investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--What Powell And Lagarde Told The G7?

What Powell And Lagarde Told The G7?

Here is a joint statement from Lagarde and Powell at a secret G7 meeting with all Leaders and Finance Chiefs of the seven nations attending as well as the IMF and BIS : “ The financial system has been on the verge of collapse since September 2019 when we started Repos and QE .
And since then it has only got worse .
The coronavirus hit us at a time when the banking system was almost down and out .
We had enough problems saving the banks .
But now we must save big corporations , small companies , individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federal State and this on top of rescuing a financial system which is deteriorating by the day .
The whole system is leaking like a sieve and we are struggling to keep it all afloat .
Fortunately we have printing presses and that helps to keep it all going but only just .
Our big fear is that the market will realise that all the money we are printing is worthless .
And it is of course but we can ’ t tell anyone .
But if the world wakes up to this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could implode in a matter of days .
And we would be totally helpless to stop it……… ” And this dear readers is where the world stands today .
On the verge of an implosion of the whole financial system .
Just a small crack could push the whole system into a black hole .
All that is needed is a severe second wave of CV-19 or a bank collapse , triggering an implosion of debt markets and the whole system .
Yes , we know the world was in a similar situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillion more in debt and who knows how many additional $ 100s of trillions of derivatives plus a world economy disintegrating – it is now exponentially worse from a risk point of view .
We must also remember that bad debts in the financial system are going up by the minute with most borrowers under severe financial pressure .
Just look at the chart below how bad debts follow unemployment .
The banks haven ’ t reported this yet but we will see it in the next couple of quarters .
So why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chiefs tell the truth ?
Well , maybe they are , in their own CB Speak .
ECB President Christine Lagarde said the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be “ restrained ” and will change parts of the economy permanently .
And Powell recently said : ” The path ahead is likely to be challenging .
Lives and livelihoods have been lost , and uncertainty looms large.
” So “ restrained ” and “ challenging ” is as far as they can stretch without panicking the world .
They would obviously never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon be gone .
This is why people must figure it out themselves .
But they won ’ t of course until it is too late .
Most people have never had to worry about risk in the financial system since until now they have been saved by the CBs .
With more than 50 years in business you learn a lot of lessons on the way .
As a young man , when acquiring my MBA back in 1969 I had to learn everything about Keynesian economics , only understanding much later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first job was in commercial lending in a Swiss Bank .
Those were the days when the Swiss banking system was run on conservative principles .
That was the perfect training for analysing and understanding risk and very different from the massive leverage of today with minimal capital backing .
My real grounding in dealing with risk was at Dixons .
At the time it was a small listed UK business which we built up to the UK ’ s leading consumer electronics retailer and a FTSE 100 company .
I was first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a few years later Executive Vice-Chairman .
Dixons was founded by a Jewish entrepreneur who was a superb businessman and retailer .
It was a steep learning curve .
He is now 88 and still as sharp as ever .
One of our principles was to always panic early but in a controlled manner .
For example , if there was a substantial downturn in consumer spending , we implemented major cost reductions across the company within a few days .
And if we made major acquisitions , we quickly sold off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to conservative levels .
By being financially prudent and commercially aggressive , we managed to grow the company fast without taking excessive risks .
We survived without pressure both the oil crisis in the early 1970s and the coal miners ’ strike which led to having electricity only 3 days a week .
The other days we sold televisions with the help of candle lights .
Low leverage and low debt were the key .
So , very different to today with massive debts and leverage .
And that is why no individual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis without massive state aid .
In recent times , no one has been taught to save or build up a nest egg for a rainy day .
When things go well , all the money is spent and when they go badly , you either borrow money or the state has to help .
This goes for individuals as well as for big corporations .
DEBTS AND DEFICITS – THE MODERN MANTRA OF FINANCE With low or zero interest rates and the value of money constantly declining , there is clearly no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governments and central banks are setting very poor examples .
But how can you expect people to be prudent when their governments and central banks have for decades been running deficits and printing money .
Debts and deficits are the mantra of modern finance .
But what no one seems to understand is that this mantra has become a chronic disease which is killing the world a lot faster than the coronavirus .
The world ’ s central banks are now in the process of outshining both Weimar and Zimbabwe .
Together with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 18 trillion since CV started .
And since the Great Financial crisis started in 2006 they have more than doubled global debt from $ 125 trillion to over $ 275 trillion but that is just the beginning .
We talk about billions , trillions and quadrillions as if we understood what it means but nobody really does .
It is absolutely impossible to fathom what a trillion is .
Let ’ s start by counting to one trillion .
It will take you 32,000 years .
And then you would have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a mistake – nor start from the beginning again .
Ok , so the $ 18T just created globally , how long would that take ?
Almost 600,000 years .
FED & ECB QE HAS ZERO VALUE So clearly totally unrealistic and impossible .
Whenever this magnitude of money has been manufactured before , like Weimar , it has always been totally worthless .
And it is this time too !
This magnitude of debt can never be serviced at a market rate .
Only at near Zero or negative rates .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ earned money .
$ 18T represents 22 % of Global GDP .
And since almost all countries have deficits today , there is absolutely ZERO chance that this debt will ever be serviced or repaid in future .
Remember that the US has not had a proper budget surplus since 1960 .
( Please don ’ t write to me about the Clinton years .
They were fake surpluses as debt continued to increase ) .
Virtually all the money created by the US government and the Fed in the last 20 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ created at will out of thin air is by definition fake .
If all that was required to print the $ 10s of trillions was to press a button and nothing was produced by way of goods or services , then the money has ZERO value .
I know I keep stressing the previous point over and over again .
This is done so that at least a few people can understand what is likely to happen next and therefore prepare themselves and their financial situation .
So why don ’ t Powell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bank actions are destroying the economy and the value of the country ’ s money .
The dollar has lost 86 % in this century and the Euro 82 % , measured in real money .
Real money is of course gold since it represents constant purchasing power and is the only money which has survived in history .
THE JOURNEY TO ZERO WON ’ T BE LONG !
There is an ominous disconnect between equity values and profits .
As the chart below shows , values have doubled since 2012 with profits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profits are crashing and stocks will follow .
The Dow correction up finished on May 8 and is now resuming the downtrend .
All the V recovery optimists are going to get a real shock .
The monthly Dow peaked in January 2020 , see chart , and the downtrend was confirmed well before CV started to trouble markets .
I have been saying in the last couple of weeks that a resumption of the stock market downtrend is imminent and it seems clear that imminent is now .
Most market participants will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crash down below the March lows and long term much , much lower .
Many have feared that the precious metals will initially fall with stocks but this seems unlikely to be the case .
On the contrary , it looks like Gold is now breaking above the important $ 1,770 level .
Since the Gold Maginot Line was broken a year ago at $ 1,350 , gold is up over $ 400 or 30 % .
The 6 year consolidation since 2013 has built up a lot of energy that will take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next move .
There has been a massive fight to hold Silver below the $ 18 level .
It seems the LBMA boys are now losing the fight as silver has gone through the $ 18 level which it has held below since 2014 with 3 months ’ exception in 2016 .
This Silver Maginot Line is even more significant than the Gold one as it comes from a much lower level of 64 % below the $ 50 peak .
Once through , we are likely to see a silver explosion and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Furthermore I consider that Carthage must be destroyed ” is what Cato the Elder said at the end of every speech he gave in the Roman Senate prior to the 3rd Punic war 149-146 BC .
In the end his persistence paid off and Carthage a Phoenician City in North Africa was destroyed .
I learnt this phrase in Latin at school and also about Roman history and it has stuck ever since .
The reason why I mention this is that I , like Cato , normally finish most my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that you must hold gold for wealth preservation purposes and not for gains measured in phoney paper money which is about to be totally debased .
Hopefully not just my historical understanding of gold but also my passion and persistence will help a few people to avoid ruin in coming years .
P.S .
The secret G7 meeting discussed at the beginning of this article obviously never took place .
But it should have !

