investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Why we are now calling for the arrest, prosecution and EXECUTION of all corporate leaders who collud

Why we are now calling for the arrest, prosecution and EXECUTION of all corporate leaders who collude with communist China to suppress human rights

( Natural News ) Communist China is the most treacherous and cruel government regime in the world .
The regime has no regard for human rights or civil rights and routinely engages in heinous activities that violate the fundamental principles of human rights , such as : • Arresting and disappearing political dissidents who oppose the CCP regime .
• Imprisoning and torturing citizens who dare speak out against the government .
• Carrying out Holocaust-like activities of ethnic cleansing ( see video below ) .
• Stealing advanced weapons technology and threatening to use that stolen tech to mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Using lies and extreme bullying tactics to silence entire nations such as Taiwan .
• Threatening family members of overseas political dissidents as a way to force people into silence so they won ’ t speak out against China ’ s crimes against humanity .
Here ’ s footage of a recent Holocaust-like mass arrest in China , where Uigur Muslims are reportedly handcuffed , covered with hoods and loaded onto trains to be shipped off to actual re-education camps : The communist Chinese government ( CCP ) is an evil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the worst criminals our planet has ever produced .
The CCP murders political enemies without any regard for human life , and it steals , deceives , intimidates and oppresses in every way imaginable , all in an effort to expand its power and dominate the planet .
CCP military leaders have stated their ultimate goal is the complete elimination of the United States of America and the mass murder of U.S. citizens .
The engineering and release of the Wuhan coronavirus seems likely to have been the first step in accomplishing that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it was built in China .
See this important interview with J.R. Nyquist on China ’ s long-term plan to destroy the United States of America and mass murder all Americans : As part of its globally coordinated disinfo campaign to maximize the spread of the virus , the Chinese government deliberately withheld critical information about the coronavirus as it was spreading throughout China , and the CCP even pressured the communist-infiltrated WHO to make sure international air travel remained fully functional while China deliberately “ seeded ” the virus around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to key cities across the globe .
This was a deliberate anti-human conspiracy on China ’ s part , with the goal of crushing the economies of Western nations and causing untold human suffering and death around the world ( both from the coronavirus itself and from the reaction to it ) .
China , in other words , is waging war against humanity .
Hundreds of U.S. corporations have joined forces with communist China to undermine the United States of America — this is TREASON Yet somehow , even as this war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. corporations are siding with China , colluding with the anti-human , anti-American regime in an effort to pocket more profits , even as people are being mass murdered in China and elsewhere .
U.S. tech firm Cisco Systems , for instance , helped Beijing build its vast internet censorship and surveillance apparatus known as the Great Firewall , he said .
Others , “ such as Google , Microsoft , Yahoo , and Apple have shown themselves all too willing to collaborate with the CCP , ” Barr added .
See this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communist China to crush freedom of religion by rigging religious freedom search results.
” It ’ s not just the evil tech giants like Google , Microsoft , Yahoo and Apple who are aiding and abetting a criminal government regime ; it ’ s also Hollywood , the mainstream media , the NBA and even elected representatives in the U.S. Congress .
Many of the 269 corporations that have been caught aiding and abetting Black Lives Matter terrorist organizations are the same companies that are colluding with communist China to weaponize technology against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giants have also aided the regime in building surveillance technology and censored their products in exchange for access to the Chinese market , ” reports TET .
AG William Barr has it right when he says , via TET : “ Appeasing the PRC [ People ’ s Republic of China ] may bring short-term rewards , ” Barr continued in a message directed at U.S. business leaders .
“ But in the end , the PRC ’ s goal is to replace you.
” He ’ s right about that .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the United States of America , but rather the destruction of the USA and all its people .
And this means that every corporate leader who ’ s supporting communist China is a traitor to the United States of America .
“ It ’ s time to stop playing games with this murderous dictatorship , ” Steve Bannon said .
“ They lied .
The American people have died.
” Corporate leaders who continue to collude with the murderous Chinese regime should be arrested , prosecuted and put to death It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporations which are colluding with communist China for the short-term goal of making a quick buck are supporting a murderous regime that ’ s actively waging war against America with the goal of killing all Americans and occupying North America , claiming the land as their own .
( They want the natural resources so that China ’ s own power and economy can expand . )
China ’ s collaboration with Mexican narcos to smuggle China-manufactured heroin and fentanyl into the United States to kill off military-aged males — over 60,000 last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one small element of China ’ s ongoing war against the United States .
See this important story : China using fentanyl for slow-kill “ chemical warfare ” against the United States , experts warn .
From its currency manipulation to propaganda operations that have infiltrated U.S. universities , Hollywood and the corporate media , China is actively and steadily occupying America ’ s institutions and turning this nation against itself .
As we have documented , China is also smuggling full-auto weapons parts into Kentucky , Michigan and Florida , actively aiding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by providing them with military-grade weapons upgrades in the hopes that such actions will further spread chaos and violence across America .
It is unconscionable that as China is waging these wartime assaults on America , Cisco , Apple , Google , Microsoft , Facebook , Twitter and other dominant corporations are actively colluding with China to appease the communist regime and obey its demands .
U.S. corporations can not serve the communist regime and simultaneously maintain respect for U.S. values of freedom , liberty and free speech .
And nearly all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tyranny over U.S. freedom .
They now operate as puppets of the communist regime that seeks the total destruction of the United States of America .
Corporate America has become pro-communism and pro-terrorism It ’ s now clear that corporations like Cisco , Google , Facebook , Yahoo , Twitter , Apple and hundreds of others are actively engaged in a communist China-run war against the United States , consisting of politically-motivated censorship , election rigging and the illicit transfer of key technologies to communist China , which is truly the enemy of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these treasonous actions by U.S. corporations , carried out as acts of wartime treason against the United States of America , we are now calling for the arrest , prosecution and execution of all corporate leaders who are found guilty of colluding with communist China .
It is time for the DOJ , under William Barr , to issue arrest warrants for U.S. corporate leaders such as Jack Dorsey , Sunday Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg and charge them with treason against the United States of America .
If found guilty , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which include death .
As always , those accused of treason shall be afforded their own opportunity to face trial and present evidence in their own defense , but if they are determined to be guilty in a court of law , they should be executed by the United States of America , and their executions should be widely celebrated as justified and righteous .
No enemy of America should have the right to operate a powerful corporation that exercises near-monopoly control over the speech of Americans .
Yet that ’ s exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unbelievably .
If we stand by and do nothing , powerful corporations will collude with communist China to destroy America and mass murder over a quarter of a billion people within our borders As a nation , we can longer stand by and allow the corporate giants of this country to actively collude with communist enemies who are determined to destroy this nation by any means necessary .
We can not stand by and do nothing while Google , Facebook , YouTube and Twitter actively censor pro-America voices while allowing anti-America terrorists to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out acts of terrorism in our cities .
If corporate colluders will not be arrested by the DOJ and charged with treason , then at the very least , the U.S. government should seize their domain names and shut them down .
The DOJ , working with the State Dept.
, should immediately seize Google.com , Facebook.com , Twitter.com , YouTube.com , Apple.com and other similar domains until these tech companies agree to stop violating the First Amendment rights of America while interfering with elections .
It ’ s time for Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation to stop allowing the corporate enemies of this nation to have unfettered power over public speech , allowing them to dictate the outcomes of elections by censoring those who support a particular candidate ( in this case , Trump ) .
Ideally , the U.S. government would seize all the domain names of these treasonous corporations while simultaneously prosecuting — and perhaps executing — their CEOs and top manages , many of whom have colluded with communist China to undermine the United States of America .
These CEOs and other corporate colluders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are deliberately engaged in longstanding campaigns of treason against this nation .
This can not be allowed to stand .
America must defend herself against treason and sedition .
If we do not stop these corporate colluders , communist China will attack and overrun the United States of America , mass murdering hundreds of millions of Americans in the process .
Note that communist China has no plans to allow any Americans to live , since the communist Chinese are the most racist , eugenics-oriented nation on Earth .
They will only allow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America .
All others — including Whites , Blacks , Hispanics and Native Americans — will be slaughtered .
This is what Cisco is supporting .
And the NBA .
And Google , Facebook , Twitter and Apple .
They are supporting a murderous , anti-human regime that will of course murder the very CEOs who aided them in their mission to destroy the United States of America , should they succeed .
China has no room in its future plans for obedient American CEOs who can ’ t be trusted anyway , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Read this important story on NationalSecurity.news : Dave Hodges and JR Nyquist warn of China ’ s plan to attack and destroy America while left-wing tyrants end all freedom by invoking coronavirus crackdowns .
This is all being set in motion : President Trump signs executive order that ’ s essentially a declaration of war against China On July 14 , 2020 , President Trump signed an executive order on “ Hong Kong Normalization.
” See the Whitehouse.gov link here .
The order says that all property in the United States may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persons who are complicit in communist China ’ s acts of tyranny against Hong Kong .
Specifically , the Executive Order says that people subject to property seizure include : ii ) [ people ] to be responsible for or complicit in , or to have engaged in , directly or indirectly , any of the following : ( A ) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Hong Kong ; ( B ) actions or policies that threaten the peace , security , stability , or autonomy of Hong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other activities with respect to Hong Kong that prohibit , limit , or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong , or that limit access to free and independent print , online or broadcast media… That ’ s describing the CEOs of all the tech giants !
It ’ s people like Zuckerberg , Dorsey and Pichai who have engaged in these acts of treason , aiding communist China in suppressing the rights of the people of Hong Kong .
Under President Trump ’ s EO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that specifically points to high-level managers and board members of these corporations : ( iv ) to have materially assisted , sponsored , or provided financial , material , or technological support for , or goods or services to or in support of , any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section ; ( v ) to be owned or controlled by , or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of , directly or indirectly , any person whose property and interests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ section ; or ( vi ) to be a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section .
Read between the lines .
This EO actually empowers the U.S. government to seize any tech companies that are colluding with China .
We want Trump , Pompeo and Barr to know that We the People enthusiastically support your efforts to take down all corporate collaborators in the United States who are colluding with China .
Greg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s recent executive order ( H.R .
7440 signed into law , as well as an EO ) in the following video , featured on Brighteon.com which is universally blacklisted by Facebook , Google , Twitter and other tech giants , as you might imagine , since the tech giants are at war with the truth .

