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Washington Makes It Rain; Invest in Biotech Again?
March 18, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff
Time to Make It Rain Everybody’s talking about recession, depression, regression, correction, mass infection, elections… All Great Stuff is saying is “chill the freak out.” We’ve gone from no worry at all … to recession concerns … to full-blown depression fears in less than two weeks. It’s so bad that economists and analysts are already […] What a Shortage of Toilet Paper Can Tell Us About Stocks
March 18, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, Wealth Protection
[3-minute read] On Wall Street and Main Street … emotions are running wild. Econ Recon; Jobs at Amazon; Theaters Be Gone
March 17, 2020 Great Stuff
Dead Cats Can Dance Initial reports on the U.S. economy started rolling in this morning … and I’m not sure if you really want to look or not. The New York Federal Reserve’s Empire State Manufacturing Index plunged by the biggest margin on record: 34.4 points. The reading, which now stands at -21.5, indicates contraction […] Fed on the Run; Apple Stunned; Airlines Plunge
March 16, 2020 Great Stuff
When the Fed Hits the Fan… Anyone else feel like they’re stuck in a time loop? This morning, U.S. futures trading halted after hitting a down-limit loss of 5% … again. Then, immediately after the markets opened for regular trading, stocks plunged 8% to trigger another halt … again. This fresh round of Wall Street […] 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. […]