Here is a joint statement from Lagarde and Powell at a secret G7 meeting with all Leaders and Finance Chiefs of the seven nations attending as well as the IMF and BIS:
“The financial system has been on the verge of collapse since September 2019 when we started Repos and QE. And since then it has only got worse. The coronavirus hit us at a time when the banking system was almost down and out. We had enough problems saving the banks. But now we must save big corporations, small companies, individuals, local municipalities and states, the Federal State and this on top of rescuing a financial system which is deteriorating by the day. The whole system is leaking like a sieve and we are struggling to keep it all afloat. Fortunately we have printing presses and that helps to keep it all going but only just. Our big fear is that the market will realise that all the money we are printing is worthless. And it is of course but we can’t tell anyone. But if the world wakes up to this one day soon, the financial system could implode in a matter of days. And we would be totally helpless to stop it………”
EXPONENTIALLY WORSE THAN 2008 – A BLACK HOLE
And this dear readers is where the world stands today. On the verge of an implosion of the whole financial system. Just a small crack could push the whole system into a black hole.
All that is needed is a severe second wave of CV-19 or a bank collapse, triggering an implosion of debt markets and the whole system.
Yes, we know the world was in a similar situation in 2008 but with over $100 trillion more in debt and who knows how many additional $100s of trillions of derivatives plus a world economy disintegrating – it is now exponentially worse from a risk point of view.
We must also remember that bad debts in the financial system are going up by the minute with most borrowers under severe financial pressure. Just look at the chart below how bad debts follow unemployment. The banks haven’t reported this yet but we will see it in the next couple of quarters.
TELLING THE TRUTH IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT
So why don’t the Fed and ECB chiefs tell the truth? Well, maybe they are, in their own CB Speak.
ECB President Christine Lagarde said the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be “restrained” and will change parts of the economy permanently. And Powell recently said: ”The path ahead is likely to be challenging. Lives and livelihoods have been lost, and uncertainty looms large.”
So “restrained” and “challenging” is as far as they can stretch without panicking the world. They would obviously never warn bank depositors that their money will soon be gone. This is why people must figure it out themselves. But they won’t of course until it is too late.
LESSONS IN RISK
Most people have never had to worry about risk in the financial system since until now they have been saved by the CBs.
With more than 50 years in business you learn a lot of lessons on the way. As a young man, when acquiring my MBA back in 1969 I had to learn everything about Keynesian economics, only understanding much later how wrong it all was.
My first job was in commercial lending in a Swiss Bank. Those were the days when the Swiss banking system was run on conservative principles. That was the perfect training for analysing and understanding risk and very different from the massive leverage of today with minimal capital backing.
My real grounding in dealing with risk was at Dixons. At the time it was a small listed UK business which we built up to the UK’s leading consumer electronics retailer and a FTSE 100 company. I was first a green 29 year old Finance Director and a few years later Executive Vice-Chairman. Dixons was founded by a Jewish entrepreneur who was a superb businessman and retailer. It was a steep learning curve. He is now 88 and still as sharp as ever.
One of our principles was to always panic early but in a controlled manner. For example, if there was a substantial downturn in consumer spending, we implemented major cost reductions across the company within a few days. And if we made major acquisitions, we quickly sold off dead or liquid assets to reduce leverage to conservative levels.
By being financially prudent and commercially aggressive, we managed to grow the company fast without taking excessive risks. We survived without pressure both the oil crisis in the early 1970s and the coal miners’ strike which led to having electricity only 3 days a week. The other days we sold televisions with the help of candle lights.
Low leverage and low debt were the key. So, very different to today with massive debts and leverage. And that is why no individual and no company can survive a serious crisis without massive state aid. In recent times, no one has been taught to save or build up a nest egg for a rainy day. When things go well, all the money is spent and when they go badly, you either borrow money or the state has to help. This goes for individuals as well as for big corporations.
DEBTS AND DEFICITS – THE MODERN MANTRA OF FINANCE
With low or zero interest rates and the value of money constantly declining, there is clearly no incentive to save whatsoever. Also, governments and central banks are setting very poor examples.
But how can you expect people to be prudent when their governments and central banks have for decades been running deficits and printing money. Debts and deficits are the mantra of modern finance. But what no one seems to understand is that this mantra has become a chronic disease which is killing the world a lot faster than the coronavirus.
WEIMAR & ZIMBABWE SQUARED IS COMING
The world’s central banks are now in the process of outshining both Weimar and Zimbabwe. Together with governments they have globally printed and borrowed $18 trillion since CV started. And since the Great Financial crisis started in 2006 they have more than doubled global debt from $125 trillion to over $275 trillion but that is just the beginning.
We talk about billions, trillions and quadrillions as if we understood what it means but nobody really does. It is absolutely impossible to fathom what a trillion is. Let’s start by counting to one trillion. It will take you 32,000 years. And then you would have to count very fast, never hesitate nor make a mistake – nor start from the beginning again. Ok, so the $18T just created globally, how long would that take? Almost 600,000 years.
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FED & ECB QE HAS ZERO VALUE
So clearly totally unrealistic and impossible. Whenever this magnitude of money has been manufactured before, like Weimar, it has always been totally worthless. And it is this time too!
This magnitude of debt can never be serviced at a market rate. Only at near Zero or negative rates. It can never be repaid with properly earned money. $18T represents 22% of Global GDP. And since almost all countries have deficits today, there is absolutely ZERO chance that this debt will ever be serviced or repaid in future. Remember that the US has not had a proper budget surplus since 1960. (Please don’t write to me about the Clinton years. They were fake surpluses as debt continued to increase).
Virtually all the money created by the US government and the Fed in the last 20 years is totally worthless. Because any money created at will out of thin air is by definition fake. If all that was required to print the $10s of trillions was to press a button and nothing was produced by way of goods or services, then the money has ZERO value.
I know I keep stressing the previous point over and over again. This is done so that at least a few people can understand what is likely to happen next and therefore prepare themselves and their financial situation.
So why don’t Powell and Lagarde tell the people that central bank actions are destroying the economy and the value of the country’s money.
The dollar has lost 86% in this century and the Euro 82%, measured in real money. Real money is of course gold since it represents constant purchasing power and is the only money which has survived in history.
THE JOURNEY TO ZERO WON’T BE LONG!
MARKETS
Stocks
There is an ominous disconnect between equity values and profits. As the chart below shows, values have doubled since 2012 with profits stagnant 2012-19. Now in 2020, profits are crashing and stocks will follow.
The Dow correction up finished on May 8 and is now resuming the downtrend. All the V recovery optimists are going to get a real shock. The monthly Dow peaked in January 2020, see chart, and the downtrend was confirmed well before CV started to trouble markets.
I have been saying in the last couple of weeks that a resumption of the stock market downtrend is imminent and it seems clear that imminent is now. Most market participants will be shocked as stocks around the world crash down below the March lows and long term much, much lower.
Gold & Silver
Many have feared that the precious metals will initially fall with stocks but this seems unlikely to be the case.
On the contrary, it looks like Gold is now breaking above the important $1,770 level. Since the Gold Maginot Line was broken a year ago at $1,350, gold is up over $400 or 30%. The 6 year consolidation since 2013 has built up a lot of energy that will take gold to over $2,000 in the next move.
There has been a massive fight to hold Silver below the $18 level. It seems the LBMA boys are now losing the fight as silver has gone through the $18 level which it has held below since 2014 with 3 months’ exception in 2016. This Silver Maginot Line is even more significant than the Gold one as it comes from a much lower level of 64% below the $50 peak. Once through, we are likely to see a silver explosion and a sharp fall in the gold/silver ratio.
Praeterea censeo Carthaginem esse delendam – Cato the Elder
3rd Punic War 149 – 146 BC
“Furthermore I consider that Carthage must be destroyed” is what Cato the Elder said at the end of every speech he gave in the Roman Senate prior to the 3rd Punic war 149-146 BC. In the end his persistence paid off and Carthage a Phoenician City in North Africa was destroyed.
I learnt this phrase in Latin at school and also about Roman history and it has stuck ever since.
The reason why I mention this is that I, like Cato, normally finish most my articles in the same way, namely that you must hold gold for wealth preservation purposes and not for gains measured in phoney paper money which is about to be totally debased.
Hopefully not just my historical understanding of gold but also my passion and persistence will help a few people to avoid ruin in coming years.
P.S. The secret G7 meeting discussed at the beginning of this article obviously never took place. But it should have!


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--Massachusetts is requiring visitors from 43 states to self-quarantine for 14-days. Only seven states

Massachusetts is requiring visitors from 43 states to self-quarantine for 14-days. Only seven states, including New York, will be exempt.

