12 Charts for a perma-bear Christmas

…the highest market value relative to economic output… (yeah, the rest of this isn't gonna rhyme) pic.twitter.com/9s1p7BTUec — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) December 19, 2020 …massive inflows to ETFs… pic.twitter.com/DFLUUJtzfC — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) December 19, 2020 …as mutual funds hold the lowest cash reserves in their history… pic.twitter.com/OfeG13TSq5 — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) December 19, 2020 …with the most … Read more

Recall how commission-free trades are free? Yeah, no. #RobinHood users are ripped-off by high freq traders that front-run your trade. EVERY TRADE.

Recall how commission-free trades are free? Yeah, no. #RobinHood users are ripped-off by high freq traders that front-run your trade. EVERY TRADE. #RobinHood shows them the trade as you type it. …just wait until u hear what they do to $BTC trades (Hint: even worse)! pic.twitter.com/SDxH6WAxeS — Michael Taylor (@Mike_Taylor1972) December 19, 2020

List of Short Puts with over 100% Annualized Yield

by Arrow222 Hey guys, Greeks and new columns, like Annualized Yield on Collateral was added to FDscanner over the weekend. With the new tools, it became much easier to search for the optimal short puts. Here’s a scan for Jan 2021 with the following settings Expiry: 15 Jan 2021 Option Type: Puts only Delta: Under 0.3 Theta … Read more

A coming boom from Crowdfunding and SPACs?

by AutonomousMax Something very exciting and special is happening in the world of capital fund raising for emerging market and startup companies. Recently, new SEC rules will allow “Crowdfunding” sites to increase the maximum amount of capital that can be raised by companies from the general public. Crowdfunding is a confusing term for some. To … Read more

Why fraud is such a good business in the US

by Opportunist_Ad3972 Steal $864 Million. Fabricate $300 Million fraud. Settle with the SEC for $180 Million. Your Stock also rallies 30% in a day. Pretty good deal for being a criminal management team right? https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-319    

900 billion dollars new bill just given to all Americans only = $3000+/- no matter age. But they choose to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people. Only 6 senators voted against it.

This is the House stimulus “deal” – which provides MORE funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people. The Covid relief bill provides $40 million for the Kennedy Center pic.twitter.com/aHt8UEkYWA — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020 https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1341298944828010496 Stimulus bill included defense spending equivalent to $400 for every person … Read more

We’re On A Highway To Hyperinflation

by Michael Snyder Well, here we go again.  The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a $900 billion stimulus package, and we are being promised that it will provide a real “boost” to the economy.  Of course we were told the exact same thing about all of the other “stimulus packages” that have been passed … Read more

Congress Terminates Fed’s Emergency Lending Program

In today’s show, you will learn why Congress terminated the Fed’s Main Street Lending Program, how the Fed proved Steve right, what the Chicago National Activity Index says about the U.S. economy, how today’s 20-year Treasury Bond auction went, how hedge-fund managers are positioned in the futures market with a focus on Treasuries and the … Read more

Markets Aren’t about “Using” People: Markets Help People Attain Their Goals

by Gary Galles via Mises A very common rip on market arrangements is that they use people. For instance, I have come across many versions of “love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.” As Paul Heyne expressed the sense of it, “such a system seems somehow to violate our profound moral conviction that nothing is … Read more

Remember when Trump wanted to give you $1200 back in October? But Pelosi gave you $600 a few months later instead

Remember when Trump wanted to give you $1200 back in October? But Pelosi gave you $600 a few months later instead https://t.co/xfrf9k2co6 — E (@ElijahSchaffer) December 22, 2020 The BALLS on "THIS…", at Christmas Time! Calls thousands of dollars in tax cut savings "crumbs" but believes $600 after 10 months of lockdowns is a "stimulus". … Read more

They need to be made liable for censorship.

NY POST: Big Tech’s Sinister Pro-Biden Bias. The “Facebook-owned social-media giant Instagram” is characterizing “well-established criticisms” of Joe Biden and his 1994 crime bill as “False,” reports blogger Glenn Greenwald. A post on the platform “said nothing more than what Biden’s chosen running mate, Kamala Harris, has herself said” — namely, that the ’94 law “contributed … Read more

HER REFUSAL TO ANSWER IS ALL THE ANSWER YOU NEED:

Pelosi Repeatedly Refuses To Answer CNN About Why She Rejected Bigger Stimulus Bill Before Election. Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeatedly refused to answer a question from a CNN reporter on Sunday about why she decided to accept a smaller stimulus package now, which she claimed was not nearly enough, after she refused to accept … Read more

For Those Who Haven’t Figured It Out, The Stimulus Bill Will Take From You a LOT More Than the $600 They Are Giving You

Some are actually happy about the $600 they’ll be receiving while not realizing that it actually takes far more than that away from you. It’s like someone handing you $600 while removing $20,000 from your bank account. In other words, a net loss… by a lot. And there are people thankful for this. “I don’t … Read more

China Lifts Restrictions On Foreign Energy Investment

By Tsvetana Paraskova China has lifted restrictions on foreign investments in all energy sectors, including fossil fuels, new energy sources, and electricity generation excluding nuclear power, the country’s State Council Information Office said in a white paper published on Monday. The paper, ‘Energy in China’s New Era’, discussed the steps the world’s largest oil importer has taken … Read more

The Washington Post: “Every time you listen to Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas,’ about five people have died from the coronavirus

https://twitter.com/KananVitolo/status/1340356638499360768 Every time you listen to Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” about five people have died from the coronavirus between the beginning and the end of the song. https://t.co/Rpuc9mDsuz — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 19, 2020       h/t dr0id

This section seems really important in the new legislation: It says the Fed retains the powers it had pre-CARES. The Fed cannot restart MLF, Main Street exactly, but this prob. suggests it can still funnel credit fairly directly.

This section seems really important in the new legislation: It says the Fed retains the powers it had pre-CARES. The Fed cannot restart MLF, Main Street exactly, but this prob. suggests it can still funnel credit fairly directly. (1/2) https://t.co/kQVeqlC6yK pic.twitter.com/ykzntEbEnN — Jeanna Smialek (@jeannasmialek) December 21, 2020