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$ASII
ASII took even more here. Love these large volume flushes
No ideal at all honestly. Looks like potential for a big bounce if nothing else
What made it drop?
Took some WTO .063s on this massive falling knife
Nice one bud!!
My SPOM’s creepin (-;
Was fun to watch
ZHUD —— swiped at 007 😂
Pete, was a good day for your ZHUD was funny watching L2 this morning before the "news" hit. That 500k at 007 was interesting
Nice picking
Should bounce right back
IWM 318 put 03-04 daily
Craps bet
See if she rolls over
ASII took some more here at 001 with this pullback. Still seeing heavy volume here. Thinking we see a retest and break of the 002s soon
SPOM
36 milly float!
Won’t take much
IGPK now flushed into the 002s. Let's see what they want to do now
Dropkick Murphy's 2:33! ;)..
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/dnc-2024-roll-call-full-song-list-1235980050/
Volume picking up.
Let the flood gates open !
SPOM
Just sayin (-;
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism
has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Azimov
- wilful ignorance
Harris seems poised to minimize the damage that inflation has been doing to the Democrats.
Harris’s Economic Plan Could Impress a Lot of Voters
"Harris leads Trump in new poll of NC, in drastic reversal"
Aug. 16, 2024
By Peter Coy
Opinion Writer
In Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, Kamala Harris did a pretty smooth job of reframing one of her biggest negatives — high prices — into a potential positive. If she can sell her message to voters, I think it will strongly improve her chances of winning in November.
Harris told the crowd that inflation is back below 3 percent for the first time since 2021. But she realizes that reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics don’t win votes. So she acknowledged that prices of essential items such as bread and ground beef are way higher than before the pandemic.
The plan that she presented wasn’t about how to lower the rate of inflation. It was about how to lower the cost of living.
There’s a difference. The rate of inflation — the increase in the prices of a broad range of goods and services — isn’t fully under the president’s control. Inflation is more strongly influenced by the Federal Reserve, which sets short-term interest rates, and by global economic forces, such as the pandemic-related interruptions to global supply chains in 2021 and 2022.
[And wars.]
(The president isn’t entirely out of the inflation loop, of course. Generous pandemic aid from Congress, signed into law by President Biden, did contribute to the inflation spike.)
What the next occupant of the White House can more strongly influence is the cost of living, which is the bottom-line cost to households. Inflation is a broad economic phenomenon, while the cost of living can be affected by targeted interventions, like capping the cost of insulin.
In Raleigh, Harris detailed some of the interventions she favors to address the cost of living. They include incentives for housing construction; cracking down on “corporate landlords,” big supermarket chains and Big Pharma; restoration of the expanded child tax credit; and a more generous earned-income tax credit for families without children at home.
Harris also painted her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, as a friend of the rich who won’t help ordinary people deal with the cost of living. She got a big round of applause for saying, “If you want to know who someone cares about, look who they fight for.”
High prices still sting, but polls .. https://blueprint2024.com/polling/harris-vance-poll-deck-8-15/ .. are showing that voters don’t blame Harris for them as much as they blame her boss. With inflation having fallen significantly from its peak, and with a plan to make voters feel that she can ease the pain, Harris seems poised to minimize the damage that inflation has been doing to the Democrats.
Peter Coy is a writer for the Opinion section of The Times, covering economics and business. Email him at coy-newsletter@nytimes.com. @petercoy
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/kamala-harris-economic-plan.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/kamala-harris-economic-plan.html
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Sharing some early morning reading thought might be of interest here. Kinda wish my writing was as good as my reading; think drive for show and putt for dough - Im terrible putter. Maybe itès drive for show putt for DOE, lolz.. .
Is the U.S. going broke? Not remotely.
Jul 06, 2023
Key takeaways
* It’s common to hear the U.S. is going broke and cannot afford its spending.
* But U.S. finances are relatively healthy within compared to total assets.
* Total government debt comprises about 23% of total nonfinancial assets of $143.6 trillion—a manageable amount.
Economics The Real Economy
It is common to hear that the United States is broke and cannot afford to continue spending and borrowing at its current pace.
Indeed, that was the argument put forward by some to justify the fourth debt ceiling standoff over the past 12 years.
While one can make a credible argument to pull back on government spending during a time of inflation, it is simply not true that the U.S. is on the verge of a debt and deficit crisis.
In contrast, the financial health of the United States is relatively healthy within the context of the total value of U.S. assets.
A much different picture appears once one looks at the underlying asset base of the private and public economy.
The total debt of U.S. governments (federal, state and local) is $33.6 trillion, with the federal portion accounting for $31.4 trillion. At first glance, that figure underscores the argument to cut back on spending and the need for a periodic crisis to create the conditions for spending restraint.
But once you consider that figure within the context of the total economy, you obtain a very different outcome.
Total government debt comprises about 23% of total nonfinancial assets of $143.6 trillion. That implies that the U.S. economy—despite large nominal private and public debt—sits on an asset base four times larger and an economy that generated a nominal gross domestic product of $26.4 trillion through the first quarter of this year alone.
