Coronavirus
– Georgia, Texas and Florida lead the country in coronavirus cases per capita
– Sweden’s Lead Epidemiologist: Wearing Face Masks Is “Very Dangerous”
– Covid is Now the Third Leading Cause of Death in the US
Business/Economics
– The Devastation Of The Middle Class: It Now Takes 53 Weeks Of Median Wages Every Year To Pay For Basic Needs
– Apple Hits $2 Trillion Market Cap
– Jobless claims climb back above 1 million
– Over One Million Americans Filed For Jobless Benefits Last Week
– Used Vehicle Prices Explode To All Time Highs After Plunging Just Months Ago
– As the Bubble Slowly Pops, the Economic Chain Reaction Is Now in Progress
– “These Are Staggering Numbers”: Spending By Unemployed Americans Plunges As Fiscal Stimulus Ends
– This Is What The S&P Would Look Like Without The 5 Megacap Tech Stocks
– Existing Home Sales Soar By Record To Highest In 14 Years; Median Price Breaches $300K For First Time Ever
Government/Politics
– Democrats Nominate Harris for Vice President, as Obama Lashes Trump
– Joe Biden Accepts Democratic Nomination: ‘I Will Draw on the Best of Us’
– Watch: DNC Uses Duplicate “Fans” During Kamala Harris Livestream
Global
– Turkey Hit By Bank Runs, Currency Panic As Locals Sell Their Cars And Houses To Buy Gold While Lira Implodes
– World Trade Plunged To ‘Lowest Levels’ On Record In June
Disasters
– Fires, Blackouts, a Heat Wave and a Pandemic: California’s ‘Horrible’ Month
Money/Currency
– Russian Bank Issues First “Precedent-Setting” Crypto-Backed Loan