by: Mike Adams
(Natural News) Communist China is the most treacherous and cruel government regime in the world. The regime has no regard for human rights or civil rights and routinely engages in heinous activities that violate the fundamental principles of human rights, such as:
Arresting and disappearing political dissidents who oppose the CCP regime.
Imprisoning and torturing citizens who dare speak out against the government.
Murdering and harvesting organs from political dissidents.
Carrying out Holocaust-like activities of ethnic cleansing (see video below).
Stealing advanced weapons technology and threatening to use that stolen tech to mass murder targeted nations such as the USA.
Using lies and extreme bullying tactics to silence entire nations such as Taiwan.
Threatening family members of overseas political dissidents as a way to force people into silence so they won’t speak out against China’s crimes against humanity.
Here’s footage of a recent Holocaust-like mass arrest in China, where Uigur Muslims are reportedly handcuffed, covered with hoods and loaded onto trains to be shipped off to actual re-education camps:
The communist Chinese government (CCP) is an evil, anti-human regime run by some of the worst criminals our planet has ever produced. The CCP murders political enemies without any regard for human life, and it steals, deceives, intimidates and oppresses in every way imaginable, all in an effort to expand its power and dominate the planet.
CCP military leaders have stated their ultimate goal is the complete elimination of the United States of America and the mass murder of U.S. citizens. The engineering and release of the Wuhan coronavirus seems likely to have been the first step in accomplishing that goal: The virus was a weapon, and it was built in China.
See this important interview with J.R. Nyquist on China’s long-term plan to destroy the United States of America and mass murder all Americans:
Brlghteon.com/702b72ab-af78-482c-a959-9a0970a98493
As part of its globally coordinated disinfo campaign to maximize the spread of the virus, the Chinese government deliberately withheld critical information about the coronavirus as it was spreading throughout China, and the CCP even pressured the communist-infiltrated WHO to make sure international air travel remained fully functional while China deliberately “seeded” the virus around the world by flying infected communist Chinese to key cities across the globe.
This was a deliberate anti-human conspiracy on China’s part, with the goal of crushing the economies of Western nations and causing untold human suffering and death around the world (both from the coronavirus itself and from the reaction to it).
China, in other words, is waging war against humanity.
Hundreds of U.S. corporations have joined forces with communist China to undermine the United States of America — this is TREASON
Yet somehow, even as this war is being waged, hundreds of prominent U.S. corporations are siding with China, colluding with the anti-human, anti-American regime in an effort to pocket more profits, even as people are being mass murdered in China and elsewhere.
As The Epoch Times reports:
U.S. tech firm Cisco Systems, for instance, helped Beijing build its vast internet censorship and surveillance apparatus known as the Great Firewall, he said. Others, “such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple have shown themselves all too willing to collaborate with the CCP,” Barr added.
See this story, “Google now colluding with Communist China to crush freedom of religion by rigging religious freedom search results.”
It’s not just the evil tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Apple who are aiding and abetting a criminal government regime; it’s also Hollywood, the mainstream media, the NBA and even elected representatives in the U.S. Congress.
Many of the 269 corporations that have been caught aiding and abetting Black Lives Matter terrorist organizations are the same companies that are colluding with communist China to weaponize technology against humanity. “America’s tech giants have also aided the regime in building surveillance technology and censored their products in exchange for access to the Chinese market,” reports TET.
AG William Barr has it right when he says, via TET:
“Appeasing the PRC [People’s Republic of China] may bring short-term rewards,” Barr continued in a message directed at U.S. business leaders. “But in the end, the PRC’s goal is to replace you.”
He’s right about that. The goal of the CCP is not coexistence with the United States of America, but rather the destruction of the USA and all its people.
And this means that every corporate leader who’s supporting communist China is a traitor to the United States of America. “It’s time to stop playing games with this murderous dictatorship,” Steve Bannon said. “They lied. The American people have died.”
Corporate leaders who continue to collude with the murderous Chinese regime should be arrested, prosecuted and put to death
It’s time we all recognized that U.S. corporations which are colluding with communist China for the short-term goal of making a quick buck are supporting a murderous regime that’s actively waging war against America with the goal of killing all Americans and occupying North America, claiming the land as their own. (They want the natural resources so that China’s own power and economy can expand.)
China’s collaboration with Mexican narcos to smuggle China-manufactured heroin and fentanyl into the United States to kill off military-aged males — over 60,000 last year, and growing — is just one small element of China’s ongoing war against the United States. See this important story: China using fentanyl for slow-kill “chemical warfare” against the United States, experts warn.
From its currency manipulation to propaganda operations that have infiltrated U.S. universities, Hollywood and the corporate media, China is actively and steadily occupying America’s institutions and turning this nation against itself.
As we have documented, China is also smuggling full-auto weapons parts into Kentucky, Michigan and Florida, actively aiding Black Lives Matter and Antifa terrorist groups by providing them with military-grade weapons upgrades in the hopes that such actions will further spread chaos and violence across America.
It is unconscionable that as China is waging these wartime assaults on America, Cisco, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and other dominant corporations are actively colluding with China to appease the communist regime and obey its demands. U.S. corporations cannot serve the communist regime and simultaneously maintain respect for U.S. values of freedom, liberty and free speech. And nearly all the largest U.S. corporations have chosen communist Chinese tyranny over U.S. freedom. They now operate as puppets of the communist regime that seeks the total destruction of the United States of America.
Corporate America has become pro-communism and pro-terrorism
It’s now clear that corporations like Cisco, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Apple and hundreds of others are actively engaged in a communist China-run war against the United States, consisting of politically-motivated censorship, election rigging and the illicit transfer of key technologies to communist China, which is truly the enemy of human freedom on planet Earth.
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Because of these treasonous actions by U.S. corporations, carried out as acts of wartime treason against the United States of America, we are now calling for the arrest, prosecution and execution of all corporate leaders who are found guilty of colluding with communist China.
It is time for the DOJ, under William Barr, to issue arrest warrants for U.S. corporate leaders such as Jack Dorsey, Sunday Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg and charge them with treason against the United States of America. If found guilty, they should face the penalties for treason, which include death.
As always, those accused of treason shall be afforded their own opportunity to face trial and present evidence in their own defense, but if they are determined to be guilty in a court of law, they should be executed by the United States of America, and their executions should be widely celebrated as justified and righteous.
No enemy of America should have the right to operate a powerful corporation that exercises near-monopoly control over the speech of Americans. Yet that’s exactly what is being tolerated right now, unbelievably.
If we stand by and do nothing, powerful corporations will collude with communist China to destroy America and mass murder over a quarter of a billion people within our borders
As a nation, we can longer stand by and allow the corporate giants of this country to actively collude with communist enemies who are determined to destroy this nation by any means necessary. We cannot stand by and do nothing while Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter actively censor pro-America voices while allowing anti-America terrorists to use their platforms to plot and carry out acts of terrorism in our cities.
If corporate colluders will not be arrested by the DOJ and charged with treason, then at the very least, the U.S. government should seize their domain names and shut them down.
The DOJ, working with the State Dept., should immediately seize Google.com, Facebook.com, Twitter.com, YouTube.com, Apple.com and other similar domains until these tech companies agree to stop violating the First Amendment rights of America while interfering with elections. It’s time for Trump, the DOJ and the USA as a nation to stop allowing the corporate enemies of this nation to have unfettered power over public speech, allowing them to dictate the outcomes of elections by censoring those who support a particular candidate (in this case, Trump).
Ideally, the U.S. government would seize all the domain names of these treasonous corporations while simultaneously prosecuting — and perhaps executing — their CEOs and top manages, many of whom have colluded with communist China to undermine the United States of America. These CEOs and other corporate colluders are enemies of America, and they are deliberately engaged in longstanding campaigns of treason against this nation. This cannot be allowed to stand. America must defend herself against treason and sedition.
If we do not stop these corporate colluders, communist China will attack and overrun the United States of America, mass murdering hundreds of millions of Americans in the process. Note that communist China has no plans to allow any Americans to live, since the communist Chinese are the most racist, eugenics-oriented nation on Earth. They will only allow “pure” Chinese blood to occupy America. All others — including Whites, Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans — will be slaughtered.
This is what Cisco is supporting. And the NBA. And Google, Facebook, Twitter and Apple. They are supporting a murderous, anti-human regime that will of course murder the very CEOs who aided them in their mission to destroy the United States of America, should they succeed. China has no room in its future plans for obedient American CEOs who can’t be trusted anyway, because they betrayed their own country.
Read this important story on NationalSecurity.news: Dave Hodges and JR Nyquist warn of China’s plan to attack and destroy America while left-wing tyrants end all freedom by invoking coronavirus crackdowns.
This is all being set in motion: President Trump signs executive order that’s essentially a declaration of war against China
On July 14, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order on “Hong Kong Normalization.” See the Whitehouse.gov link here. The order says that all property in the United States may be seized by the government if owned by persons who are complicit in communist China’s acts of tyranny against Hong Kong.
Specifically, the Executive Order says that people subject to property seizure include:
ii) [people] to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the following:
(A) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Hong Kong;
(B) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, or autonomy of Hong Kong;
(C) censorship or other activities with respect to Hong Kong that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong, or that limit access to free and independent print, online or broadcast media…
That’s describing the CEOs of all the tech giants!
It’s people like Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Pichai who have engaged in these acts of treason, aiding communist China in suppressing the rights of the people of Hong Kong. Under President Trump’s EO, there’s even more language that specifically points to high-level managers and board members of these corporations:
(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section;
(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
(vi) to be a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section.
Read between the lines. This EO actually empowers the U.S. government to seize any tech companies that are colluding with China.
We want Trump, Pompeo and Barr to know that We the People enthusiastically support your efforts to take down all corporate collaborators in the United States who are colluding with China.
Greg Reese from InfoWars explains the implications of Trump’s recent executive order (H.R. 7440 signed into law, as well as an EO) in the following video, featured on Brighteon.com which is universally blacklisted by Facebook, Google, Twitter and other tech giants, as you might imagine, since the tech giants are at war with the truth.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--The real Bye Bye Joe Biden. Resurfaced video of Joe Biden.

