Trump Still Talks Of Coronavirus Like It’s No Big Deal, Says “3.4% [death rate] Is A False Number…The Number Is WAY UNDER 1%”

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(Silver Doctors Editors) You can’t sugar coat this news at all. This is a total dis-service to the American people at best, and it’s intentional deception with the intent to kill Americans at worst. President Trump was on Fox News Wednesday evening (March 4th) to discuss a number of things, including the coronavirus, where he … Read more

FEMA IS PREPARING FOR CORONAVIRUS “EMERGENCY DECLARATION”

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Mac Slavo March 3rd, 2020 SHTFplan.com As Americans scramble to prepare themselves for the possibility that the coronavirus outbreak becomes a pandemic, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is also preparing.  FEMA is “aware of the gravity of the situation” and ready to assist in a coronavirus response. FEMA officials are preparing for an “infectious disease … Read more

Short Sellers Made Over $50 Billion During Coronavirus Sell-Off

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via Bloomberg: Short sellers added to their U.S. positions during the recent coronavirus-related sell-off, making more than $50 billion in profits over seven trading days, according to data from financial analytics firm S3 Partners. There was nearly $15 billion of additional short selling between Feb. 24 and March 3, bringing total domestic equity short interest … Read more

WSJ: Thin Liquidity in Stock Futures Raises Risk of More Wild Market Moves

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/thin-liquidity-in-stock-futures-raises-risk-of-more-wild-market-moves-11583365788?mod=mhp Trading conditions have sharply deteriorated in a popular vehicle for betting on swings in the S&P 500, exacerbating the volatility in the stock market in the past two weeks. E-mini S&P 500 futures play a huge, if little understood, role in financial markets, with hundreds of billions of dollars of trading activity each day. … Read more

Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Results: DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS from 2016

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Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Results: DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS from 2016 Sanders   2016      2020 MN          61%        30% AK          29%         20.8% OK          51.9%      25.1% VA          35.2%      23.1% TN          32.4%      24,5% CO          59%        36% #SuperTuesday Sanders 2016 2020 MN 61% 30%AK 29% 20.8%OK 51.9% 25.1%VA 35.2% 23.1%TN 32.4% 24,5%CO 59% 36%#SuperTuesday pic.twitter.com/kRUgVmHMIt — chris evans (@notcapnamerica) March 4, 2020     h/t dr0id

PSA to anyone thinking of moving their brokerage accounts out of Robinhood: you do NOT need to liquidate all of your assets before transferring your positions out. Selling your positions triggers a taxable event and creates a capital gains tax liability. Simply submit an ACATS transfer.

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by bano25 All you need to do is initiate an ACATS transfer at your preferred receiving brokerage and your assets will transfer over in-kind, meaning that your stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc will transfer and cost basis for tax purposes will transfer over as well. All of the major brokers such as TD, Fidelity, Schwab, … Read more

Coronavirus raises the risk of real trouble in corporate bonds

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Coronavirus raises the risk of real trouble in corporate bonds https://t.co/BGHwaeP2oB — MQTA (@Steen_Jakobsen) March 5, 2020 Let’s see if credit window STAYS open. @bondstrategist contributed to this week’s @Quillintel Weekly Quill “The Sleeping Giant” in which we examine near term prospects for credit and what lies ahead for Powell et al to not awaken … Read more

IIF cuts global GDP growth forecast to 1%, far below the 2.6% last year and the weakest since the global financial crisis.

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IIF cuts global GDP growth forecast to 1%, far below the 2.6% last year and the weakest since the global financial crisis. Revises China growth to just below 4.0% this year from 5.9% prev and US growth down to 1.3% from 2% prev. pic.twitter.com/Lk4NmkoSxv — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) March 5, 2020 Far be it from … Read more

SH*TS ABOUT TO HIT THE FAN

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by hllaloud_music ✅ California declares state of emergency ✅ LA ports are empty indicating a massive supply shortage ✅ airlines struggle to find customers among a massive decline in travel ✅ Hollywood is starting to reschedule movie releases ✅Community transmission in the United States ✅Ultra music festival canceled ✅Coachella will be canceled as well ✅Futures … Read more

Out-of-Funds Chinese Property Developer Oceanwide Tries to Shed its Mega-Money-Pits in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Manhattan at a Loss, But it’s Hard

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At first, capital controls cut off funding. Now the coronavirus gets in the way of the money-losing sale it could finally line up. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The twisted saga of Chinese money in US commercial real estate takes on another twist; this time the coronavirus is blamed. Back in October, after months of rumors about … Read more

VIX Futures and /ES Preparing for ’08 Recital

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by scarvesandsuspenders TL;DR Bear gang seal team 6 prepping for operation “bull rape”. VIX calls 3/25 and 4/15 in the 40’s will print big. SPY puts are free money with those expirations. Godspeed Autists. I said it before and ill say it again. Bull gang is going to get cucked real soon. My guess is … Read more

Coronavirus Or These Assets Sending Important Clues To Investment Success?

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by Chris Kimble  Will the economy experience a “Demand Shock?” Consumers stay at home and don’t buy many items. Will the economy experience a “Supply Shock?” Workers stay home and don’t create many products. Will a combo of both take place or neither of these shocks unfold? I humbly don’t know the answers to these questions, they are above … Read more