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good morning
SAM388 UASAF C-40 B on ground-about 10 minutes ago- at Rota NB- Spain from a Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport Depart
This AC departed JBA yesterday and had a ground stop at Shannon, Ireland prior to Tel Aviv arrival
68-10336 USAF U-2S Dragon Lady on descent for Cyprus
SAM430 USAF G5 departed Mesquite Metro. Airport, TX after an overnight and back to JBA
Tesla's stock debuts as S&P 500 member with a 4.1% drop, then falls further
Tesla Inc.'s stock TSLA, -5.79% debuted as S&P 500 index component with a thud, as the stock opened at $666.24, down 4.1% from Friday's record close of $695.00. Within the first 10 minutes as S&P 500 member, it has traded within a range of $657.52 (down 5.4%) to $668.50 (3.8%). It was last down 4.7%, which would make it the seventh worst performer in the S&P 500, which was down 0.9%.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/teslas-stock-debuts-as-sp-500-member-with-a-41-drop-then-falls-further-2020-12-21
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. sold by CEO: $56.44m-Dec 16-17
this released late last night
Zoom Video Communications : FTC Zoom Settlement Requires Upgrades To Security
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a settlement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom) after allegations that Zoom misled users through deceptive and unfair practices that made users believe their communications were more secure than they actually were. Zoom engaged in deceptive practices by misleading users about the encryption protection provided on its services. Zoom continually emphasized to its users that it offered "end-to-end, 256-bit encryption" to secure users' communications over its services. However, Zoom did not maintain legitimate end-to-end encryption and instead provided a lower level of encryption. In addition, Zoom maintained keys that allowed it to access the content of its users' meetings. Zoom also did not disclose to its users that it installed software called ZoomOpener as part of its update on Mac devices in July 2018. ZoomOpener allowed Zoom to bypass an Apple Safari browser safeguard that normally would have provided users with a warning box prior to launching the Zoom app. The ZoomOpener would remain on users' computers even when users deleted the Zoom app. Apple removed ZoomOpener from users' devices through an automatic update in July 2019.
moar
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ZOOM-VIDEO-COMMUNICATIONS-57086220/news/Zoom-Video-Communications-FTC-Zoom-Settlement-Requires-Upgrades-To-Security-32057008/
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. specialises in the provision of teleconferencing services. The group provides a remote communication platform combining videoconferencing, voice, audio, screen sharing, chat functionality, etc. on desktop computers as well as telephones and mobile devices. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (80.4%), Europe-Middle East-Africa (11.4%) and Asia-Pacific (8.2%). Number of employees : 2 532 people.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ZOOM-VIDEO-COMMUNICATIONS-57086220/company/
https://www.finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1773298&tc=7&b=2
VENUS91 USAF C-32A departed west from JBA-this AC is used as primary AF2
VVAX598 US Navy C-130 continues nw from same
R103O1 US Army C-560 ne from JBA
O=Operators are active
VENUS42 USAF G5 doing some fly bys at Yeager Airport-Cahrleston WVA after JBA depart
SAM115 USAF G5 departed JBA ne o approach for Cape Cod Coast Guard Station
Belgian AF BAF632 Airbus A321 inbound from Brussels Int'l
Italian AF IAM1433 KC-767A tanker inbound from Rome AB Mario De Bernardi Airport (sw of of city on coast)
SOP for those faggots
King faggot needs 40 plus posts to manage it.
minions are close to that too
think someone said they would be up at that by this week
wonder who dat was….
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley lead U.S. bank rally after stress test
U.S. bank shares outperformed the broader market on Monday, led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, after the Federal Reserve said stress test results meant the sector could resume stock buybacks for the first time since the coronavirus-led downturn. The Fed said the biggest U.S. banks had enough capital to withstand over $600 billion in losses from a short, sharp economic slump, as well as a moderate longer-lasting downturn, and would now be permitted to pay out dividends and buy back stock on a limited basis.
Earlier this year, the Fed barred banks from buying back stock to help them build capital reserves because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This was its second bank “stress test” for 2020, the first time the Fed has done two in a year since annual health checks began after the 2007-2009 global financial crisis.
Goldman shares were last up 7.2% after surpassing their January high for the first time since the COVID-crisis. Morgan Stanley was up 5.9% and trading at its highest since September 2007.
In comparison, the S&P 500 bank subsector, which does not include Goldman or Morgan Stanley, was up 3.1%.
The regulator’s decision came quicker than many investors had expected and suggested Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs investors were in line for bigger buybacks than the majority of the sector
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-stocks-banks/goldman-sachs-morgan-stanley-lead-u-s-bank-rally-after-stress-test-idUSL1N2J11JY
The "stress" test is nothing moar than a "hide our bad assets" in the 'hold to maturity' bucket so the FRB does not "see" them.
Done it this way since they started this sham of a report.
