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Coronavirus death toll by country – falling, plateauing

A graphic snippet from the FT is encouragement that global cases and deaths are on the downslope (still higher but at a slowing pace).

A graphic snippet from the FT is encouragement that global cases and deaths are on the downslope (still higher but at a slowing pace).
While the numbers on the vertical scale are not corrected for population a look at how the slope for each country is performing is a better guide – acting early paid dividends. In absolute terms you can see the human death toll inflicted on the US from the three months spent in denial and delay.

Assessing Your level of Impatience

  • Do u wait for your Predetermined signal to exit a trade ?
  • Do u enter trades early with insufficient evidence ?
  • Do u change your trading plan after the market starts trading ?
  • Can u wait for the market to fill your at your price ?
  • Do u feel rushed or hurried as you trade ?
  • Do u sometimes trade just to have something to do ?
  • How does this help  or hurt your trading ?
  • One way to slow things down is to write each days’s trading plan in advance.
  • Set your firm intention to follow your plan.
  • At the first violation of the trading plan ,take a break ,and recommit to a steady application of the plan.

SUPPORTIVE BELIEFS :

  • Time is on my side
  • I have all the time I need to accomplish what I want.
  • The world is an abundant place.
  • The market is rich source of unending opportunity
  • I can be in alignment with the quiet part of me even as I watch the market.
  • The Market moves in its own rhythm ,and I can move fast or slow depending on it’s pace.
  • A person is able to create wealth slowly through trading.

IMF: Dollar Carry-Trade Creating Bubbles Around The World

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Read a PDF of the IMF’s recent report here.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) highlighted the fact that low interest rates in the U.S., plus an apparent “one-way” bet against the dollar has created a global dollar carry-trade that is driving capital flows into emerging markets.

If not handled properly, this will lead to emerging market asset bubbles, which arguably have already begun to inflate.

We’ve highlighted before how places like Hong Kong are seeing property prices go through the roof due to low U.S. interest rates. (more…)

Japan Mar Retail Sales +4.7% Y/Y, Biggest Rise In 13 Years

– Japan Retail Sales Post 3rd Straight Y/Y Rise; Feb +4.2%
– Japan Mar Retail Auto Sales +19.6% Y/Y Vs Feb Revised +14.8%
– Japan Mar Retail Sales Also Pushed Up By Higher Fuel Prices

TOKYO (MNI) – Japanese retail sales surged 4.7% in March from a year earlier, posting the largest year-on-year gain in 13 years, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry released on Wednesday showed.

It was the third straight year-on-year increase after an unrevised rise of 4.2% in February. (more…)

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