Month: April 2020

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Coronavirus developments and Levi’s earnings will be front and center Tuesday. …read more […]

Editor’s Note: Did you catch Marc’s latest video update on Friday?
Marc is releasing regular State of the Market addresses in order to help his readers navigate the frantic news media and wild market swings that have resulted from COVID-19.
On Friday, he addressed some of readers’ most pressing questions – whether now is the time to invest in gold and how much protection it can really provide.
Click here to see his latest analysis.
– Mable Buchanan, Assistant Managing Editor

We all have that one friend who is a hot mess…
That friend who, when things are good, is the most interesting and fun …read more […]

Former Obama White House Health Adviser Dr. Zeke Emanuel warns there is a disconnect between the public health community and the markets. …read more […]

Stock futures opened slightly lower Monday evening after a regular-session rebound sent the S&P 500 to its highest level since March 13. …read more […]

Today I’d like to share with you one of my first companies to buy when this pandemic clears up… Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD).
Here’s why…
On a global scale, Anheuser-Busch has an estimated global market share of 28%. That’s massive.
As I’m sure you know, liquor stores remain open right now – as they’re deemed “essential” – during this stay-at-home mandate.
So it’s not a surprise to learn that in the month of March, overall alcohol sales from liquor stores were up 55% from 2019 levels.
But at the same time, since bars and restaurants remain closed, alcohol companies are still under a great deal of …read more […]

We are living through unprecedented events.
The major U.S. stock indexes collapsed more than 30% in less than a month – the fastest decline of that size in history.
Each week, the unemployment claims are eclipsing records at a nearly unfathomable pace. First, 3.3 million claims… then 6.6 million.
Nothing in history comes remotely close to these numbers.
World governments are flooding the system with trillions of dollars in relief packages.
And now, with the U.S. and global economies under lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the forecasts are almost unimaginable. Some are calling for 32% unemployment in the U.S. with the deepest recession on …read more […]

Boeing Co said on Monday it would suspend production of its 787 airplane at its facilities in South Carolina amid the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing production will be suspended until further notice after the second shift on Wednesday. On Sunday, the largest U.S. planemaker indefinitely extended the halt of its production operations at its Washington state facilities. …read more […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing for the use of an anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine against the coronavirus, and one prominent doctor says that could be a problem given the lack of data available. …read more […]