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#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

Alternative Data News : Alternative Data on CNBC - Goldman Sachs Data : TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 vs 2019 : How To Get Your Child Interested In Data Science : ESG News https://t.co/4t0m42uyyy

CloudQuant LLC analysts, believe that Waffle House will be announcing a cryptocurrency in conjunction with Starbucks ($SBUX). WaffleBux proceeds will be used to build new Waffle House establishments in the exit lane of Starbucks drive-throughs. See link... https://t.co/lBSUcRyEl5

#TraderTerminology: ►Diversification◄ is a risk mitigating investment style. The theory is that, by being invested in a wide variety of stocks and investments, a downturn of one investment will be counterbalanced by an upturn in another. https://t.co/EXKoMTeOCe

#TraderTerminology: ►Defensive Stocks◄ are stocks with strong underlying assets which tend to be less prone to economic and credit cycles than others. Utilized when traders see an economic slowdown approaching and want to hedge. https://t.co/SFGsgeD0w2

ML/AI News : Kinsa Smart Internet Connected Thermometer helps track the Spread of Coronavirus : Making Use of the Explosion of Big Data (Video) : FIX Aims To Reduce Pain Points in ESG Data : Pandas Tricks https://t.co/T6sxnJpL3L

#TraderTerminology: ►Bottom-up investing◄ is a strategy that ignores industry/economic factors, choosing instead to focuses on the analyses of specific individual stocks and companies. https://t.co/VhvS39GGRQ

#TraderTerminology: ►Quantitative Everything◄ See Quantitative Easing, if QE is not used sparingly then it runs the risk of becoming Quantitative Everything, where the Fed guarantees to back all assets including Equities. When is a market not a market? https://t.co/rKpM958tfj

#TraderTerminology: ►Fed Put or Greenspan Put◄ widespread belief that the FED can and will defend the economy by decreasing rates. But when rates are already close to zero the Fed will backstop the economy by placing a large Put to prop up the market. https://t.co/DDlAM67rQD

Alternative Data News : Weekly traffic in Europe : RavenPack's COVID-19 dashboard free to the public : 10 Hedge Fund Corona alt-data sources : Corona Virus Has Slashed Global Pollution : CEO tips for forecasting the impact of COVID-19 https://t.co/oF76U2YZSg