This short video reveals a side of “ Bye Bye Joe Biden the Fake News won ’ t show you @ @ @ @ @ has a history of plagiarism and lying .
We learn that out of a class @ @ @ @ @ school , he finished at # 76 in his class .
Biden also confesses to @ @ @ @ @ will “ do dumb things in the future ” .
That was just about the @ @ @ @ @ ever said .
It ’ s the future and “ Yes ” , Joe has @ @ @ @ @ .
Fortunately we don ’ t get to hear from Joe Biden during the Democrats @ @ @ @ @ John Kasich expected to speak at Democratic National Convention for Joe Biden .
Not that @ @ @ @ @ does anyone else see a problem with this ?
*I found thie vi deo on @ @ @ @ @ s YouTube page .
Thank you Denesh .
To give equal exposure time , here @ @ @ @ @ uploaded to Twitter .
Twitter removed the video .

by Deplorable Patriot
This short video reveals a side of “Bye Bye Joe Biden the Fake News won’t show you.
We learn that Biden has a history of plagiarism and lying. We learn that out of a class of 85 people in law school, he finished at #76 in his class.
Biden also confesses to being “dumb” and will “do dumb things in the future”. That was just about the only honest thing Joe has ever said. It’s the future and “Yes”, Joe has done plenty of dumb things.
Fortunately we don’t get to hear from Joe Biden during the Democrats Convention. Fake News says John Kasich expected to speak at Democratic National Convention for Joe Biden.
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Not that I would watch it but does anyone else see a problem with this?
*I found thie vi deo on Denesh D’Souza’s YouTube page. Thank you Denesh.
To give equal exposure time, here is a video President Trump uploaded to Twitter. Twitter removed the video.
Respectfully,
Deplorable Patriot


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Little Adam Schitt Crying About Congress Being A Victim Of Disinformation — Foreign Election Interfe

Little Adam Schitt Crying About Congress Being A Victim Of Disinformation — Foreign Election Interference

We 're gravely concerned Congress appears to be the target of a foreign interference campaign that seeks to launder & @ @ @ @ @ urging the FBI to provide all Members a defensive counterintelligence briefing before August .

We're gravely concerned Congress appears to be the target of a foreign interference campaign that seeks to launder & amplify disinformation.
We're urging the FBI to provide all Members a defensive counterintelligence briefing before August.
Americans decide American elections. pic.twitter.com/UuNT9AZ093
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 20, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Spiking Inflation Pushing Americans Towards Gold and Silver

This week , Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy .
Stories include : The Fed is in no position to respond to the spike in inflation , Swiss hedge fund is offering clients a precious metals shield against inflation , and Michigan jeweler launches his own Treasure Quest .
Inflation is rising , but gold is going up even faster Long-term inflation expectations were already running high even before a report in June revealed that the CPI inflation rate rose by 0.6 % , the highest monthly increase since 2012 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic and the accompanying economic downturn , the Federal Reserve might interpret this as a signal to assume a more hawkish policy .
Yet , as FXEmpire ’ s Arkadiusz Sieron points out , the Fed is not just unlikely , but also unable to respond in such a fashion , having assumed an indefinite dovish stance in response to the crisis .
Together with zero-bound nominal interest rates , Sieron expects inflationary spikes such as these to further plunge real rates into negative territory .
The lack of appetite for risk amid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ board , and not just from Fed officials .
With corporations and banks reporting massive losses , Americans have been all too keen to jump on the gold wagon , be it to hedge their bets or simply to move into an asset that offers certainty .
With the pandemic appearing far from over , Sieron joins other analysts who have previously voiced that the real economic downturn would come afterwards , likely in the form of a recession .
With the recent worsening of relations between the U.S. and China , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This explains the recent unwillingness of gold prices to dip below $ 1,800 , and Sieron expects any move below that level to be met with an influx of eager buyers .
In a throwback to 2008 , a Swiss hedge fund is implementing gold against currency debasement Key figures in finance have been cautioning against a possible currency depreciation ever since central banks around the world went on a multi-trillion stimulus binge .
With the official sector ’ s balance sheet now ballooning to unprecedented levels , one Swiss hedge fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their clients ’ wealth against erosion .
Jannik Wenger , head of investor relations at EDL Capital , revealed via email that the fund will soon allow clients to make investments in gold and silver denominations , as opposed to only standard fiat currencies such as the dollar and euro .
Besides increasing their exposure to the metals , this will also protect EDL ’ s investors against sudden spikes in inflation , something Wenger seemed particularly concerned about .
“ This raises concerns over rapidly rising inflation — potentially even hyperinflation — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the pandemic-driven monetary stimulus .
“ With the two new precious metals share classes , we want to offer investors a way to protect themselves against such scenarios.
” While the move seems to be a throwback to times when the metals were used as primary currency , there is a much more recent precedent .
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis , which prompted the same actions from central banks , firms like Paulson & Co. made similar moves .
EDL , which manages around $ 250 million in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first half of the year .
Besides warnings , money managers have also been issuing bullish forecasts for gold prices .
Diego Parrilla , manager of the $ 450 million Quadriga Igneo fund , stated that gold ’ s price could climb to $ 5,000 within the next three to five years .
$ 1 million in gold , silver and other valuables are now up for grabs as part of a jeweler ’ s Treasure Quest Different businesses have found different ways of dealing with the pandemic-related temporary closures .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of J & M Jewelers in Macomb County , the closure was a way to reinvent his approach to business after 23 years in the industry .
During one of his outdoor adventures amid the temporary closure , Perri came to the idea of closing up his shop and launching an altogether new venture , using his existing trade as the basis .
Before long , Perri started up the Treasure Quest website , which outlined how locals could be treated to some very lucrative findings with a minimal sign-up fee .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jeweler opted to stash $ 1 million in gold , silver and other valuables with the help of his wife across the Michigan area , burying the treasure in various locations from Metro Detroit to the Upper Peninsula .
From there , the dealer opened up registrations to his website , which will sign prospectors up to a series of treasure hunts , the first in August and the second in September .
The former will have treasure hunters searching for two 100-ounce bars of .999 pure silver , while the latter will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of eight 10-ounce silver bars , 10 one-ounce Walking Liberty coins , 40 one-ounce Buffalo coins , 20 one-ounce Prospector coins and 50 one-ounce miscellaneous silver coins .
Many more monthly treasure hunts are to be expected , and the website will assist those who signed up by offering clues to help them navigate the large area , along with offering a buy-back feature .
“ I had the time of my life hiding the treasure , but [ I ’ m ] even more excited about hearing the stories of those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , ” said Perri of his new startup .

