Likely to hit around 15 . This morning, the private sector reports the loss of 20,236,000 jobs just in april. Reopening the economy is designed to try to bring back some or most of those jobs. So here we are. With all the bad Economic News breaking around us, what does the market do . Well, it rallies. For the third day in a row, the market opens higher. This is a bet on the recovery and a bet on the federal reserve, which is putting at least 4 trillion into the economy, and the treasury which is putting in over 3 trillion. Thats called stimulus. Investors appear to like it. The dow is going to be up about 140 points. Nice gain there. The s p up 15, nasdaq up about, what, 58, 60. Look at this. Oil, 23 a barrel. Thats where it is now. Earlier, it had been at 25. There has been a dramatic fall in supply and a hopedfor pickup in demand as some states start opening up their economies. So thats why we are in the mid 20s for the price of oil. But you can say goodbye to the gas price decline.
AN author and historian has pieced together the story behind an unusual gravestone found in a Lostock churchyard. Tony Davies, from Tabley, has published a book exploring the life and death of Edward Buckley Caldwell, killed by Native Americans in Montana in the 19th century, whose gravestone is located in St John s Church, in Lostock Gralam. Tony has previously written a variety of books focusing on the First World War and the men who never came home, and he also gives history talks. Explaining his latest book, Tony said: A couple of weeks ago I was approached by Brian Appleton, who told me about the gravestone in Lostock.