Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)
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Mr. Tea
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Hahaha, I thought you were just ad-libbing to take the piss and then I clicked the link and realised you'd literally quoted it.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I think the main purpose is to make the clappers feel better, as opposed to the clap-ees.
But a lot of people are desperate and miserable so I'm not going to be judgemental.
luka
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Reminder that Rich made enough as a trader to retire in his 20s and go and live on the Algarve with his cats
IdleRich
IdleRich
Looks as though Worldometer has now got US as number one for number of cases (just). Now that assumes that every country is being honest and accurate and so on but whatever the minutiae of the data it looks really worryingly bad in the US now. It's like watching titanic crashing into the ice berg in really slow motion... but that conjures up an image of a desperate crew spinning the wheel and trying to dodge it whereas in actual fact the captain is steering straight ahead telling everyone he's got it under control. Fucking frightening. Can no-one take over?
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I assume part of the rally was Trump saying we'll back to work by Easter or whatever
unlike that nonsense, there is some real value in knowing that the government will make a serious effort to mitigate economic fallout
the stimulus package definitely isn't perfect, but it does indicate to investors that at least the govt is taking it seriously, suggests eventual return of normality
I too assume the rally is temporary, but it's not as delusional as the crazy 15 minute jump during Trump's initial COVID press conference a few weeks ago was
IdleRich
IdleRich
Gimme a break, I can't change what's already happened!
My thoughts precisely. I meant to say something about how the markets probably reacted to the Easter prediction. I see it as traders not so much believing that as believing that people will believe it and taking advantage of that if that makes sense.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
and yeah, we just passed China as the leader for official recorded cases, but that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's remotely been paying attention
none of this should be a surprise. I'm just some dude who reads articles and I've known it was a virtual certainty for weeks.
I assume that anyone outside Trump's hardcore base stopped paying attention to him a long time ago.
as I think I said in some other thread, people are adjusting to new realities.
this will be very bad and there's a good chance hundreds of thousands of people will die in the next few months.
but also: this isn't going to kill 50 million Americans. eventually there will be a vaccine. there will still be a stock market in 6 months.
none of this should be a surprise. I'm just some dude who reads articles and I've known it was a virtual certainty for weeks.
I assume that anyone outside Trump's hardcore base stopped paying attention to him a long time ago.
as I think I said in some other thread, people are adjusting to new realities.
this will be very bad and there's a good chance hundreds of thousands of people will die in the next few months.
but also: this isn't going to kill 50 million Americans. eventually there will be a vaccine. there will still be a stock market in 6 months.
comelately
Wild Horses
I'm not sure that story wasn't conjured out of thin air tbh.
As somebody who has done a bit of data reporting, sometimes you're doing things one way and then the project moves forward and you iterate the reporting structure a bit. It seems pretty normal to me.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Yeah it's obvious that this was coming. The numbers are inevitable. But loads of people are still not grasping it - they're saying "But Obama's swine flu killed 12,000" as though this is completely done and dusted and can be compared like that. Lots of people saying it's "just a cold" or "That report from hospital staff isn't true" and so on and so on.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
of course. you know how the stock market works. it's about perceived rather than actual value. sometimes those coincide, sometimes they don't.
it's also about perception of investors' perception of the market.
I was going to mention that the VIX is also down a bit the last 3 days as well. it's still at 61 - which is fucking crazy - but that's down from a peak near 70.
ironically, for his complete obsession w/the stock market + esp the Dow, Trump deserves a huge part of the blame for its collapse
not only for America's extremely lethargic response to COVID, but for essentially misleading investors for weeks
if he had just been up front there would have been initial panic/sell-off/losses but I strongly believe it wouldn't have been nearly as bad as the wild panic we got
especially in something so based on perception, it's better to be up front about bad news and let people adjust their expectations accordingly
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