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From Birch Gold Group
This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: The Fed is in no position to respond to the spike in inflation, Swiss hedge fund is offering clients a precious metals shield against inflation, and Michigan jeweler launches his own Treasure Quest.
Inflation is rising, but gold is going up even faster
Long-term inflation expectations were already running high even before a report in June revealed that the CPI inflation rate rose by 0.6%, the highest monthly increase since 2012. In the absence of a global pandemic and the accompanying economic downturn, the Federal Reserve might interpret this as a signal to assume a more hawkish policy.
Yet, as FXEmpire’s Arkadiusz Sieron points out, the Fed is not just unlikely, but also unable to respond in such a fashion, having assumed an indefinite dovish stance in response to the crisis. Together with zero-bound nominal interest rates, Sieron expects inflationary spikes such as these to further plunge real rates into negative territory.
The lack of appetite for risk amid unprecedented uncertainty can be seen across the board, and not just from Fed officials. With corporations and banks reporting massive losses, Americans have been all too keen to jump on the gold wagon, be it to hedge their bets or simply to move into an asset that offers certainty.
With the pandemic appearing far from over, Sieron joins other analysts who have previously voiced that the real economic downturn would come afterwards, likely in the form of a recession. With the recent worsening of relations between the U.S. and China, this economic impact could be felt much harder. This explains the recent unwillingness of gold prices to dip below $1,800, and Sieron expects any move below that level to be met with an influx of eager buyers.
In a throwback to 2008, a Swiss hedge fund is implementing gold against currency debasement
Key figures in finance have been cautioning against a possible currency depreciation ever since central banks around the world went on a multi-trillion stimulus binge. With the official sector’s balance sheet now ballooning to unprecedented levels, one Swiss hedge fund has taken a proactive approach to guarding their clients’ wealth against erosion.
Jannik Wenger, head of investor relations at EDL Capital, revealed via email that the fund will soon allow clients to make investments in gold and silver denominations, as opposed to only standard fiat currencies such as the dollar and euro. Besides increasing their exposure to the metals, this will also protect EDL’s investors against sudden spikes in inflation, something Wenger seemed particularly concerned about.
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“This raises concerns over rapidly rising inflation — potentially even hyperinflation — and currency debasement,” said Wenger of the pandemic-driven monetary stimulus. “With the two new precious metals share classes, we want to offer investors a way to protect themselves against such scenarios.”
While the move seems to be a throwback to times when the metals were used as primary currency, there is a much more recent precedent. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which prompted the same actions from central banks, firms like Paulson & Co. made similar moves. EDL, which manages around $250 million in client funds, gained 4.4% during the first half of the year.
Besides warnings, money managers have also been issuing bullish forecasts for gold prices. Diego Parrilla, manager of the $450 million Quadriga Igneo fund, stated that gold’s price could climb to $5,000 within the next three to five years.
$1 million in gold, silver and other valuables are now up for grabs as part of a jeweler’s Treasure Quest
Different businesses have found different ways of dealing with the pandemic-related temporary closures. In the case of Johnny Perri, owner of J&M Jewelers in Macomb County, the closure was a way to reinvent his approach to business after 23 years in the industry.
During one of his outdoor adventures amid the temporary closure, Perri came to the idea of closing up his shop and launching an altogether new venture, using his existing trade as the basis. Before long, Perri started up the Treasure Quest website, which outlined how locals could be treated to some very lucrative findings with a minimal sign-up fee.
As Perri explains on the website, the jeweler opted to stash $1 million in gold, silver and other valuables with the help of his wife across the Michigan area, burying the treasure in various locations from Metro Detroit to the Upper Peninsula. From there, the dealer opened up registrations to his website, which will sign prospectors up to a series of treasure hunts, the first in August and the second in September.
The former will have treasure hunters searching for two 100-ounce bars of .999 pure silver, while the latter will tempt them with a more diverse stash of eight 10-ounce silver bars, 10 one-ounce Walking Liberty coins, 40 one-ounce Buffalo coins, 20 one-ounce Prospector coins and 50 one-ounce miscellaneous silver coins.
Many more monthly treasure hunts are to be expected, and the website will assist those who signed up by offering clues to help them navigate the large area, along with offering a buy-back feature. “I had the time of my life hiding the treasure, but [I’m] even more excited about hearing the stories of those who are about to venture out to seek it,” said Perri of his new startup.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--CLOWN WORLD: No School, No Church, No Work But Fauci Gets To Throw The First Pitch For The Nationals

Your kids ca n't go to school , your family ca n't go to church , and you 're banned @ @ @ @ @ earning a living , but Anthony Fauci can throw the first pitch for the Washington @ @ @ @ @ Thursday .
t.co/PSAp93wgUe

Your kids can't go to school, your family can't go to church, and you're banned from going to work and earning a living, but Anthony Fauci can throw the first pitch for the Washington Nationals on Opening Day on Thursday. t.co/PSAp93wgUe
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 20, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Comey, Brennan And Clapper Are All Being Awful Quiet …

Where is Comey , Brennen Clapper etc ?
It 's going to be a very hot summer .
# TheMoreYouKnow @

Where is Comey, Brennen Clapper etc? It's going to be a very hot summer. #TheMoreYouKnow pic.twitter.com/jyqzNeX0xW
— Karli Q ⭐⭐⭐ (@KarluskaP) July 20, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Let’s talk about Covid mortality.

Let’s talk about Covid mortality.

At the end of May Swiss immunologists led by Professor Onur Boyman published what is probably the most important study @ @ @ @ @ .
This preprint study comes to the conclusion that the usual antibody tests that measure @ @ @ @ @ IgG and IgM ) can recognize at most one fifth of all Covid19 infections .
@ @ @ @ @ is that in most people the new coronavirus is already neutralized by antibodies on the @ @ @ @ @ or by cellular immunity ( T-cells ) .
In most of these cases , no @ @ @ @ @ develop .
This means that the new coronavirus is probably much more common than previously @ @ @ @ @ infection is up to five times lower than previously assumed .
The real lethality could @ @ @ @ @ % and hence in the range of strong seasonal influenza .

by Playaguy
Mortality rate under age 45 close to 0%. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/stanford-doctor-coronavirus-infection-fatality-rate-for-people-under-45-almost-0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
At the end of May Swiss immunologists led by Professor Onur Boyman published what is probably the most important study on Covid19 lethality to date. This preprint study comes to the conclusion that the usual antibody tests that measure antibodies in the blood (IgG and IgM) can recognize at most one fifth of all Covid19 infections.
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The reason for this discrepancy is that in most people the new coronavirus is already neutralized by antibodies on the mucous membrane (IgA) or by cellular immunity (T-cells). In most of these cases, no symptoms or only mild symptoms develop.
This means that the new coronavirus is probably much more common than previously thought and the lethality per infection is up to five times lower than previously assumed. The real lethality could thus be well below 0.1% and hence in the range of strong seasonal influenza.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.21.108308v1


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Are We The Suckers? How Wall Street Is Swindling Us

Stop me if you ’ ve heard this one before .
GDP falls -35 % , the worst quarterly drop in the history of the US economy….and the Too Big To Fail banks make record revenues .
Got that ?
Over 50 million Americans have lost their jobs as a result of the economic carnage inflicted by the covid-19 pandemic .
And yet the big banks are not only unscathed , but positively swimming in profits .
We live in a system run by the banks , for the benefit of the banks .
We , the public , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the US Federal Reserve , which wields immense global power and influence as the controller of the world ’ s reserve currency , is owned by its private member banks .
Should we really be surprised how the banks always seem to come out on top ?
And while we frequently criticize Fed policy for enriching Wall Street at the expense of Main Street , the banks are also picking our pockets in other ways that the public is largely blind to .
In today ’ s video , we talk with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an expert on high frequency trading ( HFT ) algorithms .
He exposes a whole world of hyperfast technology operating in the markets that most regular investors are completely unaware of and vulnerable to .
Joe ’ s key takeaway is to realize that the markets , and the financial institutions operating them , are casinos .
They have engineered the system to slant the odds in their favor .
If you invest your hard-earned capital without clearly understanding the risks in play , then you ’ re the sucker at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each week , we ask the lead partners at New Harbor Financial , Peak Prosperity ’ s endorsed financial advisor , to help folks determine how best to invest given the threats Joe details .
We also take a close look at the market action since last week , which may have reached the zenith of its “ blow-off top ” on Monday .
Big Tech , which has driven the euphoric rally since the March lows , has been struggling all week .
Netflix just disappointed substantially last night and if more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guidance in their upcoming earnings reports , the potential sector breakdown we ’ ve been concerned about could suddenly follow .
Suffice it to say , we ’ re monitoring the situation closely .

by Adam Taggart via Peak Prosperity
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
GDP falls -35%, the worst quarterly drop in the history of the US economy….and the Too Big To Fail banks make record revenues.
Got that? Over 50 million Americans have lost their jobs as a result of the economic carnage inflicted by the covid-19 pandemic. And yet the big banks are not only unscathed, but positively swimming in profits.
We live in a system run by the banks, for the benefit of the banks. We, the public, are simply grist for its mill.
After all the US Federal Reserve, which wields immense global power and influence as the controller of the world’s reserve currency, is owned by its private member banks. Should we really be surprised how the banks always seem to come out on top?
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And while we frequently criticize Fed policy for enriching Wall Street at the expense of Main Street, the banks are also picking our pockets in other ways that the public is largely blind to.
In today’s video, we talk with expert guest Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading, an expert on high frequency trading (HFT) algorithms. He exposes a whole world of hyperfast technology operating in the markets that most regular investors are completely unaware of and vulnerable to.
Joe’s key takeaway is to realize that the markets, and the financial institutions operating them, are casinos. They have engineered the system to slant the odds in their favor. If you invest your hard-earned capital without clearly understanding the risks in play, then you’re the sucker at the poker table.
And as we do each week, we ask the lead partners at New Harbor Financial, Peak Prosperity’s endorsed financial advisor, to help folks determine how best to invest given the threats Joe details.
We also take a close look at the market action since last week, which may have reached the zenith of its “blow-off top” on Monday. Big Tech, which has driven the euphoric rally since the March lows, has been struggling all week. Netflix just disappointed substantially last night and if more members of the FAANGs release similarly weak guidance in their upcoming earnings reports, the potential sector breakdown we’ve been concerned about could suddenly follow. Suffice it to say, we’re monitoring the situation closely.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Another Covid19 vaccine pushed forward that sounds worse than the disease.

