Investors Un-Cautiously Optimistic

by Dana Lyons Investor expectations for stocks have almost never been this high. Markets, it is said, like to climb a “wall of worry”. Of course, the theory is that an abundance of worry on the part of market participants suggests …

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Coronavirus tests U.S. medical system’s unhealthy reliance on China for drugs, supplies… 97% of antibiotics and 80% of pharmaceuticals in US are imported from China

The basic building blocks of U.S. health care are now under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese President Xi Jinping recently warned of the “grave” situation posed by the “accelerating spread” of the coronavirus in China. Xi’s frank …

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Corona Lockdown Fallout

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Takeuchi Seiho Bear in snow 1940    As I said earlier today, I picked up a whole slew of articles on the “coronavirus” through the day yesterday, collected some more today, and then decided not to put them …

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Coronavirus just screwing everything up

#coronavirus just screwing everything up pic.twitter.com/Z3LTBwnf0j — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 7, 2020 Ouch! JPM has shaved US Q1 GDP growth by 25bps to 1% following China cut. The primary channel is weaker US exports to China, which represent about 0.75% …

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Iowa Democrat Caucus 100% reporting – Black Hawk County still shows election irregularities. Official total does not match numbers tweeted by County Supervisor. Buttigieg suspicious connections to CIA and dark money

by upvoatz It’s not just a meme MayorCheat2020 http://imageupper.com/s11/1/8/T15810574502476564_1.png [archive] Original https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/393/510/80e.jpg Dark money Buttigieg is tied to the Truman National Security Project. [1] A washington DC national defense think tank with links to many DC power brokers including Madeline Albright. …

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ABC News: Joe Biden Explains How Bernie Sanders’ Self Described Socialist Label Will Sink the Democrat Party – #DemocratCivilWar

VIDEO: ABC News: Joe Biden Explains How Bernie Sanders’ Self Described Socialist Label Will Sink the Democrat Party – #DemocratCivilWar In New Hampshire, Joe Biden criticizes Sen. Bernie Sanders' "socialist" label: "If Senator Sanders is the nominee for the party, …

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The Fed: “we don’t see any signs of bubbles”

The Fed: "we don't see any signs of bubbles" Central banks are literally re-creating the 'Roaring 20s's, but starting at the peak post WWII debt levels & with minuscule rate cuts left🤔🤦‍♀️@judyshel @RobSKaplan @neelkashkari @marydalyecon@EricRosengren @RaphaelBostic @RalphNader pic.twitter.com/DMpzYVsVXh — M/1_LP …

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Today’s Scary Investment Prediction

By Harry Dent I just saw an update of John Hussman’s infamous model that shows a very clear correlation between stock valuations, defined as stock prices over U.S. economic gross value-added, and 12-year total investment returns. This indicator is similar to stock market …

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