Mayor @ marty_walsh discussed the mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for visitors to Mass .
from 43 states , as well as @ @ @ @ @ state and the City of Boston on @ CNNSitRoom : t.co/criKDtxgVC

Mayor @marty_walsh discussed the mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for visitors to Mass. from 43 states, as well as #COVID19 efforts in the state and the City of Boston on @CNNSitRoom: t.co/criKDtxgVC
— City of Boston (@CityOfBoston) July 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--Options 101 – A Simple Guide To Reading Option Chains

I ’ ve had a lot of retards lately ask me how I pick the expiration date and strikes on my option plays .
It ’ s a stupid question… but valid if you ’ re new to the game .
I aim to help the less fortunate and spread knowledge to those who lack it .
I don ’ t consider myself a genius , but I ’ m pretty damn smart and I have pieces of paper that prove it .
Today I want to write up a quick guide on how to read an option chain .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ but if you have never seen one before it might be intimidating .
I ’ m going to showcase the $ SPY option chain at today ’ s close first : 1 ) This is the current price that the stock ( $ SPY ) is trading at .
If you didn ’ t already know this or couldn ’ t tell from context clues you ’ re autistic .
2 ) This column shows all of the call option contracts for a certain date .
3 ) This column shows all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ date .
4 ) For just a moment , only look at the call column ( # 2 ) .
Notice how there are gray boxes and black boxes and how they meet in the middle at the current price .
Gray represents contracts with strikes that are below the current price of the stock .
Black represents contracts with strikes that are below .
5 ) This is the date the option contract expires .
These options expire on that date ( 7/31/2020 ) at market close .
6 ) Again we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( # 2 ) .
Look near the top and you will see this is the ask .
This is essentially what the market makers are pricing the implied upside move of the stock at .
Bear with me… At market close on 7/1/2020 , the $ SPY 7/31 310c – this is a monthly call that is closest to the current price of the stock ( yes , I know 311 is actually closer ) – is pricing a move of $ 8.57 dollars on the upside .
But wait !
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 310.52 , so 310.52 – 310 = .52 , take that off the upside move… The market makers are pricing in a move of $ 8.05 on the upside by 7/31/2020 .
On the left of the ask column you see the bid , chg , and last columns .
These are pretty self explanatory .
Bid is the next price that buyers are willing to pay for the contract .
Chg ( change ) is the daily dollar change per contract .
You might also see % change which is quite nice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a contract sold at .
A wide bid-ask spread means a contract is having trouble being priced .
Usually this is accompanied with low volume on the contract .
Sometimes it just means big news/volatility hit the stock and the price is moving so fast that options pricing can ’ t keep up and bid-ask spreads get wider .
On the right of # 6 you see the volume and open interest on each contract .
Volume is how many contracts have actually sold on a given day and open interest is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ settled .
7 ) We can see the market sentiment towards the stock at any given time .
Right now the option chain is a little bearish on $ SPY for both volume and open interest .
This is measured based off of the call/put ratio ( look it up ) .
This is a nice indicator of where a stock might go directionally .
There ’ s a lot more I can talk about , but I just wanted to get into the basics .
Next , I ’ m going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m going to run through the pricing again , but it will be a real play of what price market makers are implying a stock could move to post earnings release .
Disclosure : I do not have any positions in $ PEP and I could care less if it goes up or down .
I ’ m not going to number this picture because I ’ m lazy and I shouldn ’ t need to… Earnings release is on 7/13 , the next expiry is 7/17 so I chose that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so let ’ s look at the 132c .
The ask on that contract is $ 3.05 so the implied move is $ 2.69 on the upside .
If you ’ re bullish on $ PEP you might buy the 7/17 135c .
If you ’ re bearish on $ PEP you might buy the 7/17 130p .
I have a higher risk appetite so I usually pick further OTM contracts , but it ’ s all situational .
Before you go out there and buy $ SPY or $ PEP options , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trading and the basics of an option ( if you haven ’ t already ) .
Learn about volume , momentum , fundamentals , technicals , the greeks , etc… Or don ’ t and blindly throw your money away at the Robinhood casino .
I ’ m not going to go into the things I mentioned in the previous paragraph because there is already information out there everywhere .
Pick up a book .
Surf the web .
Ask your friend with a job in finance .
Ask your friend that gambles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your dad .
These are the basics and you will not go far just learning this .
You need to supplement this with additional knowledge .
I will not spoon feed you .
Good luck .
Disclaimer : This information is only for educational purposes .
Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article .
Do you own due diligence .

by enronCoin
I’ve had a lot of retards lately ask me how I pick the expiration date and strikes on my option plays. It’s a stupid question… but valid if you’re new to the game. I aim to help the less fortunate and spread knowledge to those who lack it. I don’t consider myself a genius, but I’m pretty damn smart and I have pieces of paper that prove it.
Today I want to write up a quick guide on how to read an option chain. It really isn’t hard, but if you have never seen one before it might be intimidating.
I’m going to showcase the $SPY option chain at today’s close first:
1) This is the current price that the stock ($SPY) is trading at. If you didn’t already know this or couldn’t tell from context clues you’re autistic.
2) This column shows all of the call option contracts for a certain date.
3) This column shows all of the put option contracts for a certain date.
4) For just a moment, only look at the call column (#2). Notice how there are gray boxes and black boxes and how they meet in the middle at the current price. Gray represents contracts with strikes that are below the current price of the stock. Black represents contracts with strikes that are below.
5) This is the date the option contract expires. These options expire on that date (7/31/2020) at market close.
6) Again we are only looking at the call column (#2). Look near the top and you will see this is the ask. This is essentially what the market makers are pricing the implied upside move of the stock at. Bear with me…
At market close on 7/1/2020, the $SPY 7/31 310c – this is a monthly call that is closest to the current price of the stock (yes, I know 311 is actually closer) – is pricing a move of $8.57 dollars on the upside. But wait! The current price of the stock is $310.52, so 310.52 – 310 = .52, take that off the upside move… The market makers are pricing in a move of $8.05 on the upside by 7/31/2020.
Easy enough, right?
On the left of the ask column you see the bid, chg, and last columns. These are pretty self explanatory. Bid is the next price that buyers are willing to pay for the contract. Chg (change) is the daily dollar change per contract. You might also see % change which is quite nice. Last is the last price that a contract sold at.
A wide bid-ask spread means a contract is having trouble being priced. Usually this is accompanied with low volume on the contract. Sometimes it just means big news/volatility hit the stock and the price is moving so fast that options pricing can’t keep up and bid-ask spreads get wider.
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On the right of #6 you see the volume and open interest on each contract. Volume is how many contracts have actually sold on a given day and open interest is the amount of outstanding contracts that have not settled.
7) We can see the market sentiment towards the stock at any given time. Right now the option chain is a little bearish on $SPY for both volume and open interest. This is measured based off of the call/put ratio (look it up). This is a nice indicator of where a stock might go directionally.
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There’s a lot more I can talk about, but I just wanted to get into the basics. Next, I’m going to pull up a company with earnings and I’m going to run through the pricing again, but it will be a real play of what price market makers are implying a stock could move to post earnings release.
$PEP
Disclosure: I do not have any positions in $PEP and I could care less if it goes up or down. I’m not going to number this picture because I’m lazy and I shouldn’t need to…
Earnings release is on 7/13, the next expiry is 7/17 so I chose that one. The current price is 132.36 so let’s look at the 132c. The ask on that contract is $3.05 so the implied move is $2.69 on the upside.
If you’re bullish on $PEP you might buy the 7/17 135c. If you’re bearish on $PEP you might buy the 7/17 130p. I have a higher risk appetite so I usually pick further OTM contracts, but it’s all situational.
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Before you go out there and buy $SPY or $PEP options, you need to learn the basics of trading and the basics of an option (if you haven’t already). Learn about volume, momentum, fundamentals, technicals, the greeks, etc… Or don’t and blindly throw your money away at the Robinhood casino.
I’m not going to go into the things I mentioned in the previous paragraph because there is already information out there everywhere. Pick up a book. Surf the web. Ask your friend with a job in finance. Ask your friend that gambles money on the stock exchange. Ask your dad.
These are the basics and you will not go far just learning this. You need to supplement this with additional knowledge. I will not spoon feed you. Good luck.
Disclaimer: This information is only for educational purposes. Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article. Do you own due diligence.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--In only 7% of covid-19 deaths was covid-19 the sole cause of death (i.e., no co-morbidities).

