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March Madness; Disney Sadness; Apple Gladness March 13, 2020 Great Stuff Friday Four Play: The “Take It to the Limit” Edition The third time’s the charm, right? That’s what they say, anyway. Dow futures hit the circuit breakers once again this morning as markets took it to the limit … one more time. Most of us are sad after Wall Street experienced its worst day since […]
Travel Bans and Broken Circuit Breakers March 12, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff Rolling in the Deep Double the circuit breakers, double the fun? For the second time this week, trading halted on Wall Street — both in futures trading and during the regular session. Welcome to the bear market. Sparking the chaos this time around was President Trump’s less-than-reassuring and confusing response to the growing COVID-19 threat. […]
Oil Price Wars, Virus Bores, Inovio Soars March 9, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff It’s the End of the World as We Know It … and I Feel Fine Well, you can say one positive thing about 2020 so far: It hasn’t been boring. So far, we’ve seen a U.S.-China trade war, World War III threats, Australia on fire and a global pandemic. And it’s only March. But wait […]
Trump Touts Containment; Investors Ain’t Having It February 27, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff Going to California There was an attempt last night to assuage growing coronavirus fears in the U.S. But that attempt went over like a lead balloon. Following the fifth consecutive drop in U.S. markets, President Donald Trump expressed a whole lotta love for the nation. Trump assured everyone: “Because of all we’ve done the risk […]
Wall Street’s Italian Job; Gilead’s Gilded Lead February 24, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff The Kings of Wishful Thinking “I’ll get over you; I know I will. I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking.” — Go West Don’t look now, but we have our first major COVID-19 outbreak in a Western country. Italy announced over the weekend that the number of confirmed coronavirus infections spiked to 230 patients. In response, […]