The case for reopening America’s parks
In the week or so after my 5-year-old’s Washington, DC, school closed, my wife or I used to take him sometimes to the playground across the street so he could ride his scooter to burn some energy. He was prohibited from using the climbing equipment, but with appropriate disinfecting, I would let him…
Protests mark growing unrest with California stay-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians weary of stay-at-home orders that have left millions unemployed staged displays of defiance Friday, with hundreds of flag-waving protesters gathering at the Capitol and along a famed Southern California beach, while a sparsely populated county on the Oregon…
U.S. Homeowners are Increasingly Delaying Mortgage Payments
Homes stand in Oakland, California, U.S. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg About 7.3% of U.S. mortgages entered forbearance plans in April, providing temporary relief to more than 3.8 million borrowers who have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic.…
Hedgeye Risk Management | CHART OF THE DAY: Mr. Market Squeezes The Weak Hands
Below is a chart and brief excerpt from today's Early Look written by Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough. What else in the #process isn’t random this morning? A) US Dollar – great spot to buy more at the low-end of my Risk Range for the US Dollar Index if it gets there today B) FX – process had me waiting…
Hedgeye Risk Management | Mind The FANMAG Gaps
The guest commentary below was written by Jesse Felder of The Felder Report We’ve just entered the heart of earnings season and it’s during this time I typically like to take a look at a wide variety of stocks and how their valuations compare with their fundamentals. One of my favorite ways to do…
As Biden struggles, Hillary waits for the call
Hillary Clinton continues to hover in the wings, ready to step forward should Joe Biden fail. Don’t look now, but Joe is failing. Not only has his campaign been rocked by sexual assault allegations from one-time staffer Tara Reade, but the public is beginning to give up on the former vice president.…
Where’s the Beef? | National Review
An employee checks packaged meat at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store in Los Angeles in 2016. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) The answer could affect people’s dinner tables — and Trump’s reelection chances. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A merica’s meat processing-plants are hard-hit by COVID-19. Speculation…
It's Time To Start Getting an Uber/Lyft Rating for Sales Reps. And Paying Them Based On It. | SaaStr
This year we’ve had a string of fairly terrible experiences buying software at little ol’ SaaStr: With one well-known SaaS vendor, an employee e-signed a 2-year contract without permission . We never deployed the software, and yet the vendor threatened to sue us if we didn’t pay for Year 2. Even…
The Coronavirus Crisis Checklist for Startup CEOs
Dear startup CEOs: It’s time to shift your mindset. Last week might have been about growth and funky new initiatives. It could have been about hiring employees and closing that new financing round and launching that new product. Last week was about shiny things. Growth was your religion, and your…
The #1 Marketing Strategy to Focus on as a Startup With No Funding
Top highlight Your customers are like salespeople who’ll pay you to work Eva Gutierrez ✍🏼 Mar 13 · 6 min read Photo via Piqsels I get emails from startups asking me to write content for them on a monthly basis. All of these startups are running on fumes and cheap coffee, hoping to get themselves…
In The Enterprise, Innovation is Out. Digital Transformation is In. | SaaStr
Q: What are the next big trends in SaaS? I think the new trend, which is brand new — is that “Innovation” as a reason to buy SaaS is dead. For now . And maybe for 18+ months. But … this will be combined with a rapid acceleration of Digital Transformation. What do I mean? Well, the IT spend into SaaS…
The Primary Precondition of Deflation
StumbleUpon The Primary Precondition of Deflation By Robert Prechter, CMT Elliott Wave International The following was adapted from Bob Prechter’s 2002 New York Times and Amazon best seller, Conquer the Crash – You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression . Deflation requires a…
Deflationary Times
StumbleUpon During a recessionary environment, people often wonder what you should and should not do, especially during deflation. The following article provides some insight into these concerns based on studies done on previous periods of deflation. 10 Things You Should and Should Not Do During…
Great Depression Stock Chart Series
StumbleUpon The "Great Depression Stock Chart Series" contains charts I've put together displaying how the stock market performed during this devastating time period. I initially had one page with a few charts on it from this time period but have since decided to spend more time researching this…