So , only ~8,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US are solely attributable to COVID-19 , i.e .
those deaths without @ @ @ @ @ + COVID-19 deaths in the US , there was an average of 2.5 additional co-morbidities @ @ @ @ @ .

by ratioetlogicae
So, only ~8,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US are solely attributable to COVID-19, i.e. those deaths without co-morbidities.
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The other ~100,000 + COVID-19 deaths in the US, there was an average of 2.5 additional co-morbidities.
Really makes you wonder.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--Google hides link to VOAT and only displays articles bashing it. DuckDuckGo screenshot for compariso

Google hides link to VOAT and only displays articles bashing it. DuckDuckGo screenshot for comparison

google algorithm no longer based on page rank .
Manual adjustments to results = a concerted secret effort .

by cuteshooter
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--The same day the Trump admin announced a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan the Russian bounty story

The same day the Trump admin announced a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan the Russian bounty story broke

When the administration announced it finalized plans to remove 4,000 troops the tip from “ unnamed intelligence sources ” was @ @ @ @ @ It also comes after Trump said in March he wanted all troops out by Election @ @ @ @ @ to all the times they wanted troops out of Syria and all of a sudden @ @ @ @ @ so the troops have to stay .
House committee votes to put roadblocks on President @ @ @ @ @ withdraw forces from Afghanistan

by CoolguyMcgilicuddy
When the administration announced it finalized plans to remove 4,000 troops the tip from “unnamed intelligence sources” was leaked to the media. It also comes after Trump said in March he wanted all troops out by Election Day. It seems similar to all the times they wanted troops out of Syria and all of a sudden Assad gasses his own people so the troops have to stay.
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House committee votes to put roadblocks on President Trump’s ability to withdraw forces from Afghanistan
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--This is Agenda 21 : Be Ready for The Economic Totalitarian New World Order !! ( All American People

This is Agenda 21 : Be Ready for The Economic Totalitarian New World Order !! ( All American People Need To See This: MARTIAL LAW Agenda NEW WORLD ORDER! THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION? STREETS OF AMERICA TO BE RUNNING WITH BLOOD)

