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Ideas for Helping America Sustain and Recover from COVID19

  Wall Street Redemption— 9 Ideas for Helping America Sustain and Recover from COVID19    Ryan Scott Director DuLac Capital Advisory L.L.C. 04/21/2020 Wall Street Redemption: 9 Ideas for Wall Street to Help America through the Covid Crisis Never in modern history have so many nations been forced to shut down their economies to save lives from a viral pandemic. We should applaud leadership at all levels for their unity and resolve in steering our country across these COVID-19 troubled waters. With the effort to “win the fight” against COVID-19, our nation’s leaders rightfully forced people to stay at home. This effectively became the rallying cry to help reduce hospital bottlenecks and slow the spread. This is an ironic contra-positive to the historic trumpeting of previous during war time efforts where strength was projected outward. Entire livelihoods are now in limbo. The economy will certainly go back to what it has before when knocked down. However, the pace an...

Against All Odds: Why the Election is (still) a 50-50 Chance

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    Against All Odds: Why the Election is (still) a 50-50 Chance D.R. Scott DuLac Advisory The election analytic firms are estimating a Biden electoral college win with   80-90% probability . From a macro point of view, it is not too surprising given the economic backdrop: the single likely predictor for the winner of the presidency is the state of the economy. In 1980, 1992, and 2000, the United States experienced recessions or just emerging from contractions. Each election experienced a flip in parties within the executive office. What is the economic backdrop for 2020?   Against all odds given expectations this past summer, a couple of green shoots have emerged in 2020 that are providing a floor to the economic question: ·          Record GDP that nearly places America back at flush for the year, ·          Record number of jobs created since the economy bottomed out in July ...