Hedgeye Risk Management | Millennials Lose Their Fabled Economic Optimism
Below is a complimentary excerpt from a Demography Unplugged research note written by Hedgeye Demography analyst Neil Howe. Click here to learn more and subscribe. According to a new Pew study, just 23% of Americans believe that the economy is doing well. At the same time, the majority of people…
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Xiao Yijiu / Xinhua / eyevine / Redux Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . Updated at 7:43 p.m. on Feb. 25, 2020. In May 1997, a 3-year-old boy developed what at first seemed like the common cold. When his…
The Age of Ignorance
A President who suggests the answer to a global pandemic is…injecting disinfectant…drinking it…and that’s after he cut funding for the WHO. “Lockdown liberation” protesters who call the act of staying at home “slavery.” Government after government which disregarded warning after warning about said…
A glimpse of the new normal at work
Whether you work in a factory, a retail store, a restaurant or an office, you're going to have to get used to wearing a mask at work for the foreseeable future. Why it matters: Until there's a vaccine for the coronavirus, or enough people have been exposed that it's no longer a threat, masks will be…
Germany could have to bring BACK lockdown as cases surge days after reopening
GERMANY faces the prospect of returning to a stricter lockdown after a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. The country has slowly been easing its lockdown after faring much better than its European neighbors as a result of an aggressive policy of mass testing. 10 Germans out and about as the…
The 4-Second Workout
Phys Ed Intense bursts of exercise throughout the day may have surprising metabolic benefits. Credit... iStock Four seconds of high-intensity exertion repeated periodically throughout the day might counteract some of the unhealthy metabolic consequences of sitting for hours, according to a…
The 4-Second Workout
Four seconds of high-intensity exertion repeated periodically throughout the day might counteract some of the unhealthy metabolic consequences of sitting for hours, according to a surprising and timely new study of the potentially large benefits of diminutive workouts. The study relied on a…
The OC Board of Supervisors unanimously votes 5-0 to reopen businesses with safety guidelines | FOX 11 Los Angeles
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Editor's Note: This story has been revised to clarify that the guidelines have only been approved, but are not yet being implemented at businesses in Orange County. OC Board of Supervisors vote unanimously on safety guidelines The Orange County Board of Supervisors…
Disneyland and other theme parks can’t reopen for months under state plan
Disneyland and other California theme parks currently closed by the COVID-19 pandemic can’t reopen for months, possibly until an as-yet-undeveloped coronavirus treatment becomes available, according to state government officials. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Department of Public…
Open Up Society Now, Say Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi
Edward Peter Stringham – April 26, 2020 Print Dr. Daniel W. Erickson of Bakersfield, California, is a former emergency-room physician who co-owns, with his partner Dr. Artin Massih, Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield. They are experienced medical professionals who have 40 years of hands-on…
Reopening states too early will bring deadlier outcomes, coronavirus projection models show
(CNN) Seven coronavirus models show US coronavirus deaths will rise in coming weeks, but how sharply depends on how much "contact reduction" Americans practice , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The models estimate the numbers of cases and deaths on the state and national levels,…
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass: I'm surprised at size of market bounce given the terrible economy
Markets Published Tue, Apr 28 20209:36 AM EDT Updated an hour ago @kevin_stank Key Points Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass said Tuesday that he didn’t anticipate the stock market’s current recovery from its coronavirus-driven lows in March. “I’m surprised at the size of the bounce when you look at our…
Navy Responds to Questions from Roger Glassel on Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon - The Unidentified
17,089 total views, 5,001 views today Some great work from @rogerglassel provides us with further insight into the Navy’s position on UAP and also UAS. See below. *Source interview belongs to the work of Roger Glassel. Swedish Magazine UFO-aktuellt Follow-Up Query – Responses 16 September 2019 1)…
Troubling trend: Coronavirus deaths doubled in L.A. County over last week
© Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS LOS ANGELES, CA-APRIL 23, 2020: Medical staff, wearing protective gear, work inside a Covid 19 isolation area, inside the emergency department at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, where patients with the virus are being treated. The number of…
U.S. deaths soared in early weeks of pandemic, far exceeding number attributed to covid-19
Alameda Health System nurses, doctors and workers practice social distancing during a protest in front of Highland Hospital on March 26, 2020 in Oakland, California. Alameda Health System nurses, doctors and workers practice social distancing during a protest in front of Highland Hospital on March…
Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported
The death toll from coronavirus may be almost 60 per cent higher than reported in official counts, according to an FT analysis of overall fatalities during the pandemic in 14 countries. Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across these locations, considerably higher…
Contact-tracing apps are not a solution to the COVID-19 crisis
The unprecedented threat from the novel coronavirus has confined many Americans to their homes, distancing them from one another at great cost to local economies and personal well-being. Meanwhile the pressure grows on American institutions to do something—anything—about the pandemic. Encouraged by…
Skip college this fall? How some students are rethinking their school choices
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With time growing short and the future uncertain, many high school students are considering skipping college in the fall. The coronavirus pandemic has left many universities uncertain whether they’ll be able to welcome students to campus after summer, and many students don’t…
Making sense of a stock market just 16% off its high while a pandemic costs 26 million jobs
People pick up food the Food Bank at the New York City mobile food pantry on the Barclays Center plaza on April 24, 2020 in the Brooklyn, New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Why isn’t the stock market much lower? This question is occurring to plenty of observers right now, given the apparent…
10 Learnings From Mark Suster's "Funding In the Time of Coronavirus" | SaaStr
Our recent SaaStr Summit: Bridging the Gap was the first time I’ve had a chance to be a participant at a SaaStr event in a long, long time. Too much planning, moderating, etc. I thought I’d share my learnings from the sessions as we put them up on YouTube. My first set of 10 Learnings is from Mark…
The Great Bull Trap of 2020 - Traders Magazine
This first appeared in The Startup Record unemployment number s are announced and the market goes up. Rising death rates and news of community spread showing up in more places around the world , the market goes up. Alarming declarations that patients can get re-infected once pronounced cured and the…
The Real Reason Policymakers Can't Stop Printing Money
Summary The Fed has been extraordinarily accommodative in the last 10 years, and especially now. A look at pension fund liabilities and return assumptions might be the smoking gun as to why. Pension liabilities should scare the Fed more than COVID-19. I do much more than just articles at The…
Meet The Demands Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution – EWD Pulse
Welcome to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as coined by Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum’s founder and executive chairman. While the first three industrial revolutions produced fundamental and drastic changes in how we work and live, the current revolution moves beyond many people’s…
Your Video Therapist Will See You Now
In the weeks since marriage and family therapist Shelley Hanson moved her sessions to video calls because of the Covid-19 pandemic, some of her clients—many of whom are sheltering-in-place with family members—have struggled to find private space to talk. Some couples have hidden out in their cars. A…
Basil Lime Cooler Recipe
Vodka More Breadcrumbs Recipes Meal Drinks Cocktails Vodka Printer-Friendly Version Published: August 10, 2012 Last Updated: August 30, 2018 [Photo: Kelly Carámbula ] Note: This recipe makes enough basil syrup for about 8 cocktails. Excess syrup can be stored for up to one week in a covered…
Thousands of Californians flock to open beaches during the heatwave
Thousands of Californians flocked to open beaches during a heatwave Friday despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's pleas for them to stay home. The nation's most populous state recorded its deadliest day yet in the pandemic, with 115 fatalities in the 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday. As of Thursday there…