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by FS David Rosenberg recently spoke with FS Insider to discuss his key investment themes and ideas for 2020. David discusses corporate debt levels, the recent decline in a number of leading indicators (see below), why the US consumer will be key in 2020, as well as his biggest call and investment idea for this year. … Read more
by MrGraeme The other day someone mentioned to me that I was a bit frugal. That got me thinking about the relationship between my personal consumption and investment. I wondered whether it would be a good idea to invest in companies that I personally did business with. I figured that these companies would either have … Read more
by gigantoir This is something I’ve seen on everyone’s wishlist for a while but no one ever stepped up to code it really. Well merry Christmas tards because it was fucking easy. You can view, run and download the notebook here and you should be good as long as you have a Google account. Let’s take a … Read more
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/harvard-university-professor-and-two-chinese-nationals-charged-three-separate-china-related The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was arrested this morning and … Read more
House Republicans considering criminal referrals against Mueller prosecutors Nunes specifically reacted to a story in Just the News disclosing that FBI interview memos of key figure George Papadopoulos show he was helpful in trying to locate a witness named Joseph Mifsud but that Mueller’s prosecutors portrayed Papdopoulos as trying to thwart or frustrate the investigation‘s efforts to question Mifsud. The new … Read more
via powerlineblog Heather Mac Donald is one of America’s great heroines. For no reason other than love of her country, Western civilization and common sense, she ventures repeatedly into the bizarre and hostile world of America’s colleges and universities. If students listened to her, they would learn a lot. Alas, most of them are not up … Read more
by ichigomoka We would miss you. It’s not worth the regret. Either by yourself, if you failed or just simply left scars or the regret everyone else feels by not doing enough to help you. It does get better. Believe it or not, it will eventually get better. Sometimes you have to go through the … Read more
As #Bernie now looks unstoppable, liberal #plutocrats and their #DNC proxies are left with only one option: an unholy alliance with #Trump – https://t.co/S1ulaOU7Ix pic.twitter.com/4uzQ7NZN2V — failedevolution (@failedevolution) February 25, 2020 The liberal plutocrats are in a very difficult position. As Bernie Sanders and the progressive movement are ready to take over the Democratic party, … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Ignore the illusion of normality to see that we have entered an age of political revolution. The pressures are building on our political regime. This post describes one of the weakest links in our governmental system, perhaps soon to snap. ID 162545188 © Michele Cornelius | Dreamstime. The Democrats, journalists, judges, and … Read more
CEO of Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, estimates that “factories in China are operating at 50% to 60% of capacity.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/business/maersk-earnings-coronavirus/index.html BLOOMBERG: “Chinese Companies Say They Can’t Afford to Pay Workers Now” A growing number of China’s private companies have cut wages, delayed paychecks or stopped paying staff completely, saying that the … Read more
There are no confirmed cases of #coronavirus in Hawaiʻi, but we're working hard to get new test kits from the CDC to our state as soon as possible. 📻 hear more in last week's interview with Hawai‘i Public Radio pic.twitter.com/y8mU6P0UOr — Senator Brian Schatz (@SenBrianSchatz) February 25, 2020
Seems that if they can get to July 2020 without a pandemic the WHO “investors” get their initial contributions back. All about the money. When the Ebola epidemic broke out in West Africa in 2014, in took several months to get large amounts money (around $100 million) to the countries that needed it, according … Read more
Alasdair says we’re getting to maximum inflationism, and there’s not a lot that the central banks can do. Here’s why… by Dunagun Kaiser with Alasdair Macleod via Reluctant Preppers
Reddit’s CEO must address this. Reddit’s CEO held an AMA today in the announcements subreddit. He announced that “users who consistently upvote policy-breaking content within quarantined communities will receive automated warnings, followed by further consequences like a temporary or permanent suspension”. I took a neutral stance, because Reddit’s CEO did admit that we as moderators act in good … Read more
Bernie Sanders Verified account @BernieSanders The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people. I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights. For that reason I will not attend their conference. 1/2 The Israeli people have the … Read more
The coronavirus is just the latest in a long series of issues successfully brushed off as irrelevant because all that mattered was that stocks went up. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. “Complacency” – brushing off big issues as irrelevant or nonexistent because they don’t fit into the buy-buy-buy scenario – has a way of serving up a … Read more
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by theimpossiblesalad Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/yrbs. Accessed on 2/22/2020. Tools: Microsoft Excel and Adobe Photoshop for the visualization Interesting note: back in 2006, a secondary analysis of data explored the correlation between television viewing and the risk of sexual initiation by young adolescents. It concluded that … Read more
Europe is over (central)banked: BofE employs 4,502 staff. Bank of Japan 4,636. Fed system has 21,181 in total. The Eurosystem employs a staggering 48,509. 10k each at Bundesbank and Banque de France.https://t.co/WWsT8FDHU0 pic.twitter.com/6HfiHCNbhA — Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) February 24, 2020