The dark NWO was created by man/the Universe because of lack of faith of man with the underlying plan to save all , create our New World and return home to God .
Part III : Big Bankers controlling the economy , U.N. and the dark NWO with their “ end game ” bringing derivatives ( “ casino money ” ) worth ten times the world production to bring financial meltdown leading to depression and Martial law followed by one New World Government and UN ’ s Agenda 21 controlling resources and ending freedom and property of man .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global depression , hunger , removal of liberty , torture and public executions to bring about the dark New World Order .
The New World Order of UN ’ s Agenda 21 : Control of all resources ending freedom and property of man , who will be packed together at urban areas , monitored , brainwashed , poisoned , and mind/birth controlled as stupid work slaves !
This massive deployment of military hardware is tacitly acknowledged by military analysts as constituting an act of provocation ( an illegal act of aggression , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humanity , and war crimes ) directed against Iran .
The fleet ’ s mission is to simulate destroying Iranian fighter jets , battleships and coastal military defenses like missile batteries .
The objective , according to Canadian and British intelligence , is for the US to trigger an all out war – WWIII is not going to be an accident .
It will not be caused by an unfortunate chain events that the U.S. struggles to avoid .
It is a goal , a specific objective that must be reached in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population would otherwise never accept .
The current global economic system is based on the hyperglobalism and selective capitalism that has evolved from Adam Smith ’ s classic emancipatory capitalism into selective globalism that is supported by the IMF , the World Bank , and WTO and is dominated by the neo-imperial elite .
This neo-imperial elite that is less than 1 % of the global population owns most of the global economy and orchestrates sinister designs to dominate global politics , mold social values , and control the economic system .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fund global conflicts , and coordinates revolutions across the globe .
On several occasions , this elite seems to defy each other but this is just a phantasm to cheat the world , it works in a closeknitted global network that secures their interests and helps them to scratch each other ’ s back .
They have dexterously exploited the COVID-19 global pandemic lockdowns to oppress the small businesses that have limited resources and can not endure the shockwaves of indefinite lockdown .
The 2 trillion US Federal Bailout signed by President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history , yet small business owners who were supposed to get the lion ’ s share are exempted in the first round of disbursement .
( Diaz 2020 ) This research is the out-and-out analysis of the contemporary global economic structure ; how it works ; who are its key players ; and how this financial system has damaged the planet and its inhabitants .
Moreover , this document critically analyzes the damage that has already been done and proposes a solution that may replace the current financial malpractices .
It may also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunities for small businesses against multinational giants and thus establish freedom , justice , and equality at the workplace .
Gradually , conventional war and its artillery are being replaced by psychological media warfare , and this time its artillery is COVID-19 .
It is impossible to believe that all this noise in the news is true because everyone knows that news produced by media companies is controlled by central banks and pharmaceutical companies .
Our common-sense questions that how could a virus travel around the world and hit hard all countries without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Beijing , and Shanghai ?
The Chinese government did not close the country on the first day of the virus ’ s discovery .
If this virus is as dangerous and contagious as the media keeps telling us , then why has it not spread to all the regions of China , especially when China has the fastest and transportation networks in the world .
Every day , this virus kills thousands of people around the world !
This is nothing new , influenza viruses have been doing this for very long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest of the global elite because since 2009 global economy is contracting and the fiat financial system is doomed to fail sooner or later .
The current lockdown situation would create a global food crisis , governments would have no option but to resort to blame-game for governance failure , for example , America is blaming China for the spread of the virus and China is doing exactly the opposite .
A recent report presented to Chinese President Xi Jinping reveals that anti-China sentiments have risen to an unprecedented scale and have never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Massacre of 1989 .
The report has anticipated that this could lead China to an armed conflict with America .
So the war is the only escape but as both superpowers have developed enormous military bases across the globe , the war would be the deadliest war of human history with the possibility of nuclear carnage that would surely endanger the prime interests of the global elite .
So they would not let countries resort to violence instead they would psychologically motivate the global leadership to introduce the new economic model that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ model would be followed by the number of legislations across the globe that would force every citizen to be vaccinated at gunpoint .
This fifth-generation cutting-edge nanotechnology might bring Nano-chips with them that would have the two-way communication and might give colossal control over human lives .
It might transmit our life information , what we like , what we don ’ t like , what we want , and what we don ’ t want .
Ghost servers placed overseas may record all this information and sell it to multinational companies that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives , limited our ability to think , decide , progress , and enjoy the natural freedom .
So , it can be said that this virus is considered as “ Joha ’ s Nail ” and carries out the currently required duty .
The global elite is 1 % of the world ’ s population and owns 99 % of central banks and shares of global stock exchanges , which qualifies them to own different kinds of companies .
For example , they own large shares in the Military-Industrial Complex corporations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aspects , especially the vaccines sector .
Besides , they own a lot of shares in Google , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , Instagram , CNN , MSNBC plus all news channels that are censoring dissent , independent research , and new information on COVID-19 .
Moreover , this elite owns the technology companies including up-to-date communication nanotechnology that would be operated through 5G technology .
The Unprecedented Scam This neo-imperial elite has extended its long tentacles to every corner of the world , they have established a neo-feudal global empire where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ labor , and trade .
This pandemic lockdown is an opportunity to critically analyze and smash this brutal capitalism that has environed our lives , for example , we can present a novel global economic model that could help the running of the global economy in a more inclusive and egalitarian fashion .
Humans have not been moved by fancy dialectic arguments and speeches but have always learned from major disasters , for example , the World Wars , the Great Depression , and the Black Death .
The global elite class that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own banks , global business , and the stock market , are the ones who committed the crime and the deceit of “ COVID-19 ” , simply because all of their interests have become so intertwined .
Think for a while , China discovered the COVID-19 in December 2019 .
The imposed countrywide lockdown throughout the first three months of 2020 , they had around a hundred thousand COVID-19 patients , why CIA and NSA did not convince the Trump administration that they should impose immediate lockdown in New York , the house @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not let it happen , they simply did not allow the lockdown .
This is one of the critical decisions that should have been taken beforehand that could have saved hundreds of thousands of civilians .
Should not this utter negligence and mismanagement be investigated ?
Should not the responsible people be brought to justice ?
It was allowed to increase numbers that would psychologically convince the American public that the new financial measures were necessary and inevitable against the COVID-19 global pandemic that allegedly had destroyed the whole global economy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sinister global order .
Let ’ s discuss here a very unusual incident to support our argument .
Tanzanian President John Magufuli , having a university master ’ s degree in chemistry , doubted the testing process and imported kits when positive cases rose from a few hundred to several thousand within a few days .
To check the credibility of the testing process and kits , he deliberately sent some animal blood samples to the biggest and most credible lab of the country without exposing the origin of the samples .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 positive , he ordered the army to confiscate all testing kits and exposed the scam on global media but mainstream media ignored this big scam that was desired to increase the numbers of the patients to psychologically choke the global community .
( Al-Jazeera 2020 ) If this is true for one country then this can be true for the whole world as there are a few service providers who export medical equipment and testing kits , mostly based in China and the United States of America .
It is worth noting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this crime are the so-called “ World Health Organization ” hence the event is given a formal and legal character .
The activities of this organization and its direct or indirect funding must be investigated .
All this noise and hysteria underlying this virus is essentially psychological warfare for an economic purpose whose aims are : A ) Exploit the rest of the real economy in the hands of small stakeholders , B ) Exploit the remaining livelihoods of people like farmers , C ) and the most important is to restart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefit of global feudalism that hasn ’ t been seen in the history of mankind .
The Building of the Neo-Imperial Global Empire After the end of the Thirty Years ’ War in Europe , the Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648 that gave birth to the modern nation-states , most of the economy at the time was based on agrarian feudalism and state-sponsored mercantile enterprises .
After the imperial onslaught and conquering of the new worlds in the Americas and Australia , the global economy shifted from feudalism to imperial capitalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bourgeoisie who emerged as major entrepreneurs .
This era was characterized by a free global economy that had little or no trading barriers , this gave birth to a new elite who relied on global trade .
( Heywood 2011 , 29-32 ) In the second half of the eighteenth century the concept of perpetual peace forwarded by German philosopher Emmanuel Kant , the free market economy , and the classic capitalism proposed by David Ricardo and the Scottish economist Adam Smith , revolutionized the global politics and trade .
The late 18th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ French Revolutions which gave birth to the modern world which had core human values of freedom , justice , and equality .
The nineteenth century was overwhelmed by imperial conflicts so the national borders and trade routes were ever-changing and dynamic .
The socialist creed which has been evolving throughout the 17th and 18th century took the concrete form when Karl Marx wrote Communist Manifesto followed by his Das Kapital , he proposed the concept of division of labor and alienation of production .
( Skidelsky 2016 , 28-34 ) He urged the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persecution because they had nothing to lose but their chains , this initiated the global age of communism .
The early 20th century saw massive imperial wars like the Opium Wars , Sino-Japanese conflict , Balkan Wars , and the imperial enterprises of Italy in northwestern Africa .
But the initiation of World War I shocked everyone which unleashed the unimagined havoc on humankind , the end of this conflict was supposed to end all future global conflicts but the controversial and humiliating Versailles Treaty not only sowed the seed for the future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for another fifty years .
Communism emerged as a force to be reckoned with in the USSR under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin in 1917 .
President Woodrow Wilson urged his European colleagues to follow the fancy ideals of freedom , justice , and equality but failed to convince his Congress to join the League of Nations .
The Great Depression ( 1929 ) which was initiated on the Black Tuesday , when millions of shares changed hands in a single day , destroyed the whole global economy and plunged humankind throughout the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Economy President Roosevelt introduced his New Deal ( 1933-1939 ) in 1933 which was supposed to bail out small businesses by giving them the loans at lower interest rates , the New Deal increased the government spending by manifolds .
This so-called New Deal was a major blow to small businesses as it strengthened and equipped big Wall Street sharks , it further laid the foundation of the military-industrial complex in the United States .
World War II ( 1939-1945 ) was another dreadful event of human history that inspired the establishment of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The UN , IMF , and the World were supposed to keep a balance but they failed against the ruthless onslaught of neo-feudalism , these institutions often served as handmaiden of these new feudal lords who aspired to overshadow the whole world .
The post-war era was characterized by capital-communist tussle which preoccupied the western economic lords who started a new cold war that aimed to defeat communism .
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s , the World Trade Organization along with major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ established a new imperial empire or the new world order which serves the interest of its brutal neo-feudal masters .
President Eisenhower and President Kennedy warned us about the sinister designs of the military-industrial complex and secret societies who were planning to enslave the whole capitalist economy .
This is now an open secret that a neo-feudal club of elite rules the globe , this global elite destabilize countries , wage wars , and fuel conflicts to secure their interests .
( Chomsky 2017 ) Making of the Modern Kings This neo-feudal onslaught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million people and destroyed almost half of the globe ’ s resources is unstoppable .
The annual GDP of several multinational corporations surpasses the total GDP of many developing countries , for example , Apple , Microsoft , and Walmart have earned more than half of the world ’ s developing countries ’ annual GDP .
( Fernando Belinchon 2018 ) Global leaders need to act to narrow the gap between the haves and have nots , they should urge the global institutions and enterprises to follow balanced trade policy .
They should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small businesses and force the global elite to play by the rules and follow international standards .
Multinational companies are mostly owned by Wall Street tycoons who invest in developing countries with loose regulation to huge capital by damaging the environment that in return causes colossal climate change that respects no boundaries .
The influential banking system and global politics are designed to secure better fiefs for themselves .
The United Nations report indicates that globalization , led by neo-feudal elite and imperial multinational companies , is not working for most of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rich people enjoy 86 % of world resources and create 85 % of world pollution while the rest 80 % have only 14 % of the world ’ s resources and contribute only 15 % in global pollution .
The social security and welfare policies of developing countries are molded by the IMF and the World Bank that put the working class at great risk .
( Collins 2015 ) Wall Street Parasites The prominent political philosopher Noam Chomsky in his book “ Who Rules the World ” critically examined and explained that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ curtain and rules the world through politicians .
He says that the Wall Street parasites are the real culprits who own everything we have and everything we can have .
( Chomsky 2017 ) As Noam Chomsky puts it , they have enormous resources and colossal political power at their disposal , there is nothing they can not achieve ; they control world media , banking system , financial transactions , military , and trade agreements .
They can wage wars , destroy nations , and create new realities , in short , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them to achieve their goals .
The Evil of the Worn The investment bankers and our new kings are the masters of money represented by private banks and their tyrannical companies in the stock exchange .
They are mysterious people who have no identity or homeland , and most of the temptations of the land and its wars are funded by them .
Disorganized and divided , we can not stand up to such an evil , unless we introduce a system that administrates by justice and equality for all humanity , especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , again , is democracy in the workplace .
“ The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it ’ s everywhere .
The world ’ s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity , relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.
” Matt Taibbi ( Award-winning investigative journalist ) The Assessment of the Damage Done The laissez-faire of capitalism was supposed to encourage free trade while the developed countries have placed the number of restrictive taxes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The global economy is delightful for investors and managers but it is increasing the gap between the rich and the poor .
It steals away millions of jobs from developing countries , for example , America lost 3 million jobs and billions of dollars to the economy because of global trade .
The workers in the developing countries work in substandard conditions with no proper tools and safety measures , they are under constant fear of losing their job as they have no job security .
Workers fail to make living in developing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investors , and CEOs have unrestrained power and boundless money to control everything .
( Saval 2017 ) They have no regard for environmental degradation , for example , Europe has banned coal production but China and India have live coal mines and coal power plants so they provide the cheaper power supply .
THEY PLAN TO KILL BILLION PEOPLE IN 2020 NEW WORLD ORDER What do the Illuminati elite really want ?
Many believe they have the answer , and it all seems so simple .
Rich beyond measure , they want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the kings of old , they desire even more power .
And being psychopaths and control freaks , true , they seek to establish a seamless Police State , the better to control and imprison anyone who breaks their arbitrary rules .
So , is that it—money , power , control ?
Is that the sum of what they want ?
Extensive , detailed plans have been devised to carry out this mass extermination .
Lists have been made up of the “ disposables , ” and the sites of “ killing factories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of gulag camps will someday soon be filled with “ selectees.
” New technologies will be employed to kill the victims .
Once they are culled out , tortured , and “ tagged , ” no human hands will afterwards touch them .
Robotic , CIA boss William Colby ran the murderous “ Operation Phoenix ” program in Vietnam , complete with torture chambers and assassinations .
Later , Colby was rewarded for his bloody handiwork , being promoted to Director of the CIA .
sanitized factories will be clinically efficient .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will fill the bottoms of the oceans and caverns underground .
Certain experimental programs have been carried out to test various killing methods and disposal methods .
Communism allowed many fertile testing grounds .
In revolutionary Spain in the 1930s , in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 , in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1986 , in Cambodia in the murderous Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge era , and in Mao Tse Tung ’ s Red China , tens of millions were culled out , tortured , and murdered .
Everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of “ selected ” victims ; death When the world economy collapses the history books will mark it as the worst human tragedy ever .
More than half the planet will not survive and savagery will be worst then in the dark ages .
People will be at a lost having no governmental help or human civility .
People would rather sleep and have nightmares than to face the horrors that awaits when they wake .
The only thing that ’ s not for sure is when will the economy collapse ?
No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agrees it will happen .
With the United States national deficit at almost 17 trillion dollars , the question becomes , ‘ how much debt will it take to start a global crisis ?
20 , 25 , 30 , trillion dollars ?
At what point does the debt become too much to pay back ?
’ If you ask me , it already is .
People living in large cities like New York and Los Angeles will experience a state of panic , when the local milk deliveries stop .
The super @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will stop delivering water to your home .
The light will turn off indefinitely and your cell phone will become a paper weight .
The only thing of value in those days will be guns and canned goods .
As much as people will be killing each other , majority of the population will starve to death .
The suicide rate will triple in one day from unbearable depression .
The world population will go from billions of people to millions .
The Great Depression will seem like a bad day , compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you do ?
Who in your life today will help you ?
If you ’ re in a position to , who will you help ?

