Monthly Archives: June 2020

Masks help, responsible people use them in a pandemic

This is how talking, breathing, and coughing compares, with and without a mask pic.twitter.com/Lk7PccWdID — How Things Work (@ThingsWork) April 8, 2020

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Big picture view: avoiding snakes is job number one

After the 2018 fourth-quarter meltdown, large-cap stocks rebounded on share buybacks to a higher high before hitting the skids this February and taking out the 2018 low.  This was a significant breach. The sequentially lower low circled in my partner … Continue reading

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IMF: global contraction deeper and longer than previously thought

As COVID-19 cases surge across 27 US states this week, the IMF revised its 2020 global economic contraction forecast today to -4.9% (from -3% in April) thanks to a larger-than-anticipated supply shock and an ongoing hit to demand from social … Continue reading

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