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A look at Dec. Gold 

A look at Jan. Soybeans 

CFTC Commitments of Traders for Grains.  

 Today’s USDA report could  turn out to be interesting. Steve’s comments over here .

Ok, new plan.  Mnuchin tells House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Trump now wants a comprehensive stimulus package -- in a reversal from his posi...

 And now:    The real lessons from Sweden’s approach to covid-19   Sweden is held up as a champion of liberty. In fact it is the home of pra...

 Brexit strategy risks UK 'dictatorship', says ex-president of supreme court

The bullion holdings in gold ETF's are hitting records. 

Facebook (AKA plague on humanity) is a social network monopoly that buys, copies or kills competitors, the House Antitrust Subcommittee de...

  AT&T Inc's  WarnerMedia is preparing a restructuring that aims to cut costs by as much as 20% and would result in layoffs.  And H...

 Current active cases in NZ: 37  Current active cases In the White House: 34

 International Business Machines Corp IBM is splitting itself into two public companies. (Monthly Chart)

  Quick Overview is up to date

 Who made this beautiful art? for the fly with 75,000 followers.  https://twitter.com/MikePenceFly___

 And in the Dow Theory department,  Dow Transports are leading to a  new all time high.

The BDI Baltic Dry Index is making a 1year high. (something positive)  

  Stock are back up as Trump is once more changing course.   Britain bans the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives, saying they have no value ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he agreed with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull ...

  FT  ' If you don’t get out in front of the crisis and put forth a plan right away, then you are going to spend the rest of your time r...

States are cutting jobs, revenue declines - prospect for fiscal aid fades.

    Trump is rejecting Pelosi's 2.4 T  dollars

US media coverage of climate change - gradually  waking up. ( I remember a "scary" early 1970 Economist article - ahead of its tim...

Loos like TD Ameritrade and Schwab are now one.  To have accounts at separate firms is getting to be a full time job.

 US Ag. Exports to China

  U.S. private sector financial assets (without real estate) as % of GDP at the highest in 70 years (via DailyShot & BoA)

  FT Exclusive: South Korea’s Samsung is under fire after its insurance units financed $14bn of ‘deplorable’ coal projects and investments o...

 Someone appears to want the  stuff.

So far in 2020, we've had apocalyptic fires in Australia, California, Siberia, Ukraine, South America’s Pantanal; The warmest Arctic in...

 Wearing a mask appears to make  a positive difference in a number of ways, see US and Japan.

Real Estate ( Zillow ): The percentage of rental listings featuring concessions rose from 16.2% in February to 30.4% in July.

As U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 214,789, Trump tweets: "Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.  Feeling better ...

The IRS is reportedly investigating longtime National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud related to his pe...

A so-called blue wave this November led by Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, would lead to a surge in economic growth, accordi...

One in four voting-age Americans visited a fake news source in the run up to the 2016 election.  So, how many are visiting this year?  How ...

 Someone is counting the # of Trump Tweets recently  - Interesting

 Germanies Welt  has a very bleak outlook for Spain. They see the threat of a possible banking crisis.

 There are 2.6 million unplugged onshore wells in the U.S., with another estimated 1.2 million that are undocumented and well on the way of...

The FHA which insures about 8 million higher-risk mortgages reported a record of 17.4% in delinquencies in August. – YoY this is as double....

US Total Corona Virus Cases as of Today  7,592,465, up 45,000 + 1 Trump

Prime Minister of Jordan resigns

Quick Overview is up to date 

Since high money velocity is usually associated with a healthy, expanding economy. Low money velocity is usually associated with recessions...

 E*TRADE and Morgan Stanley have officially joined forces. weekly monthly

  How  government funded R&D relates to Output.

 University of Notre Dame president tests positive for COVID-19 after attending White House Rose Garden ceremony with Trump.  Notre Dame pr...

 Soybean milling in Argentina falls 20.6% YoY in August

  Reuters Exclusive : Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target U.S. voters - sources The website predominantly focuse...

  The EU has launched legal action against the UK after Boris Johnson failed to respond to Brussels’ demand that he drop legislation that wo...

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Bloomberg: October promises not only rising coronavirus infection rates, but a new tsunami of job losses all over the globe. Airlines are pr...