On Wire

by Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Last week, stocks finished at an all-time high. But guess what? In terms of real money – gold-linked, pre-1971 dollars – stocks have been losing ground since the start of the millennium. We are looking at one of the most remarkable episodes in financial history. Investors think they are making … Read more

https://twitter.com/coolstuffcheap/status/1219747063153483777 Like something from Chernobyl https://twitter.com/L0gg0l/status/1219769338900746241 VIRUS… CASE IN WASHINGTON STATE… Beijing imposes quasi-quarantine… Temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports… Medics Scanning Passengers… Antibiotics don’t work… AC

by mark000 ANSWER: Intel 286, created way back in 1982 https://www.palisadeshudson.com/2019/07/is-ancient-silicon-the-root-of-boeings-problems/ The 80286 is a microprocessor that was two generations obsolete in personal computers before my recently married daughter was born. And it may be a big part of the reason why Boeing’s difficulties getting the MAX back in the air seem to keep snowballing. … Read more

The United States has its first confirmed case of a new virus that appeared in Wuhan, China, last month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The coronavirus has already sickened hundreds and killed six people in Asia. CDC officials said the United States will be more strict about health screenings of … Read more

by mark000 https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/clinical-management-of-novel-cov.pdf?sfvrsn=bc7da517_2 Remarks: nCoV may present with mild,moderate, or severe illness; the latter includes severe pneumonia, ARDS, sepsis and septic shock. Early recognition of suspected patients allows for timely initiation of IPC (see Table 2). Early identification of those with severe manifestations(see Table 2)allows for immediate optimized supportive care treatments and safe, rapid admission(or referral)to intensive care … Read more

BY JOHN RUBINO  When people talk about empires of the past, they generally mean Rome and Britain. But the biggest and in some ways most interesting empire was built and run by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries. At it’s peak it stretched from China to Eastern Europe, which is more territory than Rome … Read more

via creditbubblebulletin ETF.com: “…Investors kept plowing money into U.S.-listed ETFs. A cool $13.4 billion flowed into the space during the week…, sending year-to-date inflows to $35.2 billion, well ahead of year-ago levels of $8.4 billion.” Bloomberg: “Global currency volatility has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded.” Bloomberg: “Bond managers are starting to contemplate the prospect … Read more

In a free fall. It's what the bursting of a bubble looks like. Venture capital barometer down close to 40% from its peak in June 2019. VC deal volumes are down 24%, while deal exits just plunged 35%! Yet another vital part of the economy crumbling. pic.twitter.com/auWszyulwN — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) January 21, 2020 … Read more