This BBC article is circulating the front page with high praise from redditors .
The article links this study from the lancet on the vaccine in question which has the following results .
Other systemic adverse reactions were common in the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 group : muscle ache ( 294 [ 60 % ] participants without paracetamol and 27 [ 48 % ] with paracetamol ) , malaise ( 296 [ 61 % ] and 27 [ 48 % ] ) , chills ( 272 [ 56 % ] and 15 [ 27 % ] ) ; and feeling feverish ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ 36 % ] ) .
In the of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 group , 87 ( 18 % ) participants without paracetamol and nine ( 16 % ) participants with paracetamol reported a temperature of at least 38°C , and eight ( 2 % ) patients without paracetamol had a temperature of at least 39°C .
In comparison , two ( < 1 % ) of those receiving MenACWY reported a fever of at least 38°C , none of whom were receiving prophylactic paracetamol ( figure 131604-4/fulltext # fig1 ) ; appendix pp 5–731604-4/fulltext @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chance of muscle aches , 61 % chance of malaise , 56 % for chills , 51 % feeling feverish with 18 % chance of a fever above 38 degrees C. Considering most of positive covid cases are asymptomatic , particularly as a healthy young male , I think I ’ d rather get my antibodies through natural viral transmission than from this sh*t .

by paddedbeans
www.bbc.com/news/uk-53469839
This BBC article is circulating the front page with high praise from redditors.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31604-4/fulltext#sec131604-4/fulltext#sec1)
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The article links this study from the lancet on the vaccine in question which has the following results.
Other systemic adverse reactions were common in the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 group: muscle ache (294 [60%] participants without paracetamol and 27 [48%] with paracetamol), malaise (296 [61%] and 27 [48%]), chills (272 [56%] and 15 [27%]); and feeling feverish (250 [51%] and 20 [36%]). In the of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 group, 87 (18%) participants without paracetamol and nine (16%) participants with paracetamol reported a temperature of at least 38°C, and eight (2%) patients without paracetamol had a temperature of at least 39°C. In comparison, two (<1%) of those receiving MenACWY reported a fever of at least 38°C, none of whom were receiving prophylactic paracetamol (figure 131604-4/fulltext#fig1); appendix pp 5–731604-4/fulltext#sec1)).
60% chance of muscle aches, 61% chance of malaise, 56% for chills, 51% feeling feverish with 18% chance of a fever above 38 degrees C.
Considering most of positive covid cases are asymptomatic, particularly as a healthy young male, I think I’d rather get my antibodies through natural viral transmission than from this sh*t.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Tucker, Hannity And Other Fox News Host Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

Jennifer Eckhart , a former associate producer on Fox Business Network , is a co-plaintiff in the suit .
The most serious claim pertains to Eckhart ’ s allegation that she was raped by former White House chief correspondent Ed Henry , who earlier this month was fired by Fox News as a result of the charge .
Fox News now faces a sex trafficking claim as a result of Eckhart ’ s allegation .
The rape allegedly happened in 2017 in a hotel room after the two had met for drinks .
Two years earlier , according to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , forced a kiss on her , convince her to have sex by holding her career over her head , and months later assaulted her in Fox News ’ New York offices .
( Henry couldn ’ t immediately be reached for a comment . )
Cathy Areu is the other co-plaintiff in this case that also asserts Fox News subjected women to a hostile workplace .
Once an on-air regular on Fox News , Areu says she victimized by Henry through a “ slew of wildly inappropriate sexual images and messages.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ messages .
Additionally , Areu targets several of Fox News ’ other stars .
She alleges that Hannity once threw $ 100 on the desk of his set and called for the men around to take her on a date for drinks .
She says that Carlson once probed to see whether she ’ d be interested in a sexual relationship .
She accuses Howard Kurtz of inviting her to a hotel room .
After allegedly spurning advances or enduring comments , Areu says she stopped being invited to appear on each of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News hosts are co-defendants in the suit and face claims of retaliation .

Fox News Hit With Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Misconduct by Top Talent
Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer on Fox Business Network, is a co-plaintiff in the suit. The most serious claim pertains to Eckhart’s allegation that she was raped by former White House chief correspondent Ed Henry, who earlier this month was fired by Fox News as a result of the charge.
Fox News now faces a sex trafficking claim as a result of Eckhart’s allegation. The rape allegedly happened in 2017 in a hotel room after the two had met for drinks. Two years earlier, according to the complaint, Henry had romantically pursued her, forced a kiss on her, convince her to have sex by holding her career over her head, and months later assaulted her in Fox News’ New York offices. (Henry couldn’t immediately be reached for a comment.)
Cathy Areu is the other co-plaintiff in this case that also asserts Fox News subjected women to a hostile workplace.
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Once an on-air regular on Fox News, Areu says she victimized by Henry through a “slew of wildly inappropriate sexual images and messages.” The complaint details the contents of these messages.
Additionally, Areu targets several of Fox News’ other stars. She alleges that Hannity once threw $100 on the desk of his set and called for the men around to take her on a date for drinks. She says that Carlson once probed to see whether she’d be interested in a sexual relationship. She accuses Howard Kurtz of inviting her to a hotel room. After allegedly spurning advances or enduring comments, Areu says she stopped being invited to appear on each of their respective programs. The three Fox News hosts are co-defendants in the suit and face claims of retaliation.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/fox-news-hit-lawsuit-alleging-sexual-misconduct-by-top-talent-1303804
h/t CrsCrpr


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--Peter Schiff Explains How Government Loans Created The Student Loan Crisis

Peter explains how government loans have driven up the cost of college tuition and and created the student loan racket @ @ @ @ @ internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity , currency and gold markets .
Mr. @ @ @ @ @ President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital .
He frequently delivers lectures at @ @ @ @ @ , and is quoted often in the print media , including the , , , @ @ @ @ @ credits include regular guest appearances on CNBC , Fox Business , CNN , MSNBC , @ @ @ @ @ as well as hosting his own weekly radio show , Wall Street Unspun .
He @ @ @ @ @ of the bestselling books : Crash Proof 2.0 , The Little Book of Bull Moves @ @ @ @ @ and The Real Crash : America ’ s Coming Bankruptcy – How to Save Yourself @ @ @ @

The Joe Rogan Experience, Released on 7/15/20
Peter explains how government loans have driven up the cost of college tuition and and created the student loan racket.
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Watch the entire interview here: marketsanity.com/peter-schiff-joe-rogan
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal , New York Times , Barron’s , BusinessWeek , Time and Fortune . His broadcast credits include regular guest appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel, as well as hosting his own weekly radio show, Wall Street Unspun. He’s also the author of the bestselling books: Crash Proof 2.0, The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets:, and The Real Crash: America’s Coming Bankruptcy – How to Save Yourself and Your Country.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--McCloskeys Charged With Felony — Governor Says He’ll Pardon Them

ST. LOUIS ( AP ) — St. Louis ’ top prosecutor on Monday charged a white husband and wife with @ @ @ @ @ weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion .
Mark and @ @ @ @ @ both personal injury attorneys in their 60s , also face a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree @ @ @ @ @ Gardner told The Associated Press that the McCloskeys ’ actions risked creating a violent situation @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner — that is @ @ @ @ @ St. Louis , ” Gardner said .
An attorney for the couple , Joel Schwartz @ @ @ @ @ the decision to charge “ disheartening as I unequivocally believe no crime was committed.
” @ @ @ @ @ citizens to be targeted for exercising their constitutional rights .
Governor Parson says he would @ @ @ @ @ McCloskey case “ Kim Gardner is making the situation worse — more political .
”

St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protest
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor on Monday charged a white husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who are both personal injury attorneys in their 60s, also face a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree assault.
Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner told The Associated Press that the McCloskeys’ actions risked creating a violent situation during an otherwise nonviolent protest.
“It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner — that is unlawful in the city of St. Louis,” Gardner said.
An attorney for the couple, Joel Schwartz, in a statement called the decision to charge “disheartening as I unequivocally believe no crime was committed.”
apnews.com/85e4f25f10b73e8926f6602b6a76bfef
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Mike Parson
@mikeparson
We will not allow law-abiding citizens to be targeted for exercising their constitutional rights.
We will not allow law-abiding citizens to be targeted for exercising their constitutional rights. t.co/6t5dUxdVgp — Mike Parson (@mikeparson) July 18, 2020
Governor Parson says he would consider a pardon in the McCloskey case
“Kim Gardner is making the situation worse — more political.”
971talk.radio.com/blogs/the-marc-cox-morning-show/governor-mike-parson-mccloskey-kim-gardner-st-louis
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-21--RULES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE:

RULES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE:

If you ’ re Andrew Cuomo ’ s sister-in-law , you get to do yoga without a mask in a Jimmy Choo store while the rest of the NY peons…presumably shut up .
ALBANY – Those who were hoping to catch a movie , place a bet at a casino or hit the gym in New York on Friday will have to make due with visiting a zoo , botanical garden or museum… .
Phase 4 was originally billed as the final stage , allowing for education , recreation , arts and entertainment facilities to reopen .
And for weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ malls thought that meant they would be able to open their doors .
But by Wednesday morning , it became clear they will have to wait for a separate determination from Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ’ s office before welcoming their customers back .
Cristina Cuomo , wife of the governor ’ s brother and CNN host Chris Cuomo , posted an Instagram video showing her doing a maskless yoga session just inches from a pal in the East Hamptons Jimmy Choo shoe store .
Both Cuomo and the friend , Erika Halweil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masks within seconds of starting the nearly 70-minute workout Wednesday , conducted in front of shelves of pricey stilettos .
SYOSSET , NY — Gym owners across New York filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday after gyms were yanked from the state ’ s coronavirus reopening plan .
The fourth reopening phase went into effect on Long Island Wednesday , leaving gym owners frustrated and not knowing when they ’ ll be able to get back to making a living… .
“ Basically , they ’ re taking away our clients ’ livelihood , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use or public purpose , which is , according to the governor , to stop the spread of COVID , ” [ gym-owner lawyer James ] Mermigis told Patch .
“ Therefore , pay these people .
Pay the gym owners , because how are they supposed to survive ?
”

If you’re Andrew Cuomo’s sister-in-law, you get to do yoga without a mask in a Jimmy Choo store while the rest of the NY peons…presumably shut up.
When you’re New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo
ALBANY – Those who were hoping to catch a movie, place a bet at a casino or hit the gym in New York on Friday will have to make due with visiting a zoo, botanical garden or museum….
Phase 4 was originally billed as the final stage, allowing for education, recreation, arts and entertainment facilities to reopen. And for weeks, theaters, fitness facilities and shopping malls thought that meant they would be able to open their doors.
But by Wednesday morning, it became clear they will have to wait for a separate determination from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office before welcoming their customers back.
When you’re New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sister-in-law:
Cristina Cuomo, wife of the governor’s brother and CNN host Chris Cuomo, posted an Instagram video showing her doing a maskless yoga session just inches from a pal in the East Hamptons Jimmy Choo shoe store.
Both Cuomo and the friend, Erika Halweil, a yoga instructor, removed their masks within seconds of starting the nearly 70-minute workout Wednesday, conducted in front of shelves of pricey stilettos.
When you’re New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo:
SYOSSET, NY — Gym owners across New York filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday after gyms were yanked from the state’s coronavirus reopening plan.
The fourth reopening phase went into effect on Long Island Wednesday, leaving gym owners frustrated and not knowing when they’ll be able to get back to making a living….
“Basically, they’re taking away our clients’ livelihood, our clients’ business, for public use or public purpose, which is, according to the governor, to stop the spread of COVID,” [gym-owner lawyer James] Mermigis told Patch. “Therefore, pay these people. Pay the gym owners, because how are they supposed to survive?”
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything.

