by moneymetals Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) Is Demanding Answers from the CFTC on Gold Shortages Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Hello again, and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Well, just when you thought you’d seen it all in markets, this week brought something that was … Read more
MAN WHO DIED INGESTING FISH TANK CLEANER REMEMBERED AS INTELLIGENT, LEVELHEADED ENGINEER. Yes, the headline is in the typical trolling Washington Free Beacon style. But once you get past it: “What bothers me about this is that Gary was a very intelligent man, a retired [mechanical] engineer who designed systems for John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa, and … Read more
via redstate TMZ is going with the headline, “N. Korea Dictator Kim Jong-un Reportedly Dead After Botched Heart Surgery.” But as NRO’s Dan McLaughlin tweets, “TMZ is rarely wrong about these things, but my guess is that its sources in Pyongyang are not on par with its sources in the LAPD.” UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Is he alive? Is he dead? … Read more
Skip to 4:15 to view the report. h/t supporter
Haven’t been to Walmart in 6 weeks. Had to get a few things as online shipping is taking forever. Put on a mask and headed in. Oh shit! First of all, there was NO difference today compared to any other Saturday (virus free). The place was packed. I would say half were wearing masks. Walmart … Read more
https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1254139750413369344 Have a great weekend! Inside week for $SPX which means a move is coming. Key lvls next week: 2870 needs to clear which targets the 200dma zone at 2970-3010. Any new high should be the last before a healthy pullback & short.For bears: 2630 is the gateway to new lows if bulls fail pic.twitter.com/4XWaQdP8dp … Read more
Someone has this completely wrong. Either the investors are right with their optimism paying 19X because analysts are completely wrong with the EPS downgrades. If EPS rebounds sharply with the economy, the market will be back to the average 15X over the last decade. Or… — Tiho Brkan (@TihoBrkan) April 25, 2020 – Shopify was … Read more
It's not enough just to flatten one curve. History tells us a second wave is coming. The only question is when: https://t.co/FlCrhpszxa pic.twitter.com/TvsSNEKUA0 — Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) April 26, 2020
https://www.ft.com/content/10d24f35-dee9-4991-a7bd-51be9097a100 While the headline is somewhat exaggerated, the premise is correct. Here the whole article: The divergence between the flying stock market and the dying economy is so extreme it is leaving many analysts scrambling for explanations. The recent string of economic data releases reflecting life under global coronavirus lockdowns has been even grimmer than expected, … Read more
https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1254165889076903936 Cycles Matter. https://t.co/vZZjhhuQ0r — Paranoid Bull (@paranoidbull) April 25, 2020 Dollar shortage warning. New lows for EM currencies with $BRL being decimated. Blood in the streets?Not even close. Wall Street still estimates a 20+% appreciation in $BRL and further rate cuts by end of 2021. Good luck with that. pic.twitter.com/qrKJAJQ7OM — Otavio (Tavi) Costa … Read more
via Zerohedge: Last week we identified a potential rent strike brewing among the working poor in New York City. Many of these folks are planning to skip out on May 01’s rent payment to their landlords: “With so many New Yorkers unable to pay rent for the foreseeable future, the current crisis is unsustainable and demands action,” … Read more
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Josh Sigurdson reports on the second wave to hit China as the pandemic continues to persist (though with far different numbers than previously thought). Harbin in North-Eastern China with a population of 10,000,000 people has locked down as over 4,000 are being tested in the city. We’ve previously reported on the faulty numbers put forward … Read more
https://usdebtclock.org/ h/t Zanfell
SHOW NOTES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=36068 Marie Antoinette didn’t actually say “Let them eat cake” but you won’t believe who is saying “Let them eat ice cream.” Join James for this edition of #PropagandaWatch as he explores the latest fad among the celebrities and political puppets: Shaming poor people!
by golfwangthesenuts The Dark Index (DIX) and Gamma Exposure (GEX) have been a subject of debate in the discussion room lately. So i thought that it would be a decent to inform and provide my personal opinion on their movements. If this has already been posted then I apologize. Here is the squeeze metrics link. Here … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfPPV_uFJHU Kyle Drennan from NewsBusters reports, Despite all immigration to the United States being effectively shut down for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, after President Trump expressed his desire to make the policy official with an executive order, ABC’s Good Morning America immediately denounced the move as “xenophobic” and just a play to Trump’s “hardline” … Read more
Do you think we will have more pensions seeing CUTS? Eurozone economy suffers ‘unprecedented’ collapse https://news.yahoo.com/eurozone-economy-suffers-unprecedented-collapse-093032734–finance.html 2020-04-23_5-47-04.jpg (1014×569) https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2020-04-23_5-47-04.jpg?itok=YFhjsL66 2020-04-22_17-43-36_0.jpg (841×619) https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2020-04-22_17-43-36_0.jpg?itok=2TqDugNC bfmFC5A_0.jpg (978×504) https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfmFC5A_0.jpg?itok=YvGzpTag bfm755A.jpg (978×502) https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm755A.jpg?itok=otF12UFE https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/63cdd746043d4473bd49c2730287049a AIMCo’s $3 Billion Volatility Trading Blunder | Institutional Investor https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1l9c8n9lgdj1r/AIMCo-s-3-Billion-Volatility-Trading-Blunder With Only 6 Members Participating, Senate Passed $483-Billion Spending Bill by ‘Unanimous Consent’ | CNSNews https://cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/only-6-members-participating-senate-passed-483-billion-spending-bill … Read more
A Washington State business owner faced backlash from her employees after she obtained a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loan from the federal government that has allowed her to keep them fully paid through the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with CNBC this week, salon owner Jamie Black-Lewis of the Oasis Medspa & Salon in Woodinville … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRCE0lK84A8 Curtis Houck from NewsBusters reports, Having been nearly 24 hours since CNN and Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo staged their piece of fake news propaganda, Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson finally got a chance Tuesday night on his eponymous show to take a blowtorch to Cuomo as a “buff cable news Lazarus” … Read more