Month: December 2020

Bubble Monster? Total Option Call Volumes Versus Fed Balance Sheet (S&P 500 Index, Home Prices, Mortgage Originations, Commercial Real Estate Too)

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by confoundedinterest17 Call option volume has soared with The Fed’s endless monetary easing. But it isn’t just call option volumes that increased with The Fed’s balance sheet, but the S&P 500 index and commercial real estate have increased as well. Home prices and mortgage originations have also soared with Fed stimulus. We now have an economy … Read more

Bullish For Gold: Yellen’s Appointment Merges The Treasury With The Fed

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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The appointment of Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary fully removes the “Chinese Wall” that is supposed to separate the Fed and the Government. I believe her appointment signals a decision to transition monetary policy into the unfettered implementation of “Modern Monetary Theory.” This will encompass a record amount of Treasury debt … Read more

Mapped: Which Countries Have the Worst Air Pollution?

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by visualcapitalist In many parts of the world, blue skies are a rarity. Instead, accumulated levels of air pollution from industrial processes and motor vehicle traffic cloak cities in smog year-round. But to what extent does air pollution impact the human population around the world? To answer this question, data scientist Matt Dzugan has created a cartogram that … Read more

Just a reminder that it’s illegal to destroy election records and papers within 22 months of a major election, special election or primary.

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§20701. Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period of twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or primary election of which candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member … Read more

Honeywell International Inc (NYSE: HON) – A stock guide/review

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by Anonymous INTRODUCTION: Good morning/evening everyone. This is the last stock review for the first poll that closed out last week. The current poll just closed and it looks like AT&T took it. So that will be next. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL: Sector: Industrials Honeywell operates as a diversified technology and manufacturing company worldwide. It breaks itself … Read more

‘Paris, London, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Leipzig, Valencia, Liege, Rome. All Have had large Protests/riots in the last week, yet no media outlet wishes to show you”

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pic.twitter.com/bt20bcPP4x — Enough. (@HumanUnchained) December 4, 2020 pic.twitter.com/nZQQcevII8 — Enough. (@HumanUnchained) December 4, 2020 pic.twitter.com/7BZcmlxdXS — Enough. (@HumanUnchained) December 4, 2020 https://tweetsave.com/samuel_hall11/status/1334965486044450818 https://nitter.net/Samuel_Hall11/status/1334965486044450818 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKAuWGaqMgU        

White House fires 9 Pentagon advisory board members

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White House fires 9 Pentagon advisory board members, installs loyalists The board firings come less than a month after President Donald Trump push By LARA SELIGMAN, DANIEL LIPPMAN and JACQUELINE FELDSCHER 12/04/2020 12:49 PM EST Updated: 12/04/2020 03:20 PM EST The White House removed nine members of the Pentagon’s Defense Business Board on Friday and … Read more

Arizona legislative calls for AUDIT of Maricopa, then hours later BACKTRACKS! THEY LIED TO US!

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ALERT: THEY LIED THEY TRICKED US! THE AZ REPUBLICANS BACK-STABBED US JUST HOURS LATER! THEY PLAYED US ALL! WATCH THIS: https://twitter.com/ali/status/1335001857245114369 Thank you to Senate President Karen Fann and House Speaker Russell Bowers – and all, for what you are doing in Arizona. A fast check of signatures will easily give us the state. Votes … Read more

L.A. County Sheriffs will NOT enforce Gavin Newsome’s latest lockdown order!

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will not instruct his deputies to enforce a new statewide stay-at-home order announced Thursday that could force businesses to temporarily shut down as coronavirus cases continue to soar. “I want to stay away from business [sic] that are trying to comply, they bent over backwards to modify their operations to conform to these orders and … Read more

Trump Invokes Foreign Interference Provision Of His 2018 Executive Order, Authorizing Military Response (Update)

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https://merrileebeazley.org/situation-update-dec-3rd-trump-invokes-foreign-interference-provision-of-his-2018-executive-order-authorizing-military-response-to-cyber-warfare-see-nspm-13/ pic.twitter.com/BnHTnYQgum — Kryschris (@krystalsmom68) December 4, 2020 https://twitter.com/LtlM55/status/1334795571161427968 .@GenFlynn on the MG Show. Listen carefully. @intheMatrixxx @cblcrshr pic.twitter.com/p4G1XjO0WR — intheMatrixxx (@intheMatrixxx) December 4, 2020     h/t JADR

CNBC’s Bob Pisani says the new influx of options traders gets their plays from “educational material” from traditional brokerages such as TD Ameritrade

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Is options trading the new sports betting? CNBC’s Bob Pisani joins “The Exchange” to discuss how young retail traders have been pouring into the markets during this pandemic. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/12/04/young-retail-traders-looking-at-options-trading-as-the-new-sports-betting.html

GME Short Squeeze: An In-depth Analysis

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by nafizzaki Seeing that a significant interest has developed around the fabled GME short squeeze, I have written this post and I hope this writing provides an overview of the situation. The case for a squeeze: The entire argument for a short squeeze hinges on the possibility that either the management agrees with Ryan Cohen’s plan and … Read more

Mainstream media caught with a hoax “fact-check”

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by DXMXD ABC outs the hoax “fact-check.” Why are they trying to lie about the SMOKING gun video? Do you see how the media lies to you? Yes this happened. But a “fact check” from an outlet supported by @GabrielSterling says otherwise. It’s a lie.@DavidShafer https://t.co/O438hiW8DB pic.twitter.com/BqJYsIXUfJ — Cernovich (@Cernovich) December 4, 2020 https://youtu.be/keANzinHWUA