JPMorgan has a new index — called the “Volfefe Index” — that measures Trump’s tweets and their impact on bond volatility. Among JPMorgan’s findings: there’s been an increase in what they call “market-moving tweets” — Trump tweets which are immediately followed by a volatility spike.

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by gubbsbe Source and graphs: JPMorgan has a new index — called the “Volfefe Index” — that measures Trump’s tweets and their impact on bond volatility. (1/x) pic.twitter.com/D37ocdebxk — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 8, 2019

It really is stunning the amount of $$ thrown at WeWork. Softbank invests at a $47 bln valuation – now likely worth only $20 bln!!??

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It really is stunning the amount of $$ thrown at WeWork. Softbank invests at a $47 bln valuation – now likely worth only $20 bln!!?? SoftBank employess face loss and possibly on hook for losses!!?? pic.twitter.com/r0bD8AE5Od — Dave Floyd (@DaveFloydTrader) September 9, 2019 https://t.co/DkVge3Fetx — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) September 9, 2019

Number of paid music streaming subscribers worldwide

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by theimpossiblesalad Source: spotify.com, numerama.com, ft.com, bloomberg.com, musically.com Spotify, Apple Music as of June 2019. Amazon Music, Pandora as of April 2019. Google Play Music/Youtube Music as of May 2019 Tools: Microsoft Excel and Adobe Photoshop for the visualization If you liked this, please consider following my Instagram account for more statistics, data, and facts

Apple says that claims it broke Chinese labor laws in iPhone factory are mostly ‘false’

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/09/apple-appl-claims-it-broke-china-labor-laws-at-iphone-factory-mostly-false.html Apple on Monday denied most of what is in a report which alleges that the iPhone-maker and its manufacturing partner Foxconn violated Chinese labor law. A report by China Labor Watch, a New York City-based labor watchdog,claimed around 50% of the workforce employed in August at the largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China, were … Read more

China Faces Another EV Subsidy Scandal

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By Jon LeSage Generous government subsidies have been behind China taking the lion’s share of global electric vehicle sales in recent years — but now they’re being called to question and face another scandal. A panel of experts raised the flag over this scandal during a roundtable at the Fortune Global Sustainability Forum on Sept. 5, 2019 in Yunnan, China. While … Read more

Ron Paul: Bill Dudley’s Noble Lie

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Ron Paul, Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Released on 9/9/19 Former Federal Reserve official Bill Dudley’s recent op-ed calling for the Federal Reserve to implement policies that will damage President Trump’s reelection campaign states that such action would be unprecedented. Dudley claims the Federal Reserve bases its policies solely on an objective evaluation of economic conditions. … Read more

Blackrock CIO: The Endgame Is Coming And Central Banks Will Debase Everything To Spark Inflation

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Via ZeroHedge Blackrock’s Chief Investment Officer, Rick Rieder, best known perhaps for recently suggesting that the ECB should monetize stocks, writes in the Blackrock blog today and highlights the economic policy state-of-play today, and where it may lead to should economic growth falter, productivity not materialize, and populism continue to thrive. * * * The major global central banks continue … Read more

Saudis Want Richest Families As Anchor Investors In Aramco IPO

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Saudi officials have approached some of the richest families in Saudi Arabia about potentially becoming anchor investors in the initial public offering (IPO) of state oil giant Aramco, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing five people familiar with the discussions. Saudi Aramco could hold more formal meetings with some of the Kingdom’s wealthiest business families … Read more

Stock Market Hasn’t Yet Cleared The Storm, September 30th Critical Date For US & Global Markets

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by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders As much as we would like to report that the US Stock market has recently cleared the future concerns of a global economic recession as well as expanded into a new growth phase, we simply can’t make that claim give the data we are seeing from our proprietary price modeling systems.  … Read more

Obama’s Treason: Even Worse Than We Thought… But Leftist Privilege Will Prevent Him From Ever Being Held Accountable.

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via frontpagemag: The Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday that “the Obama administration skirted key U.S. sanctions to grant Iran access to billions in hard currency despite public assurances the administration was engaged in no such action, according to a new congressional investigation.” And it gets even worse: “The investigation, published Wednesday by the House Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, further … Read more

GOOGLE FACES 50 PROBES

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Texas will lead a joint state investigation into Google over antitrust concerns, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday. The news follows the announcement of a joint state Facebook probe led by the attorney general of New York. Google is also reportedly facing an antitrust probe from the U.S. Department of Justice. Fifty attorneys general … Read more

Baltimore evacuations after vehicle found with 1,000 gallons of gas

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Baltimore police discovered a van loaded with 1,000 gallons of gasoline Monday morning and are evacuating several office buildings from the Inner Harbor — where emergency officials are urging people to stay away, city council members confirmed. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting Baltimore police on the scene. A police spokesperson … Read more

2020 WILD! YANG CROWD-SURFS

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Andrew Yang is doing what Beto O’Rourke could only dream of. The 2020 Democrat and entrepreneur was spotted performing what might be a presidential campaign first on Saturday: crowd surfing across a wave of supporters at the AAPI Democratic Presidential Forum in California. And if the sight of Yang’s ride wasn’t triumphant enough, the fact that … Read more