investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--DoorDash is now charging Denver customers an extra $2 fee to make up for their lost commissions.

Denver city council voted in October to cap delivery fees from third-party sites like GrubHub and DoorDash at 15 % .
But if you ’ ve ordered from DoorDash recently in Denver , you may have come across a new fee , an additional “ Denver Fee.
” After indoor dining was no longer an option in Denver , the Denver Biscuit Company has been fighting to stay afloat .
“ Right now we are living on to-go [ orders ] and there ’ s no such thing as living on to-go , but limping on to-go .
It works @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laid off more than 200 people in the last 10 days and that ’ s going into the holidays , ” said Director of Operations Nate Lotz .
But now , DoorDash is charging customers in Denver a $ 2 “ Denver Fee ” .
They say it addresses the capped fees that they ’ re experiencing .
In order to continue offering convenient delivery , you ’ ll now see an extra charge .
“ To know that it ’ s just been pushed on to our guests , it seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law , ” said Lotz .

via thedenverchannel:
Denver city council voted in October to cap delivery fees from third-party sites like GrubHub and DoorDash at 15%. But if you’ve ordered from DoorDash recently in Denver, you may have come across a new fee, an additional “Denver Fee.”
After indoor dining was no longer an option in Denver, the Denver Biscuit Company has been fighting to stay afloat.
“Right now we are living on to-go [orders] and there’s no such thing as living on to-go, but limping on to-go. It works to keep us going, but we laid off more than 200 people in the last 10 days and that’s going into the holidays,” said Director of Operations Nate Lotz.
But now, DoorDash is charging customers in Denver a $2 “Denver Fee”. They say it addresses the capped fees that they’re experiencing. In order to continue offering convenient delivery, you’ll now see an extra charge.
“To know that it’s just been pushed on to our guests, it seems to have subverted the whole intention of the law,” said Lotz.


Greed is Back

As $ SPX is trying for a new high here and $ ES futures are retesting the highs from November 9th I thought I may chime in with a few thoughts here .
Firstly , in general the bull price target outlined in October has barely been penetrated , but it may well be in the days ahead as again optimism on all fronts is permeating the landscape , vaccine optimism stimulus optimism , more central bank intervention optimism and of course December seasonality optimism .
After all only the years 2000 and 2018 have seen sizable downside in December @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above all : Greed is back .
On every front at a time of the highest market valuations in history with not a sign of fear or concern in sight and to my eye this continues to breed vast danger for markets .
But eyes wide open .
A bubble bursting will only be known in hindsight not in advance , but we can certainly assess risk versus reward .
So let me highlight some issues I see .
Firstly as aforementioned greed , it is here : All joking aside the greed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was at the beginning of the year : This coinciding at a time when global stocks are apparently pursuing a similar vertical path as they did following the tax cuts in 2017 into the 2018 correction that ensued : Except this time around greed , as additionally measured in positioning and sentiment , is reaching a uniformity of positioning and consensus either at rarely or at never before seen levels .
Everything is vertical and one way .
Examples : Everything is a single crowded trade in one direction .
The US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels in protection seeking and extreme bullish positioning of asset managers : And then of course the vertical action in some individual stocks , namely the $ TSLA saga : Forced indexing by Dec 21st over $ 500B added in one swath , the stock has jumped 10 fold in 2020 .
A religion on its own .
None of this has anything to do with fundamentals .
A market trading at its highest price to sales ratio ever and of course the widest disconnect from the economy ever .
But keep buying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wall Street mantra : So it might be fairly stated a lot of what we are currently seeing is entirely incompatible with history .
The hype is tremendous as literally everybody is long , hyping for ever higher prices , protection doesn ’ t exist and charts are tremendously extended .
I ’ ve cited market cap to GDP before as key indicator and what we ’ re witnessing is an asset appreciation machine never seen or sustained before : And it ’ s not only the US but it is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Valuations not backed by an economic foundation .
And we know the answer why , ungodly sums of liquidity brought about by the most extreme expansion in money supply and money printing and balance sheet expansion in history : And all this has brought about not only unseen valuations but also chart structures we haven ’ t seen before , namely all these open gaps : 70 % -80 % of all open gaps fill , that ’ s just simple history .
Now it ’ s either different this time or it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points above and recognize : We simply have no history for this .
None .
The apologists will keep telling you it ’ s all consequence free .
The interventions , the valuations , the debt expansions .
All of it .
And they say it all justifies the valuation expansions .
And implicitly they presume all this wealth going to the wealthiest of society alone is also consequence free : I happen to disagree on all fronts , but my eyes are also wide open and so should everybody ’ s eyes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more insane and popped bubbles will only be recognized after the fact and one can be right on the basic premise but get killed in fading it as the bubble explodes higher before it bursts .
The craziest and dumbest bubble I know of ( besides 1929 ) was the Nasdaq bubble of 2000 : I want to highlight the chart as a warning and as a potential guide .
Note the relentless ramp in November of 1999 following some corrective action in September and October .
Every 5 EMA tag was bought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the end of November .
All sound familiar so far ?
Then anther brutal ramp in December which is the scenario that now everybody presumes to unfold into year end .
Why ?
Year end seasonality and nothing but puts around us .
The Fed put , the vaccine put , the stimulus put , the you name it put .
Then the chart shows a sizable decline in early January .
Why ?
Tax loss selling .
When people have a lot of gains in stocks they typically don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
And that ’ s what happened there and the chart saw its 50MA reconnect and that produced another massive rally into the March top .
So be clear , that ’ s a script we could be facing here despite it all being nonsensical for the year 2000 then saw the biggest disconnect between stocks and and the economy then .
150 % and it all fell apart : My warning here then : One could ’ ve been totally right in December of 1999 , but being right on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is correct , so I want to highlight all this from a risk perspective .
One could also note the 2016 script following the election of Trump , that too saw a relentless ramp in November and then more follow through in December : But then note the tag of the 200MA during the election .
This time here we ’ re not anywhere near the 200MA : And of course we didn ’ t have any of the open gap action that we have now , nor the valuations we are seeing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lots of it , and massive complacency .
So I maintain given how signals , chart extensions , gaps and pushes above the monthly Bollinger bands are aligning ( never mind valuations , complacency etc . )
strength offers an opportunity to sell , but the momentum must be respected .
Frankly it all looks to me that central banks are losing control over the bubble they have created and they are afraid of popping it for fear of the consequences .
And I can understand why .
The economy remains fragile and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free money stock market gains , is struggling with real life : The big market bubbles of the past had several common characteristics and I submit we are seeing all of them now : A massive valuation disconnect between asset prices and the economy , relentless asset price appreciation , extreme high forward multiples and price to sales ratios , a fervent belief that prices will go ever higher , incessant FOMO chasing and greed , little desire for downside protection , and heavy retail participation willing to pay any price or valuation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or don ’ t matter irrespective of fundamentals .
And greed and confirmation of successful returns breeds a sense of invincibility .
I know , everybody was a genius during the 2000 bubble .
Until they weren ’ t .
Momentum must be respected , but losing sight of the bigger context can be highly dangerous for bubbles can pop at any time for any reason , the trigger only to be attached after the fact .
And this asset valuation bubble , driven by unprecedented liquidity injections and riding a wave of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ either zero earnings growth ( 2019 ) and negative earnings growth ( 2020 ) is the biggest bubble we have seen yet .
Perhaps none of this matter this December , but know every new high pushes the disconnect equation to ever higher and unsustainable extremes .
And for that reason I , as perhaps one of the only voices out there , suggest caution .
Greed comes before the fall .

