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GM Delays Models and Cuts Executive Pay in Cash-Saving Moves

(Bloomberg) — General Motors Co. is freezing work on new-vehicle programs and deferring pay for white-collar staff to conserve cash while many of the carmaker’s plants are shut down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.In an internal memo described to Bloomberg News, the automaker said salaried staff will have 20% of pay deferred starting April 1 through the fourth quarter of this year or first quarter of 2021. The company’s senior management team will take pay cuts of as much as 10% and defer 20% of their cash compensation. GM also will put 6,500 employees, many of them engineers …read more […]

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Dow wraps up strongest three days since 1931

The Dow Jones Industrial Average wrapped up its strongest three days in nine decades on Thursday as record weekly U.S. jobless claims came in below investors’ worst fears and the focus stayed on an unprecedented $2 trillion stimulus awaiting approval by the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Wall Street powers stocks higher on $2 trillion stimulus; dollar takes a hit

A Wall Street rally led global gains in stocks on Thursday despite a record number of new unemployment filings in the United States, as traders focused on the unanimous passage of a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill in the U.S. Senate and the possibility of more stimuli to come.

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Will It Matter for U.S. Airlines With the Government as a Shareholder?

With the U.S. government on the cusp of providing airlines with a bailout, travelers might wonder how flying may change, since the Treasury Department soon may take equity stakes in carriers in exchange for government assistance due to coronavirus. But travelers may be disappointed. Yes, the government could own pieces of airlines, and airlines will […] …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Are Betting On Nutanix, Inc. (NTNX)

Coronavirus is probably the 1 concern in investors’ minds right now. It should be. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW. We predicted that a US recession is imminent and US stocks will go down by at least 20% in the next 3-6 […] …read more […]

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False Bottom or Start of Something Big: On This Rally’s Stamina

(Bloomberg) — In the stock market lately, only one thing is constant: speed.After falling into a bear market at the fastest rate ever, the S&P 500 just recorded its quickest three-day advance in nine decades. As absurd as it may seem, the Dow’s already started a fresh bull market — up more than 20% from the lows — after more than $2 trillion in value was created in three days.Is it a bear-market bounce or something more sustainable? Nobody could possibly know for sure. While stocks had surely priced in a huge amount of pain, nothing compares with the coronavirus …read more […]

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Were These Hedge Funds Right About Selling Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL)?

Coronavirus is probably the 1 concern in investors’ minds right now. It should be. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW. We predicted that a US recession is imminent and US stocks will go down by at least 20% in the next 3-6 […] …read more […]