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by apo 7y ago
Good point - updated answer with a link. Hopefully there's a better one out there.
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by apo 7y ago
What would you turn the cash into if you weren't holding it?
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by apo 7y ago
This is all the more surprising given that inflation in Denmark is running ~1%/year. That means the bank is absorbing a real loss of 1.5%/year on the deal. Meanwhile, the housing market is roaring: https://tradingeconom
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by apo 7y ago
Key recession indicator is flashing red. Unlike the stock market, which is both backward- and forward-looking, the bond market is myopically forward-looking. When the yield between the 10-year and 2-year US treasury inverts, a recession is
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by apo 7y ago
The idea is to construct plastics using reversible polymerization "click" reactions. Polymerize the monomers under mild conditions. Recover them again through acid degradation. Build entirely new kinds polymers (if you want) with
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by apo 7y ago
The first thing this brings to mind: > Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United...
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by apo 7y ago
The only thing worse for an authoritarian regime than making a show of force and following up on it is to make the show of force and not follow up on it.
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by apo 7y ago
That's weird. I thought that there was a different title when I read the article. Even double checked the title.
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by apo 7y ago
Two points: 1. the color of the beekeepers' skin is irrelevant and appears to have been an addition made by the poster 2. "The duo bought their first vacant space on Detroit’s East Side for $340 with the help of the Detroit Land B
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Currency War with China: 1934 and 2019(aier.org)
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by apo 7y ago
> Civil liberties groups are warning of a major threat to online freedoms and First Amendment rights if a leaked draft of a Trump administration edict—dubbed by critics as a "Censor the Internet" executive order that would give
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by apo 7y ago
In a nutshell, the situation is that the startup is: > ... not growing but it's not dying. ... and the founder doesn't really know what to do. Makes me think of Paul Graham's concept of "default alive/dead":
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by apo 7y ago
About half the article is about a regular named Richard, who dies: > When I heard that Richard was in a bad way, I figured he was at a low point in another cycle. I expected that I would just see him at the Plough the next time I dropped
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The Democratic Party deepfaked its own chairman to highlight 2020 concerns(cnn.com)
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by apo 7y ago
The title is misleading. The full title is: > Researchers at Rice University developed a method to convert heat into light that could boost solar efficiency from 22% to 80% The conditional tense signals that the researchers didn't a
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Interest Rates: Naturally Negative?(blog.pimco.com)
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10-Year Notes at Negative Coupons Hit Covered-Bond Market(bloomberg.com)
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by apo 7y ago
I believe this company offers one of the only practical ways (if not the only way) for many Californians to claim their CRV refund. What obligation is the state under to provide the means to refund what I understand to be a refundable depos
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High-end retailer Barneys files for bankruptcy(cnn.com)
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The Fed is getting into the Real-Time payments business(cnn.com)
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by apo 7y ago
> On August 8, 2014, dozens of FBI agents raided Hale’s house with guns drawn and searched his computer and flash drives. This all happened during the Obama administration, which declined to file charges. Five years later, Trump’s Justic
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External Debt of Haiti(en.wikipedia.org)
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by apo 7y ago
> Al-Hussainy expects investors to turn to even more aggressive positioning for rate cuts. He says the signal from the curve suggests money markets should be pricing in a higher probability of the Fed’s policy rate going to zero in the c
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Confederados(en.wikipedia.org)
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by apo 7y ago
Toward minimizing defection, the article offers these example solutions: > What if unions gave perks to employees including job references, health benefits, etc BUT to participate in the union you had to put forth a $5k bond. This could
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by apo 7y ago
There's an awesome discussion of Potosí and its wider role in the first stages of globalization in Mann's book 1493 .
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by apo 7y ago
> The new balloons promise a cheap surveillance platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods. And because winds often travel in different directions at different altitudes, the balloons can usually hover over a
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Colorado Potato Beetle(en.wikipedia.org)
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Entire German govt bond yield curve turns negative for first time ever(reuters.com)
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by apo 7y ago
That's an awful lot of explaining for a pretty simple concept. Fed funds rate is a benchmark interest rate that Wealthfront, like many products, is tied to. Rate goes down, and your interest payment goes down. I suspect this has to do

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