BY SVEN HENRICH
As $SPX is trying for a new high here and $ES futures are retesting the highs from November 9th I thought I may chime in with a few thoughts here. Firstly, in general the bull price target outlined in October has barely been penetrated, but it may well be in the days ahead as again optimism on all fronts is permeating the landscape, vaccine optimism stimulus optimism, more central bank intervention optimism and of course December seasonality optimism.
After all only the years 2000 and 2018 have seen sizable downside in December and generally December is up.
But above all: Greed is back. On every front at a time of the highest market valuations in history with not a sign of fear or concern in sight and to my eye this continues to breed vast danger for markets.
But eyes wide open. A bubble bursting will only be known in hindsight not in advance, but we can certainly assess risk versus reward.
So let me highlight some issues I see.
Firstly as aforementioned greed, it is here:
I’m not selling until it hits 105. pic.twitter.com/c3QTlBZCmw — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) November 25, 2020
All joking aside the greed indicator is back to similar levels as it was at the beginning of the year:
This coinciding at a time when global stocks are apparently pursuing a similar vertical path as they did following the tax cuts in 2017 into the 2018 correction that ensued:
Except this time around greed, as additionally measured in positioning and sentiment, is reaching a uniformity of positioning and consensus either at rarely or at never before seen levels.
Everything is vertical and one way. Examples:
Call options volume:
Bitcoin:
Everything is a single crowded trade in one direction. The US dollar shorts:
Accompanied by record low levels in protection seeking and extreme bullish positioning of asset managers:
We have nothing to fear but the lack of fear.
November closes with the lowest monthly close on the options equity put/call ratio and the most bullish monthly long positioning on the asset manager index. pic.twitter.com/unn1FTyP3g — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) November 30, 2020
And then of course the vertical action in some individual stocks, namely the $TSLA saga:
A moment of silence for all the index funds forced to buy $TSLA here. pic.twitter.com/PMcIcrKgnN — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) November 30, 2020
Forced indexing by Dec 21st over $500B added in one swath, the stock has jumped 10 fold in 2020. A religion on its own. None of this has anything to do with fundamentals. A market trading at its highest price to sales ratio ever and of course the widest disconnect from the economy ever.
But keep buying stocks cause central banks keep printing is the Wall Street mantra:
And debt doesn’t matter:
So it might be fairly stated a lot of what we are currently seeing is entirely incompatible with history. The hype is tremendous as literally everybody is long, hyping for ever higher prices, protection doesn’t exist and charts are tremendously extended.
I’ve cited market cap to GDP before as key indicator and what we’re witnessing is an asset appreciation machine never seen or sustained before:
179.9% market cap vs. GDP.
The widest market disconnect from the economy ever.#documentingreality pic.twitter.com/YLCpEEYD6U — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) November 28, 2020
And it’s not only the US but it is a global phenomenon:
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Totally crazy! Global stock mktcap on course to historic $100tn mark. Gained another $2.1tn this week as string of pos vaccine news continues to overwhelm the here-and-now or rising virus cases & suppressed econ activity. All stocks now worth $98.7tn, equal to 112% of global GDP. pic.twitter.com/mIwwFf6hIS — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) November 29, 2020
Value for nothing. Valuations not backed by an economic foundation. And we know the answer why, ungodly sums of liquidity brought about by the most extreme expansion in money supply and money printing and balance sheet expansion in history:
And all this has brought about not only unseen valuations but also chart structures we haven’t seen before, namely all these open gaps:
70%-80% of all open gaps fill, that’s just simple history. Now it’s either different this time or it’s not.
Take all the points above and recognize: We simply have no history for this. None. The apologists will keep telling you it’s all consequence free. The interventions, the valuations, the debt expansions. All of it. And they say it all justifies the valuation expansions. And implicitly they presume all this wealth going to the wealthiest of society alone is also consequence free:
I happen to disagree on all fronts, but my eyes are also wide open and so should everybody’s eyes be for insane bubbles can get even more insane and popped bubbles will only be recognized after the fact and one can be right on the basic premise but get killed in fading it as the bubble explodes higher before it bursts.
The craziest and dumbest bubble I know of (besides 1929) was the Nasdaq bubble of 2000:
I want to highlight the chart as a warning and as a potential guide.
Note the relentless ramp in November of 1999 following some corrective action in September and October. Every 5 EMA tag was bought. There was a 2 day dip into the end of November. All sound familiar so far?
Then anther brutal ramp in December which is the scenario that now everybody presumes to unfold into year end. Why? Year end seasonality and nothing but puts around us. The Fed put, the vaccine put, the stimulus put, the you name it put.
Then the chart shows a sizable decline in early January. Why? Tax loss selling. When people have a lot of gains in stocks they typically don’t want to sell until the next tax year. And that’s what happened there and the chart saw its 50MA reconnect and that produced another massive rally into the March top.
So be clear, that’s a script we could be facing here despite it all being nonsensical for the year 2000 then saw the biggest disconnect between stocks and and the economy then. 150% and it all fell apart:
My warning here then: One could’ve been totally right in December of 1999, but being right on the macro doesn’t mean the timing is correct, so I want to highlight all this from a risk perspective.
One could also note the 2016 script following the election of Trump, that too saw a relentless ramp in November and then more follow through in December:
But then note the tag of the 200MA during the election.
This time here we’re not anywhere near the 200MA:
And of course we didn’t have any of the open gap action that we have now, nor the valuations we are seeing now. But we got greed, lots of it, and massive complacency.
So I maintain given how signals, chart extensions, gaps and pushes above the monthly Bollinger bands are aligning ( never mind valuations, complacency etc.) strength offers an opportunity to sell, but the momentum must be respected. Frankly it all looks to me that central banks are losing control over the bubble they have created and they are afraid of popping it for fear of the consequences. And I can understand why. The economy remains fragile and the population, largely not showered by free money stock market gains, is struggling with real life:
That $120B a month in bond buying by the Fed is really helping. t.co/VWePQWFKq4 — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) December 1, 2020
The big market bubbles of the past had several common characteristics and I submit we are seeing all of them now: A massive valuation disconnect between asset prices and the economy, relentless asset price appreciation, extreme high forward multiples and price to sales ratios, a fervent belief that prices will go ever higher, incessant FOMO chasing and greed, little desire for downside protection, and heavy retail participation willing to pay any price or valuation in the belief prices/valuations are either justified or don’t matter irrespective of fundamentals. And greed and confirmation of successful returns breeds a sense of invincibility.
I know, everybody was a genius during the 2000 bubble. Until they weren’t.
Momentum must be respected, but losing sight of the bigger context can be highly dangerous for bubbles can pop at any time for any reason, the trigger only to be attached after the fact. And this asset valuation bubble, driven by unprecedented liquidity injections and riding a wave of multiple expansion pure following 2 years of either zero earnings growth (2019) and negative earnings growth (2020) is the biggest bubble we have seen yet. Perhaps none of this matter this December, but know every new high pushes the disconnect equation to ever higher and unsustainable extremes. And for that reason I, as perhaps one of the only voices out there, suggest caution.
Greed comes before the fall.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--VIRUSECRECY: IS THIS THE DEATH OF HISTORY?

The bland zero peer-approval now in play where transparency should be in Covid19 vaccine development has today reached its peak with the MHRA approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech product .
The Slog deconstructs the credibility of need – and asks yet again why such a “ Great Scientific Breakthrough ” needs to be a State secret .
‘ The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA ) this morning approved the Covid vaccine for use in the UK , with the Health Secretary confirming that roll out would begin “ early next week ” ‘ .
This represents the totality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Pfizer/BioNTech “ vaccine ” – which isn ’ t a vaccine at all , but let ’ s not be picky .
Manflu Halfcock went onto the House TV Channel this morning and broke the news live to the Beeb apparatchiks on the sofa .
There has been no press conference at all from the MHRA ; we are not allowed to know what things they took into account .
You might want to know who took the decisions there – or even which one of their six sub-committees was handed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ product : well , dream on .
No details are available re that one .
You may have other questions .
Here are some to which the MSM don ’ t supply answers : • When did the vaccine arrive at the MHRA ?
• Was the decision to regulate unanimous ?
• Why did the MHRA approve a product with a history of instability and the biggest shipping problems ?
( It has to be stored at -70°C ) • What concerns , if any , did the sub-committee involved have about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human body ?
• What reassurances , if any , have they received from Pfizer as to the long-term consequences of introducing mRNA in this manner ?
I ’ m all for scientific advance ; I ’ m less keen on rushing to market with both profit and political gain – some would say desperation – in mind .
I blogged a couple of years ago about a study of DNA structure in humans called The Tangled Tree .
Apart from being fascinating , it was also reassuring about how all kinds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will build upon the DNA that was factory-fitted .
When you fall and cut a knee , some gunk from a tiny life-form will probably be transmitted into your body .
The same is true if a venomous snake bites you .
Here at Sloggers ’ Roost , I ’ ve been stung by wasps so many times now , there ’ s enough insect DNA to give me immunity .
In fact , the majority of adult humans have more insect DNA in their molecular structures than ‘ human ’ DNA .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-virus protection using biotech is generally sound .
What ’ s more , although it is mRNA not DNA , it ’ s been known about since 1961 and we can be certain that the lifespan of mRNA in the body is very short .
It withers away after a few translations .
It ’ s not the principle that worries me , it ’ s the specific context of Covid19 .
From the start , I and millions of others have been asking : • Why has the virus been hyped ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat to humanity , where are all the extra corpses ?
• Why do we need to give a “ vaccine ” to everyone just to stop them being inconvenienced by a few days in bed ?
To repeat the series data that the vaxxers refuse to discuss : 99.65 % of all Covid cases display rapid recovery and minor symptoms .
Only the vulnerable with other pathogens and/or aged over 60 are at risk .
• Why have we stuck with Lockdown , at very great risk to economies , when strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been more than enough….and there is no correlation whatsoever between Lockdown and fewer deaths per million ?
• Why has HCQ + Zinc been the subject of persistent lies and disinformation when – even in older patients – it cuts the post-infection management death rate by 85 % ?
• How has every pharma combine involved in the “ search for a vaccine ” managed to cut the development process timescale by almost 80 % ?
Allow me to address some of these points .
Between a date in late February 2020 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PBNT raced through three phases of development .
Nine days later , they issued conclusions of the fieldwork – and the product ’ s pitch for regulation arrived on an unknown MHRA desk on 27th of November .
Let ’ s be kind and assume that the quango worked over the weekend : the vaccine was aproved in five days flat .
The average for the process is six months….for action against a virus that kills 0.0064 % of sufferers .
As for HCQ + Zinc , I can only repeat that Peter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was either incompetent or insidious , but it too remains shrouded in secrecy .
Finally , lockdown has already cost the UK £2.8 trillion in lost gdp – allegedly to protect an NHS that has never shown any sign at any time of being “ overwhelmed ” ….although government mendacity has clearly been behind the various “ close to breakdown ” scare stories that streamed from Whitehall and Number Ten .
Imagine if you will a Court ‘ trial ’ in which those engaged in spotting , decribing , attacking and controlling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to distract and frighten the Nation at the cost of its economy .
How would you rate their chances of getting off ?
( Please start from the ludicrous assuption that we have an independent Judiciary prosecuting a policy of Equality before the Law ) The narrative we ’ ve been offered since early Spring has more holes in it than a Hadron Collider ’ s Wave-Particle screen .
But then , so did the Skripal poisoning affair .
No doubt you will recall that the top liar in that little caper was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pfeffel Johnson .
But in 2020 – with the media ’ s help and the repetition of words like global , threat , plague , worse than 1940 etcetera , you can fool 84 % of the voters .
That said , you can only do it for so long….that 84 % has fallen to 51 % in recent weeks .
I offer two fully-grounded speculations to close : first , I don ’ t think seven different consortia could develop such a biotech from scratch to MHRA presentation in eight months….so how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when history comes to try and work out what happened after Chinese citizens started falling over last December , will they be met by Top Secret/National Interest blocking when it comes to evidence and accountability ?
From late 2018 onwards , it was obvious that Bill Gates was beginning to flex his multi-billion dollar investments in track and trace software , low-altitude surveillance satellites and biotech .
He was ( he repeatedly told us ) absolutely certain that a global pandemic was on the way .
From Spring 2019 , he began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he was using his fame , wealth and influence to put about a self-fulfilling prophecy from which he stood to gain more than any other individual on the planet .
Jeffrey Epstein ’ s immersion in the Intelligence community was well-known .
Since his downfall , Gates has claimed he never met or knew Epstein , but uncontested photographic evidence has shown this to be a gigantic lie .
In turn , Gates remains a Davos regular with strong links to the pharmaceutical sector .
How and why ‘ Covid19 ’ ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been fully isolated and mapped ) arrived in our midst is yet to be established : but if it was a random event , then it was the luckiest bounce Our Bill will ever experience .
Before the year was out , rumours of a virus outbreak in Wuhan were circulating .
Germany ordered its track and trace hardware from South Korea before Christmas 2019 .
Berlin ’ s intelligence access to CIA ops ( either legally or via double agents ) is legendary .
It could be that Big Pharma had advance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a Coronavirus derivative .
And this knowledge perhaps ensured – by February 2020 – that much of the Pharmafia had off-the-shelf biotech antidotes ready to be tweaked .
Eighty years ago , dictators burned books , air-brushed unpersons out of official photos , faked burning Reichstags and murdered their opponents en masse .
But once defeated , they left behind them ruins of death camps , millions of files , the odd Chernobyl and thousands of photographs as testimony to their madness .
Even during such attempts at totalitarian control , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relatively limited role in everyday life : it was The Party that pulled the strings , The Leader that made the decisions , and the State media that asserted The Truth .
All that has changed .
The MSM in the West today is complicit in the establishment of classic fascism , but there is no geliebte Fuhrer or Father of the Nation .
That power has passed to the Intelligence community , and their allies in the global hegemony project .
The CIA bends truth wherever and whenever it can….as does MI6 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beijing Politburo .
The internet , cloud technology and data protection Acts allow any and every régime to electronically vapourise conclusive evidence – and brand those who seek it out as paranoid mental patients .
In turn , privately-owned social media make comment rules up as they go , and censor without rationale or appeal any opinion they don ’ t like .
In the past , plays by Shakespeare and books by AJP Taylor could go back to primary sources and make observations about bias , megalomania , personal interest provenance and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will historians look into The Great Reset and regard Coronavirus narratives as the only primary sources available ?
I fear they might , unless we all start to doubt those “ helpful ” storage places in clouds , and prefer the route of physicality : memory sticks , retained hard drives , page captures and original offline articles .