Foreign Buyers Slide In Otherwise Strong 20Y Treasury Auction
The quiet week before Christmas is hardly the best time of the year for the US government to go out begging for cash and sell bonds, unfortunately with the US deficit set to soar (yet again) thanks to the latest $900BN stimulus bill which will pass shortly, the US Treasury does not have the luxury of deciding what to beg, and moments ago it sold $24 billion in a reopening of the November 20Y Treasury, the 8th such auction since it returned in May after a 34 year hiatus.
The auction stopped at a high yield of 1.470%, the highest since the return of the tenor. That said, the auction came in stronger than expected, stropping through the When Issued 1.478% by 0.8bps, compared to November's 0.9bps tail.
The bid to cover was also an improvement compared to last month, rising from 2.27 to 2.39; it was also right on top of the six-auction average of 2.40. Alas, while the rest of the auction was strong the internals were dismal with Indirects taking down 56.3%, not only far below last month's 61.2%, and below the six auction average of 61.2%, but also the lowest since the auction's return in May. And with Directs stepping up just modestly from 15.3% to 17.7%, Dealers were left with 26.0%, the highest since the return of the 20Y auction, and well above November's 23.5%.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/foreign-buyers-slide-otherwise-strong-20y-treasury-auction
Dealers as in Primary Dealers-cap2- who are basically forced to buy these or they lose standing at the FRB as a 'Primary Dealer'.
you can read all about the FRB's comedy act in it's release from Dec 18th here
Federal Reserve Board releases second round of bank stress test results
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20201218b.htm
>>27175 , >>26897 pb, >>27061 pb
SAM370 USAF C-32A departed RAF Mildenhall after an overnight-this AC departed JBA yesterday early and has been used by KANSAS and the State Dept. (lurch used it too)
The last three twats from Pompeo-cap2
https://twitter.com/SecPompeo
Ex-Japan farm minister Yoshikawa resigns as lawmaker in wake of scandal
Former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa said Monday he will step down as a lawmaker after allegedly receiving a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from an egg production company in western Japan.
The resignation of Yoshikawa, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, would deal a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government, whose support ratings have been plunging over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The 70-year-old politician, who served as minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, said through his office that he has been hospitalized and cited health reasons for his resignation. "I have found it difficult to serve as a Diet member and believe I will not be able to carry out activities that will fulfill the mandate of the people," he said in a statement.
Opposition parties criticized Yoshikawa for failing to offer an adequate explanation for his decision. "I wish for his speedy recovery, but feel it is wrong to resign without a single explanation concerning the allegations," said Tetsuro Fukuyama, secretary general of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Yoshikawa is suspected of receiving cash on three occasions from a former representative of Akita Foods Co. in Hiroshima Prefecture when he was farm minister between October 2018 and September 2019, according to sources close to the matter. The former representative, whose name has not yet been revealed, has admitted to people around him that he offered cash to Yoshikawa to seek favors for the egg farming industry, they said. Tokyo prosecutors are believed to be looking into the case as alleged bribery because the money was not included in Yoshikawa's political funds reports.
Yoshikawa's announcement came around two weeks after Koya Nishikawa, another former farm minister, stepped down as a special adviser to the Cabinet following the revelation that he went on a boating trip hosted by the same egg production company and had received several million yen from the firm.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201221/p2g/00m/0fp/114000c
Total crypto fund inflows top $5 billion this year, up more than 600%
Total investor inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit $5.6 billion so far this year, up more than 600% from 2019, according to the latest data from asset manager CoinShares.. The inflows plus the latest price moves lifted assets under management for the sector to nearly $19 billion in 2020. Assets under management ended 2019 at just $2.57 billion.
Interest in cryptocurrencies skyrocketed this year as investors saw bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and as an alternative to the depreciating dollar.
Bitcoin hit yet another all-time peak of $24,298.04 on Sunday, but was last down nearly 3% at $22,832.78, hit by a wave of risk-off moves in financial markets on worries about the new coronavirus strain. On Monday ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, fell 4.4% to $610.14.
Inflows into investment crypto investment products totaled $335 million as of Friday, with bitcoin flows accounting for $792.1 million, the data showed. Ethereum had $207.3 million in weekly flows.
So far this year, investors pumped $15.6 billion into bitcoin products and funds, while ethereum inflows reached nearly $2.5 billion. Grayscale, the world’s largest crypto fund, had $250.8 million inflows in the latest week, raising its assets under management to $15.3 billion. So far this year, Grayscale has amassed inflows of nearly $5 billion, the CoinShares report said.
Trading volume for bitcoin hit a record $11 billion on trusted exchanges on Dec. 17, but slowed over the weekend. Turnover, however, remained at above the average of $4 billion on Saturday and Sunday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/crypto-currencies-flows/total-crypto-fund-inflows-top-5-bln-this-year-up-more-than-600-report-idUSL1N2J11SH