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The dark NWO was created by man/the Universe because of lack of faith of man with the underlying plan to save all, create our New World and return home to God. Part III: Big Bankers controlling the economy, U.N. and the dark NWO with their “end game” bringing derivatives (“casino money”) worth ten times the world production to bring financial meltdown leading to depression and Martial law followed by one New World Government and UN’s Agenda 21 controlling resources and ending freedom and property of man.
The financial meltdown leading to Martial law, global depression, hunger, removal of liberty, torture and public executions to bring about the dark New World Order.
The New World Order of UN’s Agenda 21: Control of all resources ending freedom and property of man, who will be packed together at urban areas, monitored, brainwashed, poisoned, and mind/birth controlled as stupid work slaves!
This massive deployment of military hardware is tacitly acknowledged by military analysts as constituting an act of provocation (an illegal act of aggression, a crimes against peace, a crimes against humanity, and war crimes ) directed against Iran. The fleet’s mission is to simulate destroying Iranian fighter jets, battleships and coastal military defenses like missile batteries. The objective, according to Canadian and British intelligence, is for the US to trigger an all out war –
WWIII is not going to be an accident. It will not be caused by an unfortunate chain events that the U.S. struggles to avoid. It is a goal, a specific objective that must be reached in order to force a cultural shift that the population would otherwise never accept.
The current global economic system is based on the hyperglobalism and selective capitalism that has evolved from Adam Smith’s classic emancipatory capitalism into selective globalism that is supported by the IMF, the World Bank, and WTO and is dominated by the neo-imperial elite. This neo-imperial elite that is less than 1% of the global population owns most of the global economy and orchestrates sinister designs to dominate global politics, mold social values, and control the economic system.
This elite creates recessions, initiates wars, fund global conflicts, and coordinates revolutions across the globe. On several occasions, this elite seems to defy each other but this is just a phantasm to cheat the world, it works in a closeknitted global network that secures their interests and helps them to scratch each other’s back. They have dexterously exploited the COVID-19 global pandemic lockdowns to oppress the small businesses that have limited resources and cannot endure the shockwaves of indefinite lockdown. The 2 trillion US Federal Bailout signed by President Trump, is the largest in the US history, yet small business owners who were supposed to get the lion’s share are exempted in the first round of disbursement. (Diaz 2020)
This research is the out-and-out analysis of the contemporary global economic structure; how it works; who are its key players; and how this financial system has damaged the planet and its inhabitants. Moreover, this document critically analyzes the damage that has already been done and proposes a solution that may replace the current financial malpractices. It may also bring transparency, equality, and equal opportunities for small businesses against multinational giants and thus establish freedom, justice, and equality at the workplace. Gradually, conventional war and its artillery are being replaced by psychological media warfare, and this time its artillery is COVID-19.
It is impossible to believe that all this noise in the news is true because everyone knows that news produced by media companies is controlled by central banks and pharmaceutical companies. Our common-sense questions that how could a virus travel around the world and hit hard all countries without affecting the two biggest cities besides Wuhan, Beijing, and Shanghai? The Chinese government did not close the country on the first day of the virus’s discovery. If this virus is as dangerous and contagious as the media keeps telling us, then why has it not spread to all the regions of China, especially when China has the fastest and transportation networks in the world. Every day, this virus kills thousands of people around the world!
This is nothing new, influenza viruses have been doing this for very long. The lockdowns are directly in the interest of the global elite because since 2009 global economy is contracting and the fiat financial system is doomed to fail sooner or later. The current lockdown situation would create a global food crisis, governments would have no option but to resort to blame-game for governance failure, for example, America is blaming China for the spread of the virus and China is doing exactly the opposite. A recent report presented to Chinese President Xi Jinping reveals that anti-China sentiments have risen to an unprecedented scale and have never been this high since the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. The report has anticipated that this could lead China to an armed conflict with America. So the war is the only escape but as both superpowers have developed enormous military bases across the globe, the war would be the deadliest war of human history with the possibility of nuclear carnage that would surely endanger the prime interests of the global elite. So they would not let countries resort to violence instead they would psychologically motivate the global leadership to introduce the new economic model that would give them unprecedented power.
The economic model would be followed by the number of legislations across the globe that would force every citizen to be vaccinated at gunpoint. This fifth-generation cutting-edge nanotechnology might bring Nano-chips with them that would have the two-way communication and might give colossal control over human lives. It might transmit our life information, what we like, what we don’t like, what we want, and what we don’t want. Ghost servers placed overseas may record all this information and sell it to multinational companies that unleash directed ads and products in our lives, limited our ability to think, decide, progress, and enjoy the natural freedom. So, it can be said that this virus is considered as “Joha’s Nail” and carries out the currently required duty.
The global elite is 1% of the world’s population and owns 99% of central banks and shares of global stock exchanges, which qualifies them to own different kinds of companies. For example, they own large shares in the Military-Industrial Complex corporations, Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex corporations in all its aspects, especially the vaccines sector. Besides, they own a lot of shares in Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, CNN, MSNBC plus all news channels that are censoring dissent, independent research, and new information on COVID-19. Moreover, this elite owns the technology companies including up-to-date communication nanotechnology that would be operated through 5G technology.
The Unprecedented Scam This neo-imperial elite has extended its long tentacles to every corner of the world, they have established a neo-feudal global empire where a few controls the global production, labor, and trade. This pandemic lockdown is an opportunity to critically analyze and smash this brutal capitalism that has environed our lives, for example, we can present a novel global economic model that could help the running of the global economy in a more inclusive and egalitarian fashion. Humans have not been moved by fancy dialectic arguments and speeches but have always learned from major disasters, for example, the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the Black Death.
The global elite class that includes Chinese and the western investors who own banks, global business, and the stock market, are the ones who committed the crime and the deceit of “COVID-19”, simply because all of their interests have become so intertwined. Think for a while, China discovered the COVID-19 in December 2019. The imposed countrywide lockdown throughout the first three months of 2020, they had around a hundred thousand COVID-19 patients, why CIA and NSA did not convince the Trump administration that they should impose immediate lockdown in New York, the house of Wall Street parasites? Because they did not let it happen, they simply did not allow the lockdown.
This is one of the critical decisions that should have been taken beforehand that could have saved hundreds of thousands of civilians. Should not this utter negligence and mismanagement be investigated? Should not the responsible people be brought to justice? It was allowed to increase numbers that would psychologically convince the American public that the new financial measures were necessary and inevitable against the COVID-19 global pandemic that allegedly had destroyed the whole global economy. This is the masterplan of the upcoming sinister global order. Let’s discuss here a very unusual incident to support our argument. Tanzanian President John Magufuli, having a university master’s degree in chemistry, doubted the testing process and imported kits when positive cases rose from a few hundred to several thousand within a few days. To check the credibility of the testing process and kits, he deliberately sent some animal blood samples to the biggest and most credible lab of the country without exposing the origin of the samples.
The results were astonishing, all animals were COVID-19 positive, he ordered the army to confiscate all testing kits and exposed the scam on global media but mainstream media ignored this big scam that was desired to increase the numbers of the patients to psychologically choke the global community. (Al-Jazeera 2020) If this is true for one country then this can be true for the whole world as there are a few service providers who export medical equipment and testing kits, mostly based in China and the United States of America. It is worth noting that the tool and the front end of this crime are the so-called “World Health Organization” hence the event is given a formal and legal character. The activities of this organization and its direct or indirect funding must be investigated.
All this noise and hysteria underlying this virus is essentially psychological warfare for an economic purpose whose aims are:
A) Exploit the rest of the real economy in the hands of small stakeholders,
B) Exploit the remaining livelihoods of people like farmers,
C) and the most important is to restart their criminal usurious financial system for the benefit of global feudalism that hasn’t been seen in the history of mankind.
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The Building of the Neo-Imperial Global Empire After the end of the Thirty Years’ War in Europe, the Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648 that gave birth to the modern nation-states, most of the economy at the time was based on agrarian feudalism and state-sponsored mercantile enterprises. After the imperial onslaught and conquering of the new worlds in the Americas and Australia, the global economy shifted from feudalism to imperial capitalism that gave birth to the new middle-class bourgeoisie who emerged as major entrepreneurs.