by John Ward
The bland zero peer-approval now in play where transparency should be in Covid19 vaccine development has today reached its peak with the MHRA approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech product. The Slog deconstructs the credibility of need – and asks yet again why such a “Great Scientific Breakthrough” needs to be a State secret.
‘The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) this morning approved the Covid vaccine for use in the UK, with the Health Secretary confirming that roll out would begin “early next week”‘. This represents the totality of information available to the media about the Pfizer/BioNTech “vaccine” – which isn’t a vaccine at all, but let’s not be picky.
Manflu Halfcock went onto the House TV Channel this morning and broke the news live to the Beeb apparatchiks on the sofa. There has been no press conference at all from the MHRA; we are not allowed to know what things they took into account. You might want to know who took the decisions there – or even which one of their six sub-committees was handed the task of not turning down the PBNT product: well, dream on. No details are available re that one.
You may have other questions. Here are some to which the MSM don’t supply answers:
When did the vaccine arrive at the MHRA?
Was the decision to regulate unanimous?
Why did the MHRA approve a product with a history of instability and the biggest shipping problems? (It has to be stored at -70°C)
What concerns, if any, did the sub-committee involved have about the pioneering use of mRNA in a human body?
What reassurances, if any, have they received from Pfizer as to the long-term consequences of introducing mRNA in this manner?
I’m all for scientific advance; I’m less keen on rushing to market with both profit and political gain – some would say desperation – in mind.
I blogged a couple of years ago about a study of DNA structure in humans called The Tangled Tree. Apart from being fascinating, it was also reassuring about how all kinds of incidents in each individual’s life will build upon the DNA that was factory-fitted. When you fall and cut a knee, some gunk from a tiny life-form will probably be transmitted into your body. The same is true if a venomous snake bites you. Here at Sloggers’ Roost, I’ve been stung by wasps so many times now, there’s enough insect DNA to give me immunity. In fact, the majority of adult humans have more insect DNA in their molecular structures than ‘human’ DNA.
In other words, the principle of anti-virus protection using biotech is generally sound. What’s more, although it is mRNA not DNA, it’s been known about since 1961 and we can be certain that the lifespan of mRNA in the body is very short. It withers away after a few translations.
It’s not the principle that worries me, it’s the specific context of Covid19. From the start, I and millions of others have been asking:
Why has the virus been hyped?
If it’s an existential threat to humanity, where are all the extra corpses?
Why do we need to give a “vaccine” to everyone just to stop them being inconvenienced by a few days in bed? To repeat the series data that the vaxxers refuse to discuss: 99.65% of all Covid cases display rapid recovery and minor symptoms. Only the vulnerable with other pathogens and/or aged over 60 are at risk.
Why have we stuck with Lockdown, at very great risk to economies, when strong security measures for the vulnerable would have been more than enough….and there is no correlation whatsoever between Lockdown and fewer deaths per million?
Why has HCQ + Zinc been the subject of persistent lies and disinformation when – even in older patients – it cuts the post-infection management death rate by 85%?
How has every pharma combine involved in the “search for a vaccine” managed to cut the development process timescale by almost 80%?
Allow me to address some of these points.
Between a date in late February 2020 and November 9th – just eight months – PBNT raced through three phases of development. Nine days later, they issued conclusions of the fieldwork – and the product’s pitch for regulation arrived on an unknown MHRA desk on 27th of November. Let’s be kind and assume that the quango worked over the weekend: the vaccine was aproved in five days flat.
The average for the process is six months….for action against a virus that kills 0.0064% of sufferers.
As for HCQ + Zinc, I can only repeat that Peter Horby’s disgraceful drug trial of it was either incompetent or insidious, but it too remains shrouded in secrecy.
Finally, lockdown has already cost the UK £2.8 trillion in lost gdp – allegedly to protect an NHS that has never shown any sign at any time of being “overwhelmed”….although government mendacity has clearly been behind the various “close to breakdown” scare stories that streamed from Whitehall and Number Ten.
Imagine if you will a Court ‘trial’ in which those engaged in spotting, decribing, attacking and controlling Covid19 in Britain stood accused of plotting to distract and frighten the Nation at the cost of its economy. How would you rate their chances of getting off? (Please start from the ludicrous assuption that we have an independent Judiciary prosecuting a policy of Equality before the Law)
The narrative we’ve been offered since early Spring has more holes in it than a Hadron Collider’s Wave-Particle screen. But then, so did the Skripal poisoning affair. No doubt you will recall that the top liar in that little caper was the then Foreign Secretary, Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.
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But in 2020 – with the media’s help and the repetition of words like global, threat, plague, worse than 1940 etcetera, you can fool 84% of the voters.
That said, you can only do it for so long….that 84% has fallen to 51% in recent weeks.
I offer two fully-grounded speculations to close: first, I don’t think seven different consortia could develop such a biotech from scratch to MHRA presentation in eight months….so how did they do it? And second, when history comes to try and work out what happened after Chinese citizens started falling over last December, will they be met by Top Secret/National Interest blocking when it comes to evidence and accountability?
Hypothesis 1: Big Pharma had advance notice
From late 2018 onwards, it was obvious that Bill Gates was beginning to flex his multi-billion dollar investments in track and trace software, low-altitude surveillance satellites and biotech. He was (he repeatedly told us) absolutely certain that a global pandemic was on the way. From Spring 2019, he began organising seminars on the subject: effectively, he was using his fame, wealth and influence to put about a self-fulfilling prophecy from which he stood to gain more than any other individual on the planet.
Jeffrey Epstein’s immersion in the Intelligence community was well-known. Since his downfall, Gates has claimed he never met or knew Epstein, but uncontested photographic evidence has shown this to be a gigantic lie. In turn, Gates remains a Davos regular with strong links to the pharmaceutical sector.
How and why ‘Covid19’ (a “thing” that has never been fully isolated and mapped) arrived in our midst is yet to be established: but if it was a random event, then it was the luckiest bounce Our Bill will ever experience. Before the year was out, rumours of a virus outbreak in Wuhan were circulating. Germany ordered its track and trace hardware from South Korea before Christmas 2019. Berlin’s intelligence access to CIA ops (either legally or via double agents) is legendary.
It could be that Big Pharma had advance notice of a lab-cultured bioweapon loosely described as a Coronavirus derivative. And this knowledge perhaps ensured – by February 2020 – that much of the Pharmafia had off-the-shelf biotech antidotes ready to be tweaked.
Hypothesis 2: Has Intelligence technology neutered historical investigation?
Eighty years ago, dictators burned books, air-brushed unpersons out of official photos, faked burning Reichstags and murdered their opponents en masse. But once defeated, they left behind them ruins of death camps, millions of files, the odd Chernobyl and thousands of photographs as testimony to their madness.
Even during such attempts at totalitarian control, the NKVD and the Gestapo still undertook a relatively limited role in everyday life: it was The Party that pulled the strings, The Leader that made the decisions, and the State media that asserted The Truth.
All that has changed. The MSM in the West today is complicit in the establishment of classic fascism, but there is no geliebte Fuhrer or Father of the Nation. That power has passed to the Intelligence community, and their allies in the global hegemony project.
The CIA bends truth wherever and whenever it can….as does MI6, the FRSS, EUNATO and the Beijing Politburo. The internet, cloud technology and data protection Acts allow any and every régime to electronically vapourise conclusive evidence – and brand those who seek it out as paranoid mental patients.
In turn, privately-owned social media make comment rules up as they go, and censor without rationale or appeal any opinion they don’t like.
In the past, plays by Shakespeare and books by AJP Taylor could go back to primary sources and make observations about bias, megalomania, personal interest provenance and so forth.
In the future, will historians look into The Great Reset and regard Coronavirus narratives as the only primary sources available? I fear they might, unless we all start to doubt those “helpful” storage places in clouds, and prefer the route of physicality: memory sticks, retained hard drives, page captures and original offline articles.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--Greg Weldon: The 2021 Investment Landscape…in Six-Minutes!