Best thing Driscoll has posted in a while .
Pretty funny .
Because it ’ s true .

When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything. pic.twitter.com/Z9SlfscUjQ — Ryan Long (@ryanlongcomedy) July 20, 2020
Best thing Driscoll has posted in a while. Pretty funny. Because it’s true.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--VIRGINIA POSTREL: Reopening Schools Is Critical. Teachers Should Do More to Help: Coronavirus risks

VIRGINIA POSTREL: Reopening Schools Is Critical. Teachers Should Do More to Help: Coronavirus risks can be successfully managed, but a powerful lobby is blocking the classroom door.

When the Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Monday that it will not resume any in-person instruction this fall , it was a political victory for teachers and a defeat for families , science and opportunity for all .
The teachers ’ union opposed reopening schools amid the continuing rise in Covid-19 cases locally , and lobbied for an early resolution to eliminate uncertainty .
Individual teachers were adamant about not taking risks .
“ As a teacher of 20 years , I can tell you there is NO WAY I would agree to go back to the classroom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one wrote on the NextDoor social media site .
“ I ’ ve taught for 15 years , ” wrote another .
“ I catch every cold , sniffle and cough that enters my room .
Call me selfish but I ’ m not willing to die so we can be less inconvenienced.
” Parents weren ’ t thrilled , however .
“ The prospect of another few months , an additional semester or , God forbid , a full year of studying from home is enough to make many parents , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” wrote Kerry Cavanaugh , a Los Angeles Times editorial writer with two kids in district schools .
Political leaders , she complained , “ have dedicated far more energy in reopening restaurants , bars and tattoo parlors than in figuring out how to safely educate the next generation .
Schools are essential but they ’ ve been treated like optional services.
” Cavanaugh ’ s kids aren ’ t typical .
Most L.A. public-school students are poor ( nearly 80 percent qualify for free lunches ) and Latino ( 73 percent ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrants , about one in five is still learning English .
Assuming parents still have jobs , they are likely to be essential workers who have to leave the house every day .
These students and their parents are not , in other words , the people debating and deciding whether schools should resume in-person instruction .
They have no voice in the discussion .
Yet they bear the brunt of the burden—and provide a central justification for public schools .
Tax-funded education is supposed to give every child a chance to learn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic and civic benefit of the general public .

via bloomberg:
When the Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Monday that it will not resume any in-person instruction this fall, it was a political victory for teachers and a defeat for families, science and opportunity for all.
The teachers’ union opposed reopening schools amid the continuing rise in Covid-19 cases locally, and lobbied for an early resolution to eliminate uncertainty.
Individual teachers were adamant about not taking risks. “As a teacher of 20 years, I can tell you there is NO WAY I would agree to go back to the classroom this year without hospital-grade PPE,” one wrote on the NextDoor social media site.
“I’ve taught for 15 years,” wrote another. “I catch every cold, sniffle and cough that enters my room. Call me selfish but I’m not willing to die so we can be less inconvenienced.”
Parents weren’t thrilled, however. “The prospect of another few months, an additional semester or, God forbid, a full year of studying from home is enough to make many parents, and their kids, burst into tears,” wrote Kerry Cavanaugh, a Los Angeles Times editorial writer with two kids in district schools. Political leaders, she complained, “have dedicated far more energy in reopening restaurants, bars and tattoo parlors than in figuring out how to safely educate the next generation. Schools are essential but they’ve been treated like optional services.”
Cavanaugh’s kids aren’t typical. Most L.A. public-school students are poor (nearly 80 percent qualify for free lunches) and Latino (73 percent). Although most aren’t themselves immigrants, about one in five is still learning English. Assuming parents still have jobs, they are likely to be essential workers who have to leave the house every day.
These students and their parents are not, in other words, the people debating and deciding whether schools should resume in-person instruction. They have no voice in the discussion. Yet they bear the brunt of the burden—and provide a central justification for public schools. Tax-funded education is supposed to give every child a chance to learn, regardless of income, to the economic and civic benefit of the general public.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--Trump says he may send more covert paramilitary ops to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Bal

Trump says he may send more covert paramilitary ops to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, & other cities

# BREAKING : President Trump says he may send `` more federal law enforcement '' to New York , Chicago , Philadelphia , Detroit , Baltimore , Oakland , and other cities to deal with unrest : `` In Portland they ’ ve done a fantastic job . ''
pic.twitter.com/Pe6aDv6AVt IN 2020 , DEMOCRATS DEFINITELY DESERVE THE SCARE QUOTES : Trump to send federal forces to more ‘ Democrat ’ cities , a Reuters headline notes .
Trump , a Republican , cited New York , Chicago , Philadelphia , Detroit , Baltimore and Oakland , California , as places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities ’ mayors were “ liberal Democrats.
” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot frequently blasts Trump on Twitter .
“ We ’ re sending law enforcement , ” Trump told reporters at the White House .
“ We can ’ t let this happen to the cities.
” State and local leaders in Oregon , as well as members of Congress , have called for Trump to remove Department of Homeland Security secret police forces from Portland , Oregon , after videos showed unidentified federal personnel rounding up people and whisking them away in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I believe he is breaking the law , but he is also endangering the lives of Portlanders , ” the city ’ s mayor , Ted Wheeler , tweeted , having previously called the federal presence “ political theater ” in an election year .

#BREAKING : President Trump says he may send "more federal law enforcement" to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, and other cities to deal with unrest: "In Portland they’ve done a fantastic job." pic.twitter.com/Pe6aDv6AVt
IN 2020, DEMOCRATS DEFINITELY DESERVE THE SCARE QUOTES: Trump to send federal forces to more ‘Democrat’ cities, a Reuters headline notes.
Trump, a Republican, cited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, California, as places to send federal agents, noting the cities’ mayors were “liberal Democrats.” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot frequently blasts Trump on Twitter.
“We’re sending law enforcement,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We can’t let this happen to the cities.”
State and local leaders in Oregon, as well as members of Congress, have called for Trump to remove Department of Homeland Security secret police forces from Portland, Oregon, after videos showed unidentified federal personnel rounding up people and whisking them away in black minivans.
“Not only do I believe he is breaking the law, but he is also endangering the lives of Portlanders,” the city’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, tweeted, having previously called the federal presence “political theater” in an election year.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--China expands amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. beyond Asia

China launched its military buildup in the mid-1990s with a top priority : keep the United States at bay in any conflict by making the waters off the Chinese coast a death trap .
Now , China ’ s People ’ s Liberation Army is preparing to challenge American power further afield .
China ’ s shipyards have launched the PLA Navy ’ s first two Type 075 amphibious assault ships , which will form the spearhead of an expeditionary force to play a role similar to that of the U.S. Marine Corps .
And like the marines , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to deploy solo with all its supporting weapons to fight in distant conflicts or demonstrate Chinese military power .
The 40,000-ton Type 075 ships are a kind of small aircraft carrier with accommodation for up to 900 troops and space for heavy equipment and landing craft , according to Western military experts who have studied satellite images and photographs of the new vessels .
They will carry up to 30 helicopters at first ; later they could carry fighter jets , if China can build short take off and vertical landing aircraft like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 075 was launched last September and the second in April , according to reports in China ’ s official military media .
A third is under construction , according to the May edition of a Congressional Research Service report .

China launched its military buildup in the mid-1990s with a top priority: keep the United States at bay in any conflict by making the waters off the Chinese coast a death trap. Now, China’s People’s Liberation Army is preparing to challenge American power further afield.
China’s shipyards have launched the PLA Navy’s first two Type 075 amphibious assault ships, which will form the spearhead of an expeditionary force to play a role similar to that of the U.S. Marine Corps. And like the marines, the new force will be self-contained — able to deploy solo with all its supporting weapons to fight in distant conflicts or demonstrate Chinese military power.
The 40,000-ton Type 075 ships are a kind of small aircraft carrier with accommodation for up to 900 troops and space for heavy equipment and landing craft, according to Western military experts who have studied satellite images and photographs of the new vessels. They will carry up to 30 helicopters at first; later they could carry fighter jets, if China can build short take off and vertical landing aircraft like the U.S. F-35B.
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The first Type 075 was launched last September and the second in April, according to reports in China’s official military media. A third is under construction, according to the May edition of a Congressional Research Service report.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/20/asia-pacific/china-amphibious-forces-beyond-asia/


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--CDC published study finds no evidence masks are effective in reducing viral transmission.

