A Major Fed Policy Shift

by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News July 21, 2020 It may or may not happen at next week’s FOMC, but that hardly matters. What’s important is that a policy shift is coming and the impact upon the precious metals will be significant. …

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Microsoft earnings are out – here are the numbers

by coolcomfort123   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/microsoft-msft-earnings-q4-2020.html Earnings: $1.46 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.34 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $38.03 billion, vs. $36.50 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Growth of Microsoft’s Azure cloud slowed to …

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4 Positive Ways to Spend Money Today

2020 has been a year fraught with negative developments. Virtually every aspect of life has been affected by the coronavirus, and, understandably, many people are likely to feel upset and frustrated as a result. Indeed, it can sometimes feel as …

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Analysts expect V shape…

Analysts expect V shape pic.twitter.com/Hed86aSBlV — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 21, 2020 S&P Earnings Yield pic.twitter.com/clZXOAGfAk — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 22, 2020 S&P PROFIT MARGINS pic.twitter.com/oJJrs1lvfH — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 21, 2020 That sound you …

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In case you wonder who owns Congress…

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1285644579811864576 Jeff Bezos is now personally worth more than Nike, McDonald's, Costco, and almost 50% of the Dow https://t.co/WZcrWHzbQt — Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) July 22, 2020

Potential fallen angels

Potential fallen angels pic.twitter.com/9sM5y8rMNq — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 22, 2020 Unprecedented Decline: One-Fifth Of All American Department Stores Have Closed Since 2018 via @forbes $JCP $M *and more than 30% of anchor spaces are vacant today* (my own …

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The Federal Reserve has literally become the new version of the worst of Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac…. except for stock markets

The Federal Reserve has literally become the new version of the worst of Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac…. except for stock markets🤦‍♂️ 👇@ericrosengren @judyshel @neelkashkari @RaphaelBostic @marydalyecon @RobSKaplan @steveliesman @NickTimiraos @michaelsderby https://t.co/6dlq9I9Lay — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) July 22, 2020 One of …

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Greater Greed Than 1990s Tech Bubble

by UPFINA If you aren’t an experienced investor or one that studies history, you will easily get swept up by the cycle. It’s almost impossible not to get swept up by the rally in the big internet stocks which has accelerated …

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Sen. Rand Paul: We should all join President DonaldTrump in advocating to stop our endless wars. Liz Cheney not only wants to stay forever, she’s leading the fight to try to stop him from leaving. Unacceptable.

We should all join @realDonaldTrump in advocating to stop our endless wars. Liz Cheney not only wants to stay forever, she’s leading the fight to try to stop him from leaving. Unacceptable. https://t.co/yCS93P3zos — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 21, 2020 …

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Options Risk in the Stock Market

by Erik Lytikainen Options risk in the stock market? Over the past two years there has been a growing interest in “options gamma” in the markets. As shown below, Google trends show a surge in interest, spiking around the March …

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