The Fed , the economy , the markets…what ’ s going to happen in 2021 ?
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I lay the tracks heading into 2021 … specifying , again , PRECISELY “ where ” the Fed is at , and from there the investment landscape becomes considerably more clear , DESPITE all the uncertainties that remain… …and from there picking the best trains to ride in 2021 becomes crystal clear…and I do ALL of this in LESS than seven minutes !
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Gregory Weldon is CEO of Weldon Financial and Editor of the influential newsletters “ Weldon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Commodity and Currency Monitor , ” the ” Metal Monitor , ” and the “ ETF Playbook.
” He launched these macro-market publications , covering supply-demand fundamentals , along with technical , intermarket , and psychological insights , after building a successful career as a trader on Wall Street .
Weldon has since established himself as a noted authority in the gold market as well as the global capital markets .
He is the author of Gold Trading Boot Camp : How to Master the Basics and Become a Successful Commodities Investor @

Gregory Weldon, Released on 12/2/20 (Recorded on 12/1/20)
The Fed, the economy, the markets…what’s going to happen in 2021??
I lay the tracks heading into 2021 … specifying, again, PRECISELY “where” the Fed is at, and from there the investment landscape becomes considerably more clear, DESPITE all the uncertainties that remain…
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…and from there picking the best trains to ride in 2021 becomes crystal clear…and I do ALL of this in LESS than seven minutes!!!!!!
Gregory Weldon is CEO of Weldon Financial and Editor of the influential newsletters “Weldon’s Money Monitor,” the “Commodity and Currency Monitor,” the” Metal Monitor,” and the “ETF Playbook.” He launched these macro-market publications, covering supply-demand fundamentals, along with technical, intermarket, and psychological insights, after building a successful career as a trader on Wall Street. Weldon has since established himself as a noted authority in the gold market as well as the global capital markets. He is the author of Gold Trading Boot Camp: How to Master the Basics and Become a Successful Commodities Investor.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--100 Duplicate Ballots Inspected in AZ, 2% Fraudulent

In today 's update , Chairwoman @ kelliwardaz announces the findings from our investigation of 100 duplicate ballots , in @ @ @ @ @ to have been altered and removed from President @ realDonaldTrump 's total .
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In today's update, Chairwoman @kelliwardaz announces the findings from our investigation of 100 duplicate ballots, in which TWO votes were discovered to have been altered and removed from President @realDonaldTrump's total. pic.twitter.com/6Dg9zd2XGd
— Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) December 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--Lin Wood telling Georgia Trump supporters to sit out the Senate Election in January!

USPS Contractor : `` I 'm not a Trump supporter .
I 'm not a Biden supporter either ...
But @ @ @ @ @ in Wisconsin during the presidential election - and the American people have a right to @ @ @

“Republicans are worried the conspiracy talk could shave off just enough MAGA voters to hand a tight #GASen race to the Democrats.”t.co/v70ZPtp1xP
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--The Profits Driving Market Narratives and Hyperbole

“ Spencer bought NIO a few days ago , and he is already up 35 % ” The quote above is a friend ’ s text describing his 15-year-old ’ s investing prowess .
When asked if Spencer realizes NIO Company ( NIO ) is worth about twice the Ford Motor Company ( F ) , the reply was the equivalent of a blank stare .
Spencer , and many new investors/speculators , both young and old , are currently enamored with stocks .
Most of these new entrants are passive .
Passive investors and speculators are taking center stage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the role of active investors .
By default , this means that liquidity and capital flows become paramount to investing strategies .
At the same time , fundamental and technical analysis fall by the wayside .
For more on the popularity of passive investing , please read our article The Market ’ s Invisible Guardrails Are Missing .
Most passive investors and all speculators lack fundamental and/or technical guidance .
They have nothing to steer their decision making other than the current hype and narrative .
Given this environment , we think it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breed of investors and the narratives and media influencing them .
The democratization of investing is , in part , responsible for an onslaught of popularity in investing .
Zero commissions and easy to use online trading platforms like Robinhood , open stock investing to the masses .
Spencer and his buddies can open an app and buy a share or fraction of a share of NIO in an instant .
The ease of buying shares and upwards market trend make investing seem like easy street .
In many respects , stock speculators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today , they play with better odds .
In sports betting , for example , the result is binary , win or lose .
Bet enough , and you are almost guaranteed to bat .500 .
Sports betting , slots , and casino games have transaction fees , called a vigorish or vig .
The roughly 50/50 odds and the vig all but guarantee that over time almost all gamblers lose .
Since March , the markets have been trending higher .
As such , if you can follow the right narratives , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can sustain , at least for a while , a greater than 50 % win rate .
Unlike Vegas , the market does not have a visible vig .
There is an invisible vig , but that story is for another article .
Spencer and his friends know the market is up a lot in the last six months .
They indeed have friends that made a “ fortune ” in this or that hot stock .
Don ’ t we all have a friend or two that brags about cleaning up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loves the get rich quick prospects .
Spencer does not have any insight into the fundamentals of NIO .
He doesn ’ t know its sales revenue , how much money NIO makes or loses each quarter , how much debt it has , or other essential facts .
We would venture to guess he has never considered what the market for Chinese electric cars is or will be .
For that matter , he may not even know that NIO is a Chinese electric car manufacturer .
Spencer doesn ’ t care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone else is doing .
Spencer and millions of investors only care about the narrative .
That day-to-day or hour-to-hour theme is what drives capital flows in today ’ s markets .
The birth of the internet has led to the enormous growth of online media .
Traditional print newspapers and research publications ceded significant market share to various internet providers of news and market commentary .
It de-centralized control over information flow away from the mainstream media giants .
Despite the changing medium , revenues for the media providers are still dictated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however , are the metrics by which the effectiveness of advertising is assessed .
Twenty years ago , the large majority of market commentary was in print form .
Advertising rates were largely based on the demographics of subscribers for the respective publications .
Those firms advertising and the media outlets were much less effective at discerning which articles were popular and driving sales and which had little to no effect or even negative effects on print media sales .
Highlighting the simplicity of what used to drive newspaper headlines was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leads.
” Today , with a large majority of readership being on the internet , advertisers have an incredible amount of data .
They harvest profile information on every single person ( consumer ) who enters their domain .
They can hone in on specific demographics , geographic locations , time reading , and readers ’ income with that information .
Advertisers target advertising with magnificent accuracy .
The media , like all industries , focuses on profits .
As such , they keep a close eye on which articles are heavily viewed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how many viewers read each article and how much time they spend on each piece .
They also track to see what else their visitors are reading .
Advertisers cherish these statistics and dole out money accordingly .
The media begs for “ likes , ” “ hearts , ” “ re-Tweets , ” “ shares , ” and an assortment of ways in which individuals re-distribute and promote articles .
These seemingly innocuous clicks of a mouse help the publisher reach more eyes .
Within that construct , authors who are employed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often incented by the web traffic their stories generate .
In the internet era , readers ’ attention spans have rapidly diminished .
Most people scan many more articles than ever before possible but read a lot less content in depth .
To get clicks and eyes on an article and ultimately sell advertisements , headlines must grab the reader ’ s attention .
Content must be concise to keep them engaged .
It is what is known as “ click-bait ” .
With the stock market rising at a breakneck pace since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ riches , the number of authors exploiting market optimism is rapidly increasing .
There are more articles that tout the market strength and the incredible upside potential that remains for “ investors ” .
Many such articles are not based on analytical rigor but on dollars and cents .
The online media knows that titles such as “ Stocks Fly High on Hopes for a Vaccine ” will attract significantly more advertising revenue than “ The Future Consequences of Deficit Spending , Zero Interest Rates , and QE Should Give Investors Concern.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clicks necessary to sell advertising .
In 2007 , which newspaper or online news provider forecasted the coming financial crisis ?
Who in February , even with evidence of COVID on our doorstep , thought the market would drop 30 % in weeks ?
The answer to both questions is a precious few .
In 2007 and February 2020 , many of today ’ s journalists do not have deep backgrounds in market history , valuations , finance , or economics .
Most have never managed money or had to explain to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will lose sleep if the market crashes .
Most online media providers are advertisers .
They know that today ’ s bullishness is a hot commodity , and that is what they are selling .
They do not have skin in the game .
The intent of on-line business news is to attract advertising dollars .
Clicks and eyes pay the bills , not reliable content .
That being the case , integrity and reliability often come second to popularity .
Popularity and advertising dollars are driving the decisions of Spencer and millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality are often dismissed .
There is no profit in caution or prudence .
As investors , we need to see through the narrative .
We must find well-thought-out articles , regardless of their titles .
Some will make bullish cases , and some bearish .
Still , importantly , the more views , opinions , and analyses from respected authors we read , the stronger our convictions will be , and ultimately the better we can assess the probabilities of long-term market trends .
Equally important , we must realize the current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to invest in .
If investors are influenced by hyperbole and a narrative that cheers on momentum-based speculation , we must understand that their actions can propel the market higher .
Narratives and fads drive today ’ s market , not what is rich or cheap .
The current mindset will change in time , and hearts will be broken .
In the meantime , however , we recognize that Spencer ’ s actions and the narratives backing them dictate market trends .