This era was characterized by a free global economy that had little or no trading barriers, this gave birth to a new elite who relied on global trade. (Heywood 2011, 29-32) In the second half of the eighteenth century the concept of perpetual peace forwarded by German philosopher Emmanuel Kant, the free market economy, and the classic capitalism proposed by David Ricardo and the Scottish economist Adam Smith, revolutionized the global politics and trade. The late 18th century was characterized by the American and French Revolutions which gave birth to the modern world which had core human values of freedom, justice, and equality. The nineteenth century was overwhelmed by imperial conflicts so the national borders and trade routes were ever-changing and dynamic. The socialist creed which has been evolving throughout the 17th and 18th century took the concrete form when Karl Marx wrote Communist Manifesto followed by his Das Kapital, he proposed the concept of division of labor and alienation of production. (Skidelsky 2016, 28-34) He urged the workers of the world to unite against persecution because they had nothing to lose but their chains, this initiated the global age of communism.
The early 20th century saw massive imperial wars like the Opium Wars, Sino-Japanese conflict, Balkan Wars, and the imperial enterprises of Italy in northwestern Africa. But the initiation of World War I shocked everyone which unleashed the unimagined havoc on humankind, the end of this conflict was supposed to end all future global conflicts but the controversial and humiliating Versailles Treaty not only sowed the seed for the future conflicts but also sealed the human fate for another fifty years. Communism emerged as a force to be reckoned with in the USSR under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin in 1917. President Woodrow Wilson urged his European colleagues to follow the fancy ideals of freedom, justice, and equality but failed to convince his Congress to join the League of Nations.
The Great Depression (1929) which was initiated on the Black Tuesday, when millions of shares changed hands in a single day, destroyed the whole global economy and plunged humankind throughout the 1930s. The So-Called Modern Free Market Economy President Roosevelt introduced his New Deal (1933-1939) in 1933 which was supposed to bail out small businesses by giving them the loans at lower interest rates, the New Deal increased the government spending by manifolds. This so-called New Deal was a major blow to small businesses as it strengthened and equipped big Wall Street sharks, it further laid the foundation of the military-industrial complex in the United States.
World War II (1939-1945) was another dreadful event of human history that inspired the establishment of the United Nations in October 1945. The UN, IMF, and the World were supposed to keep a balance but they failed against the ruthless onslaught of neo-feudalism, these institutions often served as handmaiden of these new feudal lords who aspired to overshadow the whole world. The post-war era was characterized by capital-communist tussle which preoccupied the western economic lords who started a new cold war that aimed to defeat communism. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the World Trade Organization along with major economic groups like the G7 and G20 established a new imperial empire or the new world order which serves the interest of its brutal neo-feudal masters. President Eisenhower and President Kennedy warned us about the sinister designs of the military-industrial complex and secret societies who were planning to enslave the whole capitalist economy.
This is now an open secret that a neo-feudal club of elite rules the globe, this global elite destabilize countries, wage wars, and fuel conflicts to secure their interests. (Chomsky 2017) Making of the Modern Kings This neo-feudal onslaught of brutal capitalism that has swallowed several million people and destroyed almost half of the globe’s resources is unstoppable. The annual GDP of several multinational corporations surpasses the total GDP of many developing countries, for example, Apple, Microsoft, and Walmart have earned more than half of the world’s developing countries’ annual GDP. (Fernando Belinchon 2018) Global leaders need to act to narrow the gap between the haves and have nots, they should urge the global institutions and enterprises to follow balanced trade policy.
They should renew the trade agreements that facilitate the small businesses and force the global elite to play by the rules and follow international standards. Multinational companies are mostly owned by Wall Street tycoons who invest in developing countries with loose regulation to huge capital by damaging the environment that in return causes colossal climate change that respects no boundaries. The influential banking system and global politics are designed to secure better fiefs for themselves. The United Nations report indicates that globalization, led by neo-feudal elite and imperial multinational companies, is not working for most of the planet. World’s 20% rich people enjoy 86% of world resources and create 85% of world pollution while the rest 80% have only 14% of the world’s resources and contribute only 15% in global pollution.
The social security and welfare policies of developing countries are molded by the IMF and the World Bank that put the working class at great risk. (Collins 2015) Wall Street Parasites The prominent political philosopher Noam Chomsky in his book “Who Rules the World” critically examined and explained that who pulls the string from behind the curtain and rules the world through politicians. He says that the Wall Street parasites are the real culprits who own everything we have and everything we can have. (Chomsky 2017) As Noam Chomsky puts it, they have enormous resources and colossal political power at their disposal, there is nothing they cannot achieve; they control world media, banking system, financial transactions, military, and trade agreements. They can wage wars, destroy nations, and create new realities, in short, they have godly powers and they use them to achieve their goals.
The Evil of the Worn The investment bankers and our new kings are the masters of money represented by private banks and their tyrannical companies in the stock exchange. They are mysterious people who have no identity or homeland, and most of the temptations of the land and its wars are funded by them. Disorganized and divided, we cannot stand up to such an evil, unless we introduce a system that administrates by justice and equality for all humanity, especially in the workplace. The perpetual solution, again, is democracy in the workplace. “The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere.
The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.” Matt Taibbi (Award-winning investigative journalist) The Assessment of the Damage Done The laissez-faire of capitalism was supposed to encourage free trade while the developed countries have placed the number of restrictive taxes that paralyze the so-called free economy.
The global economy is delightful for investors and managers but it is increasing the gap between the rich and the poor. It steals away millions of jobs from developing countries, for example, America lost 3 million jobs and billions of dollars to the economy because of global trade. The workers in the developing countries work in substandard conditions with no proper tools and safety measures, they are under constant fear of losing their job as they have no job security. Workers fail to make living in developing and developed countries while the managers, investors, and CEOs have unrestrained power and boundless money to control everything. (Saval 2017) They have no regard for environmental degradation, for example, Europe has banned coal production but China and India have live coal mines and coal power plants so they provide the cheaper power supply.
THEY PLAN TO KILL BILLION PEOPLE IN 2020 NEW WORLD ORDER
What do the Illuminati elite really want? Many believe they have the answer, and it all seems so simple. Rich beyond measure, they want more money. Already more powerful than the kings of old, they desire even more power. And being psychopaths and control freaks, true, they seek to establish a seamless Police State, the better to control and imprison anyone who breaks their arbitrary rules. So, is that it—money, power, control? Is that the sum of what they want?
Plans Set for Mass Extermination
Extensive, detailed plans have been devised to carry out this mass extermination. Lists have been made up of the “disposables,” and the sites of “killing factories” have been chosen. A system of gulag camps will someday soon be filled with “selectees.”
New technologies will be employed to kill the victims. Once they are culled out, tortured, and “tagged,” no human hands will afterwards touch them. Robotic,
CIA boss William Colby ran the murderous “Operation Phoenix” program in Vietnam, complete with torture chambers and assassinations. Later, Colby was rewarded for his bloody handiwork, being promoted to Director of the CIA. sanitized factories will be clinically efficient. The victims’ dead bodies, after processing, will fill the bottoms of the oceans and caverns underground.
Certain experimental programs have been carried out to test various killing methods and disposal methods. Communism allowed many fertile testing grounds. In revolutionary Spain in the 1930s, in the Armenian Genocide of 1915, in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1986, in Cambodia in the murderous Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge era, and in Mao Tse Tung’s Red China, tens of millions were culled out, tortured, and murdered. Everything was systematized. Lists were drawn up of “selected” victims; death
When the world economy collapses the history books will mark it as the worst human tragedy ever. More than half the planet will not survive and savagery will be worst then in the dark ages. People will be at a lost having no governmental help or human civility. People would rather sleep and have nightmares than to face the horrors that awaits when they wake. The only thing that’s not for sure is when will the economy collapse?
No one knows for certain but almost everyone agrees it will happen. With the United States national deficit at almost 17 trillion dollars, the question becomes, ‘how much debt will it take to start a global crisis? 20, 25, 30, trillion dollars? At what point does the debt become too much to pay back?’ If you ask me, it already is.
People living in large cities like New York and Los Angeles will experience a state of panic, when the local milk deliveries stop. The super markets will be empty and the faucet will stop delivering water to your home. The light will turn off indefinitely and your cell phone will become a paper weight. The only thing of value in those days will be guns and canned goods. As much as people will be killing each other, majority of the population will starve to death. The suicide rate will triple in one day from unbearable depression. The world population will go from billions of people to millions. The Great Depression will seem like a bad day, compared to the impeding collapse.
What will you do? Who in your life today will help you? If you’re in a position to, who will you help?


