All central banks are poised to catch up with Japan & Switzerland…. All the obvious hedges against stock-market volatility—Treasurys, gold, bitcoin and the VIX volatility index—stopped working in September

Matter of time. All central banks are poised to catch up with Japan & Switzerland. Both own well above 100% of assets relative to GDP. The path has been laid out. Others should follow. pic.twitter.com/GmyUOvPGEk — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) …

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Actual Second Wave

by RothStonk Back in early summer this year the US had a “second wave” which I think was probably just an extension of the first wave because of re-opening measures. However, the real second wave is starting to show its …

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Danielle DiMartino Booth: “The Fed is so intent on Congress passing stimulus legislation because it has effectively run out of product. The Fed wants more treasuries to buy. The QE is what has kept the stock market levitated but done nothing for the 45% that don’t own stocks”

"The Fed is so intent on Congress passing stimulus legislation because it has effectively run out of product. The Fed wants more treasuries to buy. The QE is what has kept the stock market levitated but done nothing for the …

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During past 2 recessions, permanent job losses peaked when Conference board’s coincident index started accelerating … this time, both are still increasing together

During past 2 recessions, permanent job losses peaked when @Conferenceboard’s coincident index started accelerating … this time, both are still increasing together pic.twitter.com/mBOXYDFf4A — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) October 5, 2020 Dark blue boxes in charthttps://t.co/GPun7U4cYy pic.twitter.com/RnpgX19QFS — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) …

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McCabe claims transmission via Internet

https://twitter.com/TweetWordz/status/1312775027729850369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1312775027729850369%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godlikeproductions.com%2Fforum1%2Fmessage4542341%2Fpg1   h/t JADR

Michigan is free again

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will no longer enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders on the coronavirus, effectively ending dozens of statewide edicts, after the Michigan Supreme Court two days earlier struck down the governor’s emergency powers. Since the state’s chief law enforcement officer …

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Kayleigh has tested positive…

BREAKING: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweets that she has tested positive for Covid-19. https://t.co/jn8limUSe7 — CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) October 5, 2020 She was on FOX this morning.   OP

If Biden wins, deregulation loses.

DIANE KATZ: Reforming Regulation to Spur Economic Growth. During the Obama administration, the nation’s regulatory burden increased by an astonishing $122 billion annually, according to analyses by Heritage Foundation experts, or “nearly double the $68 billion in private-sector costs imposed under …

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