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Corona-virus update
7,500,000,000 People on the planet 59,430,000 People die each year globally 1,500,000 Seasonal TB Deaths globally 650,000 Seasonal Flu Deaths globally 10,046 People have Died of Corona-Virus globally 19 People died today of the Corona-Virus globally Jesus…we better crash the economies of the world, cut the stock markets in
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Global Stock Market Carnage
On January 31st we gave the following warning about the Risks being real. “We are witnessing an extremely stubborn decade-long bull market and the very powerful force of the herd on the move. The perspectives and assessments of the horizon (“cognitive eyeballing”) are distorted. Investors no longer seem to be able to properly assess the
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. Stocks finally woke up from their complacent march higher and began to catch down to the reality in the bond, currency, and commodities markets. The reality that the corona-virus has not evaporated but instead virus counts have exploded higher, rattled global investors on Monday. Investors that
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. Asia The Chinese markets re-opened in the early hours of Monday morning after the extended holiday period and they did not surprise the consensus opinion. The Chinese markets dove into the red at the open, the Shanghai Composite down -8.00% at the close. Europe Europe like
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Wuhan coronavirus a “public health emergency of international concern.” The markets took this news as good-bad news. The stock markets, which tumbled on Thursday due to the rising death toll in the world’s second-biggest economy, steadied slightly on Thursday
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. ASIA Asian markets succumbed to the news that the coronavirus has not gone away overnight. Japanese and Hong Kong shares fell, Nikkei 225 is off -1.79% while the Hang Seng dropped -1.83%. The Shanghai Composite is not trading as the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays have
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. US Markets: Equity markets opened up pessimistically in morning trading and dove into the red. Investors regained their courage on the back of the Federal Reserve’s Chairmen Jerome Powell’s testimony to congress. The Chairman said the U.S. Central bank is done cutting interest rates for the
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. U.S. Markets: The equity markets stalled again yesterday following Chinese media comments on President Trump’s speech to the Economic Club of New York. China Global Times said, “Quite a lot of criticisms and complaints about China from President Trump in his latest speech, but hardly anything