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FX Daily, September 24: Darkest Before Dawn

2020-09-24

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2020-09-24

The two recent market developments, push lower in stocks, and higher in the dollar is continuing. Tuesday's gains in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ were unwound on Wednesday and this is helping drag global markets lower. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell for the fourth consecutive session today and many markets (India, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Korea) fell more than 2% and most others were off more than 1%.

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Parliament clarifies federal government powers to manage Covid-19 crisis

2020-09-24

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2020-09-24

Measures put in place by the federal government to help manage the coronavirus crisis can be officially extended thanks to a decision by parliament.

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The Silent Exodus Nobody Sees: Leaving Work Forever

2020-09-24

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2020-09-24

Wages share income,1960-2020
The "take this job and shove it" exodus is silently gathering momentum. The exodus out of cities is getting a lot of attention, but the exodus that will unravel our economic and social orders is getting zero attention: the exodus from work. Like the exodus from troubled urban cores, the exodus from work has long-term, complex causes that the pandemic has accelerated.

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Uh Oh, The Dollar Has Caught A Bid

2020-09-24

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2020-09-24

Trade Weighted U.S. Dollar Index, 2007-2020
Anyone who follows Alhambra knows that we keep an eye on the dollar. It is a very important part of our process of identifying the economic environment. A rising dollar, when combined with a falling rate of growth, can be a lethal combination. That was the situation in March and of course during the financial crisis of 2008.

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Keith Weiner on Wall Street and Main Street

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David Gornoski hosts A Neighbor's Choice LIVE 4-6pm EST. Comment below or call in at 727 587 1040.

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Es wird GELD gedruckt, bis zum geht nicht mehr! 🇨🇭

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Mittlerweile betreibe ich einige Projekte und es macht mir ungemein Spass, an diesen zu arbeiten. Ich gebe mir viel Mühe, alle Projekte wie z.B. den Sparkojoten, das Finanzrudel oder den Amazing Webshop auf Kurs zu halten. Falls ihr euch für eines der Projekte interessiert, checkt sie gerne ab.

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Alasdair Macleod-Inflation & Other Revolutionary Forces at Work in America

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Alasdair Macleod with a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist explains that we are in an inflationary economy and why its happening is a bad thing.

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Jeff Snider: What happens if Dollar LOSES RESERVE STATUS? (RCS Ep75)

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Topics: What would happen to the US economy long term if the Dollar is no longer the global reserve currency? US privilege/burden since Bretton Woods. Euro dollar system: what’s wrong with it? Hypothetically, how would it have been better/more sustainable?

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FX Daily, September 23: Trying to Find Solid Ground

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

A more stable tone is evident in the capital markets after the S&P 500, and NASDAQ rose more than one percent yesterday.  Japan returned from a two-day holiday, and local shares slipped fractionally, while China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Australian shares rallied.  India and Taiwan fell.

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Swiss balance of payments and international investment position: Q2 2020

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

Current Account Switzerland Q2 2020
In the second quarter of 2020, the current account surplus amounted to CHF 10 billion; in the same quarter of 2019 it was CHF 21 billion. This decline was principally due to lower receipts from direct investment abroad. While the goods trade balance and the services trade balance changed only marginally, there was a significant decrease in receipts and expenses.

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700k Nettovermögen mit 24 Jahren? – Grosser Meilenstein 💰💰

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700k Nettovermögen mit 24 Jahren! Wie habe ich das gemacht? Wie habe ich mein Vermögen verteilt und weshalb habe ich eine so hohe Cash-Position von über 200k, der grösste Teil meiner gesamten Asset Allocation. Ausserdem erfahrt ihr wie viel Geld ich in all meine anderen Assets stecke wie Gold/Silber, P2P, den Webshop...

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WEF Davos conference in doubt for 2021

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) flagship summit may not take place in Davos next year, businesses in the alpine town have been warned. The pandemic had already forced organisers to postpone the event from its usual January slot to a potential early summer date.

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Dollar Remains Firm Ahead of Powell Testimony

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

Sweden Data and Central Bank Rate, 2016-2020
The dollar remains firm on continued safe haven flows but we still view this situation as temporary. Fed Chair Powell appears before the House Financial Services Panel with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin; the text of Powell’s testimony was released already.

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“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part I

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

As we move deeper and deeper into this covid crisis, more and more people understand that there’s a lot more to fear besides the disease itself. As the economic impact and the full scale of the damage caused by the lockdowns and the shutdowns become undeniable, there are too many questions lacking any sort of convincing answer and the future for so many employees, business owners, investors and ordinary savers seems bleak and uncertain.

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Inflation and “Socialism-Lite” Are Just What the Billionaires Want

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

The Fruit of Financialization
After a bout of inflation and "socialism-light", we could end up with even more extreme inequality when the whole rotten structure collapses.

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Inflation: Its Effects and Failures

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

Inflationism is that policy which by increasing the quantity of money or credit seeks to raise money prices and money wages or seeks to counteract a decline of money prices and money wages which threatens as the result of an increase in the supply of consumers’ goods.

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Alasdair Macleod – Expectation Of A New Financial Crisis

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The Prospect of a New Financial Crisis. Crisis expectation started to emerge in people.

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What Everyone Wants to Know from the Bailout King (9/22/20)

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The Federal Reserve is looking to the White House for more debt to monetize...but what if it doesn't come?

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Are We About to Get a Rally? / Three Minutes on Markets & Money (9/22/20)

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Money flows are turning positive; a rally-up to resistance could provide opportunity to reduce risk; markets are over-sold on weekly- and daily-basis; dollar has begun to make a bottom, and not moving higher.

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So investiert die Community! Depot Vorstellungen 🇨🇭💡 | Sparkojote #DividendenDienstag

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★ Herzensprojekte von Thomas dem Sparkojoten ★ Mittlerweile betreibe ich einige Projekte und es macht mir ungemein Spass, an diesen zu arbeiten. Ich gebe mir viel Mühe, alle Projekte wie z.B. den Sparkojoten, das Finanzrudel oder den Amazing Webshop auf Kurs zu halten. Falls ihr euch für eines der Projekte interessiert, checkt sie gerne ab.

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