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#TraderTerminology: ►Main Street Business Lending Program (MSBLP)◄ In additional to the loans provided by the Small Business Association (SBA) this will lend to eligible small and medium sized businesses. https://t.co/XzeiKxDAGX

#TraderTerminology: ►Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF)◄ a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) buying Corporate Bonds and Bond ETFs in the secondary market (the stock market). https://t.co/DqZKfNX3yn

Alternative Data News : COVID-19 impact on US spending : Are Too Many Data Scientists Trying To Predict COVID-19 In Futility? : Re-architecting Legacy Machine Learning Systems : Making Sense of Unstructured Data and Automation in Alt Investments https://t.co/96bOyCkugI

#TraderTerminology: ►Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)◄ Funding backstop for asset-backed loans (ABS) collateralized by consumer and commercial loans. https://t.co/IwUthw8YvJ

ML/AI News : Unacast uses tracked phone data to give states scores on social distancing : Use of that data raises serious privacy concerns : AI in the Forefront of Evolving Data Privacy Protections : Startup’s Computer Chips Are Powered by Human Neurons https://t.co/FeBduuz8os

#TraderTerminology: ►Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF)◄ Buying Corporate Bonds from the Issuer, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) designed to maintain the flow of credit to large employers in the face of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis https://t.co/n5ntTue27X

#TraderTerminology: ►Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)◄ In order to legally operate these programs the FED finances each SPV and the Treasury makes an equity investment taking the "first loss' position. Ie the taxpayer is on the hook. https://t.co/fFZac2SEJZ

#TraderTerminology: ►Asset Buying◄ A FED process for backing up "At Risk Asset Classes", using newly minted cash. Used during the 2008 crash it is being pressed into service again in the current crisis. Senate Bill $2T, FED bailout may be $4T or more. https://t.co/O60VDLOUKO

#TraderTerminology: ►Waffle House Index◄ an informal metric named after the Waffle House restaurant chain, used by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) to determine the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. No this one is not… https://t.co/2eKdDaB5KG