AFrayedKnot

Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the world.

[AFrayedKnot @AFrayedKnot8]

@holmestm Needs two Rs as hinted by the yellows in 1a.

[AFrayedKnot @AFrayedKnot8]

Wordle 212 3/6

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[AFrayedKnot @AFrayedKnot8]

Wordle 211 3/6

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[Larry Tentarelli, Blue Chip Daily @bluechipdaily]

Actual Taper facts:

There has only been one Fed taper, ever -

Started 1/2/2014:
$SPX = 1831.98

Ended 10/29/14:
$SPX = 1982.30, +8.2% since the start of taper.

The largest drawdown, from the end of taper level, was -8.6%, on 2/11/16.

$SPX went +45.9% after taper started.

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

DXY vs. US twin deficit 👇 Is it different this time? Ht @PkZweifel

[Tom McClellan @McClellanOsc]

Congress and the White House are kicking around ideas for what kind of tax increases they would like to impose upon us. Here is your periodic reminder that if 12-mo. total of federal receipts gets up above 18% of GDP, we get a recession (and a bear market, of course) every time.