Millions of Americans have lost their jobs as Covid-19 decimated the US economy almost overnight. The tiny invisible virus did more damage to the economy than even 9/11. The number of unemployed Americans is about 43 million. As the adverse effects of the Pandemic continues to impact every corner of the world’s largest and dynamic economy, …
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The global economy is heading into a deep recession if it is not in one already. Millions of Americans are unemployed as the world’s dynamic economic is in a standstill. In Europe and other parts of the world also the same situation is playing out. As companies’ profits are plunging many of them are cutting …
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The US equity market crashed dramatically in the past weeks as market participants woke up to the fact the US is not immune from events happening in far-away countries. The utter madness that prevailed in the market before the collapse such as the constant hype over Tesla(TSLA) and other hot stocks now looks dumb.These days …
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Viral outbreaks such as the current COVID-19 Coronavirus is not new. We have had many viral outbreaks in the past which all went away after some time. One important difference between COVID-19 and other viruses like Zika, SARS, Ebola, etc. is that most the western world were not impacted by them – at least in …
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Welcome to the bear market ! The recent bull market was the most hated bull market in history. As such it was time for the bear to take over. Below are a few bear market charts and links to posts from the past: 1.10 Worst US Bear Markets in History Click to enlarge Source: Money …
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