Year: 2020

(Bloomberg Opinion) — As recently as a month ago, investors in China’s internet stocks were clutching on to the belief that these companies would sail through the coronavirus epidemic unscathed.Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., for example, was trading near historic highs despite the e-commerce giant’s chief financial officer admitting days before that its biggest business would decline as a result of the squeeze on consumer spending. By the time Baidu Inc. reported two weeks later, shares of the search-engine provider had lost 11.7%, while those of Alibaba were down 6.4% and social media powerhouse Tencent Holdings Ltd. had slipped 6.2%.Just as …read more […]

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We hate to say this but, we told you so. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW and predicted a US recession when the S&P 500 Index was trading at the 3150 level. We also told you to short the market and buy […] …read more […]

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Oil prices surged as much as nearly 20% on Thursday, bouncing back from days of heavy losses in a relief rally that may yet be short-lived, analysts warned, but which was stoked by economic stimulus efforts to ward off a global coronavirus recession. Brent crude was up $2.10, or 8%, at $26.98 a barrel by 0028 GMT after tumbling 13% on Wednesday in a third day of relentless selling. “After a 24% crash, oil prices are firming up on some selling exhaustion and as U.S. and European leaders unleash … aid and stimulus,” said Edward Moya, senior market …read more […]

Oil prices surged as much as nearly 20% on Thursday, bouncing back from days of heavy losses in a relief rally that may yet be short-lived, analysts warned, but which was stoked by economic stimulus efforts to ward off a global coronavirus recession. Brent crude was up $2.10, or 8%, at $26.98 a barrel by 0028 GMT after tumbling 13% on Wednesday in a third day of relentless selling. “After a 24% crash, oil prices are firming up on some selling exhaustion and as U.S. and European leaders unleash … aid and stimulus,” said Edward Moya, senior …read more […]

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, the market’s pullback has been severe and the recent measures to help blunt the impact haven’t restored investors’ confidence. The S&P 500 tumbled 5.18% today and closed nearly 30% below its record peak set less than a month ago.However, the fact that the S&P 500 has fallen 30% from its record peak in a matter of a couple of weeks is bound to get some analysts thinking that now might be a good time to start bottom-fishing for bargains in the stock market — official bear market or no. Stocks whose valuations might not have …read more […]