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The Perfect Contrarian Indicator Pays Off… Yet Again

One economist’s consistently flawed predictions serve as a nearly perfect contrarian indicator.
Today, Alexander Green explains why this man’s coronavirus predictions are paying off yet again.

The market’s historic bounce off the March 23 bottom has gone on longer and driven share prices higher than most investors expected.
(But not us. I issued a Portfolio Update to my Oxford Communiqué subscribers on March 24 with the headline “It’s Time to Load Up Again.”)
Indeed, the Nasdaq hit a new high for the year last week.
This has left many economists, analysts and other financial “experts” scratching their heads, insisting that the rebound makes no sense.
Wrong.
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Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla HQ over fight to reopen the company’s Fremont factory

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he plans to sue California’s Alameda Country over a disagreement about the company’s factory reopening. Yahoo Finance’s Rick Newman joins the On The Move panel to weigh in on Tesla potentially moving its headquarters and future operations during the virus pandemic. …read more […]

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Chesapeake Revives Bankruptcy Concerns After Oil’s Meltdown

(Bloomberg) — Chesapeake Energy Corp. discarded its full-year outlook, wrote down the value of $8.5 billion in assets and revived concerns one of the biggest U.S. natural gas suppliers is on the verge of financial collapse.The Oklahoma City driller hired strategic advisers and may seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as Covid-19 lockdowns slashed energy demand and triggered a record quarterly loss, the company said Monday in a federal filing.Once a contender for the title of biggest American gas producer, the shale driller co-founded by the late Aubrey McClendon has been struggling for most of the past decade under a staggering …read more […]