“ Disposable medical masks ( also known as surgical masks ) are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn @ @ @ @ @ accidental contamination of patient wounds , and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays @ @ @ @ @ limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the @ @ @ @ @ or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure .
Our systematic review found no @ @ @ @ @ on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
” “ We did not find evidence that surgical-type face @ @ @ @ @ laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission , either when worn by infected persons ( source control ) or @ @ @ @ @ community to reduce their susceptibility… ”

wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
“Disposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks) are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patient wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids… There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
“We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility…”
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--China Struggles To Explain Handcuffed, Blindfolded Uighurs Loaded Onto Train…  Hypocrisy rife inside

China Struggles To Explain Handcuffed, Blindfolded Uighurs Loaded Onto Train…  Hypocrisy rife inside ‘woke’ corporations ignoring

During a Sunday morning BBC news program , China ’ s ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming was in a @ @ @ @ @ about viral footage which purports to show a terrifying scene from Xinjiang province of Muslim @ @ @ @ @ loaded onto train cars .
While the footage , which appears to have been secretly @ @ @ @ @ to be a year old or more , it resurfaced in recent weeks , gaining @ @ @ @ @ allegations of Uighur people being mass shipped to communist ‘ reeducation ’ camps and sprawling @ @ @ @ @ host Rita Panahi says woke corporations like Nike or the NBA are hypocrites for not @ @ @ @ @ ’ s brutal human rights abuses .

China Struggles To Explain Handcuffed, Blindfolded Uighurs Loaded Onto Train…
During a Sunday morning BBC news program, China’s ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming was in a rare segment asked point blank about viral footage which purports to show a terrifying scene from Xinjiang province of Muslim minority Uighurs being handcuffed and loaded onto train cars.
While the footage, which appears to have been secretly caught via drone, appears to be a year old or more, it resurfaced in recent weeks, gaining millions of views and reigniting allegations of Uighur people being mass shipped to communist ‘reeducation’ camps and sprawling detention centers.
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#Marr asks Chinese ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming to explain footage from China of handcuffed and blindfolded detained peoplet.co/PkjcTsClEX pic.twitter.com/RSbrSaOAPT — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) July 19, 2020
twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1284469216754626560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1284469216754626560%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fchinese-ambassador-struggles-explain-shocking-footage-handcuffed-blindfolded-uighurs
Hypocrisy rife inside ‘woke’ corporations ignoring
Sky News host Rita Panahi says woke corporations like Nike or the NBA are hypocrites for not taking a stand against China’s brutal human rights abuses.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--People should not lose sight of the sheer magnitude of the market cap expansions out of thin air.

People should not lose sight of the sheer magnitude of the market cap expansions out of thin air. t.co/PxQIJueM2x — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) July 20, 2020
The rotation is rotating!#NASDAQ soars 330-points, gaining 3% on analyst upgrades in $MSFT $AMZN & comments $TSLA headed for record deliveries. All this action and $RUT declines on the day. It seems like the "deck chairs" analogy is appropriate. pic.twitter.com/LjeJ8HIvsG — Steve Miller (@askslim) July 20, 2020
Unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google combined are now bigger than JAPAN'S ENTIRE STOCK MARKET. In other words, these 4 alone would be enough to create the world's third biggest stock market (behind the U.S. and China). GAAAAHHHH pic.twitter.com/Aeq3lCk91X — David Ingles (@DavidInglesTV) July 20, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--Is the Nasdaq 100’s Out-Performance Nearing a Top?

Is the latest ramp higher and Large-cap tech stocks have been the clear market leader , out-performing the broad market for months .
In today ’ s chart , we look at the Nasdaq 100 to S & P 500 performance ratio in an effort to answer the question : Is the ramp higher in tech stocks and severe out-performance sustainable ?
While we may not be able to answer that question today , the ratio IS at an inflection point .
And following today ’ s ratio chart should help us answer that question .
As a reminder , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is out-performing the S & P 500 .
Note also that it is a longer-term “ monthly ” price chart .
As you can see , it ’ s been out-performing by a wide margin .
Note the 20-year up-trend channel ( green shaded ) marked by each ( 1 ) .
The ratio is now testing the top of the channel as well as the 2000 highs at ( 2 ) .
This breakout test comes as momentum is at the highest level in 20-years .
Time for a pause ?
Stay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on See It Markets.com .
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by Kimble Charting
Is the latest ramp higher and Large-cap tech stocks have been the clear market leader, out-performing the broad market for months.
In today’s chart, we look at the Nasdaq 100 to S&P 500 performance ratio in an effort to answer the question: Is the ramp higher in tech stocks and severe out-performance sustainable?
While we may not be able to answer that question today, the ratio IS at an inflection point. And following today’s ratio chart should help us answer that question.
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As a reminder, the ratio rises when the Nasdaq 100 is out-performing the S&P 500. Note also that it is a longer-term “monthly” price chart.
Important Breakout / Topping Price Test Is In Play!
As you can see, it’s been out-performing by a wide margin. Note the 20-year up-trend channel (green shaded) marked by each (1).
The ratio is now testing the top of the channel as well as the 2000 highs at (2). This breakout test comes as momentum is at the highest level in 20-years. Time for a pause? Stay tuned!
This article was first published on See It Markets.com. To see the original post CLICK HERE.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--Car dealership – Yet another shady trick to avoid

Recently bought a car from Mazda dealership .
I ’ m usually very careful to avoid common car buying pitfalls .
But I came across a new one recently .
So figured I ’ d share so others can watch out..
So I worked out a decent price for a car at a Mazda dealership and was ready to pay cash .
They sent me off to parts department to add accessories such as cargo mat , ceramic coating , clear bras , all weather floor mats , splash guards , etc .
The parts catalog was allegedly from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question the integrity of their price .
So we add a bunch of accessories .
Cost out the parts , labor , tax.. pay for it and go on our way .
Later when I got home , I went to manufacturer site to read up on accessories/parts and realized something odd .
The parts price ( before labor and tax ) were all 15+ % higher than price posted on mazdausa.com ( manufacturer ) website .
The dealer was charging 15+ % markup over msrp for common parts I can order directly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up when you ’ re adding thousand+ in accessories/parts .
TLDR : Always check manufacturer price against dealer price for common parts / accessories .
If dealer price is higher than msrp ask them to charge list price .
Often times they ’ ll lower the price to msrp/list price because you can get it at list price from the manufacturer .
Better yet , don ’ t buy the parts from that dealer .
Disclaimer : This is a guest post and it doesn ’ t necessarily represent the views of IWB @

by Throwaway66786878787
Recently bought a car from Mazda dealership. I’m usually very careful to avoid common car buying pitfalls. But I came across a new one recently. So figured I’d share so others can watch out..
So I worked out a decent price for a car at a Mazda dealership and was ready to pay cash. They sent me off to parts department to add accessories such as cargo mat, ceramic coating, clear bras, all weather floor mats, splash guards, etc.
The parts catalog was allegedly from the manufacturer so I had no reason to question the integrity of their price. So we add a bunch of accessories. Cost out the parts, labor, tax.. pay for it and go on our way.
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Later when I got home, I went to manufacturer site to read up on accessories/parts and realized something odd. The parts price (before labor and tax) were all 15+% higher than price posted on mazdausa.com (manufacturer) website. The dealer was charging 15+% markup over msrp for common parts I can order directly from Mazda at msrp. This adds up when you’re adding thousand+ in accessories/parts.
TLDR: Always check manufacturer price against dealer price for common parts / accessories. If dealer price is higher than msrp ask them to charge list price. Often times they’ll lower the price to msrp/list price because you can get it at list price from the manufacturer. Better yet, don’t buy the parts from that dealer.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--Tesla Stock May Be Rallying because there is short squeeze—and This Won’t End Well

A short squeeze occurs when a stock or other asset jumps sharply higher , forcing traders who had bet that its price would fall to buy it in order to forestall even greater losses .
Their scramble to buy only adds to the upward pressure on the stock ’ s price .
Tesla is America ’ s most hated ( shorted ) stock .
… The dollar value of all shorted Tesla shares is close to hitting $ 20 billion .
No US stock in history has ever been that shorted .
The sheer magnitude of short sellers put Tesla @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short squeeze of historic proportions .
And one likely was triggered at the end of last year… .
On October 23 2019 , Tesla reported a profitable quarter , blowing away analysts who expected losses .
In the next two days , Tesla stock popped 31 % —which likely triggered a chain of short squeezes that exist to this day .
TL ; DR short sellers are forced to buy at the same time by any price .
Disclaimer : This information is only for educational purposes .
Do not make any investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article .
Do you own due diligence .

by ConfidenceFairy
short squeeze
A short squeeze occurs when a stock or other asset jumps sharply higher, forcing traders who had bet that its price would fall to buy it in order to forestall even greater losses. Their scramble to buy only adds to the upward pressure on the stock’s price.
Summary
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Tesla is America’s most hated (shorted) stock. … The dollar value of all shorted Tesla shares is close to hitting $20 billion. No US stock in history has ever been that shorted. The sheer magnitude of short sellers put Tesla at risk of being caught in a short squeeze of historic proportions. And one likely was triggered at the end of last year…. On October 23 2019, Tesla reported a profitable quarter, blowing away analysts who expected losses. In the next two days, Tesla stock popped 31%—which likely triggered a chain of short squeezes that exist to this day.
www.forbes.com/sites/danrunkevicius/2020/07/20/tesla-stock-may-be-rallying-for-this-absurd-reasonand-this-wont-end-well/
TL;DR short sellers are forced to buy at the same time by any price.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--DEATH CLIMB TILL SEPTEMBER. JULY & AUGUST BAD FOR STOCKS…

and US exports are down -32.1 % in May… pic.twitter.com/kzIvdCLskt

and US exports are down -32.1% in May… pic.twitter.com/kzIvdCLskt
— Remi Tetot (@TetotRemi) July 20, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--Beware of the “free” mortgage refinance from your existing lender

