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Econ Recon; Jobs at Amazon; Theaters Be Gone March 17, 2020 Great Stuff Dead Cats Can Dance Initial reports on the U.S. economy started rolling in this morning … and I’m not sure if you really want to look or not. The New York Federal Reserve’s Empire State Manufacturing Index plunged by the biggest margin on record: 34.4 points. The reading, which now stands at -21.5, indicates contraction […]
Fed on the Run; Apple Stunned; Airlines Plunge March 16, 2020 Great Stuff When the Fed Hits the Fan… Anyone else feel like they’re stuck in a time loop? This morning, U.S. futures trading halted after hitting a down-limit loss of 5% … again. Then, immediately after the markets opened for regular trading, stocks plunged 8% to trigger another halt … again. This fresh round of Wall Street […]
Travel Bans and Broken Circuit Breakers March 12, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff Rolling in the Deep Double the circuit breakers, double the fun? For the second time this week, trading halted on Wall Street — both in futures trading and during the regular session. Welcome to the bear market. Sparking the chaos this time around was President Trump’s less-than-reassuring and confusing response to the growing COVID-19 threat. […]
Voting Gets Lazy; Cash-Craving Comcast; Broadcom Bites the Apple January 24, 2020 Great Stuff Friday Four Play: The “Getting Lazy” Edition Lazy. The entire country is lazy. We have amazing freedoms in this country … freedoms that are the envy of the world: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms, et cetera. But the most important of all? The freedom (and […]





