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China Pork Reserves At Risk Of ‘Running Out In Months’ As Prices Soar  Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2020 – 22:20 China could be on the brink of exhausting its massive frozen pork reserves as the country’s pig herd is wiped out by African swine fever.  Declining reserves are particularly bad news for the Communist Party of China, which…

What’s With The Rich-Kid Revolutionaries? Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2020 – 22:00 Authored by Zachary Yost via The Mises Institute, By now, readers are no doubt familiar with the sight of angry mobs smashing windows, looting stores, and harassing pedestrians and street diners around the country, supposedly in the name of advocating for the rights of…

“Kind Of Like QVC” – Mall Of America Embraces Live Real-Time Shopping Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2020 – 21:40 Since the virus pandemic began, consumers have stayed away from shopping malls, including Mall of America (MoA), the largest shopping mall in the US, with more than 500 stores, located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Already, MoA’s owner, Triple Five, has missed mortgage payments this…

The Fourth Turning: “Dark Years Are Here” Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2020 – 16:40 Authored by Egon von Greyerz via GoldSwitzerland.com, In an ephemeral world, few things survive. I am not talking about species or human beings whose existence on earth is also transitory. Instead I am referring to social and financial systems which are now…

TikTok Files New Injunction Against White House Amid Reports Deal Is “Falling Apart” Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2020 – 16:19 As Fox Business publishes rumors that the TikTok-Oracle deal is falling apart, TikTok-owner ByteDance has filed a petition for an injunction Wednesday afternoon, asking a federal court in Washington DC to intervene and quash President Trump’s…

Dollarnado Slams Stocks, Gold, & Silver As Election Angst Spreads Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2020 – 16:01 Anxiety over the election (and any thoughts of fiscal stimulus) continues to rise… Source: Bloomberg Quite a serious shift in risk perceptions around the election over the last month and week… Source: Bloomberg Which matched with very heavy FedSpeak…

WTI Holds Gains Amid Surprise Crude Build, Large Gasoline Draw Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:36 Amid Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Beta shut-ins, and concerns over 2nd or 3rd (or whetever) waves of COVID cases, there is plenty of noise but WTI prices managed a small rebound todays after yesterday’s bloodbath in black gold.…

CDC Issues Holiday Guidelines: Thanksgiving Dinner Is Out, But Trick-Or-Treating Is Okay Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:20 After its credibility took a major beating following its latest confusing shift in its guidance, the CDC has released guidelines for the holiday season that many Americans will likely find a little too cumbersome to manage. The…

Stocks, Silver, Bonds, Black Gold, & Greenback Bid But VIX Election-Bump Worsens Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:01 Despite the apparently clarifying headlines regarding the Senate moving forward with a SCOTUS nomination, uncertainty around the election actually increased quite notably today (even as spot VIX slipped lower)… Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg It’s “Shut Up and…

2020 Has Been A “Nightmare Year” For America, And The Economic Fallout Is Just Getting Started Tyler Durden Mon, 09/21/2020 – 16:19 Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Most of us have never experienced a year that has been as tough as 2020 has been for our nation.  It has just been…

‘Bad’ Banks, Bader Ginsburg, And Limey Lockdowns Slam Stocks & Silver, USD Soars Tyler Durden Mon, 09/21/2020 – 16:00 RBG’s death ramps up election, and thus stimulus, uncertainty to ’11’; blowback from the FinCEN leaks on the world’s biggest banks did nothing to comfort investors; and the resurgence of COVID across various European nations (and…

“Too Close To Call…” Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 16:40 Authored by Martin Sieff via The Strategic Culture Foundation, For all the infinite variations of time, personality and circumstance, U.S. presidential elections in their final three or four months fit remarkably clearly into one of two clear patterns: There are those elections that are utter…

ARK Funds Added More Tesla This Month As Cathie Wood Was “Happy” To See Shares “Get Slapped” Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 16:15 Cathie Wood of ARK Invest – who appears to us to have basically made a name for herself by betting that the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have…

The Pre-Election Correction Continues, Is It Over? Tyler Durden Sun, 09/20/2020 – 15:50 Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The Correction Continues Over the last couple of weeks, we have been discussing the ongoing market correction. As we stated last week: “As shown in the chart below, we had suggested a correction back to previous…

‘Bias Virus’? Legal Org Warns Universities Against “Unconstitutional” COVID Policies Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 16:30 Authored by Ben Zeisloft via Campus Reform, Southeastern Legal Foundation sent letters to three public universities, demanding they stop discriminating against students because of their conservative viewpoints. SLF, a public interest law firm that advocates limited government, individual liberty,…

Tug Of War Across Markets Hides “Trade Of A Lifetime” Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 16:00 Another day, another set of market takes, warning that the recent advent of helicopter money – which resulted in a mind-boggling $21 trillion in policy stimulus, roughly a quarter of global GDP, in just the past 6 months –…

Secret Service Intercepts ‘Highly Toxic’ Poison Ricin Mailed To White House Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2020 – 15:45 Just as the presidential race has been upended by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Secret Service has intercepted a piece of mail addressed to the White House containing the lethal poison ricin, according to media reports.…

“We House-Arrested Some Folks!” Tyler Durden Fri, 09/18/2020 – 16:20 Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, Being a vandal and a politician, but I repeat myself, means having zero shame. Case in point the leadership of the City of Nashville. They were caught red-handed suppressing the data of COVID-19 transmissions to…

Stocks Suffer Longest-Losing Streak In Over A Year As Dollar Dump Continues Tyler Durden Fri, 09/18/2020 – 16:00 Stocks are down for the 3rd week in a row – yeah we know!!! – leaving levered-call-buying RH’ers facing something they likely haven’t seen in their trading careers (this is the longest losing streak since August 2019)……

“Absolutely Terrified” Democrats Demand Emergency Investigation Into Durham Probe Tyler Durden Fri, 09/18/2020 – 15:50 In August, Attorney General William Barr refused to commit to withholding any report by DOJ watchdog John Durham before the November election – causing Congressional Democrats to froth at the mouth over an “October surprise” meant to hurt Joe Biden.…

This Is Why Inflation Will Rip Everyone’s Face Off Tyler Durden Thu, 09/17/2020 – 16:40 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, This is why inflation will rip everyone’s faces off: production will continue to stagnate no matter how many trillions the Federal Reserve prints and throws around. This is how market capitalism is supposed to…