by UPFINA Investors are getting back to the basics by looking at balance sheets. Their reasoning is simple: liquidity is tough to come by. Companies that won’t make it through this recession won’t reap the rewards of the recovery. At the bottom in late March, it was common to see companies that probably weren’t close to … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqRZjxsQak&feature=youtu.be Should we bailout big CORPORATIONS…AGAIN? When will THE FED stop their insanity? I explained on @RT_America tonight!! Chk it out!! Link below 😉👍👇 George Gammon: Feds bailouts will create mass inflation https://t.co/w80bHgt9pI via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/8eQ2yQ8C4D — George Gammon (@GeorgeGammon) April 16, 2020 Take a wild guess who else is getting bailed out right now. … Read more
https://twitter.com/realwillmeade/status/1250573354727243778 It took one month of volatility to Annihilate any remaining semblance of Fed Credibility and independence. — Paranoid Bull (@paranoidbull) April 16, 2020 https://twitter.com/realwillmeade/status/1250466974435618816 Federal Reserve has encouraged moral hazard on a grand scale.Chair Powell has gone from preaching about credit risks to buying junk bond funds https://t.co/edwX1lhDYh via @financialtimes — Stare Decisis (@MsResJudicata) … Read more
https://twitter.com/yuriymatso/status/1250548778093776896 How much is this people going long specific names and hedging the beta? https://t.co/0PC0e8kYyl — Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) April 15, 2020 At today's high, the S&P 500 got within ~16% of the most extreme valuations in U.S. history. I know ya'll are looking "over the valley" because recession lows are followed by bull markets. … Read more
by Brandon Smith A common phrase I have heard lately all around the internet as well as all around the area I live whenever the pandemic situation is broached is that “We are all in this together, and WE will get through this together….” The sentiment is repeated like a religious mantra and I believe it … Read more
Especially around the Yellowstone area. There has been a massive amount of activity and yet nearly every major source, including GLP, is either mute or barely acknowledging it. Source: https://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/chunk-yellowstone-size-chicago-has-been-pulsing/ AC
It looks like Putin conned the FBI into the ‘Russiagate’ probe. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Russia investigation launched and conducted by James Comey’s Federal Bureau of Investigation deserves to rank as one of the agency’s great blunders — at best. President Trump famously calls the probe a hoax, a label he uses … Read more
Developing countries’ ‘hidden debts’ to China totalled US$380 billion well before the global health and economic crisis, analysts estimate Montenegro, which has a US$750 million Chinese loan for highway construction, is among the borrowers seeing commodity prices plunge and exchange rates shift In 2014, the tiny Eastern European country of Montenegro saw an opportunity to … Read more
We need much stricter enforcement of the various foreign-influence laws. via campusreform Colleges and universities across America failed to report nearly $1 billion in foreign gifts between 2013 and 2018. The foreign gifts include money from China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. Universities and colleges across the United States failed to report nearly $1 billion in foreign … Read more
Busted! A cyclist saw Fredo out with his family when he’s playing being in isolation on the news.
by Deplorable Patriot Russian collusion does exist. The question is “Would you be part of a political party that supported a US President that colluded with Russia?” We are not at war with Russia, so Russia is not our enemy. The democrats and Fake News MSM have made it clear … Read more
"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." -Henry Ford — Chadisms (@Chadisms) April 14, 2020
by onfallen Figured out something interesting; let’s discuss. Assumptions: US GDP will fall by X percentage this year GDP 2019 is $21.73 Trillion Total market cap is $28.48 Trillion Buffett indicator = market cap / gdp Scenarios: X – Buffett Indicator 5% – 138% 10% – 146% 15% – 154% 20% – 164% 25% – … Read more
by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott Prelude: This article was largely written before the emergence of the Coronavirus. Recent developments as a result of the pandemic only add emphasis and gravity to the points made here. “…many people living in the West are dissatisfied with their own society. They despise it or accuse it of … Read more
by jessefelder President Donald Trump loves to talk about how he is in the process of and will continue to, “Make America Great Again.” However, there are many signs that, at least when it comes to the stock market, this may already be as great as it gets. Over the past decade or so, U.S. … Read more
by Orangutan https://youtu.be/MY8Nfzcn1qQ 6.25 Million Views in about 4 days. That’s a large percentage. Plus there’s a mirror up with over 1/2 a million views on some Vice channel. Adios.
The fiscal stimulus provided by the CARES Act will mute the impact that the economic shock has on house prices. Additionally, forbearance and foreclosure mitigation programs will limit the fire sale contagion effect on house prices. We forecast house prices to fall 0.5 percentage points over the next four quarters. Two forces prevent a collapse … Read more
Everyone is checking for their payments, along with the typical 15th of the month folks are crashing banking websites all around! https://downdetector.com/ AC
NOTE: Report begins at 1:07. h/t DS
This is spiralling out of control. I don’t think the Chinese government will stand idly by watching Africans kill their nationals if it gets to that point. I wonder if this could build up into a war between the two sides. h/t PBD