6.2% Of S&P500 Revenue Comes From China & HK — Two-Thirds Of China’s Economy Is At Standstill

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6.2% Of S&P500 Revenue Comes From China & HK — Two-Thirds Of China's Economy Is At Standstill pic.twitter.com/qrqk3RX3PS — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 5, 2020 Economists are scrambling to cut their forecasts for China's first-quarter GDP on the coronavirus outbreak. A handy round-up here: https://t.co/X97t5t6De6 pic.twitter.com/dFp48Y9PEU — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) February 4, 2020 Trade war or … Read more

When China’s Supply Chains Break, so Will the Delusion the U.S. Economy Is Invulnerable

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Was it ever plausible that China’s economy could grind to a halt and there wouldn’t be any consequences for the U.S. economy? No. Many commentators talk about supply chains in China, but how many have actually visited factories in China, other than carefully choreographed PR visitsto suitably high-tech facilities? I’ve visited many … Read more

Judge demands answers from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate after millions of dollars flood into his dormant offshore bank in the Virgin Islands, and then “disappear”.

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Jeffrey Epstein was found hanged in his New York jail cell in August last year   The disgraced financier had previously set up a bank for offshore clients in 2014 After his death, huge sums of cash were sent to his Virgin Island offshore bank  Millions of dollars that were sent from the estate of disgraced … Read more

Israel carrying out massive airstrikes against Damascus, Syria right now!

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Syrian air defenses engage ‘hostile targets’ over Damascus – state media — RT World News https://t.co/61y5gha5uE — EndGameWW3 🇺🇸 (@EndGameWW3) February 5, 2020 Suspected Israeli airtikes over Damascus, Syria moments ago in Qasioun mountain region. At least four strikes said to have occurred tagreting Assad regime sites. Smoke seen billowing from areas. — Israel Breaking … Read more

Repo Madness Continues! Term-Repo Most Oversubscribed Since Start Of Repo Crisis!

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by Jason Burack of Wall Street for Main Street Wasn’t repo only supposed to be temporary? A perpetually rolled over term repo gathers no loss. Additional show notes here. Commit to tipping us monthly for our hard work creating high level, thought provoking content that includes interviews with top experts, analysis and short videos about investing and the … Read more

A detailed discussion of using futures contracts to obtain leverage; holding a long position of the S+P 500 index

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by devdevdev51 In another post, I reviewed some of the ways to obtain leverage in your portfolio. Here, I discuss futures specifically. Futures may be the most cost-effective way of obtaining leverage, or are at least comparable to options. With index futures, you enter into a contract to buy or sell the index at a future date (NOT … Read more

James Carville Rages Over State of Democratic Party: ‘I’m Scared to Death!’

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Animated James Carville pic.twitter.com/ThZrrW0lUt — Acyn (@Acyn) February 4, 2020 Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville sounded the alarm bells on Tuesday night over what he described as the Democratic Party turning into an “ideological cult,” specifically singling out would-be presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Hell!! it’s to late for turning into….IMHO It’s already happened!! There’s not … Read more

Typical collapse prior to recessions

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by WARREN MOSLER Typical collapse prior to recessions: Still working its way lower: Another example of a small move up after a long downtrend that are touted to be a ‘reversal’: Another somewhat misleading headline, as per the year over year chart:

Here is a list of Senate seats in play for 2020

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State, Incumbent, Year first elected, Last election margin of victory (% points)  Alabama, (D) Doug Jones, 2017, 1.7 Alaska, (R) Dan Sullivan, 2014, 2.2 Arizona, (R) Martha McSally, N/A, 13.7 Arkansas, (R) Tom Cotton, 2014, 17.0 Colorado, (R) Cory Gardner, 2014, 1.9 Delaware, (D) Chris Coons, 2010, 13.6 Georgia, (R) David Perdue, 2014, 7.7 Georgia, (R) Kelly Loeffler, … Read more

Now in MSM, expert who investigated SARS and MERS says no stopping the virus, it’s 20x worse than flu in severity

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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Jan. 31, 2020 – 5:03 – Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy’s Michael Osterholm, PhD, argues coronavirus will not be able to be contained and that within months the world will become like China is now.   NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Eerie Drone Video Shows Wuhan Is … Read more