When viewed within that context, as well as the annual growth of GDP, $33.6 trillion in government debt, as high as it seems, is manageable.
The plain fact is that the U.S. regularly issues Treasury notes that generate strong domestic and global demand. Investors and other countries line up to purchase U.S. securities.
Not only does that unmask the flawed arguments that look to justify a standoff over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, but it also illustrates the risk around even a technical default on just a part of the roughly $31 trillion American fixed income market.
That’s not to say we should ignore government policy or the mismanagement of government finances. In fact, using fiscal policy, whether higher taxes or lower spending, to cool off the economy during a period of elevated inflation is entirely reasonable, but even today, that’s not being used.
GRAPH -- Total U.S. nonfinancial assets and total government debt
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Economic and financial shocks
https://rsmus.com/insights/inflation.html
It is particularly important to note the long-term consequences to the economy and society of creating conditions in which another financial crisis occurs.
The 1928 stock market crash became a bank run, and then came the Great Depression. High-risk mortgage securitization eventually brought down financial centers across the globe and created the Great Recession.
Government finances were still dealing with the consequences of additional unfunded spending when the pandemic brought on another shock to the global economy.
There have been two jumps in government debt relative to nonfinancial assets since 1980.
The first jump started in the 1980s during a period of high military spending, tax cuts and in an era in which growth averaged 3.5%.
- Total government debt*
Then an era with increased revenues followed, resulting from the 1990s tech boom and a jump in productivity, causing a period of strong tax revenues, balanced budgets and fiscal surpluses.
The Great Recession and the slow recovery after the 2008 financial crisis caused the second jump in government debt relative to nonfinancial assets.
It is also important to note that the economic recovery that followed the financial crisis was slower than it would have been otherwise because of fiscal austerity caused in part by the 2011 debt ceiling agreement.
"U.S. government finances have improved compared to total nonfinancial assets."
The budget and deficit spending
U.S. government finances have improved compared to total nonfinancial assets. And in terms of the budget, expenditures have been receding as the pandemic income assistance programs ended and the economy went into overdrive.
GRAPH - Government deficit spending*
Tax revenues have increased along with higher rates of employment and higher wages for low-income workers. The data presented here should serve as a potent counterweight to the notion that the U.S. is on the verge of debt and deficit crises or can no longer finance its operations in the open global market.
The American economy is not on the verge of a systemic crisis because of government debt.
But as long as a debt ceiling exists, there is always the chance of a miscalculation on one part of the political authority that will plunge the United States into default and a financial crisis.
The debt ceiling is a relic of the past that should be put to sleep. Permanently.
RSM contributors
Joe Brusuelas
Chief Economist
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https://rsmus.com/insights/economics/is-the-us-going-broke-not-remotely.html
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livefree_ordie, My point you make in your first sentence. Who cares what 'you can be sure of'. In fact you can't be sure of that. Fact is Trump defunded. Period. Why? Can only think because he knows his base likes to see him cutting funds. Specially funds for the UN and other world efforts. He fed you the the isolationist dribble you people love. Still does. It's not good for anyone any more.
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Hey Golf, it has but I did it in ten. Spent the next two blowing it on penny stocks and have to start again..
Looks like sunny daze ahead however, if you are into it or have an interest in following the parties economic platforms,
The two seem clearly laid out now according to this analyst:
It’s you!! Has it been 12 years yet?
Yeah, don't want a "stupid" person in such an important position of power - let's look at some alternatives,
This guy at least says he knows a lot
And actually "more than most" often "more than anybody!"
Donald Trump is the dumbest president in American history
— Amelia.M (@Amelia84M) August 17, 2024
Never Trump. #TrumpRally
RIP Corey #TrumpIsALaughingStock #TrumpLies pic.twitter.com/VQ5cmg28tD
That stupid biatch couldn’t run a water ice stand
Hell we tried price controls right here before Carter! Look how well that worked!!
18-21% mortgage rates!! Gas lines!
All kinds of 3rd world bullshit!!
this Kamala "heels up" Harris is a G Damn idiot, obviously a controlled puppet, however, parroting neo marxist policies trying to get the sheeple to vote for her is extremely dangerous. Price controls? Why not take a lesson from soviet russia, venezuela, etc and study the impacts of said policies. Better yet, focus on the causes of sky high inflation before you starve us out. It costs manufacturers to spend more money in this economy, they are not price gouging FFS.
lots of eyes on that. wondering when the "chenese army" is going to bring it over .02
Maybe, a buying group testing the waters
To see if there are any 'newbies left in this world any more' ;)
Sure was! What does it all mean?!
IGPK that was some interesting action and loading that took place today!
SPOM
games yesterday
Trying to hold it down today (-;
Nice call!
ASII 0016 new 52 week highs. Been some nice churning that's taken place for a few days after that initial pop.
20-1 rs a month ago
Current os 1.4 mill
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