Ahead of today’s sale of $62BN in 7Y paper, we tweeted that unlike this week’s previous absolutely stellar 2Y and 5Y auction which were only superb because traders were short cash bonds heading into the auction and needed paper to satisfy their short obligations, today’s auction was not at all special in repo suggesting the… Continue reading Poor 7Y Auction Sends Yields To Session Highs
Jimmy and Dom Test Their Psychic Powers?
Podcast: Download MYS173: For thousands of years, people have claimed supernatural or natural psychic powers. But do they really exist? What happens when parapsychologists test them? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli take tests that could reveal their own psychic functioning. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen to this… Continue reading Jimmy and Dom Test Their Psychic Powers?
Remembering the Legendary Volkswagen Short Squeeze
Thirteen years ago this month, the Frankfurt-listed shares of Volkswagen more than quadrupled in two days, briefly making the German automaker the most valuable company in the world. After the stock’s peak on Oct. 28, 2008, it plunged 58% in four days and by September that year, the shares were down 70% from their… Continue reading Remembering the Legendary Volkswagen Short Squeeze
A ‘Universal’ Coronavirus Vaccine to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Emily Mullin: This is 60-Second Science. I’m Emily Mullin. In the past 20 years alone, three coronaviruses have caused major disease outbreaks. First came the original SARS virus in 2002. Then, in 2012, MERS was identified. In 2019 SARS-CoV-2 emerged, setting off a global pandemic. Hundreds of other coronaviruses are known to be circulating in bats… Continue reading A ‘Universal’ Coronavirus Vaccine to Prevent the Next Pandemic
The Compounding Effects of Racism: Q&A with James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña
Systemic racial bias affects Americans of color throughout their lifetimes—in education, employment, housing, and the criminal justice system. But many Americans remain skeptical about bias as a causal factor in the disparities between Black and white Americans. RAND senior behavioral scientist James Anderson, and Rachel Perera and Heather Gomez-Bendaña, both assistant policy researchers at RAND… Continue reading The Compounding Effects of Racism: Q&A with James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña
“Thank God You’re Not On The Supreme Court”: Tom Cotton Eviscerates Garland Over DOJ Memo
During a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) ripped Attorney General Merrick Garland a new one – slamming him over his use of a memo from the National School Boards Association to justify ‘weaponizing‘ the FBI to “facilitate the discussion of strategies for addressing threats against school administrators, board members,… Continue reading “Thank God You’re Not On The Supreme Court”: Tom Cotton Eviscerates Garland Over DOJ Memo
The Greenbrier Ghost! (Ghost Trial, Zona Heaster Shue, Edward Shue)
Podcast: Download MYS174: In 1897, a West Virginia woman was murdered, but then her ghost revealed to her mother from beyond the grave what really happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how her murderer was put on trial and convicted on the testimony of a ghost! What really happened? Were they really guilty? Get… Continue reading The Greenbrier Ghost! (Ghost Trial, Zona Heaster Shue, Edward Shue)
What Will Happen To Bitcoin Once All 21 Million Are Mined
There are thousands of cryptocurrencies that you can publicly trade today, as others continue to get into the market. Most of these cryptocurrencies don’t have much trading volume and aren’t well known. Bitcoin (BTC) is the original cryptocurrency. As the first digital coin, bitcoin is also the world’s most popular and valued cryptocurrency in terms of market cap. Other widely… Continue reading What Will Happen To Bitcoin Once All 21 Million Are Mined
The Safety Belt of Our Solar System – Issue 107: The Edge
David McComas has a favorite “astrosphere,” the environment created by a star’s stellar wind as it buffets the surrounding interstellar medium. It belongs to a star named Mira. In an image from 2006, Mira is heading to the right, at 291,000 miles an hour, five times the speed our sun ambles through its local interstellar… Continue reading The Safety Belt of Our Solar System – Issue 107: The Edge
Boosting Vaccine Acceptance, Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis, Environmental Racism: RAND Weekly Recap
We discuss what needs to be done to ensure more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19; Afghanistan’s worsening refugee crisis; understanding environmental racism; how political polarization may affect health insurance purchasing decisions; helping extremists find pathways to deradicalization; and lessons from past wars in Afghanistan. Photo by valentinrussanov/Getty Images Vaccine hesitancy remains a serious obstacle to… Continue reading Boosting Vaccine Acceptance, Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis, Environmental Racism: RAND Weekly Recap