by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott
The Profits Driving Market Narratives and Hyperbole “Spencer bought NIO a few days ago, and he is already up 35%” The quote above is a friend’s text describing his 15-year-old’s investing prowess. When asked if Spencer realizes NIO Company (NIO) is worth about twice the Ford Motor Company (F), the reply was the equivalent of a blank stare. Spencer, and many new investors/speculators, both young and old, are currently enamored with stocks. Most of these new entrants are passive. Passive investors and speculators are taking center stage. As they do, they diminish the role of active investors. By default, this means that liquidity and capital flows become paramount to investing strategies. At the same time, fundamental and technical analysis fall by the wayside. For more on the popularity of passive investing, please read our article The Market’s Invisible Guardrails Are Missing. Most passive investors and all speculators lack fundamental and/or technical guidance. They have nothing to steer their decision making other than the current hype and narrative. Given this environment, we think it’s important to understand the new breed of investors and the narratives and media influencing them. Gambling vs. Speculating The democratization of investing is, in part, responsible for an onslaught of popularity in investing. Zero commissions and easy to use online trading platforms like Robinhood, open stock investing to the masses. Spencer and his buddies can open an app and buy a share or fraction of a share of NIO in an instant. The ease of buying shares and upwards market trend make investing seem like easy street. In many respects, stock speculators are gamblers, but at times like today, they play with better odds. In sports betting, for example, the result is binary, win or lose. Bet enough, and you are almost guaranteed to bat .500. Sports betting, slots, and casino games have transaction fees, called a vigorish or vig. The roughly 50/50 odds and the vig all but guarantee that over time almost all gamblers lose. Since March, the markets have been trending higher. As such, if you can follow the right narratives, and the trend is your friend, you can sustain, at least for a while, a greater than 50% win rate. Unlike Vegas, the market does not have a visible vig. There is an invisible vig, but that story is for another article.
What Drives Spencer
Spencer and his friends know the market is up a lot in the last six months. They indeed have friends that made a “fortune” in this or that hot stock. Don’t we all have a friend or two that brags about cleaning up over the last few months? Everyone loves the get rich quick prospects.
Spencer does not have any insight into the fundamentals of NIO. He doesn’t know its sales revenue, how much money NIO makes or loses each quarter, how much debt it has, or other essential facts. We would venture to guess he has never considered what the market for Chinese electric cars is or will be. For that matter, he may not even know that NIO is a Chinese electric car manufacturer.
Spencer doesn’t care. He only wants to know what everyone else is doing. Spencer and millions of investors only care about the narrative. That day-to-day or hour-to-hour theme is what drives capital flows in today’s markets.
Narratives
The birth of the internet has led to the enormous growth of online media. Traditional print newspapers and research publications ceded significant market share to various internet providers of news and market commentary. It de-centralized control over information flow away from the mainstream media giants.
Despite the changing medium, revenues for the media providers are still dictated by advertising dollars. What is different, however, are the metrics by which the effectiveness of advertising is assessed. Twenty years ago, the large majority of market commentary was in print form. Advertising rates were largely based on the demographics of subscribers for the respective publications. Those firms advertising and the media outlets were much less effective at discerning which articles were popular and driving sales and which had little to no effect or even negative effects on print media sales. Highlighting the simplicity of what used to drive newspaper headlines was the phrase “if it bleeds, it leads.”
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Today, with a large majority of readership being on the internet, advertisers have an incredible amount of data. They harvest profile information on every single person (consumer) who enters their domain. They can hone in on specific demographics, geographic locations, time reading, and readers’ income with that information. Advertisers target advertising with magnificent accuracy.
Profits Trump Facts
The media, like all industries, focuses on profits. As such, they keep a close eye on which articles are heavily viewed and which are not. They know how many viewers read each article and how much time they spend on each piece. They also track to see what else their visitors are reading. Advertisers cherish these statistics and dole out money accordingly.
The media begs for “likes,” “hearts,” “re-Tweets,” “shares,” and an assortment of ways in which individuals re-distribute and promote articles. These seemingly innocuous clicks of a mouse help the publisher reach more eyes. Within that construct, authors who are employed or contracted by on-line media outlets are often incented by the web traffic their stories generate.
Attention Span
In the internet era, readers’ attention spans have rapidly diminished. Most people scan many more articles than ever before possible but read a lot less content in depth. To get clicks and eyes on an article and ultimately sell advertisements, headlines must grab the reader’s attention. Content must be concise to keep them engaged. It is what is known as “click-bait”.
With the stock market rising at a breakneck pace since March and capturing investors’ dreaming of riches, the number of authors exploiting market optimism is rapidly increasing. There are more articles that tout the market strength and the incredible upside potential that remains for “investors”.
Many such articles are not based on analytical rigor but on dollars and cents. The online media knows that titles such as “Stocks Fly High on Hopes for a Vaccine” will attract significantly more advertising revenue than “The Future Consequences of Deficit Spending, Zero Interest Rates, and QE Should Give Investors Concern.”
Titles using hyperbole and optimism attract the clicks necessary to sell advertising.
Medias Track Record
In 2007, which newspaper or online news provider forecasted the coming financial crisis? Who in February, even with evidence of COVID on our doorstep, thought the market would drop 30% in weeks?
The answer to both questions is a precious few. In 2007 and February 2020, many of today’s journalists do not have deep backgrounds in market history, valuations, finance, or economics. Most have never managed money or had to explain to a client why they lost money. Few will lose sleep if the market crashes.
Most online media providers are advertisers. They know that today’s bullishness is a hot commodity, and that is what they are selling. They do not have skin in the game.
The intent of on-line business news is to attract advertising dollars. Clicks and eyes pay the bills, not reliable content. That being the case, integrity and reliability often come second to popularity.
Popularity and advertising dollars are driving the decisions of Spencer and millions of other investors. Unpopular facts and reality are often dismissed. There is no profit in caution or prudence.
Summary
As investors, we need to see through the narrative. We must find well-thought-out articles, regardless of their titles. Some will make bullish cases, and some bearish. Still, importantly, the more views, opinions, and analyses from respected authors we read, the stronger our convictions will be, and ultimately the better we can assess the probabilities of long-term market trends.
Equally important, we must realize the current market structure is the one we have to invest in. If investors are influenced by hyperbole and a narrative that cheers on momentum-based speculation, we must understand that their actions can propel the market higher.
Narratives and fads drive today’s market, not what is rich or cheap. The current mindset will change in time, and hearts will be broken. In the meantime, however, we recognize that Spencer’s actions and the narratives backing them dictate market trends.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--Despite Lockdowns, Isolation, Poverty, and Loss, the Human Spirit Will Always Prevail

