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. 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
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
by Egon von Greyerz This is it! The party is over. The world is now facing the gravest economic and social downturn in Modern Times (18th century). We are now entering a period of global crisis that will change the world for a very long time to come. This should come as no surprise to the … Read more
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
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
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
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Josh Sigurdson reports on the stock market once again as interest rates are dropped out following an emergency rate cut decision by the Federal Reserve. The stock market did not appear to react to the cut on Tuesday but it reacted to politics on Wednesday. This is a sign of a far greater problem brewing … Read more
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-dia-employee-pleads-guilty-leaking-classified-national-defense-information-journalists An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pleaded guilty today to charges related to his disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019. “Frese violated the trust placed in him by the American people when he disclosed sensitive national security information for personal gain,” said Assistant Attorney … Read more
by Simon Black Albert Einstein is rumored to have said that “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” These days interest rates are near zero. The average savings account currently pays .09% interest per year, according to the FDIC. So over … Read more
This is a direct & dangerous threat to the U.S. Supreme Court by Schumer. If a Republican did this, he or she would be arrested, or impeached. Serious action MUST be taken NOW! https://t.co/WqQUbyzaJU — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2020
by SpontaneousDisorder Fed will need another rate cut soon unless this reverses. Check out the steepening of the yield curve here. Classic recession behavior. https://stockcharts.com/freecharts/yieldcurve.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SucEC-BNGM
“Australia’s largest toilet paper manufacturer is moving into 24-hour production as major supermarket chains ramp up supplies of long-life pantry items over growing fears of a coronavirus-induced supply shortage. “Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a rare call to the chief executives of Woolworths and Coles on Tuesday, after community anxiety fuelled reports of panic-buying across … Read more
European Defence Agency CANCELS all meetings as first EU official tests positive for coronavirus in Brussels – reports The first EU official working at the bloc’s Brussels administrative headquarters has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a spokesperson has confirmed. “We have confirmation of the case,” spokesperson Dana Spinant said, adding that reports about a … Read more
A Russian Woman Working as a College Professor in the US Writes About the Sovietization of Amerika Clarissa is a college professor who emigrated to the US from Russia as a young woman, a few years after the fall of the Soviet Union. She is yet another ex-Soviet bloc person who is extremely anxious about … Read more
https://youtu.be/kQKePS9dTd0 Did his brain completely melt in the last few years? AC
A final Syrian showdown looms: Heavily laden #ВМФ Project775 #RussianNavy #ЧФ BlackSea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade’s Ropucha class LSTM (tank carrying landing ship) Tsezar Kunikov 158 transited Bosphorus towards Med en route to #Tartus #Syria 14:00Z A final Syrian showdown looms: Heavily laden #ВМФ Project775 #RussianNavy #ЧФ BlackSea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade’s Ropucha … Read more
