Google searches and infections

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The curves are also following each others in France. I took death cases of coronavirus, because France didn't test well before august pic.twitter.com/E3lZegGYP0 — Jean-Baptiste Viet (@jeanviet) October 30, 2020

Most employers issue only paychecks every two weeks. In the meantime, payroll processors like ADP make millions from investing worker salaries before they’re paid.

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by TrueBirch There are efforts to use technology to shorten the gap between someone working and getting paid. To learn more, check out two pieces (first, second) that NPR ran on this topic last year. I found the numbers in ADP’s quarterly reports. The date reflects the total amount ADP made in the quarter that ended … Read more

Most Central Banks are now at 0% or NEG% overnight rates. Here’s a composite of G10 overnight rates.

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2/ Most central banks are also engaged in QE. Here's balance sheet/GDP for $USD, $EUR, $JPY $GBP pic.twitter.com/jqvXz3g6AC — IceCap (@IceCapGlobal) October 30, 2020 4/ another consequence has been a gradual decline in yield produced by investment grade bonds. This means less "safe" income for conservative investors. This chart shows how the yield for $LQD … Read more

Moving averages not holding

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Moving averages not holding pic.twitter.com/QnYw7vCuc6 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020 pic.twitter.com/ha50opnAsn — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) October 30, 2020 Tick…tick…tick… The Pan-European banks are very, very close to taking out their ALL TIME LOW (from 1987). A break of that support will be explosive to the downside. The Winter of Discontent…. pic.twitter.com/UZFOUUXAC0 — Raoul … Read more

Bondholders going turkey – only 9 cents to $. Ouch!

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https://twitter.com/fchaumac_chau/status/1321855953617276928 Forbearance trailing off pic.twitter.com/sqLhB7leV8 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020 194 corporate defaults globally YTD (as of 10/21), led by the usual suspects: Oil & Gas, Consumer and Media/Entertainment. https://t.co/xOCHd88BXU pic.twitter.com/mfsMFiAXR8 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020  

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, current‑dollar GDP increased 38.0 percent, or $1.64 trillion, in the third quarter to a level of $21.16 trillion. In the second quarter, GDP decreased 32.8 percent, or $2.04 trillion

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https://www.bea.gov/news/2020/gross-domestic-product-third-quarter-2020-advance-estimate From BEA website: Current‑dollar GDP increased 38.0 percent, or $1.64 trillion, in the third quarter to a level of $21.16 trillion. In the second quarter, GDP decreased 32.8 percent, or $2.04 trillion (tables 1 and 3). The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 3.4 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to a … Read more

Countries in lockdown:

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Countries in lockdown: – Germany (starts next week)– France– Belgium– Czech Republic– Ireland– UK: Northern Ireland and Wales — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 30, 2020 Look at France pic.twitter.com/yCYcDiz6q3 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 29, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO TO PAUSE REOPENINGS PLANNED TO BEGIN TUESDAY — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 30, 2020

Jim Rogers: Great Depression 2.0?

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by Adam Taggart Jim Rogers is not only one of the most successful investors of our era, he’s also an avid scholar of history. Seeing that the world is buried under an unprecedented mountain of debt that is requiring more and more central planner intervention to keep from imploding on itself, Jim says history is … Read more

MSDNC & CNN Spent 94 Minutes on “Anonymous” Reveal, But ZERO Time on the Tony Bobulinski Revelations About Hunter Biden

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NEW study from me: I tallied the numbers and found CNN, MSNBC spent 94 mins on Miles Taylor coming out as ‘Anonymous,’ but have yet to spend a single second on #Tucker's Bobulinski interview. https://t.co/gXTXJ5v9h7 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 30, 2020 https://tweetsave.com/curtishouck/status/1322015010047119362 https://nitter.net/CurtisHouck/status/1322015010047119362 Our media will spin a disaster scenario over the coming days. … Read more

Apple now has $191.83 billion in cash on hand — down nearly 7% from a year ago

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/29/apple-q4-cash-hoard-heres-how-much-apple-has-on-hand.html Apple now has $191.83 billion cash on hand, according to the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report released Thursday. Google and Amazon had $121.08 billion and $71.77 billion, respectively, at the end of the second quarter, according to FactSet. Microsoft had $137.98 billion at the end of its fiscal first quarter, according to FactSet. Microsoft’s … Read more

Braving The Winter Knowing Spring Is Coming

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by David Brady via Sprott Money There may be some repetition in what I am going to say today with regard to the medium and long term prospects for precious metals and miners, but given recent events in the very short term, it looks like we are close to turning the corner in metals and miners. Simply put, … Read more

MAYBE LETTING THE ENEMIES OF OUR CIVILIZATION TEACH OUR CHILDREN WAS A MISTAKE:

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Kids today: 4 in 10 call Constitution ‘outdated,’ OK with silencing speech. Among the key findings in the survey of college undergraduates conducted by McLaughlin & Associates for the program: Thirty-six percent believe the Constitution is outdated, while 52% call it “important.” A year ago, 63% called the founding document important. While support for the First Amendment … Read more