A year ago , nobody really imagined we ’ d spend most of 2020 in our homes , watching as one family after another lost a loved one , as one business after another closed , as one dream after another died .
We didn ’ t think about spending a year isolated from the people we love or navigating a new world with restrictions handed down by federal , state , and local governments .
It never occurred to us that it would soon become a rarity to see a stranger ’ s smile or that traveling would become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we were thinking about our plans for the holiday season .
We were booking flights , working overtime in busy stores , and planning what to wear to the office Christmas party .
We were looking forward to 2020 – after all , it was a brand new decade that sounded so futuristic .
We savored what the year ahead might bring .
Would it be travel ?
A new job ?
True love ?
“ This is going to be my year !
” people said .
2020 has not been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turned and shortly thereafter everything changed and 2020 was not the bright light we ’ d all imagined .
In fact , it was dark .
With 2020 came that pandemic preppers had all been getting ready for , ever since they began looking at the bad things that could happen .
It was the year that justified our stockpiles , our stash of N95s , our entire outlook .
But at the same time , even those who were prepared seemed to hesitate , finding it difficult to believe that the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media and the World Health Organization claimed that it was .
But whether you believed in the danger of the virus or not , your life was probably affected by it .
And for some of us , it was affected more than others .
The official death toll in the United States as I write this essay is around 269,000 people .
But that number doesn ’ t include the people who died of cancer or a heart condition or some other life-threatening disease for which they could not obtain treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least 20 % of Americans reported being unable to obtain vital healthcare this year due to the pandemic . )
It doesn ’ t reflect the people who succumbed to despair and mental illness , exacerbated by the extreme isolation and the fear propagated by the media .
The CDC reports that the virus and lockdowns have contributed “ to more suicides , overdoses , and violence.
” I wrote previously about how the restrictions have been detrimental to mental health .
The uncertainty , in general , has been brutal for many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woes .
Eight million more Americans than last year are now living in poverty as a result of the lockdowns and subsequent job and business losses .
2020 really wasn ’ t anybody ’ s year .
Well , except for those running major corporations like Amazon .
Here we are almost a year later .
This year , the shops were all but empty on Black Friday , normally the busiest day of the year for retailers .
Americans in general are planning to spend less than normal on Christmas this year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While 50 million people still traveled to see loved ones on Thanksgiving despite suggestions from public health officials , many people faced the holiday alone or only with immediate family .
Should predictions come true regarding those who traveled for Thanksgiving , Christmas could be even lonelier .
Not only have the pandemic and subsequent restrictions made people physically , economically , and mentally unwell , they have isolated us .
A lot of people are feeling pretty overwhelmed right now as they struggle to work from home , help their children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ try to feed the family on less money while prices go up .
Supply shortages are beginning to be too obvious to hide in most parts of the country , so finding the things you want this holiday season may be difficult even if you have the money to make purchases .
I had YouTube on in the background the other day while I was cleaning my kitchen and it auto-played a 2017 interview with a couple of celebrities .
They were talking about things like going to the movies and drinking that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trip to the bathroom where you didn ’ t miss anything important in the film .
They discussed going to McDonald ’ s with the kids just so they could get an hour of peace while the children enthusiastically romped with strangers ’ children in the play area .
All of these small activities we ’ ve taken for granted for so long are just not possible anymore .
Playland isn ’ t open , you can only get food in the drive-through , and forget about going to the movie theater .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ expected that by the end of the year , up to 70 % of small to medium-sized movie theaters will be bankrupt .
There are days when everything seems grim and hopeless .
But there is a light and that light is the human spirit .
Despite this dark period in many of our lives , there is still joy to be found .
The human spirit has always and will always prevail when it comes to finding ways to connect with other people and seek happiness .
While everything is very different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not be contained indefinitely .
It ’ s not the same as before .
But I see beautiful stories that give me hope .
Like… • This couple in Italy who met on their balconies during the lockdown .
They say it was love at first sight .
They got to know each other online and flirted across the distance .
Now they ’ re engaged .
• The creative ways old folks ’ homes have come up with so loved ones can visit .
While it ’ s definitely not as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care homes in the UK are establishing protocols for outdoor visits , “ window ” visits , and visiting “ pods ” to maintain lockdown while still allowing residents some interaction with the people they love .
• The return of the front porch as a social hot spot .
Back when I was a girl , I visited several of my elderly neighbors on their front porches on a regular basis .
Neighbors and porches , in general , had fallen out of style over the past decades but there is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chats .
• Video calling .
While it ’ s not the same as actually being there , we ’ re so fortunate to live in a time that offers us the technology to connect with the people we love no matter where they are in the world , via the internet .
The use of Zoom and other types of video-calling software has hit an all-time high while people use it to work , to socialize , and even to date .
• Getting to know our neighbors .
There are so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who live close by in these days where we ’ re spending more time at home .
Not only is there the front-porch visit mentioned above , but people are picking up supplies for neighbors who can ’ t get to the store , they ’ re dropping off artwork their children made , and they ’ re having conversations through the door just to help others know they ’ re not so alone .
• Getting married regardless of lockdowns .
Initially , a lot of couples were postponing weddings so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their loved ones present .
Now , the trend is more toward getting married anyway to unite with the person you love .
Some people are having small , intimate ceremonies with just a handful of people present , others are having guests show up via video , and still others are just getting hitched without any audience at all .
• Supporting each other online .
Here ’ s another shoutout to technology .
The ease of messenger apps on our phones and computers makes it so much more possible for us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ones , whether they live right next door or on the other side of the planet .
It helps to be able to check-in with our friends and have a conversation , whether it ’ s via text , a voice call , or a video .
Never has our ability to have online friends been as important as it is right now .
We humans will always find a way to connect with other humans , no matter how many holidays get “ canceled , ” how stringently the lockdowns are enforced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seem .
We were not born to live in isolation , and so , we will use the technology available to us to unite with others .
We will connect with others , regardless of the rules .
With or without permission , we will find a way .
People are still out there creating art , writing stories , baking bread , and having babies .
We are tapping into our love of hearth and home and we are becoming even more closely bound to the people we love .
We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Although we can ’ t go to church in many parts of the country , people still find comfort in their faith .
Although we can ’ t always gather , we still find strength in one another .
Think of the most dystopian , totalitarian place you can imagine , where execution is the go-to punishment for the smallest of crimes .
Even someplace that is subject to brutal regimes is still the setting of exciting romances that make peoples ’ hearts race , parents who love their children fiercely , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same inappropriate jokes .
The human spirit will always prevail .
It has always prevailed .
And virus or no virus , lockdown or no lockdown , we ’ re watching it prevail right now in a million little vignettes around the world .
As things change , remember that many things are forever the same .
Just as the human spirit will prevail to connect us with one another , nature is always going to be nature .
Although everything seems so very different this year , many things are eternally the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in and out .
The moon will still wax and wane .
The rain will fall , the stars will shine , the clouds will take forms that make us think of animals or angels or teapots .
The birds will still sing in the morning and after a rainstorm .
Dogs will bark , cats will purr , and the grass will grow .
In her diary , Anne Frank wrote , “ I don ’ t think of all the misery , but of the beauty that still remains.
” Somehow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for her life held on to her sense of joy and optimism in the worst of circumstances .
If there ’ s one important lesson to be learned from her it ’ s that where you focus your attention is where your mind spends its time .
No matter how much the world changes , there are always those things that will remain the same .
Let these things be your touchstones when you feel lonely or without hope .
Turn off the news that is constantly telling you about the darkness and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Focus on the beauty there is in the world , the people you love , and the things for which you are grateful .
We are boundless in our capacity for love , gratitude , and compassion .
Things will not always be as dismal as they seem right now to many .
Human nature will not allow a world bereft of joy forever .
It is within us all – we just have to find that spark of gratitude , love , and hope .
And we have to remember that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weakened , it can be battered – will always find a way to prevail .