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--The Decline in the Economy Hits Hollywood

We continue to see the tech stocks lead and the paradigm shift continues as brick and mortar stores are folding @ @ @ @ @ additional US companies over 50-million filed for bankruptcy .
So far , this brings the @ @ @ @ @ date to 117 .
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Amazon is looking to buy the AMC theater chain which is in trouble only @ @ @ @ @ an Academy Award for a film unless it appears in a movie theater .
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Film making has come to a halt , as filming now @ @ @ @ @ to oversee the movie and can shut it down at any moment .
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This is turning into a confrontation as nobody will write insurance to cover production @ @ @ @ @ count on this killing the industry in 2020 .

by Martin Armstrong
We continue to see the tech stocks lead and the paradigm shift continues as brick and mortar stores are folding. Bloomberg reported that thirteen additional US companies over 50-million filed for bankruptcy. So far, this brings the total for the year to date to 117. This will exceed 2009 high without question, but there is far more damage underlying everything. Amazon is looking to buy the AMC theater chain which is in trouble only because you cannot win an Academy Award for a film unless it appears in a movie theater.
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Then the entire movie industry has been wiped out. Film making has come to a halt, as filming now requires a special COVID-19 team to oversee the movie and can shut it down at any moment. Film production is insured. The insurance companies are refusing to pay to call this a forced closure by the government, which they do not cover. This is turning into a confrontation as nobody will write insurance to cover production, and thus you can count on this killing the industry in 2020.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--10 Types of Innovation: The Art of Discovering a Breakthrough Product

As venture capitalist Peter Thiel once put it , “ competition is for losers ” .
It ’ s inevitable that every company must be out there battling for market share , but you don ’ t really want to be in a situation where the competition is so stiff that any potential upside is eroded away in the process—―a scenario known as perfect competition in economics .
To avoid perfect competition , companies must strive to build an economic moat that gives them a sustainable competitive advantage over time .
While these protective moats can arise from a number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s information economy they most often arise from the power of innovation .
But where does innovation come from , and is there a universal framework that can be applied to help consistently make big breakthroughs ?
In today ’ s infographic , we showcase the culmination of years of in-depth research from Doblin , an innovation-focused firm now owned by Deloitte .
After examining over 2,000 business innovations throughout history , Doblin uncovered that most breakthroughs don ’ t necessarily stem from engineering inventions or rare discoveries .
Instead , they observed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ range of 10 distinct dimensions—and anyone can use the resulting strategic framework to analyze the competition , to stress test for product weaknesses , or to find new opportunities for their products .
Here are the 10 types of innovation : What does innovation look like in practice ?
Let ’ s see how well-known businesses have leveraged each of these 10 types of innovation in the past , while also diving into the tactics that modern businesses can use to consistently make new product breakthroughs : .
According to Doblin , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the configuration of the company , and all the work that happens “ behind the scenes ” .
Although innovation types in this category are not directly customer-facing , as you can see in the examples below , they can still have an important impact on the customer experience .
How your company and products are organized can have a crucial downstream effect , even enabling innovations in other categories .
Two of the most interesting examples here are Google and McDonald ’ s .
Both companies made internal innovations that empowered their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ downstream .
In the case of McDonald ’ s , the franchisee insight that led to the introduction of the Egg McMuffin spearheaded the company ’ s entire breakfast offering , which now accounts for 25 % of revenues .
Breakfast is also now the company ’ s most profitable segment .
When most people think of innovation , it ’ s likely the offering category that comes to mind .
Making improvements to product performance is an obvious but difficult type of innovation , and unless it ’ s accompanied by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such advancements may only create a temporary advantage against the competition .
This is the part of the reason that Doblin recommends that companies focus on combining multiple areas of innovation together—it creates a much more stable economic moat .
Apple has a reputation for innovation , but the product ecosystem highlighted above is an underappreciated piece of the company ’ s strategy .
By putting thought into the ecosystem of products—and ensuring they work together flawlessly—additional utility is created , while also making it harder for customers to switch away from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the most customer-facing , but this also makes them the most subject to interpretation .
While other innovations tend to occur upstream , innovations in experience all get trialed in the hands of customers .
For this reason , intense care is needed in rolling out these ideas .
In the early days of the internet , online shipping was precarious at best—but Amazon ’ s introduction of Amazon Prime and free expedited shipping for all members has been a game-changer for e-commerce .
Executing on such a promise was no small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million users of Prime worldwide , including some in metro areas who can get items in as little as two hours .
How can organizations approach the 10 types of innovation from a more tactical perspective ?
One useful resource is Doblin ’ s free public list of over 100 tactics that correspond with the aforementioned framework .
The one-pager PDF provides a range of typical dimensions for approaching each type of innovation .
In essence , these are all different ways you could consider when trying to differentiate your product or service—and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a useful thought experiment for managers and marketers .
For those interested in learning more on this topic , Doblin also has a highly-rated book as well as other accessories that leverage the above framework .

by visualcapitalist
As venture capitalist Peter Thiel once put it, “competition is for losers”.
It’s inevitable that every company must be out there battling for market share, but you don’t really want to be in a situation where the competition is so stiff that any potential upside is eroded away in the process—―a scenario known as perfect competition in economics.
To avoid perfect competition, companies must strive to build an economic moat that gives them a sustainable competitive advantage over time. While these protective moats can arise from a number of different sources, in today’s information economy they most often arise from the power of innovation.
But where does innovation come from, and is there a universal framework that can be applied to help consistently make big breakthroughs?
The 10 Types of Innovation
In today’s infographic, we showcase the culmination of years of in-depth research from Doblin, an innovation-focused firm now owned by Deloitte.
After examining over 2,000 business innovations throughout history, Doblin uncovered that most breakthroughs don’t necessarily stem from engineering inventions or rare discoveries.
Instead, they observed that innovations can be categorized within a range of 10 distinct dimensions—and anyone can use the resulting strategic framework to analyze the competition, to stress test for product weaknesses, or to find new opportunities for their products.
Here are the 10 types of innovation:
# Innovation Type Description 1. Profit Model How you make money 2. Network Connections with others to create value 3. Structure Alignment of your talent and assets 4. Process Signature of superior methods for doing your work 5. Product Performance Distinguishing features and functionality 6. Product System Complementary products and services 7. Service Support and enhancements that surround your offerings 8. Channel How your offerings are delivered to customers and users 9. Brand Representation of your offerings and business 10. Customer Engagement Distinctive interactions you foster
From Theory to Practice
What does innovation look like in practice?
Let’s see how well-known businesses have leveraged each of these 10 types of innovation in the past, while also diving into the tactics that modern businesses can use to consistently make new product breakthroughs:.
Innovation Types #1-4: “Configuration”
According to Doblin, the first four types of innovation center around the configuration of the company, and all the work that happens “behind the scenes”.
Although innovation types in this category are not directly customer-facing, as you can see in the examples below, they can still have an important impact on the customer experience. How your company and products are organized can have a crucial downstream effect, even enabling innovations in other categories.
Two of the most interesting examples here are Google and McDonald’s. Both companies made internal innovations that empowered their people to make important advancements further on downstream.
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In the case of McDonald’s, the franchisee insight that led to the introduction of the Egg McMuffin spearheaded the company’s entire breakfast offering, which now accounts for 25% of revenues. Breakfast is also now the company’s most profitable segment.
Innovation Types #5-6: “Offering”
When most people think of innovation, it’s likely the offering category that comes to mind.
Making improvements to product performance is an obvious but difficult type of innovation, and unless it’s accompanied by a deeply ingrained company culture towards technical innovation, such advancements may only create a temporary advantage against the competition.
This is the part of the reason that Doblin recommends that companies focus on combining multiple areas of innovation together—it creates a much more stable economic moat.
Apple has a reputation for innovation, but the product ecosystem highlighted above is an underappreciated piece of the company’s strategy. By putting thought into the ecosystem of products—and ensuring they work together flawlessly—additional utility is created, while also making it harder for customers to switch away from Apple products.
Innovation Types #7-10: “Experience”
These types of innovation are the most customer-facing, but this also makes them the most subject to interpretation.
While other innovations tend to occur upstream, innovations in experience all get trialed in the hands of customers. For this reason, intense care is needed in rolling out these ideas.
In the early days of the internet, online shipping was precarious at best—but Amazon’s introduction of Amazon Prime and free expedited shipping for all members has been a game-changer for e-commerce.
Executing on such a promise was no small task, but today there are 150 million users of Prime worldwide, including some in metro areas who can get items in as little as two hours.
Making Innovations Happen in Your Organization
How can organizations approach the 10 types of innovation from a more tactical perspective?
One useful resource is Doblin’s free public list of over 100 tactics that correspond with the aforementioned framework.
The one-pager PDF provides a range of typical dimensions for approaching each type of innovation. In essence, these are all different ways you could consider when trying to differentiate your product or service—and at the very least, it provides a useful thought experiment for managers and marketers.
For those interested in learning more on this topic, Doblin also has a highly-rated book as well as other accessories that leverage the above framework.