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Gold down 2.5% → Margin calls\n\n-#flattenthecurve → Social distancing to reduce stress on hospital beds. China flattened the curve further by building 2 brand new hospitals in 12 days.\n\n-Liquidity crisis → Exiting all asset classes at the same time.\n\n-Volatility 70+. GFC was 89\n\n-Fear and greed index at 1(extreme fear). 1 month ago: 60\n\nSocial\n\n-Media hysteria: 3 months ago, it was the US china trade deal and geopolitical tensions. 2 months ago it was climate change with that girl. Has the climate recovered? Possibly, because everyone’s working from home. Now, its COVID-19. People will panic more because they are directly vulnerable to its effects. In fact, climate change is way worse than COVID-19 can ever be. Up next — US elections.\n\n-Still can’t believe people think “it’s just the flu”. Still can’t believe people watching cat videos, pranks and reality TV amidst history unfolding. There will be books written about this. Why not pay some extra attention?\n\n-When toilet papers are back in stock, that’s when rational thinking could come back to Australians.\n\n-In times of panic, historically people throw rationality and logic out of the window and follow the herd. This is further accelerated due to Social media. Rid yourself of all emotional bias and act based on science and facts. Politicians lie. Science doesn’t. Fundamentals and technicals are irrelevant if you can’t understand and conquer your emotions.\n\n-Panic is a result of ignorance. Ignorance is due to over-exposure to media hype and underexposure to information.\n\n-USA “don’t test, don’t tell” policy is getting exposed. Australia to follow.\n\n-Highly probable that someone in your network will test positive for COVID-19. Be emotionally prepared. Most people still don’t understand exponential growth and R0.\n\n-Emotionally prepare for a -70 to -80% portfolio. Don’t catch falling knives. This time, the knife is the sharpest it’s ever been. And you’re not wearing gloves.\n\n-For the best reference for health and social concerns, please refer to Reference 6.\n\n-Spread → Case, case, cluster, cluster, parabolic.\n\n-Forced leave which will play out in the coming weeks → No days off for future holidays, knock-on effects to poor economies that depend on tourism. With the current household debt in Australia, no one is willing to go on unpaid leave(Thanks, Afterpay).\n\n-A common attitude in Australia: Business as usual till it gets serious. As usual, following the US.\n\n-After effect on survivors: Mental effects, unknown medical conditions\n\n-Thoughts from “Meltdown” book- The lack of slack in our economic system especially with just in time logistics (no backup stock) combined with the ever-increasing complexity might be large enough to knock over the house of cards.\n\n-The virus is a direct health concern. In the upcoming months, people that haven’t prepared for a financial downturn with insufficient cushions to fall on will expose indirect health concerns in the form of social unrest(Already in Iran), depression(Already in China and Italy) and disrupting family dynamics. This is a typical script for a revolution. No living person has seen any event remotely close to this. Time to forget GFC and dot com bubble, this is a different beast. Dotcom crash led to GFC.GFC led to this. Let’s find another set of solutions that will lead us to the next crash. Welcome to the credit cycle.\n\nOptimism\n\n →Remote/online learning: Might change attitude on traditional universities after all.\n→People who cannot work from home: Adapt, learn and innovate.\n→ People who can work from home: Spend time with family, deeper connection.\n→ Planet Earth: Much needed break.\n\nFinancial\n\n-Margin calls triggered in a liquidity crisis. No place to hide. Not even gold and bitcoin. Gold will eventually pick after capitulation.\n\n-Fast and painful drop due to the availability of technology and the option to sell in a matter of seconds. First iPhone was released in mid ’07 and access to stocks were much less. Flow information has grown exponentially.\n\n-This level of volatility will possibly price companies under their net cash value. Basically get their assets, reputation, legacy, customers and staff for free. Keep screening, keep looking. Buy based on your conviction.\n\n-Headwinds for Australia,\n→ Housing market bubble: Recession would lead to redundancies which could default home loans. Australians are severely levered and in debt. Do not have a safety cushion to ride out 6–12 months of economic uncertainty and downturn. Housing prices have skyrocketed in proportion to wage growth.\n→ Over-dependence on china: Major exporter of resources, education, materials. Most Manufacturing plants depend on china for the majority of the supplies.\n→ Over-dependence on a few key sectors: resources, mining and financials.\n→ Already affected by one of the worst bushfire seasons in Australia\n→Winter is coming ( Regular flu season) while every other county is heading to summer. Current cases 100+ which can grow exponentially and peak at the worst possible time( late April, May)\n→ Retirement crisis: Superannuation funds crashing down+ baby boomers cashing in. Do the math.\nRaoul pal: “At best a ‘08 recession. At worst, 1929 depression”.\n\n-The perfect excuse of coronavirus to completely blindfold the general public on underlying policy failure. Record levels of corporate debt to finance stock buybacks and boost earnings for higher stock valuations, Low-interest levels during times of economic expansion, geopolitical tensions, repo crisis and retirement crisis to name a few.\n\n-“Stock market becoming a promise kept to baby boomers. If the government buys financial assets whenever there’s a dip, how can demand and supply determine the price?”- Raoul Pal. Price in any free-market economy lies at the intersection of the demand-supply curve. Imagine when there is zero demand and supply. There is no price. Only uncertainty. The economy virtually shuts down.\n\n-While we self quarantine ourselves in the coming weeks, there are life-changing decisions made by policymakers behind closed doors.\n\n-Is the world getting ready for a paradigm shift? Ray Dalio, you sir are an absolute legend. This might be a decade of slow growth and pain for equities after all.\n\nIf at least one of the following points makes you curious enough to dig a little deeper and explore the underlying events, my job for the day is done. As always, feedback is appreciated. I hope most of the events don’t eventuate, but if it does, I’d rather prepare.\nDon’t play it as it comes, stay ahead of the curve, the catalyst is here.\n\nResources\n\n1. UTS ACRI. 2020. Understanding Australia’s Economic Dependence On China. [online] Available at: <https://www.australiachinarelations.org/content/understanding-australias-economic-dependence-china> [Accessed 13 March 2020].\n2. Real Vision. 2020. The Potential Economic Impact Of Coronavirus. [online] Available at: <https://www.realvision.com/the-potential-economic-impact-of-coronavirus?utm_source=carousel&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=43900_EVPROMO_BB_RV_W1_LINK> [Accessed 14 March 2020].\n3. Clearfield, C. and Tilcsik, A., 2019. Meltdown.\n4. Dalio, R., 2019. Paradigm Shifts.\n5. Pompliano, A., 2020. Off The Chain. [online] Pomp.substack.com. 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      "body": "Basic guide to squats\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNc5KpvytJv8bZSYQm1AZHbM13ksS49LALMpz4uDXYKzQ/image.png)\nHigh Bar vs. Low bar squats\n\nSquats\nThe squat is one of the “big three” compound exercises, the other two being the bench press and deadlift, and is considered one of the best exercises for building the legs and overall physique. It is without a doubt one of the best exercises you can add to your training program, but it’s also one of the more technically challenging exercises that require specific training for technique. This means you have to spend time just mastering the squat technique instead of focusing on moving heavy weight. When you master the squat and start lifting heavy weights, the overall strength and agility you develop along with the awareness of your body will help you move better and remain injury-free.\n\nSquats come in a few variations, the most popular being the back squat. There’s also the front squat, bodyweight squat, split squat, and safety bar squat to name a few.\n\nThe back squat has two main variants. They are the low bar squat and high bar squat. The key difference between these two squat variants is the location of the bar placement. As their names suggest the high bar squat involves placing the bar on the upper traps and the low bar squat involves placing the bar on your rear deltoids. This shift in bar position results in significant differences in how the squat is executed and thus require different activation levels of muscle groups.\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZd158VCd6YEbPHag74gn4ycfhRGZjoyJ2YnAxgfZUeYi/image.png)\n\nHigh bar barbell squat\nMost popular amongst weightlifters and bodybuilders, the high bar squat is the most basic type of squat after bodyweight squats.\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRCDCVCpamCevoBiFjULMHzYqQyLan3fQwS8DVYQY23KY/image.png)\n\n\nThe bar is placed on the trapezius muscles while the hands grip the bar, the back muscles are contracted to support the weight while the core muscles are contracted to stop the body from collapsing forwards. The lifter then bends at the knees and hips simultaneously, loading the weight onto the quadriceps and glutes. The lifter descends to the bottom of the squat (the hole) while maintaining the back position set up at the start, and comes back up by squeezing the quadriceps and glutes\n\nThis is only a basic explanation of how to execute the squat, in reality, it’s a bit more complex. You have to factor in foot position, foot angle, core stability, forward knee travel, etc. The squat is an exercise that requires close attention to technical execution, you’re better off investing time in mastering the technique before trying to lift heavy weights. Once the technique has been ingrained and is second nature, increasing the lifting load should take priority\n\nWhen compared to the back squat, the high bar squat results in greater activation of the quadriceps. It’s also more taxing on the lower back, since it has to work harder to maintain the more upright position.\n\nA key difference between the high bar and low bar squat is that the high bar squat involves greater forward knee travel. This basically means the knee has to travel further in front of the foot, thus further in front of the centre of gravity.\n\nThis has several implications,\n\n1. First, greater forward knee travel means reaching or going below parallel on the squat is easier.\nS2. econd, the quadriceps are the primary muscles involved in this forward knee travel, hence they get activated to a greater degree.\n3. Lastly, there’s more stress on the knees when compared to a low bar squat and the lifter must have sufficient mobility at the ankle joint to successfully execute the squat.\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYEkiajR7nTgQxPmCN9bPPEQqFXL9i3EvpuNsEH9oXtct/image.png)\n\nIn most cases, this results in the athletes being able to lift less weight on the high bar squat when compared to the low bar squat. This may be a pro or con based on the objective. If you’re a bodybuilder who wants to build the quads or a weightlifter mastering the clean, the high bar squat is ideal as it maximizes quad activation while not requiring maximal loading. If you’re a powerlifter, generally it may be a good accessory but you most likely won’t be able to lift as much weight when compared to a low bar squat.\n\nSome of the most common issues I come across with individuals trying to perform the high bar squat is that they have poor ankle and hip mobility. If these issues are not addressed, the correct orientation to perform the squat cannot be achieved and the risk of injury increases. It’s important to spend time assessing mobility issues and addressing them before attempting to progress on the squat.\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmScMzTNrXW7fAxLgEDRWZ6W4yHWY9oDGUCxNS2nL3EuCL/image.png)\n\nLow bar barbell squat\nIf you’re a powerlifter you probably need no introduction to the low bar squat. In addition to being able to lift more weight, the low bar squat is a great exercise for overall development as it taxes the glutes and back to a greater degree than the high bar squat. The low bar squat puts the lifter in a position that lets them utilize as many of the large muscle groups in their body as possible. More muscles working results in an increased capacity for lifter a larger load.\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRScQByzz7X5Xs6wz1J5WprX3pntPgpTbvYV3fzTVd7Yf/image.png)\nAs seen in the picture above of Dan Green, one of my favourite powerlifters, the bar is placed a lot lower than in the high bar squat. The shoulders are retracted which results in the rear delt creating a shelf for the barbell to sit on. The cues and execution are similar to the high bar, the main difference being the force requirements. The hips and whole back have a greater role to play in getting the weight up. The quads have to work hard, but does not play as dominant a role when compared to the high bar squat.\n\nThe low bar squat is primarily a hip exercise. The hip adductors, abductors, and glutes are the primary movers followed by the quads and back. My personal opinion is that low bar squats distribute the weight a lot more efficiently and effectively thus a lot more forgiving on the joints when compared to a high bar squat.\n\nThe amount of forward knee travel is less, hence the quads are not isolated to the same degree as a high bar squat. The amount of stress on the knee joint is also significantly less.\n\nBracing and core stability plays a huge role in the low bar squat, more so than in the high bar. The increased forward back angle means the downward force from the bar on the body will be greater than in a high bar squat and thus lead to an increase in chance of collapsing forward and downwards.\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZA3j4QoLaH82kArR35ksvajyoprXWK26P5A73LBQwpfn/image.png)\nTo counter this issue, a strong brace and a stable core supported by the glutes and back working together will prevent the forward collapse under heavy loads. This forward pressure is also one of the reasons why the glutes are activated to a greater degree during low bar squats.\n\nA strong brace is probably the most important and ubiquitous skill that an individual can develop. It will transfer to almost every compound exercise, help develop a strong and stable core, increase awareness of core stabilizing muscles, and most importantly protect the spine. A strong brace probably plays the most significant role in protecting the spine and reducing shear forces on the lumbar vertebrae. Developing a strong brace takes time and practice, and will be explored in greater detail in another article.\n\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdXJKdp9MEoCpbFw1CPSoA7Tg1TyDNDFg3gfs16WxtT9x/image.png)\n\nWhat’s the Verdict?\nYou may have come across countless articles comparing high bar squats against low bar squats and trying to justify why one is better than the other. They are both equally valuable and should be incorporated into your training, the degree to which you prioritize each squat variant will depend on your goals. 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      "body": "Here’s how I changed my perspective from hating public transport to loving every minute of it through the use of simple math.\n\nWhen I moved to Australia back in 2015, I had close to a 2 hour commute every day to uni and work through public transport. Needless to say, I hated the constant delays, cancellations and the bus replacements.\n\nOne day, I just decided to do the math ( partly because I studied engineering, thought It’d be cool to actually use what I learnt for at least once in my life)\n\n‣ 2 hours X 7 days=14 hours/ week\n\n‣ 14 hours X 4 weeks = 56 hours/ month\n\n‣ 56 hours x 12 months = 672 hours/ year = 28 days\n\nNow imagine if I had 2 extra days at the end of each month or 28 days more for every year you lived. So basically I spent one month travelling every year!\n\nIf I simply decided to scroll on my social media feed, listen to music and sleep through my commute I would have wasted 8.3% of my valuable time.\n\nSo here’s what led me to love my train time,\nWake up late →Skip boring lectures → Download the video → Put the speed to 2X → Cover 1 lecture each on the way to uni and back.\nA year later, I figured all lectures were not worth my time so I only watched the ones that mattered. This gave me additional time to start reading books and listening to podcasts.\nI bought my first book from www.bookdepository.com. Free shipping worldwide, how amazing is that? My first book was “ How to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie.\nI was HOOKED and before I knew it I was actually LOOKING FORWARD to my train ride. I loved the train ride so much that if someone offered a free ride from uni, I would actually turn it down and take my 1 hour train ride instead. What a turnaround.\nI have never loved reading and never thought I would love it this much. The only material I read growing up were textbooks. But my view on reading changed as soon as I started reading and recognised how much of a positive impact it had made in my life.\n\nAlmost all the people I meet hate public transport and here I am ranting about how much value it adds to my life. At the end of the day, it’s all about PERSPECTIVE and I decided to make it work for me. I’m very grateful that I had a 2 hour commute instead of residing close to uni and just merely crossing the road for lectures. I have learnt way more things on my way to uni, than at uni itself (Thank you, book depository).\n\n8 useful tips to read and learn effectively in the train.\nUse a pair of high quality headphones(100% worth it) and listen to study music that works for you. The best binaural beats that worked for me were classical music and beta waves.\nMove to another compartment if its noisy. Don’t stare at people if they are too loud, they’ll only get worse.\nKeep an alarm before 1 minute before your stop ( Unless you have a boring lecture).\nIf you’re sleepy, have a 20 minute power nap. Science says that it’s optimum time for power naps. I have a power nap if I have training right after my commute.\nDon’t keep your feet on the seats, you’ll get fined.\nHighlight and make notes (Most important! Again, Science).\nDon’t stress about delays, it’s beyond your control. If you’re late to work, your manager will understand. If he/she doesn’t, find a better employer or BYOB. If you have an exam or an interview, aim to be there 40 minutes early.\nIf you have problems with reading on the move, listen to podcasts and audiobooks.\nTop 5 books I highly recommend to anyone.\nThe 2 hours on the train gave me some personal time to learn and reflect on my life and better yet, think of ways to improve on becoming a better human and adding value to those around me.3 years later, my interests, desires and passions have expanded in ways I would have never imagined and I’ve read over 30 books by making ONE SIMPLE DECISION.\n\nHow to win friends and influence people- Dale carnegie → Got me into personal growth\nMindset -Dr. Carol Dweck → Got me into psychology\nToday we are rich- Tim Sanders\nBarefoot investor- Scott Pape → Got me into personal finance\nRule 1 investing- Phil Town → Got me into investing and wealth creation.\n\n![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTsy8BMHUxV2VCycTH3GFvJXBJECdzhkqQN5522X9BfzU/image.png)\nMy collection since 2016.\nThe greatest and the most successful people to have inhabited our planet have put their ideas, experience and strategies into these books. So my only advice is to get started with just 1 book. You’ll be amazed how much it helps you grow and become self aware.\n\nThe more you learn, the more you want to learn.\n\nThank you for reading.\n\nAsh.",
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