by Daisy Luther
A year ago, nobody really imagined we’d spend most of 2020 in our homes, watching as one family after another lost a loved one, as one business after another closed, as one dream after another died.
We didn’t think about spending a year isolated from the people we love or navigating a new world with restrictions handed down by federal, state, and local governments. It never occurred to us that it would soon become a rarity to see a stranger’s smile or that traveling would become almost impossible.
This time last year, we were thinking about our plans for the holiday season. We were booking flights, working overtime in busy stores, and planning what to wear to the office Christmas party. We were looking forward to 2020 – after all, it was a brand new decade that sounded so futuristic. We savored what the year ahead might bring. Would it be travel? A new job? True love? “This is going to be my year!” people said.
2020 has not been our year.
And then the calendar turned and shortly thereafter everything changed and 2020 was not the bright light we’d all imagined.
In fact, it was dark.
Depressing.
Devastating.
Deadly.
With 2020 came that pandemic preppers had all been getting ready for, ever since they began looking at the bad things that could happen. It was the year that justified our stockpiles, our stash of N95s, our entire outlook. But at the same time, even those who were prepared seemed to hesitate, finding it difficult to believe that the virus named COVID-19 was actually as bad as the media and the World Health Organization claimed that it was.
But whether you believed in the danger of the virus or not, your life was probably affected by it. And for some of us, it was affected more than others.
The official death toll in the United States as I write this essay is around 269,000 people. But that number doesn’t include the people who died of cancer or a heart condition or some other life-threatening disease for which they could not obtain treatment because of the virus. (At least 20% of Americans reported being unable to obtain vital healthcare this year due to the pandemic.)
It doesn’t reflect the people who succumbed to despair and mental illness, exacerbated by the extreme isolation and the fear propagated by the media. The CDC reports that the virus and lockdowns have contributed “to more suicides, overdoses, and violence.” I wrote previously about how the restrictions have been detrimental to mental health. The uncertainty, in general, has been brutal for many.
Then there are the bitter financial woes. Eight million more Americans than last year are now living in poverty as a result of the lockdowns and subsequent job and business losses.
2020 really wasn’t anybody’s year. Well, except for those running major corporations like Amazon.
Here we are almost a year later.
This year, the shops were all but empty on Black Friday, normally the busiest day of the year for retailers. Americans in general are planning to spend less than normal on Christmas this year, another blow to a struggling economy. While 50 million people still traveled to see loved ones on Thanksgiving despite suggestions from public health officials, many people faced the holiday alone or only with immediate family. Should predictions come true regarding those who traveled for Thanksgiving, Christmas could be even lonelier.
Not only have the pandemic and subsequent restrictions made people physically, economically, and mentally unwell, they have isolated us.
A lot of people are feeling pretty overwhelmed right now as they struggle to work from home, help their children navigate “distance learning,” and try to feed the family on less money while prices go up. Supply shortages are beginning to be too obvious to hide in most parts of the country, so finding the things you want this holiday season may be difficult even if you have the money to make purchases.
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I had YouTube on in the background the other day while I was cleaning my kitchen and it auto-played a 2017 interview with a couple of celebrities. They were talking about things like going to the movies and drinking that giant soda and trying to time your trip to the bathroom where you didn’t miss anything important in the film. They discussed going to McDonald’s with the kids just so they could get an hour of peace while the children enthusiastically romped with strangers’ children in the play area.
It was positively surreal.
All of these small activities we’ve taken for granted for so long are just not possible anymore. Playland isn’t open, you can only get food in the drive-through, and forget about going to the movie theater. Like, ever. It’s expected that by the end of the year, up to 70% of small to medium-sized movie theaters will be bankrupt.
There are days when everything seems grim and hopeless.
But there is a light and that light is the human spirit.
Despite this dark period in many of our lives, there is still joy to be found.
The human spirit has always and will always prevail when it comes to finding ways to connect with other people and seek happiness. While everything is very different, the thing that makes us human cannot be contained indefinitely.
It’s not the same as before.
But I see beautiful stories that give me hope. Like…
We humans will always find a way to connect with other humans, no matter how many holidays get “canceled,” how stringently the lockdowns are enforced, or how dystopian the world may seem. We were not born to live in isolation, and so, we will use the technology available to us to unite with others. We will connect with others, regardless of the rules.
With or without permission, we will find a way.
People are still out there creating art, writing stories, baking bread, and having babies. We are tapping into our love of hearth and home and we are becoming even more closely bound to the people we love. We are focusing on the things we can control. Although we can’t go to church in many parts of the country, people still find comfort in their faith. Although we can’t always gather, we still find strength in one another.
Think of the most dystopian, totalitarian place you can imagine, where execution is the go-to punishment for the smallest of crimes. Even someplace that is subject to brutal regimes is still the setting of exciting romances that make peoples’ hearts race, parents who love their children fiercely, and best friends who laugh at the same inappropriate jokes.
The human spirit will always prevail. It has always prevailed. And virus or no virus, lockdown or no lockdown, we’re watching it prevail right now in a million little vignettes around the world.
As things change, remember that many things are forever the same.
Just as the human spirit will prevail to connect us with one another, nature is always going to be nature. Although everything seems so very different this year, many things are eternally the same.
The tides will still go in and out. The moon will still wax and wane. The rain will fall, the stars will shine, the clouds will take forms that make us think of animals or angels or teapots. The birds will still sing in the morning and after a rainstorm. Dogs will bark, cats will purr, and the grass will grow.
In her diary, Anne Frank wrote, “I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” Somehow this girl hiding in an attic fearing for her life held on to her sense of joy and optimism in the worst of circumstances. If there’s one important lesson to be learned from her it’s that where you focus your attention is where your mind spends its time.
No matter how much the world changes, there are always those things that will remain the same. Let these things be your touchstones when you feel lonely or without hope. Turn off the news that is constantly telling you about the darkness and look toward the light that remains. Focus on the beauty there is in the world, the people you love, and the things for which you are grateful. We are boundless in our capacity for love, gratitude, and compassion.
Things will not always be as dismal as they seem right now to many. Human nature will not allow a world bereft of joy forever. It is within us all – we just have to find that spark of gratitude, love, and hope. And we have to remember that the human spirit – although it can be weakened, it can be battered – will always find a way to prevail.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--Government Help Has Made A Bad Situation Much Worse

BELIEVE IN SOMETHING , UNLESS IT UPSETS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT .
Report : Nike , Coke , other companies lobbying @ @ @ @ @ goods made with slave labor of Uighurs in Xinjiang .

by Peter Schiff of Peter Schiff Podcast
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Best November for the Dow since the roaring 20s.
While stocks saw a boom, gold saw a bust.
Negative backdrop may have firmed gold’s bottom.
Bitcoin reaches new highs.
Joe Biden is from the government and here to help.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-03--New Trump Executive Order Bans American Investment In Chinese Companies

( Natural News ) President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order barring U.S. investors from holding ownership stakes in a list of 31 companies believed to have ties with the Chinese military .
The order applies to 31 Chinese companies previously designated by the Pentagon as being “ owned or controlled ” by China ’ s People ’ s Liberation Army ( PLA ) .
The companies listed include several prominent Chinese technology , infrastructure and manufacturing companies such as Huawei , China Mobile , China Telecommunications , Sinochem , Hangzhou Hikvision , China Railway Construction Corporation , Inspur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China .
Trump said that American investment in the listed companies was helping China fund its military ambitions .
He added that China was “ increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and modernization of its military , intelligence , and other security apparatuses.
” He added that these efforts “ directly threaten the United States homeland and United States forces overseas.
” The order comes into effect on January 11 , 2021 .
It bans U.S. citizens from purchasing new shares in the listed firms or investing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies .
Current investors who own shares of these companies have until November 11 , 2021 , to divest their investments .
Chinese president Xi Jinping has pursued a national strategy of “ military-civil fusion.
” This draws on both private and state-owned companies to support military and intelligence activities .
This strategy has led U.S. politicians and legislators to take additional precautions against some Chinese companies , regardless of whether or not they ’ re owned by the Chinese government .
“ American capital should not be used to finance the construction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killing Americans and driving the U.S. military out of Asia , ” Peter Navarro , the director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy , said .
“ This strong action by President Trump puts a stop to that Wall Street insanity.
” An analysis of the ownership of the 31 companies on the list by The Epoch Times reveals that billions in American capital have already flowed into these companies .
U.S. investors and financial institutions currently hold shares worth about $ 14.9 billion , based on closing prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that amount is invested in two of China ’ s biggest telecommunications giants : China Mobile and China Telecom .
Approximately $ 8.1 billion has been invested in the former in both New York-listed American depository receipts and Hong Kong-listed shares .
The latter , on the other hand , has the second-largest amount of U.S. capital with $ 2.3 billion in investment .
The U.S. Department of Defense believes that both firms have links to the PLA .
Order is latest in efforts to “ decouple ” U.S. economic links to China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first time his administration has targetted the financial ties that American entities have to China .
It represents another step in the President ’ s efforts to “ decouple ” the economic links between the U.S. and China .
( Related : Facebook , Twitter and Big Tech make their money in China . )
Before this , the administration had imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars ’ worth of Chinese products .
This was in an effort to block imports and encourage U.S. companies to move their operations out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ markets of the two countries have remained closely knit .
But the latter has begun to change under the Trump administration ’ s scrutiny of American ties to China , including financial links .
In August , a government panel recommended forcing Chinese companies to delist from U.S. stock exchanges unless they provide American regulators with more access to their financial records .
“ This immense new domain of U.S. leverage over China is now here to stay , ” Roger W. Robinsons Jr. , the former chairman of the U.S.-China Economic Security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
Robinson , who is currently the president of RWR Advisory Group , lauded the move as a “ historic first ” for penalties on capital markets .
According to Martin Chorzempa , a research fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics , the order was one of the first steps toward financial decoupling “ to actually have any teeth.
” But he warned that it would essentially have “ zero effect ” on Beijing ’ s ability to fund its military ambitions , stating that China doesn ’ t rely @ @ @ @ @ @ @

by Franz Walker via Natural News
(Natural News) President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order barring U.S. investors from holding ownership stakes in a list of 31 companies believed to have ties with the Chinese military.
The order applies to 31 Chinese companies previously designated by the Pentagon as being “owned or controlled” by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The companies listed include several prominent Chinese technology, infrastructure and manufacturing companies such as Huawei, China Mobile, China Telecommunications, Sinochem, Hangzhou Hikvision, China Railway Construction Corporation, Inspur Group and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
Trump said that American investment in the listed companies was helping China fund its military ambitions. He added that China was “increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and modernization of its military, intelligence, and other security apparatuses.” He added that these efforts “directly threaten the United States homeland and United States forces overseas.”
The order comes into effect on January 11, 2021. It bans U.S. citizens from purchasing new shares in the listed firms or investing in emerging market funds that include the companies. Current investors who own shares of these companies have until November 11, 2021, to divest their investments.
Billions in American dollars invested in state-linked Chinese firms
Chinese president Xi Jinping has pursued a national strategy of “military-civil fusion.” This draws on both private and state-owned companies to support military and intelligence activities.
This strategy has led U.S. politicians and legislators to take additional precautions against some Chinese companies, regardless of whether or not they’re owned by the Chinese government.
“American capital should not be used to finance the construction of Chinese Communist weapons literally aimed at killing Americans and driving the U.S. military out of Asia,” Peter Navarro, the director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, said. “This strong action by President Trump puts a stop to that Wall Street insanity.”
An analysis of the ownership of the 31 companies on the list by The Epoch Times reveals that billions in American capital have already flowed into these companies. U.S. investors and financial institutions currently hold shares worth about $14.9 billion, based on closing prices as of Nov. 20.
Majority of that amount is invested in two of China’s biggest telecommunications giants: China Mobile and China Telecom. Approximately $8.1 billion has been invested in the former in both New York-listed American depository receipts and Hong Kong-listed shares. The latter, on the other hand, has the second-largest amount of U.S. capital with $2.3 billion in investment.
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The U.S. Department of Defense believes that both firms have links to the PLA.
Order is latest in efforts to “decouple” U.S. economic links to China
Trump’s executive order marks the first time his administration has targetted the financial ties that American entities have to China. It represents another step in the President’s efforts to “decouple” the economic links between the U.S. and China. (Related: Facebook, Twitter and Big Tech make their money in China.)
Before this, the administration had imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese products. This was in an effort to block imports and encourage U.S. companies to move their operations out of China. Despite this, the financial markets of the two countries have remained closely knit.
But the latter has begun to change under the Trump administration’s scrutiny of American ties to China, including financial links. In August, a government panel recommended forcing Chinese companies to delist from U.S. stock exchanges unless they provide American regulators with more access to their financial records.
“This immense new domain of U.S. leverage over China is now here to stay,” Roger W. Robinsons Jr., the former chairman of the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission, established by Congress, said.
Robinson, who is currently the president of RWR Advisory Group, lauded the move as a “historic first” for penalties on capital markets.
According to Martin Chorzempa, a research fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the order was one of the first steps toward financial decoupling “to actually have any teeth.” But he warned that it would essentially have “zero effect” on Beijing’s ability to fund its military ambitions, stating that China doesn’t rely on U.S. capital markets for this.
Sources include:
TheEpochTimes.com
NYTimes.com


