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• Is The Fed Getting Desperate?

  Published 16 June 2020 | viewed 4,369 times

  Equity markets are flying, emerging markets are up, bond yields are creeping ever so slightly higher, credit is doing just fine. Good news for the…

• How Big Will The Next Real Estate Bust Be?

  Published 08 June 2020 | viewed 12,562 times

  So how big is the impending commercial real estate bust in the US? Bigger than the residential mortgage bust of the 2000s and also bigger…

• 40 Million Jobless As Pandemic Fuels Economic Collapse

  Published 28 May 2020 | viewed 4,966 times

  In the last week 2.123 million more Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time (versus the 2.10mm expected). Source: Bloomberg That brings the…

• COVID-19 Sparked A Bicycle Boom

  Published 26 May 2020 | viewed 2,101 times

  As social distancing is the order of the day, riding a packed subway to get around is not exactly what the doctor prescribed. Add to that the…

• Insurance Companies Are Turning People Away As COVID-19 Crisis Escalates

  Published 22 May 2020 | viewed 14,025 times

  In yet another unprecedented COVID historic first, insurance companies are actually turning away Americans who want to purchase a life insurance policy. Who would have ever thought insurers would…

• Social Security Could Dry Up In Less Than A Decade

  Published 21 May 2020 | viewed 3,647 times

  The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released some alarming data earlier this week that surprisingly had absolutely nothing to do with Covid for a…

• Day Trader Loses $9 Million In Oil Price Crash

  Published 09 May 2020 | viewed 8,968 times

  The April 20 historic oil price crash that sent the prompt May WTI contract plunging to the unheard of price of negative $40 per barrel…

• 52% Of Small Businesses Expected To Close Their Doors Within Six Months

  Published 08 May 2020 | viewed 4,146 times

  Anyone that was hoping for a “quick recovery” for the U.S. economy can forget about that right now.  Yes, many states are attempting to “reopen”, but…

• U.S. Regulators To Ban Hedge Funds From Small Business Loan Program

  Published 24 April 2020 | viewed 9,615 times

  The US will bar hedge funds from participating in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), along with private equity firms, as they are primarily engaged in…

• 50 Million Pints Of Beer Could Be Wasted If UK Pubs Don't Reopen

  Published 15 April 2020 | viewed 2,952 times

  Britain remained in a nationwide lockdown in mid-April as virus-related deaths and confirmed cases climb. A crashed economy and high unemployment risk sending the country into depression.…

• Oil Stumbles On IMF's Gloomy Economic Forecast

  Published 14 April 2020 | viewed 2,506 times

  As if oil prices needed any more help on their downward spiral towards the teens, The IMF just slashed global growth to the worst since…

• Amazon To Hire 75,000 New Workers As Delivery Demand Soars

  Published 13 April 2020 | viewed 2,209 times

  Update (1000ET): Shortly after this report on a pause of grocery orders after "unprecedented demand", Amazon has announced this morning it is creating an additional 75,000…

• WeWork Sues SoftBank For Withdrawing $3 Billion Insider Payoff

  Published 07 April 2020 | viewed 2,044 times

  As WeWork founder Adam Neumann tries to save his billionaire status, and several other shareholders, including Benchmark Capital, a PE firm that retains several seats…

• Big Banks Could Win Big On Fed Small Business Bailout

  Published 06 April 2020 | viewed 2,131 times

  And just like that, the big banks are about to make a killing (again) thanks to the Fed. As a reminder, as part of the…

• Priceless Van Gogh 'Spring Garden' Painting Stolen

  Published 30 March 2020 | viewed 3,097 times

  What better time could there be than a global pandemic, that has led to closures of museums and public landmarks across the world, to stage…

• U.S. Auto Sales Fall By 75%

  Published 26 March 2020 | viewed 2,724 times

  If any company is bracing for the shock of falling U.S. auto sales, it's got to be Group 1 Automotive. The company owns and operates 186…

• Philippines Halts Stock Trading, 57 Million Quarantined

  Published 16 March 2020 | viewed 4,337 times

  Following two weeks of relentless market turmoil, traders were wondering which country's stock market would be shut down first. Moments ago we got the answer…

• Is A Banking Crisis Looming?

  Published 12 March 2020 | viewed 7,049 times

  Earlier today, Zerohedge reported that Boeing shocked the investing community when it announced that due to "market turmoil", it would immediately draw down on its full $13.825…

• How Airbnb Uses Artificial Intelligence To Identify Risky Renters

  Published 05 March 2020 | viewed 7,353 times

  What does the Church of Scientology and Airbnb have in common? If you answered secret risk assessments and personality tests, then give yourself a gold star. If you have…

• India's Tech Sector Takes A Hit On Supply Issues

  Published 02 March 2020 | viewed 3,204 times

  It was only a matter of time before smartphone and other electronic shortages from top brands, including Apple and Xiaomi, were seen in India amid…