As there finally appeared some positive news about the coronavirus cases, the global markets started to react. Today in the pre-market, Dow futures have gained 837 points already.Global stock prices have risen in response to new COVID-19 statistics. The same we can say about stock futures and Dow futures are not an exception. Sources say that financial markets have gone into a rebound in anticipation of fewer infected and dead due to that coronavirus. Reports coming in from some of the most...
Read More »3M Stock Down 2.99% as Trump Forbids Coronavirus Protection Gear Export
President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to ban “unscrupulous actors and profiteers” from exporting critical medical gear used to protect wearers from the coronavirus. 3M stock price went down.American conglomerate 3M (NYSE: MMM) stock is experiencing not the best period. Though taking into account the products that the 3M company manufactures, the situation for it amid coronavirus could be just the opposite. On Friday, its stock lost 2.99% to trade at $133.79. After hours...
Read More »Bill Gates Is More Optimistic about Coronavirus Pandemic Than Donald Trump
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, who warned five years ago that the world’s greatest threat is a pandemic, believes that the current coronavirus crisis is “a nightmare scenario” but it could be worse.Even though the coronavirus spread seems like an unnatural phenomenon, it is real. And, what is, even more, real – is the death of hundreds of thousands of people. Coronavirus began its deathly crusade from China. However, the country with the most people infected (and dead as...
Read More »How Federal Reserve Prints Dollars and Throws Dust in Eyes of American Taxplayers
The article provides an explanation of how the U.S. Federal Reserve devalues dollars by printing them in huge amounts and saves corporations for the money of taxpayers.Nobody expected a sudden collapse of the global economy this year. Production and consumption volumes have fallen to incredibly low levels, and Goldman Sachs analysts predict in the second quarter of 2020 GDP contraction will make up 24%. Such a discouraging forecast contradicts central banks’ vision, and to handle the...
Read More »3M Stock Up 3.58% Yesterday, Loses 2.82% Today, CDC May Tell People to Wear Cloth Masks
3M is facing turbulence as the Trump administration meddles with its operations, making MMM stock unpopular among investors despite their products being involved in the fight against COVID-19.On April 2, the White House confirmed that it might adjust previous guidelines that discouraged non-health workers from wearing medical face masks. The new change will come as ‘guidance’ from the CDC. However, President Trump said that, for now, it would not be made mandatory. Medical-grade masks...
Read More »Dow Jones Jumped Nearly 500 Points but Lost Over 290 Today, COVID-19 Cases Cross 1.2M
Both the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq Composite managed increased but started to lose points as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread, affecting over 1 million people globally.Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world both health-wise and financially, there seems to be some much-needed respite coming in from the world’s financial markets. Regardless of how long this respite will last, Wall Street is seeing some interesting and generally optimistic upward movement...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Must Test $20,000 in 2020, Mike Novogratz Believes
Mike Novogratz, CEO of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital and a well-known Bitcoin bull, has once again reiterated his bullish stance to the biggest cryptocurrency, predicting that Bitcoin should retest its $20,000 highs by the end of 2020.Mike Novogratz, the CEO of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, said he might give up on Bitcoin (BTC) if the price of this cryptocurrency doesn’t touch new highs in 2020.Just for the reminder, in January 2020, reflecting on the proliferation of crypto...
Read More »Saudi Arabia Calls for Urgent OPEC+ Meeting to Stabilize Global Oil Prices
Saudi Arabia has called for an urgent meeting with all the OPEC members and the non-OPEC oil producers to stabilize the global oil prices. After the news, the oil price jumped almost 25%.The Saudi Arabia government has called for an urgent meeting of OPEC and a group of non-OPEC countries to try and reach a fair deal to restore balance to the oil prices. The news which was conveyed through the state news agency SPA has been revealed today on Thursday. As a result, oil prices jumped almost...
Read More »Trump Agrees to Shut Down till April 30 to Maintain U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Below 100K
President Donald Trump reversed his earlier decision to open the United States by April 10, 2020, and now he plans to reopen the country for business on April 30.On March 29, President Donald Trump reversed his earlier decision to open the United States by April 10, 2020. He has decided to extend national social-distancing guidelines to April 30. This initiative is aimed at keeping the forecasted coronavirus death toll in the U.S. from reaching catastrophic and worst-case scenario levels.In...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Opportunity? The U.S. Dollar Losses Value Following The Record $6.2T Stimulus Package
The extreme levels of volatility reached the U.S. dollar as well, and the world’s reserve currency is losing value. It comes only days after the historic $6.2T “stimulus package,” which aims to help individuals and businesses in need.Amid the rising threat of inflation and concerns amongst numerous experts, the cryptocurrency community broached Bitcoin’s scarcity as an alternative to the constant increase of fiat money in circulation.U.S. Measures Harm The DollarThe novel coronavirus appeared...
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