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--Wall Street firms are entering the world of exchange-traded funds like never before … We have a Pric

Wall Street firms are entering the world of exchange-traded funds like never before … We have a Price/Sales ratio equal to the Dot Com Bubble period

We have a Price/Sales ratio equal to the Dot Com Bubble period , except back then US debt to GDP @ @ @ @ @ 120 % ) , total nat ' l debt $ 5T vs $ 30T ( @ @ @ @ @ 2 % rates caused the wheels to come off in 2018 and the world is @ @ @ @ @ ( IIF ) and spiraling .
# LBOUSA pic.twitter.com/Q8xJkzfiQO

We have a Price/Sales ratio equal to the Dot Com Bubble period, except back then US debt to GDP was 40% (now 120%), total nat'l debt $5T vs $30T (+6x) in '21, 2% rates caused the wheels to come off in 2018 and the world is now at 365% debt-to-GDP (IIF) and spiraling. #LBOUSA pic.twitter.com/Q8xJkzfiQO
— M/I_Investments (@MI_Investments) December 1, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--“It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it” – George Carlin

Fed ’ s Williams : US Still in Very Deep Recession The United States is still in a “ very @ @ @ @ @ to New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said on Wednesday .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ deep recession .
One … Bleak Holiday Ahead for Millions of Americans Seeing Income Drop @ @ @ @ @ someone in their household to suffer a drop in income over the next few weeks @ @ @ @ @ marked by the pending expiration of government benefits as well as new pandemic-related restrictions… US @ @ @ @ @ Falling Behind as Covid Widens the Wealth Gap , Report Finds A report on financial @ @ @ @ @ between the haves and have-nots amid the coronavirus outbreak and economic crisis .
Why Government @ @ @ @ @ Revives the Economy Once an economy falls into an economic slump and the level of @ @ @ @ @ commentators are of the view that it is the duty of the government and the @ @ @ @ @ to counter the rise in unemployment .

"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" – George Carlin pic.twitter.com/QWDZUnXzua — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) November 30, 2020
Eight months in, the Main Street Lending Program has pushed less than $6 billion to U.S. midsize businesses t.co/CXPSTxQTDd — Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 30, 2020
MAIN STREET HEALTH pic.twitter.com/woWKLmOVFA — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 2, 2020
@wolfofwolfst made a few very telling charts on the current state of the Housing Market pic.twitter.com/b56w83qdqV — Dmitry Braverman 🎈 (@DmitriBraverman) December 1, 2020
1. Stocks: all-time highs.
2. Housing prices: all-time highs.
3. Corporate bond yields: all-time lows.
4. Mortgage rates: all-time lows.
5. Jerome Powell: the outlook is "extraordinarily uncertain." We need many more years of 0% interest rates and QE to stimulate the markets. — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December 1, 2020
48% OF SMALL BUSINESS MAY CLOSE pic.twitter.com/GbMhErt35R — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 2, 2020
The rich get richer I'm shocked 😲 pic.twitter.com/LGJLlnMtWG — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 2, 2020
Business closings accelerating pic.twitter.com/3yoRM4s6Gy — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 2, 2020
22 million jobs have been lost (so far) to covid. Moody's now estimates we won't fully recover that loss until 2024 (assuming no surprises from here). My sympathy goes out to those affected. How are those millions of households planning to make it through the next few years? — Adam Taggart (@menlobear) December 2, 2020
The United States is still in a “very deep recession,” according to New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said on Wednesday. “We are still in a very deep recession. One …
About 76 million Americans expect someone in their household to suffer a drop in income over the next few weeks, in a holiday season marked by the pending expiration of government benefits as well as new pandemic-related restrictions…
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A report on financial security shows a widening divide between the haves and have-nots amid the coronavirus outbreak and economic crisis.
Once an economy falls into an economic slump and the level of unemployment begins to rise most commentators are of the view that it is the duty of the government and the central bank to step in to counter the rise in unemployment.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--President Trump: “This may be the most important speech I’ve ever made. I did not lose. I will not l

President Trump: “This may be the most important speech I’ve ever made. I did not lose. I will not leave.”

President Trump ends the Deep State disinformation by setting the record straight .
He will not kneel to their media @ @ @ @ @ not official .
Because of their fraud , he is here to stay .

President Trump ends the Deep State disinformation by setting the record straight. He will not kneel to their media president. It’s not official. Because of their fraud, he is here to stay.
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h/t BlueIce5


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--Nonfarm Private Jobs in November: the pace continues to slow dangerously. Philly Fed ADS Business Co

Nonfarm Private Jobs in November: the pace continues to slow dangerously. Philly Fed ADS Business Conditions Index sinks.

Nonfarm Private Jobs in November: the pace continues to slow dangerously.
Huge recovery🤨 pic.twitter.com/6837WaQBby — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) December 2, 2020
Is the shake really finished?🤔
No, in my opinion, waiting for the next whiplash pic.twitter.com/zHXcN1A5Cl — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) December 2, 2020
Equites, FX & commodities: "Let's party like it's reflation 1999" Bonds: "Nah, let's not" pic.twitter.com/nokr6asnja — Morten Lund (@meremortenlund) December 2, 2020
less money for small businesses > less jobs pic.twitter.com/cu0H2TZxUU — Alessio Urban (@AlessioUrban) December 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--Bulls significantly outnumbering bears in #InvestorsIntelligence Advisors’ Sentiment survey… Euphori

Bulls significantly outnumbering bears in #InvestorsIntelligence Advisors’ Sentiment survey… Euphoria flashing in  @Citi  Panic/Euphoria model

Bulls significantly outnumbering bears in # InvestorsIntelligence Advisors ’ Sentiment survey ; nearly 2/3 bullish , which is highest since @ @ @ @ @ WSJ pic.twitter.com/AK4COpVY0Y Euphoria flashing in @ Citi Panic/Euphoria model ( rose from 0.87 to 1.1 @ @ @ @ @ reached in August before stocks ’ -9.4 % slump pic.twitter.com/7VnGAR3VPf

Bulls significantly outnumbering bears in #InvestorsIntelligence Advisors’ Sentiment survey; nearly 2/3 bullish, which is highest since January 2018 @Refinitiv @WSJ pic.twitter.com/AK4COpVY0Y
Euphoria flashing in @Citi Panic/Euphoria model (rose from 0.87 to 1.1 recently); level last reached in August before stocks’ -9.4% slump pic.twitter.com/7VnGAR3VPf
— Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) December 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--Traditional media getting smashed – Gateway Pundit is crushing it

Thank you to our readers !
November was another record month at The Gateway Pundit with over 125 million page @ @ @ @ @ 9th time this year we have broken all-time monthly traffic records .
The Gateway Pundit @ @ @ @ @ the Alexa rankings for top websites in the US .
The Gateway Pundit is now @ @ @ @ @ Forbes , NBC News , NPR and the Wall Street Journal .
TRENDING : AG @ @ @ @ @ All Eternity – His Actions Today Confirm He Is Just Another Card-Carrying Swamp Rat

Thank you to our readers! November was another record month at The Gateway Pundit with over 125 million page views.
This is the 9th time this year we have broken all-time monthly traffic records.
The Gateway Pundit climbed to number 104 in the Alexa rankings for top websites in the US.
The Gateway Pundit is now listed above USA Today, Forbes, NBC News, NPR and the Wall Street Journal.
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TRENDING: AG Barr Destroys His Name for All Eternity – His Actions Today Confirm He Is Just Another Card-Carrying Swamp Rat
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/thanks-readers-november-another-record-month-gateway-pundit-climbed-usa-today-forbes-wsj-com-alexa-rankings/
h/t AggregateThreat


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-02--CDC reduces quarantine days from 14 to 7-10

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of days one should quarantine after being exposed to @ @ @ @ @ to between seven and 10 days .
Dr. Robert Redfield , director of the CDC @ @ @ @ @ a White House coronavirus task force meeting Tuesday .
Redfield informed Vice President Mike Pence @ @ @ @ @ the CDC will be issuing new guidance on the number of days that a person @ @ @ @ @ contact with the COVID-19 virus should quarantine “ soon , ” reports CNN .
The @ @ @ @ @ who has been exposed or has had close contact with the virus should quarantine for @ @ @ @ @ which is less than the originally recommended 14 days .

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of days one should quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus from 14 days to between seven and 10 days.
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, made the announcement during a White House coronavirus task force meeting Tuesday.
Redfield informed Vice President Mike Pence and the task force that the CDC will be issuing new guidance on the number of days that a person who has been in direct contact with the COVID-19 virus should quarantine “soon,” reports CNN.
The new guidelines recommend that someone who has been exposed or has had close contact with the virus should quarantine for seven to 10 days, which is less than the originally recommended 14 days.