent…. pic.twitter.com/UZFOUUXAC0 — Raoul … Read more

Bondholders going turkey – only 9 cents to $. Ouch!

https://twitter.com/fchaumac_chau/status/1321855953617276928 Forbearance trailing off pic.twitter.com/sqLhB7leV8 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020 194 corporate defaults globally YTD (as of 10/21), led by the usual suspects: Oil & Gas, Consumer and Media/Entertainment. https://t.co/xOCHd88BXU pic.twitter.com/mfsMFiAXR8 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020