A vaccine by the end of the year. A race against time in bangladesh is refugee camps after the 1st coronavirus cases are discovered. And hong kongs Police Watchdog clears officers of brutality after months of violent protests. Hello latin americas Coronavirus Crisis is accelerating Brazils Health minister nelson taisha has resigned after just weeks on the job the 2nd to leave the post in less than a month both he and his predecessor locked horns and president both so there are his plans to reopen the economy but brazil is now one of the worlds worst hot spots with more than 14000 people dead and 208000 infected meanwhile mexico has recorded its highest number of daily infections after nearly 2 and a half 1000 people tested positive hospitals in the capital reportedly almost full chiles capital santiago goes into lockdown in just a few hours after a resurgence in cases thousands of new graves are being dug in the citys main sentry but colombia has allowed some essential businesses to re
How many does it take to stop a raging bull a bull that produced the best month for the stock market in 33 years . I think we might have found out today. Looks like 30 million. Yep, just as we learned that we had the best rally since january of 1987, an admittedly inauspicious year, 1. 2 is the slowest pace this month. We also got incredibly bad news. Jobless claims bring it to 30 million over the past six weeks. No wonder the dow tumbled 288 points, nasdaq shed. 28 today this was an explosive situation. The market was overbought. We have again another Great Depression with the unemployment number that is not confidence inspiring for me i dont know about you when we saw a great labor market before the pandemic, id still be concerned after the run from the bottom stocks had gotten too hot. Were now at plus 7. 2 , the s p range oscillator, the one i swear by it fell to bottom 20 anything above plus 5 is overbought 7. 2 reading makes me concerned which is why weve been selling, selling, s
And workers. Finish on the barrons round table tonight but at a safe distance, ben leveson, carl english and jack howe. Ben, first to you. Lets talk about whats happening in the market right now. In the beginning of the bear market, we had that crazy panic stage, lots of missed pricings. Now things seem to have settled down, investors maybe trying to find what the right prices are . They are. Or at least they, you know, theyre making bets that some kinds of companies are going to have a lot of trouble going ahead, and thats your traditional retailers, airlines, cruise companies. After rallying last week, theyve gotten hit very hard this week. And there are companies that have been winners including Biotech Companies who are working on treatments and vaccines for coronavirus. And theyve done very well. The one strange one is energy which has been among the losers but had a fantastic week because of reports that maybe we could see some production cuts to oil, and that would help drive th
Really just the tip of the iceberg with probably millions of layoffs still to come. On monday the first big wave hit the Retail Sector with macys, kohls and gaps announcing they would furlough tens of thousands of mows. The closure of stores to prevent the spread to have virus has taken a heavy toll on its business. And President Trump had to give up on his hope expressed just a week ago that the u. S. Could be opened up by easter. Hes now saying the company will have to keep practicing social distancing for the entire month of april, and he add added that we should prepare for a very painful two weeks ahead. Meantime, his top medical advisers warn that up to 240,000 americans could die from this disease even with current Safety Measures in place. On wall street stocks ended their worst First Quarter ever. The dow lost 23 , thats the biggest quarterly decline since the quarter of the black monday market crash of 1987. And the New York Stock Exchange floor remained eerily quiet, tempora
Why this is good for business and workers. Finish on the barrons round table tonight but at a safe distance, ben leveson, carl english and jack howe. Ben, first to you. Lets talk about whats happening in the market right now. In the beginning of the bear market, we had that crazy panic stage, lots of missed pricings. Now things seem to have settled down, investors maybe trying to find what the right prices are . They are. Or at least they, you know, theyre making bets that some kinds of companies are going to have a lot of trouble going ahead, and thats your traditional retailers, airlines, cruise companies. After rallying last week, theyve gotten hit very hard this week. And there are companies that have been winners including Biotech Companies who are working on treatments and vaccines for coronavirus. And theyve done very well. The one strange one is energy which has been among the losers but had a fantastic week because of reports that maybe we could see some production cuts to oil