Far worse to come…

Another sudden and unexpected factor will transform this year’s elections. Many states, cities and counties are about to, suddenly, run out of money. Wages won’t be paid. Services won’t be delivered. Institutions will shut down abruptly. Many state colleges may …

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Peter Schweizer drilling down on CDC corruption: Less than 10% go to fighting infectious diseases, while budget grew 200% last two decades.

by dontCensorMeBro snickersnort here’s the link: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-wastes-millions-taxpayer-dollars-says-senate-report The CDC Confesses to Lying About COVID-19 Death Numbers: The normal rules about reporting deaths have been violated by that city [NY] in the rush to inflate the body count, presumably to steer more taxpayer …

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The Stock Buy Back Bubble Go Pop

by perfectentry1 Most market participants are completely unaware of the dangers of stock buy back programs, which have been all the rage since around 2011 and the injection of Fed Liquidity into the markets. Stock buy backs have no tangible …

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Stock Market Crash 2020 edition

#recession … #StockMarketCrash2020 edition#SPX #SPX500 $SPY #DJIA #NASDAQ100 $QQQ #Earnings 📉 https://t.co/I6BnWOesri — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) April 11, 2020 The global economy is already contracting, and is losing steam faster than in the early days of the financial crisis https://t.co/HNdUsy6v9L …

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Trickling down to an economy near you

Trickling down to an economy near you pic.twitter.com/tZZb9vEwJl — Francis Marchegiano (@Revelator_1) April 11, 2020 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1248880682346205191 How much would it take to backstop every food bank in the country? Instead of buying food for the hungry, junk bonds are being …

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WSJ Editorial Board: Fed “putting Wall St. ahead of companies across middle America.” “Fed is protecting Wall St first.” “Employing political discretion&picking winners & losers.” Thought 2008 bailouts were bad? This looks to be worse. Fed’s outta control

WSJ Editorial Board: Fed "putting Wall St. ahead of companies across middle America." "Fed is protecting Wall St first." "Employing political discretion&picking winners & losers." Thought 2008 bailouts were bad? This looks to be worse. Fed's outta control https://t.co/z629cqoVQm — …

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The Invisible Hand of Capitalism

by John Mauldin The Fed is more or less doing modern monentary theory (MMT) as we speak. But rather than giving printed dollars to the Treasury, it’s using the bond market as a conduit. Trillions in bond issuance, financed by trillions …

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The End of Capital Markets?

by villagedesvaleurs We’re witnessing a macro historical pivot point in the making here lads and ladies. The money men/power brokers are literally crashing capitalism with no survivors in order to secure their own individual stores of wealth. The best thing …

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FT: Wall Street urges caution as bullish investors rush into recovery bets… IMF predicts coronavirus pandemic will trigger worst global recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s

Thoughts? Wall Street banks are warning investors to brace themselves for a new wave of declines in global markets after stocks rushed back towards a bull market from the ugly falls driven by coronavirus in March. The US benchmark S&P …

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