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Nature Knows Where the Stock Market Is Headed

Gold is up… bonds are up… and stocks are up.
Sounds like we were right. Diversification is dead.
It turns out that when we let things run wild… the wild does funny things.
It’s true in stocks and life.
We had a professional ballroom dancer stop by the farm last week. “It’s hard to dance when we’re not allowed within 6 feet of each other,” she told us. “And even if we could, we can’t get an audience.”
So she’s doing the next best thing for a person with a master’s degree in dance… She’s foraging for food.
I’ll Eat That
That’s right. She wants to use …read more […]

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Sri Lankan man pays a gold shop to let him sweep the floors to fund his decades-long addiction

Mavin has been addicted to heroin for decades. To pay for his habit he’s found what he says is the easiest way to earn money, sweeping floors in gold shops. But rather than being paid to do the job, he’s the one who has to pay the shop owners. The dust he sweeps up is how he can afford his “medicine”.

The Sri Lankan government runs rehabilitation centres for those who suffer from substance abuse and dependency under the Bureau of Commissioner General Rehabilitation. There are also other… …read more […]

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China Avoids Top Trump Aides in Hong Kong Retaliatory Sanctions

Aug.10 — China said it will sanction 11 Americans in retaliation for similar measures imposed by the U.S. on Friday, but the list doesn’t include any members of the Trump administration. Those sanctioned include Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Pat Toomey. Karen Leigh reports on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” …read more […]

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Explainer: Microsoft's TikTok bid spotlights Windows maker's history with China

Microsoft Corp has emerged as the most likely buyer of the U.S. operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app that U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to effectively ban on national security grounds. A deal would be in line with Microsoft’s stance toward China where the firm has a sizeable presence – unlike fellow U.S. tech heavyweights such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google which appear to have given up on China’s consumer-facing market with its miscellany of government strictures. The country accounts for over $2 billion in annual revenue, Microsoft President Brad …read more […]

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Top U.S. mall operator Simon faces pandemic pain

Simon Property Group, the No. 1 U.S. mall owner, is expected to post its smallest quarterly profit in nearly six years on Monday, as the plunge in foot traffic and early government-mandated closures resulted in tenants being unable or unwilling to pay full rent. “The upcoming earnings for mall owners could be one of the worst quarters ever,” said Compass Point Research & Trading analyst Floris van Dijkum. The pain from a slew of major retail bankruptcies, including Neiman Marcus and Brooks Brothers, and hundreds of store closures from department stores Macy’s and Nordstrom and others is far …read more […]