My lender has been mailing me fairly often as of recent about how they want to refinance my loan – so I figured I would make the call and inquire given rates have dropped .
After a short and simple introduction , they said I was a good customer and that they wanted to keep me as a customer and were willing to lower the rate by about 0.4 % -which they promised would save $ 175 a month .
No closing costs , no appraisals , no work on my behalf other than the paperwork – sounds good , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to verify .
I keep track of all my loan amounts with an excel based amortization table , since I sometimes pay a little extra to hopefully pay off the loan by my planned retirement age .
After trying to get their figures to work , the file kept showing a balance on their new loan when i expected it to be paid off .
Turns out that instead of just knocking down the rate , they also wanted to recast the loan into a 25 year loan vs. my roughly 21 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 54 payments .
Net net over the life of the loan , their offer was actually in favor of the lender by about $ 7500 vs. my existing loan .
Yes , it might be nice for cash flow if my goal was to invest the rest , but not quite the “ good customer ” perk they made it out to be .
If you get one of these , get the terms and do the math .
Disclaimer : This is a guest post and it doesn ’ t necessarily represent @ @ @ @ @

by ATLSpartan
My lender has been mailing me fairly often as of recent about how they want to refinance my loan – so I figured I would make the call and inquire given rates have dropped. After a short and simple introduction, they said I was a good customer and that they wanted to keep me as a customer and were willing to lower the rate by about 0.4% -which they promised would save $175 a month. No closing costs, no appraisals, no work on my behalf other than the paperwork – sounds good, but I asked for it in writing to verify.
I keep track of all my loan amounts with an excel based amortization table, since I sometimes pay a little extra to hopefully pay off the loan by my planned retirement age. After trying to get their figures to work, the file kept showing a balance on their new loan when i expected it to be paid off. Turns out that instead of just knocking down the rate, they also wanted to recast the loan into a 25 year loan vs. my roughly 21 years left on my existing loan, adding 54 payments.
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Net net over the life of the loan, their offer was actually in favor of the lender by about $7500 vs. my existing loan. Yes, it might be nice for cash flow if my goal was to invest the rest, but not quite the “good customer” perk they made it out to be. If you get one of these, get the terms and do the math.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-20--Lessons from Japan: Feds buying equities ETF [US Japanification 2020(2021)]

• Background lore : On March 23rd the Feds made history by buying junk bonds ETFs ( $ LQD , $ HYG , $ JNK ) for the first time in America ’ s history .
Since then the Feds have been injecting liquidity into the financial market through SPVs set up for that specific purpose in order to prop the market up and effectively de-risked the market and in turn obstructed price discovery .
1.3 billion later , the market is trading sideways with dwindling volume in the equities market .
• Moving Forward : With the Feds exhausting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ M2 ( dropping reserve requirement to 0 ) and M3 ( dropping the discount rate to 0.25 % ) we are at a stage where QE , interest rate and forward guidance have little effect in pumping up the market any further .
If we see another plunge , the only thing that can save the market is providing PPT ( plunge protection team ) with unlimited firepower .
The way to provide PPT with unlimited firepower is to let the Feds start purchasing ETFs directly .
This brings us to the beginning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market .
• Japanification ( Americanization ) : Japan back in the 1990s walked the very same steps the US is walking today with the implementation of a zero interest rate policy in 1999 .
QE in 2001 .
And in 2010 , Bank of Japan did the unthinkable and committed to buying TRILLIONS of yens of ETFs that track the Nikkei per year .
BoJ currently owns over 75 % of the country ’ s equities market .
The first tranche is dedicated to ETFs linked to Nikkei 225 , JPX-Nikkei 400 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second tranche is allocated exclusively to ETFs that track the Topix .
Now here ’ s the interesting bit .
The Nikkei is a PRICE-WEIGHTED INDEX much like the DOW .
Which means unlike the SP500 or TOPIX in this instance , ETFs that tracks the NIKKEI has holdings proportions that correspond to the price per share .
Which means the more BoJ buys those ETFs , the more stocks with high prices pumps .
• The Play ( DOW and SP500 ) : Now how can you profit from this ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the SP500 , it has quite a lot of similar top holdings .
AAPL , MSFT .
BUT here ’ s the thing… .
since the DOW is PRICE-WEIGHTED , if the Feds start buying ETFs that tracks the DOW and the SP500 the biggest benefactors would be Now you ’ re gon na say , well fucking-golly-gee man .
That ’ s a lot of fucking words just to say “ buy Apple ” and you ’ d be right , though this does put into perspective which are the stocks that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Feds moving onto buying equities ETF ( which they likely will when wave 2 hits for real and second wave of nationwide shut down is required ) .
Let ’ s not forget BA , CAT , CVX and a lot of O & G companies that were hit the hardest and haven ’ t recovered yet .
They see to gain quite substantially from this policy .
If you got some spare change , might be worth gambling a few bucks on calls to see if they spike .
Long-dated , 2021 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only for educational purposes .
Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article .
Do you own due diligence .

by TheCuriousBread
TL;dr: Buy Apple 🍎
Background lore: On March 23rd the Feds made history by buying junk bonds ETFs ($LQD, $HYG, $JNK) for the first time in America’s history. Since then the Feds have been injecting liquidity into the financial market through SPVs set up for that specific purpose in order to prop the market up and effectively de-risked the market and in turn obstructed price discovery. 1.3 billion later, the market is trading sideways with dwindling volume in the equities market.
On March 23rd the Feds made history by buying junk bonds ETFs ($LQD, $HYG, $JNK) for the first time in America’s history. Since then the Feds have been injecting liquidity into the financial market through SPVs set up for that specific purpose in order to prop the market up and effectively de-risked the market and in turn obstructed price discovery. 1.3 billion later, the market is trading sideways with dwindling volume in the equities market. Moving Forward: With the Feds exhausting M1 (Open Market Operations), M2 (dropping reserve requirement to 0) and M3 (dropping the discount rate to 0.25%) we are at a stage where QE, interest rate and forward guidance have little effect in pumping up the market any further. If we see another plunge, the only thing that can save the market is providing PPT (plunge protection team) with unlimited firepower. The way to provide PPT with unlimited firepower is to let the Feds start purchasing ETFs directly. This brings us to the beginning of the Japanification of the US equities market.
With the Feds exhausting M1 (Open Market Operations), M2 (dropping reserve requirement to 0) and M3 (dropping the discount rate to 0.25%) we are at a stage where QE, interest rate and forward guidance have little effect in pumping up the market any further. If we see another plunge, the only thing that can save the market is providing PPT (plunge protection team) with unlimited firepower. The way to provide PPT with unlimited firepower is to let the Feds start purchasing ETFs directly. This brings us to the beginning of the Japanification of the US equities market. Japanification (Americanization): Japan back in the 1990s walked the very same steps the US is walking today with the implementation of a zero interest rate policy in 1999. QE in 2001. And in 2010, Bank of Japan did the unthinkable and committed to buying TRILLIONS of yens of ETFs that track the Nikkei per year. BoJ currently owns over 75% of the country’s equities market. The first tranche is dedicated to ETFs linked to Nikkei 225, JPX-Nikkei 400, and the Topix Index, while the second tranche is allocated exclusively to ETFs that track the Topix. Now here’s the interesting bit. The Nikkei is a PRICE-WEIGHTED INDEX much like the DOW. Which means unlike the SP500 or TOPIX in this instance, ETFs that tracks the NIKKEI has holdings proportions that correspond to the price per share. Which means the more BoJ buys those ETFs, the more stocks with high prices pumps.
Japan back in the 1990s walked the very same steps the US is walking today with the implementation of a zero interest rate policy in 1999. QE in 2001. And in 2010, Bank of Japan did the unthinkable and committed to buying TRILLIONS of yens of ETFs that track the Nikkei per year. BoJ currently owns over 75% of the country’s equities market. The first tranche is dedicated to ETFs linked to Nikkei 225, JPX-Nikkei 400, and the Topix Index, while the second tranche is allocated exclusively to ETFs that track the Topix. Now here’s the interesting bit. The Nikkei is a PRICE-WEIGHTED INDEX much like the DOW. Which means unlike the SP500 or TOPIX in this instance, ETFs that tracks the NIKKEI has holdings proportions that correspond to the price per share. Which means the more BoJ buys those ETFs, the more stocks with high prices pumps. The Play (DOW and SP500): Now how can you profit from this? When you look at the DOW and the SP500, it has quite a lot of similar top holdings. AAPL, MSFT. BUT here’s the thing…. since the DOW is PRICE-WEIGHTED, if the Feds start buying ETFs that tracks the DOW and the SP500 the biggest benefactors would be

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Top 4 Components DOW SP500 1 Apple ($389) Microsoft 2 United Health Group ($303) Apple 3 Home Depot($259) Amazon 4 Goldman($211) Facebook
Now you’re gonna say, well fucking-golly-gee man. That’s a lot of fucking words just to say “buy Apple” and you’d be right, though this does put into perspective which are the stocks that stand to gain the most from the Feds moving onto buying equities ETF (which they likely will when wave 2 hits for real and second wave of nationwide shut down is required). Let’s not forget BA, CAT, CVX and a lot of O&G companies that were hit the hardest and haven’t recovered yet. They see to gain quite substantially from this policy. If you got some spare change, might be worth gambling a few bucks on calls to see if they spike. Long-dated, 2021 earliest.
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.