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Look. At. Chart. Of. Aetna.You're. Socialism. Is. Their. Capitalism. pic.twitter.com/tDsPCbXHEO — Adam Townsend (@adamscrabble) March 27, 2019

You thought US small caps were doing poorly? Well, Chinese stocks are much worse. China, the engine of global growth, is stumbling. pic.twitter.com/ifDigbrwml — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 10, 2019 China can’t afford having a strong currency. This currency pact, if true, is doomed to fail. The Chinese economy is at the outset of … Read more

They say it’s not QE, but “the problem the Fed has with its communication is that the first month’s purchases are triple the size of the ECB’s newly announced monthly QE purchases. .. When it swims like a duck and quacks like a duck ..” @CapEconUS — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 11, 2019 fed continuing … Read more

Nothing to see here. GDP follows job openings almost precisely. At some point these macro imbalances will matter. pic.twitter.com/Q9bB2phtkS — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 11, 2019 Markets tend to like to wait until the last minute, usually forming a topping process around the same time unemployment starts ticking up. So, all pretty normal so … Read more

by optionshoppin Boris Johnson has stated that if no deal is reached by Oct. 31st then no-deal brexit is happening. There are analysts saying no deal brexit would tank the British economy in ways almost at 2008 recession levels. some reading material I found an ETF with high volume, volume over a million today already. Analyst Report: … Read more

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2018-poverty-rate.html

Too much money chasing too many dumb deals. Gee, when have we seen that before? More broadly, easy $ cycles not fueling 70s-style "real #economy" inflation. They're fueling "asset economy" #inflation, underwriting excessive financial engineering, encouraging high-risk lending etc https://t.co/zg4fcbAtVP — Mike Larson (@RealMikeLarson) October 10, 2019

via wallstreetonparade: No one can say with any certainty where the hundreds of billions of dollars that the Federal Reserve has been pumping into Wall Street since September 17 are actually ending up. The Fed is not releasing the names of which of its primary dealers (securities firms) are taking the lion’s share of the loans … Read more

via mashable: While the spotlight has been shining brightly on the NBA for its handling of a critical tweetabout China’s response to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, the NBA isn’t alone. Major global companies have been bowing to both direct and indirect pressure from China’s political leaders to control how the economic powerhouse of a country is … Read more

https://twitter.com/TTFacer/status/1182441504196816896

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx Seems like this is a page we’re on that’s the same. With all the divide and conquer some such or other it’s good to acknowledge our shared disdain for bullsh*t politicians   h/t -Red_Shift-