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VIX futures term structure flat

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$VIX futures term structure chart in https://t.co/tZJRuSE0qw 's chart rescales to fill the chart. This is great for seeing details but can skew the overall perspective in same way that a 5-minute stock chart always looks volatile. Use Eli's "Wide" button to get the big picture. pic.twitter.com/DFwGojiLFM — Vance Harwood (@6_Figure_Invest) October 18, 2020

Interest Rate Prognosis: More Negative

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Grant’s (dated 12 October) Prognosis: more negative.  The phenomenon of nominal interest rates below zero was virtually unprecedented in the 4,000 years of financial history prior to the current cycle, according to financial historians Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla, but that was then.  As of today, $16.16 trillion in global debt is priced to yield … Read more

What Are the Fed’s Dollar Swap Lines and FIMA Repos, and Why Do They Matter?

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STL Fed In March, the Federal Reserve temporarily expanded its dollar swap lines and created the Foreign and International Monetary Authorities (FIMA) repo facility. In this post, we explain what these policies are and why they are important. In a follow-up post, we will show evidence that these policies have been largely effective. Dollar swap … Read more

Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK) – EV Charging – The Future “Gas Station” – Building alongside the EV Hype.

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by 036Gooddaysir036 Introduction: Blink Charging owns, operates, and provides electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and networked EV charging services primarily in the United States. It also provides the “Blink Network”, a cloud that tracks charging stations and the associated charging data. This data provides property owners, managers, and parking companies remote monitoring and management of … Read more

Peter Schiff: America and the dollar are shadows of what they used to be … Rick Rule: The junior gold miners are overbought … Michael Pento: Debt — the cure is also the disease …

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BY JOHN RUBINO Peter Schiff: America and the dollar are shadows of what they used to be … Rick Rule: The junior gold miners are overbought … Michael Pento: Debt — the cure is also the disease … Jim Rickards: Brace yourself for a new Great Depression … Gerald Celente: Economic Hell on Earth is coming … Read more

An email thread that appears to show Hunter Biden pursuing a lucrative energy business deal in China — and possibly cutting his father in on the action — has been verified as authentic by one of its recipients

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An email thread that appears to show Hunter Biden pursuing a lucrative energy business deal in China — and possibly cutting his father in on the action — has been verified as authentic by one of its recipients, Fox News reported Friday night. The Fox report also cast light on a tantalizing mystery in the emails, as … Read more

TIL: Clinton’s Kosovo war made extensive use of depleted Uranium, leaving Serbia with one of highest rates of cancer per capita in Europe

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by kambalkeeda Title says it all. I had no idea that such an extreme act of evil had been wantonly committed. Some links, NATO fired some 30,000 rounds of depleted uranium munitions in Kosovo (2012) https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/uranium-risks-haunt-kosovo-survivors/a-16366645 “We found some radiation in the middle of villages where children were playing,” said Mr. Haavisto, a former environment … Read more

Oil Tanker with 60,000,000 gallons of oil aboard is currently sinking, wouldn’t it be great if the governments of the world could come together to stop it? I won’t hold my breath.

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For once we have an opportunity to stop a massive oil spill from happening, the US has already agreed to not sanction anyone trying to assist the venezuelan government with this problem. Wouldn’t it be great to solve this problem as a show of human potential to r the greater good?     h/t conspiramint_gum