Two types of Corona-virus in IRAN

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Barzegar, a member of the National Security Commission: The Corona virus in Gilan is different from Wuhan Chinese virus. It is not clear where the second virus originated from. وجود دو نوع ویروس #کرونا بامنشأ متفاوت در ایران برزگر،عضو کمیسیون امنیت ملی:بخشی از ویروس کرونا در #گیلان کاملا با ویروس ووهان چین متفاوت است.این شامل … Read more

Moodys’ Zandi: More Likely Than Not That We’ll See a Recession… Bloomberg: Market Stress Building at the Fastest Pace Since Lehman

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 Mark Zandi of Moody’s joins “Squawk on the Street” to discuss the likelihood of a recession amid the market sell-off and concerns over coronavirus and an oil price war. This is our most important canary and it's very, very dead https://t.co/R7UDfxJchE — Not Jim Cramer (@Not_Jim_Cramer) March 9, 2020 Market Stress Building at the … Read more

Coronavirus farce as Italy allows planes fly to the US from so-called quarantine zones without passengers facing any checks

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Italy enacted a quarantine for 16million people on Sunday However, flights are still going in and out of those northern quarantined cities including Milan, Venice and Parma The CDC says travelers flying out of Italy and South Korea will be exit screened Travelers landing in US from those countries won’t be checked out after landing … Read more

San Francisco public defender lashes out at ICE for arresting illegal alien with felony convictions

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by DCG Mano Raju working hard to defend criminal illegal aliens California doing their best to protect illegal alien criminals. From MyFoxChicago: The San Francisco Public Defender on Thursday lashed out at ICE, criticizing federal agents for arresting a San Francisco man as he was on the courthouse steps on his way to a criminal hearing. Mano … Read more

JAPAN PREPARES TO INSTITUTE MARTIAL LAW!

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A legal change this week will allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency to address the new coronavirus outbreak if he deems it necessary. To seek cross-party cooperation, Abe in a rare move met separately with five opposition leaders to ask for support for the legal change needed for him to … Read more

Home quarantine enforcement rules in Russia

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Murad Gazdiev @MuradGazdiev Home quarantine enforcement in Russia: If you violate quarantine but don’t infect anyone – it’s a moderate fine. If you infect someone with #cornoravirus – that’s up to a year in jail. If you violate quarantine, infect someone and they die – that’s 5 years in prison. Home quarantine enforcement in Russia: … Read more

WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING YET

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Another domino falling. Chinese stocks just broke down from a 4-year support. China is on the verge of a banking a currency crisis. We haven’t seen anything yet. pic.twitter.com/rOBHhliCAW — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) March 9, 2020 CBOE SENIOR TRADING DESK SPECIALIST: WE WERE INITIALLY UNABLE TO OPEN $VIX OPTIONS TRADING THIS MORNING DUE TO … Read more

Someone Just Bet That VIX Will Top 100 By Tomorrow!

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via Zerohedge: Update (1115ET): With VIX stubbornly holding at post-financial crisis highs, someone just bet things are about to get worse… than the peak of the financial crisis… VIX hit 90 at the Lehman crisis peak… And as Bloomberg reports, some traders are steeling themselves for the possibility that the VIX index hits triple digits … Read more

Wait until that echoes around the credit markets. We could see a fund blow up and or banks hit trouble….

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Wait until that echoes around the credit markets. We could see a fund blow up and or banks hit trouble….https://t.co/wA6OMONqc7 https://t.co/2eitWXNnlP — Shaun Richards (@notayesmansecon) March 9, 2020 Dick Bove on banks: “A sharp decline in oil prices will be a body blow to an industry already at high risk.” https://t.co/f4GphtGHZK — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) … Read more

This is NOT a V-shape recovery

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by Dans2016   TV talking heads are touting a V-shape recovery and “buy the dip” since last Friday. There won’t be a recovery for some time. Market was a bubble and needs to rests to sane levels. More stupid Fed actions would add to troubles. We’ll have money to adopt a real polar bear soon. … Read more

Financial Conditions Getting More Stressed

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by UPFINA If this was a normal economic slowdown for cyclical reasons, there would be much more focus on the Fed as it would be trying to save the economy from a recession similar to its actions in 2019 during that slowdown. However, now we have the coronavirus which limits the Fed’s ability to save markets … Read more

What women want over the years

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by theimpossiblesalad For those wondering, here is the sorted change in position from 1939 to 2008: Sociability: +5 Good looks: +5 Mutual attraction—love: +4 Education, intelligence: +4 Desire for home, children: +3 Good financial prospect: +3 Similar education background: +1 Good cook, housekeeper: +1 Similar political background: +1 Dependable character: 0 Similar religious background: 0 … Read more