Tuesday, October 06, 2020

 
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 responding' - US aviation union president on protecting members as pandemic tears through the industry.



  • 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 time)



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)



Monday, October 05, 2020

 

FT Exclusive: South Korea’s Samsung is under fire after its insurance units financed $14bn of ‘deplorable’ coal projects and investments over the past decade, according to data provided to the FT