Month: July 2020

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Consider This from NPR - Slow Mail, Misinformation, And The Pandemic: What Could Go Wrong On Election Day 2020

Rosa Brooks, law professor at Georgetown University, recently helped organize an experiment to game out what might happen if the winner on election night isn't immediately clear. She explains what she found.

And NPR's Sally Herships reports on cuts at the postal service — and concerns they're politically motivated.

Garrett Graff wrote about how election day could go off the rails for Politico Magazine.

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Motley Fool Money - Revenge of the Big Tech Stocks

Amazon, Apple, and Facebook all rise on their latest earnings reports. Alphabet 2nd-quarter makes history, but not in a good way. PayPal and Teladoc Health hit all-time highs, while Visa and Mastercard deal with lower payment volumes. Andy Cross, Jason Moser, and Ron Gross analyze those stories, as well as the latest from Starbucks, UPS, Sherwin-Williams, Scotts Miracle-Gro, McDonald’s, and Pinterest. Plus they share three stocks on their radar: CEVA, Kinsale Capital Group, and J M Smucker.

 

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CrowdScience - Why do conspiracy theories exist?

Listener Avalon from Australia wants to know why people use conspiracy theories to explain shocking events. Are we more likely to believe conspiracy theories in times of adversity? What purpose do conspiracy theories serve in society?

Marnie Chesterton speaks to the scientists to explain their popularity, even in the face of seemingly irrefutable evidence. Presented by Marnie Chesterton. Produced by Caroline Steel for the BBC World Service.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: What a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony Greer

The editor of the Morning Navigator newsletter discusses a variety of macro topics and how to trade against a very strange market.

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.

Today on the Brief:

  • The DXY hits a 52-week low
  • Consumers seeking alternatives to cash 
  • Bank of England rebuilds settlement system to work with CBDCs


Our main conversation is with trader and analyst Tony Greer. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

  • The Federal Reserve’s role in increasing inequality 
  • How the Robinhood crowd differs from the 1999 bubble
  • Why high-frequency traders might be the real villains when it comes to the retail bubble
  • Why gold is surging even though the dollar remains fundamentally sound 
  • How to navigate the disparity between markets and the real economy
  • Why real estate is doing well even as the economy is floundering 


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Website: tgmacro.com

Twitter: @TgMacro

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Dark Side of the Fashion Industry, Part 1: The Dark Side of the Loom

If you're like the vast majority of people, you wear clothes. Clothing is one of the oldest pieces of human technology, and these days it's also a multi-billion dollar industry. People across the planet use clothing and fashion as a means of expression, a way to make a living, and a way to communicate. But, like any other industry of the size, the fashion industry also has a dark side (several, in fact). Tune in as the guys explore the at-times disturbing origin story of so many clothes we wear -- and why the source of the hottest fashions can often be the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know.

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