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Wednesday 09th of September 2020
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Bonds and stocks now the most expensive ever, according to this chart by Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid. @ReutersJamie
World Of Finance
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Aggregated 15 DM country average nominal bond yields and equity percentile valuations
(100% = most expensive; 0% cheapest) over last 160 years.
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The Viral Moment
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Overheated speculation in the options market continued last week as retail bought record amounts. Normally a big sell signal ...@biancoresearch
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08-JUN-2020 :: Anybody can be decisive during a panic It takes a strong Man to act during a Boom.
World Of Finance
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Explore sixty years of work by influential American artist, Ed Ruscha Alternative Las Vegas
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“The businessman bought at ten and was happy to get out at twelve; the mathematician saw his ten rise to eighteen, but didn’t sell because he wanted to double his ten to twenty.”
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When Martin Creed was questioned about this work's meaning, he replied: 'It means everything is going to be all right.' @Tate
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Female surfer is dragged away by hazmat-wearing officials and arrested on Spanish beach after going in the sea while infected with Covid-19 @MailOnline
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Share of young adults now living with their parents has hit Great Depression era levels— @pewresearch @LizAnnSonders
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The Way We Live Now
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The story of Guillaume Le Gentil, the astronomer who spent 8 years of his life on a quest to observe the transit of Venus, during which he was declared legally dead and his wife remarried @Rainmaker1973
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The story of Guillaume Le Gentil, the astronomer who spent 8 years of his life on a quest to observe the transit of Venus, during which he was declared legally dead and his wife remarried, only for the sky to end up being cloudy on the day of the transit
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#sunset #Lahore @_mwaseem_ H/T @SonyaKassam Stunning sunset in Lahore
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A Luminous and Fairy Tale Feel
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The lockdown path. That path along the bed of the Thames in Chiswick was created during lockdown by the number of people socially distancing from those on the towpath and it survived each high tide. @London_W4
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It's now disappeared as people come together again on the towpath. Gone forever
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Sunset Mombasa @MihrThakar
Africa
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The Hollow Men Mistah Kurtz — he dead A penny for the Old Guy
Africa
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Between the desire And the spasm
Between the potency And the existence
Between the essence And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
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The ghazal the pir said would immortalise her. @manishgaekwad
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Bibbi sang full-throated for one last time. Zohra’s handkerchief sat beside her.
Four days after the mehfil, Bibbi dreamt she was with her twin sister in heaven.
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(Gilgamesh to Enkidu, Tablet III of the Old-Babylonian version)
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"Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky?
Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight.
As for man, his days are numbered,
whatever he may do, it is but wind."
(Gilgamesh to Enkidu, Tablet III of the Old-Babylonian version)
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Political Reflections
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The day after the government announces that it intends to break the law. @Frances_Coppola
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Home Sec promises to crack down on law breaking Extinction Rebellion @paullewismoney
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A little while ago .. the president #الأسد He receives a Russian delegation headed by Mr. Yuri #بوريسوف The Deputy Prime Minister, and Mr. Sergey #لافروف Minister of Foreign Affairs. @Presidency_Sy
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5 OCT 15 :: UNGA, where Putin set out his stall and I quote: ‘’I cannot help asking those who have caused the situation, do you realise now what you’ve done?’’
Law & Politics
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Lavrov said: “If it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it’s a terrorist, right?”
