03-17-20 Coronavirus
03/18/2020 8:31 PMSymptoms include panic buying and hoarding toilet paper.
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Technically Speaking: Risk Limits Hit, When Too Little Is Too Much
03/18/2020 10:12 AMFor the last several months, we have been issuing repeated warnings about the market. While such comments are often mistaken for “being bearish,” we have often stated it is our process of managing “risk” which is most important. Beginning in mid-January, we began...
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The Most Shorted ETFs Amid The Coronavirus Market Crash
03/18/2020 10:07 AMThe month of March has been brutal so far for investors, but short sellers are making a killing off on the volatility caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. There is currently $154 billion in aggregate ETF short interest, 90% of which is in U.S. domestic ETFs,...
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China’s Lack of Candor on COVID-19 Costs The West Trillions
03/18/2020 8:08 AMTaiwan didn't believe China that COVID-19 couldn't be transmitted by human touch and blocked all flights from Hubei province at the end of 2019. If China had done the same the spread of the virus would have been dramatically reduced. UPDATE from thetimes.co.uk:...
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Analytics Prove Their Worth Yet Again in Vancouver’s Real Estate Market
03/17/2020 11:28 AMEitel Insights continues to outperform the competition. Not a single time have we suggested purchasing a detached home or condo property. On the contrary, we have been suggesting selling into this short lived reality of optimism. Most every other analysts said 2019...
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First US Economic Data of the COVID-19 Era Emerges. It’s Ugly
03/17/2020 10:10 AMNearly all economic data as reported on a monthly or quarterly basis have so far reflected the era in the US before the economy reacted to the coronavirus. These reactions – from panic-buying of toilet paper to airlines shutting down much of their international and...
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Even The Fed Can’t Save Markets Now
03/17/2020 9:59 AMAfter multiple sessions of panic selling, the markets caught an up-draft after US President Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus, thus freeing up $50 billion in federal aid to help contain the rapid spread of the pandemic. As stocks accelerated...
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The Financial Story In Our Lifetime
03/17/2020 7:13 AMAs you know - events are moving fast, which has prompted us to raise one financial story from the story of the year - to the story of the last 12 years and now the most important story in our...
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Should You Add Palladium to Your Portfolio?
03/16/2020 2:34 PMDemand for this less known precious metal continues to exceed supply as emissions standards for cars expands rapidly. Should you invest? And what is the best way? Mike and special guest Jim Paterson, CEO of ValOre Metals...
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Can We Afford A Deficit of $50 Billion or More
03/16/2020 7:10 AMThe answer's yes but that has nothing to do with whether the measures will be effective or that billions won't be...
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