Wuhan Coronavirus live map – Updated daily

GIS Daily updates – worldwide. For those who care to watch it grow. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 Bumped up to 25 dead now and 616 casees The number of people killed by a new virus in China has risen to 25 – and overall cases to 616, the country has said. https://news.sky.com/story/china-coronavirus-25-dead-as-wuhan-city-in-lockdown-11915522 We’ll see how long it takes … Read more

BONDS See biggest inflows since 2013.

By David Randall NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Investors pulled $4.5 billion out of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold U.S. stocks last week, extending the longest consecutive pullback from the domestic stock market since the spring of 2016, according to data released on Wednesday by the Investment Company Institute. The retreat from … Read more

Chinese Economy is a Ponzi Scheme: Interest Grows Faster than GDP

by bunnydoge Like Brave New World, economic activity in China always struck me as a little bit circular — aggressive local government growth targets, aggressive subsidies in strategic industries, extensive regulatory bureaucracy, and of course, ghost cities. Economic progress always seems paired with meaningful negative externalities, whether it be soaring home prices or poor air … Read more

Paul Tudor Jones says market today is like early ’99, driven by ‘insane monetary policy’

‘We’re just in the craziest monetary-fiscal [policy] mix in history. It’s so explosive, it defies imagination. It reminds me a lot of early ’99 [when inflation was low and stock markets were soaring]. The difference is the fed funds rate was 4.75% — today it’s 1.62%. Then we had a budget surplus, today we have … Read more

Hong Kong cancels Chinese New Year celebrations… 2 more cities in China in lockdown

Hong Kong cancels Chinese New Year celebrations https://t.co/6KJeCzXaOx — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 23, 2020 (Repost) 2 more cities in China in lockdown >>Wuhan virus: China locks down Huanggang, shuts down railway station in Ezhou after Wuhan lockdownhttps://t.co/9WeBNPMZsi — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 23, 2020 Dr. Copper https://t.co/x68GLlmPnh — Tracy Shuchart … Read more

S&P 500 Reports Yoy Decline In Net Profit Margin For 4Th Straight Quarter

via factset For the fourth quarter, the S&P 500 is reporting a year-over-year decline in earnings of -2.1%, but year-over-year growth in revenues of 2.7%. Given the dichotomy in growth between earnings and revenues, there are concerns in the market about net profit margins for S&P 500 companies in the fourth quarter. Given this concern, what … Read more

Just in Time! Lenders Seek Congressional Approval for No Income Mortgages

via mishtalk Here we go again. The mortgage lending industry seeks to eliminate debt-to-income rules for home buyers. At the peak of every boom comes one final act of repetitive stupidity. This may be it. Please consider CFPB Moves to Eliminate Mortgage Debt-to-Income Rule for Borrowers. In a letter CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger sent to Congress today, … Read more

Mystery Shopper Scam

by newUsername2​ No idea how they got my information but I got an email saying congrats you’ve been hired to be a mystery shopper, expect a check and instructions in the mail. Package came in addressed to me with multiple checks to deposit into my account and instructions to purchase gift cards from Apple and … Read more

Second Chinese city, Huanggang, will be put on lockdown from midnight to prevent the spread of coronavirus

BREAKING: Second Chinese city, Huanggang, will be put on lockdown from midnight to prevent the spread of coronavirus — BNO News (@BNONews) January 23, 2020 Huanggang gov’t statement: – All bus and train operations are suspended from midnight – Citizens should not leave the city – All cultural, tourist, and entertainment venues to be closed … Read more

Coronavirus Nightmare: Chinese Hospitals Are Turning Away Hordes Of Sick People Because There Is No Room For Them

by Michael Snyder The mainstream media in the western world isn’t telling you that Chinese hospitals are being absolutely overwhelmed by the number of sick people showing up for treatment.  So the truth is that the official numbers that the Chinese government is putting out are almost meaningless at this point because hordes of sick … Read more

Housing Bubble 2 in San Francisco & Silicon Valley Has Lost its Mojo. Why?

Even as the Fed floods the market with $400 billion in four months, with stocks at record highs, and reality pooh-pooed as irrelevant. What’s different this time? By Wolf Richter. This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The stock market is at all-time highs. The Nasdaq has skyrocketed even more than … Read more

Why Stock Multiples Are So High

by UPFINA You probably already know one of the most discussed topics on Wall Street is how stocks rallied much more than earnings increased in 2019. This is why the forward PE multiple of the S&P 500 is at 18.6 according to FactSet. As you can see from the chart below, quarterly returns on a year over … Read more