Law & Politics
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Positivity rate by age, in the Marseille region @vincentglad
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Useful illustration of how a rise in SARS-CoV-2 positivity in younger groups can soon become a rise in older groups. @AdamJKucharski
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Year of the Virus
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International Markets
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Currency Markets at a Glance WSJ
World Currencies
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Euro 1.1771
Dollar Index 93.533
Japan Yen 105.91
Swiss Franc 0.9181
Pound 1.2946
Aussie 0.7225
India Rupee 73.5915
South Korea Won 1187.62
Brazil Real 5.3624
Egypt Pound 15.79
South Africa Rand 16.89
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Dollar Index Chart @SuperBitcorn 93.502
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Euro versus the Dollar 3 Month Chart 1.1772
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Tesla Parabolic trend and Base line support broke. Road to Perdition @sunchartist
World Of Finance
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@TheStalwart I mean
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Commodity Markets at a Glance WSJ
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Gold 6 month INO 1931.50
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Brent's fallen 11% in the past week and is now approaching $40 a barrel. @PaulWallace123
Minerals, Oil & Energy
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Cal-21 #WTI is down $2.80 which is a bigger event that spot down $3.20. First time in a while gamma hedging is kicking in exacerbating the price move, vega spiking too - @IliaBouchouev
Minerals, Oil & Energy
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Cal-21 #WTI is down $2.80 which is a bigger event that spot down $3.20. First time in a while gamma hedging is kicking in exacerbating the price move, vega spiking too - there are still chunky cal-21 $40 puts on banks' books that must be tightly managed.
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COVID-19 and a Rolling Sudden Stop
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India now decisive global hotspot in terms of new #COVID19 case growth—adding far more on daily basis than other countries topping list @JohnsHopkins @Bloomberg @LizAnnSonders
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10-MAY-2020 :: #COVID19 and the Spillover Moment
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8 September 2020 as of 6PM EAT #COVID19 update in Africa Total cases 1, 307, 444 Total deaths 31, 520 & Recoveries 1, 045, 575 @AfricaCDC
Africa
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Over 1.3 million confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent - with more than 1 million recoveries & 31,000 deaths cumulatively. @WHOAFRO
Africa
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Africa Elections @NathanHayesEIU
Africa
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Hugh Masakela said ''I want to be there when the People start to turn it around''
Africa
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At Bole Airport this morning in Addis Ababa, three local reporters, myself, and other members of the public boarding a flight to Mekele were prevented from traveling by National Intelligence and Security Service. @MarksSimon
Africa
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At Bole Airport this morning in Addis Ababa, three local reporters, myself, and other members of the public boarding a flight to Mekele were prevented from traveling by National Intelligence and Security Service. Phones and laptops confiscated, social media accounts scrutinized.
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14-OCT-2019 :: @PMEthiopia a fiendishly complicated task fending off the centripetal forces which are tearing Ethiopia apart
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02-JUL-2018 :: He said “The ppl of Tigray are still begging for a drop of water; TPLF (the party) is not the people of Tigray”.
Africa
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: REQUEST FOR SECURITY HOLDINGS INFORMATION To the holders of the securites issues by the Republic of Zambia
Africa
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Description
Series
ISIN
CUSIP/ Common Code
The Republic of Zambia 5.375% 20-Sep-2022
Reg S
XS0828779594
082877959
144A
US988895AA69
988895AA6
The Republic of Zambia 8.5% 14-Apr-2024
Reg S
XS1056386714
105638671
144A
US988895AE81
988895AE8
The Republic of Zambia 8.97% 30-Jul-2027
Reg S
XS1267081575
126708157
144A
US988895AF56
988895AF5
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December 9, 2019 They are still popping Quaaludes in Lusaka.
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South Africa’s economy contracted by 51% in Q2:2020. @StatsSA
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#SouthAfrica #GDP plunged 51% in Q2; #manufacturing industry contracted by 74,9%; trade, #catering and #accommodation industry decreased by 67,6% ~ @ITOnlineSA
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December 9, 2019 Time to Big Up the Dosage of Quaaludes
Africa
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02-MAR-2020 :: The #COVID19 and SSA and the R Word
Africa
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Agriculture is the only sector that saw growth. @DJMrichoSA
Africa
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5 March 2020 Debt, virus and locusts create a perfect storm for Africa @TheAfricaReport
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While not the worst we have seen, SA's Q2 GDP decline of 51% (annualised) ranks among the most severe globally. @hugopien
Africa
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A particularly strict lockdown and pre-COVID vulnerabilities helps to explain this. Level of SA GDP 8.7% lower in first 6 months of '20 compared to same period in '19.
