Macrobusiness comments section shut down after pro-Scott Morrison comment gets past censor and causes turmoil

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The comments section of Macrobusiness was temporarily shutdown tonight, after a comment supporting Scott Morrison’s temporary travel ban from India managed to get past the censors. The comment from irregular user ‘Johnno1223’ stated that ‘the ban was only temporary and should be used to protect the citizens of EZFKA. Plus it has the added benefit … Read more

Dual-citizen Indian that hasn’t been to Australia in ten years says he’s been abandoned by the Morrison government travel ban

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A dual-citizen Indian that has not been to the Economic Zone Formerly Known As Australia since 2013 has lashed out at the Morrison Government for abandoning him. Despite overwhelming public support for the ban and even more supporting a permanent ban on flights from India, dual citizens says they have been left in the dark. … Read more

“Keep the borders open with India” says party still unsure why they lost 2019 federal election

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The ALP has criticised the Morrison government for it’s temporary COVID travel ban with India, saying “it’s a racist, gross violation of human rights.” Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten have both made statements in the last week opposing the bans originating from India to the Economic Zone Formerly Known As Australia, despite mass public support … Read more

Uber Eats, Deliveroo ask for bail out after Australia bans flights from India

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Food delivery services in the Economic Zone Formerly Known As Australia are in serious financial trouble tonight, after Scott Morrison has banned flights from India. Citing a COVID outbreak in the subcontinent, all direct flights from India will be banned until May 15 which has hit the food delivery and transport industry particularly hard. “It’s … Read more

Yield Farming on the Crypto Plains

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Yield Farming – heard of the term? How about DeFi? Apparently it is the future of finance, but do you really know what it means? I was asked what they were the other day and by now I’d sort of worked out what they referred to and was able to provide a basic explanation, but … Read more

Protecting yourself during a Flash Crash

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This is a follow on from my previous article (Using Volatility to Manage Risk and Increase Profits) where I discussed: Volatility Adjusting trade size to reduce maximum drawdowns Estimating maximum drawdown to decide on how much leverage to use Volatility-Adjusting works well when back-tested against historical data where all large single day market falls have … Read more

Weekend Links, April 24-25, 2021

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Welcome to the Weekend Links for 24-25 April, 2021! Last week was a nice conversation, and this place is starting to have quite a nice friendly vibe. Folks are being good to each other, and the place has a speakeasy feel to it. Nicely done folks! We start with retro footage from the ABC. The … Read more

Weekend Links, April 17-18, 2021

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Welcome to the Weekend Links, April 17-18, 2021! Last week was a bit quiet, but very happy to see no one particularly hogging the comments and interesting discussion all around. Nicely done folks. This week there is more news about WW3 happening. It is a little bit scary, but there are also people talking sense. … Read more