The world of politics or business im showbusiness ill see that. This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss and washington coming up markets across the globe have been taking a beating this week as renewed fears of a 2nd coronavirus wave and dimming optimism are dampening hopes of a v. Shaped recovery plus we take a look at how gold is fairing amid these Turbulent Times in which nations have moved to boost their gold stockpiles and the demand for oil has slumped in recent months but what has been the impact on the industry we have a fact show today so lets dive right in. And we will leave the program taking a look at how Global Markets fared this week as the possibility of a 2nd wave of the corona Virus Outbreak in the u. S. Has affected Investor Sentiment there are a lot of red arrows out there so lets take you through the week starting in russia the mo x. Is in the red on its short week down 1. 75 percent the ruble fell from 14 week highs against the dollar on thu
Lets dive right in. And we leave the program taking a look at how Global Markets fared this week as the possibility of a 2nd wave of the corona Virus Outbreak in the u. S. Has affected Investor Sentiment there are a lot of red arrows out there so lets take you through the week starting in russia the mo x. Is in the red on its short week down 1. 75 percent the ruble fell from 14 week highs against the dollar on thursday retreating still losing more than 2 percent on the day as Oil Prices Also fell lets move to asia where the shanghai composite is just slightly down for the week closing the week nearly flat this following a huge loss on wall street on fears of a 2nd wave of coronavirus case in the u. S. As we just mentioned in hong kong the hang seng is also down for the week following similar trends over concerns of copa 19 and the Federal Reserve announced a great will stay put at near 0 until 2022 now the index fell 2. 3 percent at one point on friday alone following a 7 session rally
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Group in the middle of solvable problems that have not yet been solved. Thats what i call the perfect problem because that in fact is the focus of what i think entrepreneurship is. In other words, you are looking for a way to solve the problem that is solvable but has not been done. Youre going to have to do something new but you dont get a copy. What happened with jack, jack dorsey and i i hired jack when he was 15, he was a High School Student, came into work at a company that i still have and i dont run any of my companies they just sell them, this ones been around for 30 years and jack and i worked together and he went off to college and he got kicked out of twitter and the first time i guess. And they showed him the door and he came back to st. Louis and we were heading out and talking. And we decided we would Start Company together. So then we were kicking around for ideas, he did not have an idea and i did not have an idea so we look for problems i solve and we came up with the
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