Economy

[Stocker Steve]

Crop growers are getting used to Trump checks, but I don't see that happening to ranchers becasue the demand for beef steak has plummeted. Are we in for a couple years of depressed cattle prices? Mad Cow 2.0 ?

 

[Caustic Burno]

Crop growers are getting used to Trump checks, but I don't see that happening to ranchers becasue the demand for beef steak has plummeted. Are we in for a couple years of depressed cattle prices? Mad Cow 2.0 ?

O no not you !
You don't need the government in every aspect of your life.
IMO cattle for the independent is coming to an end.
Listened to a seminar few years back said we wouldn't be players by 2035.
Looks to be sooner. Americans don't care where their food or products come from as long as it's cheap.
This brawl is getting down to JBS and Cargill, my money is on JBS. Hard to beat an outfit getting subsidized by American foreign aide.

 

[Buck Randall]

I know it breaks your heart.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2020/02/20/texas-based-company-has-reportedly-created-a-coronavirus-vaccine/amp/

Now the vaccine will move to animal testing by the necessary government agencies

We are still at least 9 months to a year before it is available if it is successful.

20k dead from the flu this year in the USA with a vaccine and no panic.
3k dead world wide from corona viruses and total panic. That sounds more like hype than reality. The demographic most at risk is the elderly. What's new there?
News media isn't telling you that the corona virus was discovered in the 30's.
So it has mutated just like the flu and other viruses.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-to-flu-mortality-rates-2020-3%3famp

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-may-make-millions-of-americans-sick-but-we-only-have-about-100000-ventilators/

This particular corona virus is new to us. It's more contagious than the flu, and significantly more deadly. Yes, the majority of cases are mild, but the potential number of cases if we do nothing is going to be on an almost unimaginable scale. At that rate, even a low percentage of severe cases is enough to cause a lot strain on the medical system that results in otherwise preventable deaths. Buying all of the toilet paper and bottled water you can find is panicking, but closing schools, restaurants, and businesses to limit the spread is smart.

 

[Caustic Burno]

We are still at least 9 months to a year before it is available if it is successful.

20k dead from the flu this year in the USA with a vaccine and no panic.
3k dead world wide from corona viruses and total panic. That sounds more like hype than reality. The demographic most at risk is the elderly. What's new there?
News media isn't telling you that the corona virus was discovered in the 30's.
So it has mutated just like the flu and other viruses.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-to-flu-mortality-rates-2020-3%3famp

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-may-make-millions-of-americans-sick-but-we-only-have-about-100000-ventilators/

This particular corona virus is new to us. It's more contagious than the flu, and significantly more deadly. Yes, the majority of cases are mild, but the potential number of cases if we do nothing is going to be on an almost unimaginable scale. At that rate, even a low percentage of severe cases is enough to cause a lot strain on the medical system that results in otherwise preventable deaths. Buying all of the toilet paper and bottled water you can find is panicking, but closing schools, restaurants, and businesses to limit the spread is smart.

Shut the media down for a month and see how big a problem it is then.

 

[kenny thomas]

I was wondering why my buy order took so long to process...

Everyone was in the bathroom.

The whole market is in the bathroom.

KR Kroger stock up 3.58% today. They must have toilet paper.

 

[1982vett]

Only $1293 go on the Dow and we will be where this great stock market started Jan 20 2016. The market has been propped up on cheap credit and the time has come when the bill is due. What we need is a trade war.

Don't worry the government will rescue you.

Bernies probably going to get what he wants even without getting nominated or elected.. :2cents: