$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Monday, US stock index futures edge higher Monday evening following a sharp rally in the broad market. Markets were bolstered after Fed Chairman Powell said Sunday night that he saw a path, toward an economic recovery from the C-19 coronavirus chaos in 2-H of Y 2020 and emphasized that he […]
Sunday, Peter Navarro, director of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, said more Americans will die because of “quarantine and lockdown” than from C-19 coronavirus. In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” Mr. Navarro, who also serves as policy coordinator for the National Defense Production Act, blamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
It will blow the competition away. $RACE The 1st electric Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), which is expected in Y 2025, will use new technology to ensure it can deliver on the brand’s heritage, commercial boss Enrico Galliera said. The iconic Italian firm has yet to confirm any plans or a timeline for its 1st EV, although leaked patents […]
$CVX Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is the integrated Crude Oil leader and a safe way for investors looking to be positioned in the energy sector. The company is a US-based integrated Oil & Gas company, with worldwide operations in exploration and production, refining and marketing, transportation and petrochemicals. The company pays a sizable dividend and has a […]
$AMAT, $GO, $JBL, $OHI, $GO, $PINS These are all Buys if you can manage the risk. Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of Wall Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. These reports cover stocks to buy Below is our list for Monday, 18 May, as follows: Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the […]
China shares ended higher Monday as investors took hope from data showing home prices rose in April, but renewed trade tensions between Beijing and Washington At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.24% at 2,875.42. The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.26%, with its financial sector sub-index higher by 0.06%, the consumer staples […]
$XAU $GLD Gold rose 1% Monday to its highest in more than seven years as dismal U.S. data underscored how badly the C-19 coronavirus chaos has damaged the world’s Top economy, while Palladium soared over 9% on better-than-expected demand outlook. Spot gold was up 1% at 1,759.13 oz by 0708 GMT, after rising to its […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Last Week’s Close Friday May options expired, and the market show us that the leaders were going to make good moves. The futures are telling us that Monday trades will be higher after last week’s action. This story helped: Friday mid-session it was the reported that the Fed purchased $305-M […]
$NFLX $DIS $CMCSA $AMC $AMZN $AAPL $LGN Before the pandemic there was a shift happening. Talent agency CAA controlled actors, scripts, producers, how studios were bought and sold, music rights, all the way through to sports contracts. Agents held the power. But today most of the big agencies have sold out to major hedge funds […]
A major new Australian study of C-19 coronavirus found that it is specially adapted to infect human cells, casting doubt on whether it emerged in bats or pangolins when it 1st erupted in China. As a consequence, the scientists behind the study say, a “possibility which still cannot be excluded is that SARSCoV-2 was created by […]
$QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. has announced its plans for reopening dining rooms across its portfolio of fast-food chains, including Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, which barely lost momentum despite the spread of C-19 coronavirus and is set up for a stronger recovery, according to analysts. In an open letter from Restaurant Brands CEO Jose Cil, the […]
$LVS Las Vegas Sands Casinos are starting to open up, this is a great long-term play for growth investors. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) develops, owns and operates integrated resorts in Asia and the United States. The company owns and operates the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, the Sands Cotai Central, the Parisian Macao, the Plaza […]
$RACE $F Both Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) and Ford (NYSE:F) make and sell cars but their business models are different: Ferrari is a luxury goods company. It sells about 10,000 cars annually and realizes high profit margins. There is a limited supply of Ferraris and a waiting list to buy. Its earnings are more stable and defensive. […]
Friday, the US House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a $3-T bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the C-19 coronavirus chaos and stimulating the economy hammered by the medical malpractice. By a vote of 208-199 Democrats passed a bill that Republican leaders, who control the Senate, have vowed to block. […]
$SRNE Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRNE), a Southern California-based biopharmaceutical company, says it may have found a way to eradicate the C-19 coronavirus. Sorrento announced it has found an antibody that could protect the body from the coronavirus and eliminate it from a person within 4 days The company formally announced its discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which […]
Here is a way for churches to get around Draconian shutdowns that have kept them shuttered as a result of the C-19 coronavirus chaos: Open as a face mask handout site and offer a sermon to The People as a bonus, declares MyPillow founder Mike Lindell. “If I had a church, you know what I’d do? I’d […]
Uncertainty about the continuing spread of the C-19 coronavirus makes people fear for their lives and their livelihoods. Uncertainty about their livelihoods makes them cautious about spending. And under high uncertainty, business leaders find it impossible to make reliable plans for investment. This uncertainty is toxic for our economic recovery. The objective now must be […]
Epidemiologist K. Wittkowski on the deadly consequences of lockdown. Governments around the world say they are following ‘The Science’ with their Draconian measures to stem the spread of the virus. But the science around C-19 coronavirus is bitterly contested. Many experts have serious doubts about the effectiveness of the measures, and argue that our outsized […]
Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a Major Player and Threat to rights and liberties. As noted in the article, “Techno-Tyranny: How the US national Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Fulfill an Orwellian Vision,” the US is rapidly adopting an AI driven mass surveillance system rivaling that of China, and legal and structural obstacles are now being swept […]
$GOOGL $FB $MSFT $TWTX President Trump accused Facebook Inc, (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTX), and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google of being controlled by the “Radical Left” and said his administration is working to remedy what he called an “illegal situation.” In a Tweet that mentions the Facebook-owned Instagram, the President commented on a clip by conservative […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) called for businesses across the country to reopen with safety measures Friday, saying that the C-19 coronavirus chaos cannot control when parts of the country open. He wrote in a commentary that additional lives will be lost “as a result of reopening our […]
$EXEL, $PS, $UAA, $URI These are all Buys if you can manage the risk. Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of Wall Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. These reports cover stocks to buy Below is our list for Friday, 15 May, as follows Exelixis Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) was reiterated as Buy and its price target was raised to […]
The Japanese benchmark Nikkei average dipped 0.3% to 19,854.03 by the midday break, with Real Estate and other defensive sectors leading the losses. On the week, the Nikkei was down 1.6%, poised for its 1st weekly decliner in 3. The broader Topix fell 0.3% to 1,441.96 by the recess, with 66% of the 33 sector […]
Despite being critical of how long the US remained in lockdown due to the C-19 coronavirus chaos, former Trump Campaign economic adviser Stephen Moore is confident in a Fall recovery. “It will be a slow process,” Mr. Moore said, “but you have got to get going. “I do believe that by the end of the […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX $ICE The President of the New York Stock Exchange Stacey Cunningham announced after the closing bell Thursday the NYSE is going to reopen the trading floor the day after Memorial Day. “We will reopen our trading floor to a subset of floor brokers the day after Memorial Day,” Ms. Cunningham wrote […]
Dr. Russell Blaylock, a neurosurgeon, has written an editorial addressing healthy people wearing masks to protect themselves from COVID-19 and his advice is: Don’t. First, Dr. Blaylock says, there is no scientific evidence that it is effective against COVID-19 transmission. Pro-science people should care about this. As for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a […]
$HLT Location: Google maps Hotel website: Waldorf Astoria Bangkok Tip: get complimentary VIP perks when booking via Virtuoso Blending Thai charm with luxurious comfort, Waldorf Astoria Bangkok, is an iconic presence in the heart of Thailand’s capital city. Architect André Fu designed this hotel in Bangkok with bronze accents and soaring ceilings, reflecting the opulence and grandeur of […]
they want their lives and livelihoods back! With financial experts predicting the C-19 coronavirus chaos response will result in an economic crash worse than the Great Depression of the 1930’s, is no wonder that depression and suicide statistics are ticking higher. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, between 25 – 30 March, 45% of respondents said […]
$BAC Bank of America: This leading bank’s stock has been hammered 33% YTD. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) has a huge presence in the US, providing various banking and financial products and services for individual consumers, small and middle market businesses, institutional investors, corporations and governments in the United States and internationally. It operates some 5,100 […]
$RACE Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow (NYSE:RACE) announced Thursday that Carlos Sainz will drive for the team in the Ys 2021 and 2022 seasons of the F1 World Championship. “We have embarked on a new cycle with the aim of getting back to the top in Formula 1. It will be a long journey, not without […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) has spoken of plans to add a V6 turbo to its engine lineup without dropping its 2 other benchmark engines the V12 and V8. The brand’s SVP of commercial and marketing, Enrico Galliera said, “So the technology we are going to have, V12, V8, V6 turbo. Hybrid will give us the possibility to have […]
$CRL, $CVLT, $CVA, $DG, $FATE, $JD, $KR, $WMT These are all Buys if you can manage the risk. Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of Wall Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. These reports cover stocks to buy Below is our list for Thursday, 14 May, as follows: Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) was raised to Buy […]
Chinese shares closed lower Thursday as investors worried about a prolonged recovery in the economy, while awaiting more active stimulus policies to cushion the blow from the C-19 coronavirus chaos. The Shanghai Composite index ended 0.96% lower to 2,870.34. The blue-chip CSI300 index shed 1.08%, with its financial sector sub-index sliding 1.33%, the consumer staples […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX President Trump urged investors to be wary of “rich guys” using their platform to comment negatively about stocks, when they tend to profit from betting against the market. The market has been trading laterly for the last 4.5 wks after coming off its best month in a generation, as optimism about […]
Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow predicts a “big reopening” for the economy as the current stage in the battle against the C-19 coronavirus chaos enters the “home stretch.” Adding public safety goes “hand in hand” with economic growth. “I believe we will do both,” Mr. Kudlow said in an interview. “I think the President […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Wednesday, President Trump said he strongly believes the Fed should have negative interest rates, but gave a modicum of approval to Fed Chairman Powell who said earlier in the day the FOMC would not lower rates beyond Zero. President Trump said Mr. Powell, who he frequently criticizes, has improved in […]
Tuesday, President Trump said the US should receive the “gift” of negative interest rates, after 3 Fed officials signaled the central bank is not keen on idea. President Trump has expressed his desire for the US to pay negative interest on its debt. “As long as other countries are receiving the benefits of Negative Rates, […]
The Fed has all but ruled out (meaning not) the economic and financial-markets impact of the C-19 coronavirus chaos that is causing investors to give serious thought to the implications of a policy shift to negative interest rates Rate options, which gauge monetary policy expectations Monday implied a 23% probability that the Key fed funds […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $TSLA $VXX Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, with 34-M Twitter followers, has openly defied an order from the Alameda County Health Department to conduct only minimum operations at the company’s EV plant in Fremont, California, that normally employs 10,000 people. On Twitter he made derisive comments about the county’s Top health […]
Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped from a two-month high on Tuesday as concerns about further waves of coronavirus infections undermined recent optimism on economic re-openings. The Nikkei share average ended down 0.12% to 20,366.48 points, a day after it hit a 2-month high. It has risen 18.7% from a bottom hit on 19 March. The […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX US households expect the stock market to go higher in the next 12 months, as their own finances slide, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York poll. Americans saw better than 50-50 odds of higher stock prices over the next yr for the 1st time since data collection […]
$PZZA Papa John’s (NASDAQ:PZZA) stock has risen 42% over the past month. Papa John’s International Inc. says its pizzas and new Papadia flatbreads were flying out of its kitchens during the month of April, driving record sales for the month. “April was the best month in the company’s history,” Papa John’s CEO Rob Lynch said after […]
$RACE Motor racing great Mario Andretti would love to see Italian carmaker Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) join the North American Indycar series as a chassis and engine supplier. Mr. Andretti, one of 4 drivers to claim both the F1 and IndyCar drivers championships, said in an interview Sunday that IndyCar series owner Roger Penske and Ferrari team […]
There are several ways we can reduce the potential of becoming infected with C-19 coronavirus, influenza or cold viruses. If and when you do become infected, there are strategies to use to improve your outcomes. In addition to maintaining indoor humidity at 40% to 60%, below are several more suggestions to consider, as follows: Hand-washing: […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX The DJIA is up about 30% from its 23 March low at 18.591.93, the S&P 500 SPX is up about the same per cent from its low at 2,237.40, and the NAS Comp has climbed by 32.5% from its lows of 6,850.67. My work shows the US market will continue rising well […]
$CRL, $HLF, $IPHI, $PODD, $MSI, $SPTN These are all Buys if you can manage the risk. Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of Wall Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is our list for Monday, 11 May, as follows: Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) […]
China stocks shed early gains to end a tick lower Monday, amid renewed concerns over the coronavirus outbreak as Wuhan reported its 1st cluster of infections since the lockdown was lifted a month ago. At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.02% at 2,894.80. The blue-chip CSI300 index was down 0.09%, with its […]
$IMAX, $T The lineup for the film, music and sporting events, set to launch on 25 June, will be announced in the coming weeks. Tribeca is taking audiences back to the Drive-in this Summer. Tribeca Enterprises, Imax (NYSE:IMAX) and AT&T (NYSE:T) said Wednesday that they are partnering to launch “Tribeca Drive-In,” a Summer programming series […]
As auction houses have been forced to cancel or postpone live auction sales, 1st in Asia, and then in Europe and the US, the have quickly turned to their online platforms, increasing the number and variety of sales, and they are doing a brisk business at it. That’s because the switch to the virtual world […]
$RACE Mr. Leonardo Fioravanti, 81 anni, is the designer behind much of the magic produced by Carrozzeria Pininfarina in the 1970’s and ’80’s and is celebrated as such by Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) afficianatoes world wide. To those that know, this affable, manicured gentleman is perhaps the most revered man in modern Ferrari design He is responsible […]
…what you need to know before you go about the the 19 islands 600 miles off the South American continent that make up the Galápagos. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Galápagos Islands are 1 of the best spots in the world for wildlife adventures. Then, there is Charles Darwin, the islands inspired his theory of evolution following […]
…there is Gold and Wine on California Highway 49 In the Mother Lode Country, gold and wine have a symbiotic relationship, with roots tracing back to the mid-1800’s Gold Rush. As the precious Yellow metal started to dwindle, many fortune-seeking prospectors, including John Sutter and James Marshall, turned to another lucrative venture: winemaking. The Sierra […]
$XAU $GLD $VXX $USD The Big Q: How High is Too High for the precious Yellow metal? Q-1 of Y 2020 was positive for gold prices, as the chart below shows. The precious Yellow metal gained 6.2% from 31 December 2019 to 31 March 2020, moving from 1,515 to 1,609 oz. In April, gold rallied to 1,693, increasing […]
American businesses are set up to come back stronger than before this C-19 coronavirus chaps hit. Company executives and strategic planners are/have reimagined business model as they return to full speed. Those who step up their game in this moment will be better off and ready to confront the challenges and opportunities of the next […]
The US will not shut down its economy again if there is a resurgence of the C-19 coronavirus outbreak as the nation starts to reopen, President Trump’s top economic adviser said. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said in a TV interview that he has been told by a member of the White House’s coronavirus […]
President Trump support negative rates. Recall he has said, “Fed should cut rates to ‘Zero or less.’” Forward-looking indicators are seeing the possibility of negative interest rates by the end of this year or the beginning of next year. This is happening despite repeated statements by Fed officials that negative rates are unlikely and undesirable. […]
Mother’s Day weekend got off to a rare snowy start in the Northeast Saturday thanks to the polar vortex bringing cold air down from the North. Some higher elevation areas in northern New York and New England reported snowfall accumulations of up to 10 ins, while traces of snow were seen along the coast from […]
President Trump says that he is in no rush for Congress to pass more aid/stimulus measures to help the economy “We are in no rush,” he said while meeting with 24 House Republicans, who spent an hr taking turns complimenting and congratulating the President for his response to the coronavirus outbreak that’s cratered the economy. […]
Those saying we had to sacrifice the economy to save lives have succeeded in only the former, The Wall Street Journal writes in a scathing rebuke of lockdowns at all costs amid the global C-19 coronavirus chaos. “The tradeoff isn’t between lives and livelihoods,” WS-Jeditorial board concluded. “The policy goal has to be to protect both as […]
The People are calling for a White House investigation of Bill and Melinda Gates for Crimes against Humanity. Friday, President Trump predicted the C-19 coronavirus would “go away without a vaccine” and vowed that America is going to “transition to greatness.” The President focused on the economy, reopening the country and the future in a meeting at the White […]
President Trump has accused the Hussein Obama-era Justice Department of “treason” following news that the DOJ will drop their case against former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn. President Trump called Lt. General Flynn a “warrior” and warned that the “human scum” involved in bringing a case against him will “pay a price.” The President […]
Thursday, President Trump voiced his anger at The Hussein Obama Admin for going after a “duly elected President, and they went after him by going after fine people.” “The Obama administration Justice Department is a disgrace, and they got caught,” President Trump told reporters. “They got caught, dishonest people. But it’s much more than dishonest, it’s […]
Trade negotiators from the United States and China will hold a phone call as early as next week, citing people familiar with the matter. The call will include Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The talks will be about progress in implementing a phase-one deal after U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Early Friday, the US jobs report for April will be released, it is expected to reflect a record-setting unemployment rate of 16%, but Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said Tuesday he has “reason for confidence” that the economy will rebound quickly from the drastic hit it suffered from the C-19 coronavirus chaos. “We got to this […]
President Trump said he will not support bailouts for cash-strapped states because the practice is “not fair to the Republicans.” During an interview President Trump was asked about C-19 coronavirus relief and whether states are entitled to receive federal aid that’s not related to the virus. “I think Congress is inclined to do a lot […]
The Trump Administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to rip global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. President Trump has stepped up attacks on China ahead of the 3 November US Presidential election, and he vows to bring manufacturing home from overseas. […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $UTX $VXX Last week’s action President Trump is now Laser focused on Opening Up America The S&P 500 hit the 78% Fibo retracement of the selloff. After a good 3rd leg, the market is ready for a test, how deep a test is the Big Q. We are watching the leaders to […]
Imagine for a moment, a candidate so bad, Donald Trump can take the moral high ground, meet Joe Biden. Ahead of Joe Biden Vs Donald Trump 2020, women are speaking out about their personal interactions with him ( we have not heard from the kids yet) — alleging Sexy Joe physically touched them in many […]
About 40 US states have closed their schools for the rest of this academic year and turned to remote learning, but federal officials say that having children return to classrooms is a Key priorities for getting the nation back to normal. Many educators and parents have expressed concerns, the biggest of which was voiced by […]
“The whole world’s my hiding place. I can stand out there amongst them in the day or night and laugh at them.”–Jack Griffin (Claude Rains), ” The Invisible Man ” (1933) The coronavirus is an violent adversary in our times. It is a threat, its invisibility has made it a Petri dish where people can […]
$CMCSA, $DIS As nations struggle with fallout from the COVID-19 coronavirus chaos, many people are wondering when the recovery will begin and how it will look. The Big Qs: Will it be slow and painful? A one-step-forward-two-steps-back process? Or a fast return to business as usual? California economist Chris Thornberg, a founding partner with Beacon Economics, […]
$BA $F $FCAU $GM $USO $USD We know by now that no US or world economic numbers will look positive now or the next Q or 2. Wednesday we will see the 1st preliminary number for US GDP for Q-1. The number is projected to be negative, it will be nowhere close to as bad […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $USO $VXX Investors are pinning their hopes for the reopening of the US economy on the potential for wider availability of testing for COVID-19 cases and on drug trials for treatments of the disease. We have been letting doctors, who have shown the same propensity for predicting this virus as weathermen […]
The President has taken control of the Fed. Notably, when the law was written creating the Fed, the Secretary of the Treasury was designated as the head of the Central Bank. We are returning to that era, and like it or not the Fed is being politicized. For a long, long time, the Fed played […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX The Coronavirus Chaos Continues Stock indexes moved up continue the up trend pattern Economic data are generationally bad. Stocks continue to set up Bullish patterns. After hours reports of Gilead Sciences’s (NASDAQ:GILD) drug provide promise. Boeing (NYSE:BA) also promised to restart Seattle production. Friday gapped higher on options expiry, finishing […]
…it is a Power, Profit, Control Pandemic. The economic collapse is a result of precisely engineered governmental policies though those policies appear to be in the public’s best interest. COVID-19 meets the technical definition of a pandemic, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declare it so. However, the death toll is nowhere near that of real […]
The Encyclopedia Britannica says: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution heralds a series of social, political, cultural, and economic upheavals that will unfold over the 21st century. Building on the widespread availability of digital technologies that were the result of the Third Industrial, or Digital, Revolution, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will be driven largely by the convergence of […]
President Trump’s mission: open America again push will deliver what he wants Thursday a win over the coronavirus that leaves the health of a infinitesimal number of Americans decision to others. He will be criticized by the left, Bill Gates, and behind his back by The Doctors Doom, but the greatest country in history is dying before […]
$MSFT, $BRK.A, $KO, $WMT, $KHC, $TV, $WBA, $LBTYA, $FB Some Key Facts The WHO’s influenza pandemic plan, devised in Y 1999, was heavily influenced by the drug industry The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) questioned the WHO’s handling of the Y 2009 swine flu pandemic, saying its recommendation to stockpile antivirals and vaccines wasted […]
President Trump has declared his latest “Me Vs Them” war portraying himself as the Commander in Chief overseeing a hand full of insurgent Democrat governors. In the United States there may be a dust-up emerging between President Trump and some state governors from the East and the West coasts, who Monday banded together in 2 […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Despite millions of jobless claims, despite most of the country being sequestered at home, despite a falling in GDP, and despite the scare and fear brought on by the coronavirus the major US market stock indexes have recovered 50% of their losses in just the last 2 wks. At the […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Just In: Goldman Says US Stocks Have Likely Bottomed Unprecedented policy support and a flattening viral curve have “dramatically” cut risks, the bank said early Monday in a note. Despite the COVID-19 coronavirus, ‘new’ Bull market can run Last week was a shortened week, here is how it played US […]
In just a few weeks, the lives of The People have changed in ways they had never imagined. People can no longer meet, work, eat, shop, and socialize as they used to. The working world moved rapidly from business as usual to cautious travel, office closures, and work-from-home mandates. Instead of traveling and going out to […]
The UN’s health organization once had clean reputation, that was until the Chinese communist backed him for its Top management position, that makes it failure all the more shameful. On 30 December a Chinese doctor, Li Wenliang, warned colleagues about the outbreak of an illness resembling SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), which had triggered pandemic in Y […]
By 17 March 2020, COVID-19 coronavirus triggered mass hysteria in the United States. Countries around the world, including the US quarantined, closed borders, implemented curfews and recommended or enforced isolation of the populations. Here is the list of Shelter in Place orders in the US to date The Big Q: Are people infected, are people […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Just In: Southeast Asian stock markets inched higher Monday, tracking global equities that gained due to a slowdown in coronavirus-related deaths and new infections Last Week’s US Stock Market View Technical Analysis: The action in the major US stock indexes over the past few sessions was almost identical as large-cap […]
The current coronavirus “curve” is not and cannot be accurate since it does not include suspected cases of the illness before late February. It is unclear why scientists have not yet produced any models that attempt to calculate the virus’ presence here until testing was available. A big increase in symptoms very similar to coronavirus occurred a […]
$V, $MA, $SQ, $PYPL, $JPM, $C As important as the management of the ongoing health crisis is, getting economies up and running again as we emerge from lockdowns will help mitigate the long-term impact on people’s livelihoods is bigger. Payments operators can help business activity to resume in the shortest term while they realign their […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX $JPM Just in: JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) says the stock market rout has probably past its worst now. Again, there is something really different about the COVIS-19 coronavirus and the world’s reaction to it, the reaction is unprecedented, and scary. The past 4 wks have seen huge responses not only from central […]
$ICE $USD $BAC $WFC This week Fed Chairman Powell set out to offer a explanation for the complicated steps he is taking to relieve dire stresses in the global financial system. “Many places in the capital markets, which support borrowing by households and businesses. I am talking about mortgages and car loans and things like […]
Over the last 40 yrs globalization stripped the US economy and made life uncertain for America’s middle class. In that frame America became a land of Winners and Losers who did not talk to their neighbors, did not know their names or the country neighbors came from. Looking at The Trump Era, The Age of Entitlement: […]
Now the world now a very sharp understanding of what a Black Swan event is. Yes, we are seeing a global health crisis, and those of us who are looking are seeing the coming restructuring of the global economic order. The Key is how investors navigating to what is coming next. The Big Q: What […]
The COVID-19 coronavirus is very challenging because the majority of those infected will feel only minor symptoms, or none at all. It is an invisible lethal enemy. A few weeks ago we were living our usual lives. Now, things we took as normal are no longer possible, for instance: an evening with friends, daily commute, […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX There is something very different about the coronavirus and the world’s reaction to it. That reaction is unprecedented, and unnerving. The past 4 wks have seen huge responses from central banks which were confident in the global economic outlook and in no hurry to move on rates. Since then we […]
Make American, Hire American, Buy American The Big Q: What has the decline in American manufacturing meant for the average American? The Big A: 1. America eventually became poorer, and saw downgrade of its standard of living. As progressively more manufacturers moved abroad, the flow of money out of the country exceeded the benefits of […]
The Democrats’ are proposing the same student loan forgiveness pitch failed Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made on the campaign trail. College student loan forgiveness is a ‘bad idea’ because the prevailing attitudes among dead beat students and many of their parents that since the government is owed the money, there will be a way out […]
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you. May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane, […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX This health emergency was dismissed at 1st as a fleeting risk to the US economy has turned into a full test of whether 20 yrs of planning, regulation and research has left the financial system resilient to a major shock and the Fed able to mount a rescue. Preparations for an […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX The Bulls Vs The Bears Note: “Big Bear markets end in despair and hopelessness, which many current Bulls will discover at considerable cost to themselves” — Mark Lundeen Be very wary of any advance from here, as it may prove to be what we once called a Dead-Cat Bounce. A Dead-Cat […]
$DIA $XAU $USO What a wild week; I am overwhelmed! In my articles I usually find a narrative theme in which to insert my graphics But this week the only theme that comes to mind is what an awful week it was, just awful. Come to think of it, that’s actually a pretty good theme […]