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Anyone know what is going on here? @davidpilling Cadres waiting for SAA bailout money to arrive @Pol_Sec_Analyst
Africa
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Angola's state auditor said some government-owned companies were a net drain on the finances of sub-Saharan Africa's third-biggest economy while Sonangol failed to report its results Angop reported @ReutersAfrica
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Fitch desce rating de Angola para CCC indicando possível 'default' @zecarloscosta
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South Africa All Share Bloomberg
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Dollar versus Rand 6 Month Chart INO 16.8694
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Egypt Pound versus The Dollar 3 Month Chart INO 15.8026
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Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index Bloomberg
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Whatever happened to Covid Organics tonic shilled by Madagascar Pres Rajoelina and sent to mainland African countries? @hallaboutafrica
Africa
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Other than we learned the Russians were behind it in a scheme to pit African countries against the WHO?
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Angela Merkel: “You cannot fight the pandemic with lies and disinformation...the limits of Populism are being laid bare.”
Africa
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States with such rulers can get “seized by senility and the chronic disease from which [they] can hardly ever rid [themselves], for which [they] can find no cure”
To thwart calamities, rulers should possess certain qualifications. Khaldun recognizes wisdom, logic, honesty, justice and education as the most desirable qualities in a ruler.
The Correlation between the Case Load and Populism has a stupendously high correlation coefficient.
political decision-making is now driven by often weaponized babble. @FukuyamaFrancis
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Kenya borrowed Sh4.5 billion every 24 hours in the first three months of the Covid-19 pandemic, in a debt accumulation spree rarely witnessed in any East African country. @MzalendoWatch
Kenyan Economy
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Conclusions
reckless behaviour.
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The @EU_Commission and @eu_eeas (#EEAS) have not demonstrated that European Development Fund (#EDF) aid to 🇰🇪 #Kenya between 2014 and 2020 addressed the country’s #development obstacles and focused on reducing #poverty @EUauditors
Africa
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The @EU_Commission and @eu_eeas (#EEAS) have not demonstrated that European Development Fund (#EDF) aid to 🇰🇪 #Kenya between 2014 and 2020 addressed the country’s #development obstacles and focused on reducing #poverty, according to our new report 
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EU development aid to Kenya needs better targeting to make an impact
Kenyan Economy
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Projects funded under the previous 2008-2013 EDF delivered outcomes as expected, but have not had a visible impact on Kenya’s overall economic development. The auditors now call on the EU to rethink its approach to allocating development aid.
EU development aid is aimed at reducing and ultimately eradicating poverty in the supported countries by incentivising good governance and sustainable economic growth. The EDF is Kenya’s main source of EU funding. The aid received by the country under the 11th EDF, between 2014 and 2020, amounted to €435 million, around 0.6 % of its tax revenue. The auditors examined whether the Commission and the EEAS had targeted it effectively towards where it could contribute most to reducing poverty.
“We did not see sufficient evidence that aid under the 11th EDF is channelled to where it can do most to reduce poverty,” said Juhan Parts, the ECA Member responsible for the report. “Job creation is the most effective and sustainable way to reduce poverty, so EU funds should primarily be focused on economic development.”
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South Africa's Shoprite Holdings said on Tuesday it expected to close or dispose of its remaining two stores in Kenya leaving the East African country after opening its first store there more than two years ago.
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Daily hit rate of samples tested 5.92%, which is ABOVE the weekly hit rate of 4.42% in the week ended 7th Sept @MihrThakar
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Kenya Shilling versus The Dollar Live ForexPros 108.45
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Nairobi All Share Bloomberg
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Nairobi ^NSE20 Bloomberg
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Every Listed Share Can Be Interrogated Here
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