Fear over the spread of the coronavirus tightened its grip on global stock markets. The indexes clearly reflect the situation. In the premarket Dow Futures lost over 600 points.The massive coronavirus-induced sell-off on Wall Street continued in premarket trade on Friday with the Dow Futures dropping over 600 points.Treasury yields continued to slide with the yield on the 10-year note falling below 1.20%. Meanwhile, oil prices declined for the sixth consecutive session.After losing nearly...
Read More »Wall Street Facing Its 6th Red Day: Even President Trump Couldn’t Ease The Coronavirus Panic
Global stock indexes continue to tumble, as the spreading coronavirus shows no signs of slowing down. With Italy reporting numerous confirmed cases, the virus is already spreading through Western Europe as well. The markets failed to recover, even after the President of the United States, Donald Trump, attempted to reassure that they are taking the necessary steps to contain its spread.President Trump Attempts To Relieve MarketsIn a press conference given February 26th, US President Donald...
Read More »Worst 2-day Slide in 4 Years, Coronavirus Wipes out $1.7 Trillion in U.S. Stock Market
The U.S. stock market is suffering from huge losses in its value due to coronavirus fears that have gripped investors. The U.S. stock market has received a huge blow due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) outside mainland China. In just two days, the sell-off wiped out more than $1.7 trillion from the market value, a rare case that was observed four years ago.According to an indices analyst, most investors who had their money in the stock market fled the riskier assets due to the...
Read More »Bitcoin Price and Stocks Lose Strength as Coronavirus Comes to Italy
The U.S. markets show a significant drop on Monday morning due to the coronavirus fears and uncertainty. People rush to sell the coins, experts now expect Bitcoin price to go below 9,000.The Dow index, as well as top stocks, S&P 500 and Bitcoin price, have all started losing as coronavirus is conquering new territories. Even more, value vanishes since the virus reaches Italy: one of the world’s biggest travel and trading mecca. The COVID-19 also visits Iran, South Korea, Bahrain, Kuwait...
Read More »Amazon (AMZN) Stock Is Growing while Walmart Pays Investors to Make Them Happy
Walmart revealed it spent $11.8 billion the last year on dividends. Amazon doesn’t have such a strategy but AMZN stock price is growing.Amazon (AMZN) stock is in green these days while Walmart (WMT) stock is falling. Do these events have any relation to the companies’ performance and approaches? Let’s have a look at how both companies are doing.John Furner, President and CEO of Walmart US, said recently that the role of corporations has changed. By saying that, Furner was thinking of making...
Read More »U.S. Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg Offers Flexible Regulation for Crypto
In the framework of his campaign, U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg offered to develop a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.Billionaire entrepreneur, who turned politician, Michael Bloomberg is currently the U.S. presidential candidate 2020. As the U.S. Democratic party presidential campaign enters its closing stages, aspirants are throwing all they have in the ring to gain the support of democrats nationwide and Michael Bloomberg is not one to be left out.The billionaire...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Struggles to Stay Above $10,000 while Ethereum and XRP Are Down
The bears seem to be taking control of the crypto markets as Bitcoin and altcoins, including Ethereum and XRP, are losing heavily to wipe out all the last week’s gains. But technical indicators suggest good days ahead of this market correction.Bitcoin which was on an upswing last week took the beating on the weekend. The Bitcoin price nose-dived below $10,000 levels on Sunday, February 16, losing more than $300 in an hour.Having broken this crucial support, the world’s largest cryptocurrency...
Read More »Bitcoin Reaches Its Tallest Peak for the Year, Trades at $10,300
Bitcoin is on a roll, today. The currency has rebounded from its recent drop to surge by roughly $500. At the time of writing, it is trading for over $10,300, marking a new high for the year.Bitcoin Has Set a 2020 RecordThe asset has undergone a period of hardcore change since 2020 began. It initially began the year trading at a measly $6,900, the lowest it had been in approximately one month. From there, it rose by $400 to reach $7,300 following political tensions between the United States...
Read More »Dow Futures Rise Despite Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire Win
Bernie Sanders has seized his wins in Iowa and New Hampshire in the presidential race indicating a strong start to the national elections ahead this year. However, the markets have preferred to neglect his wins and continue to be on the rising momentum ahead. Dow Futures are moving up.The Dow Futures have rallied to a new high 29, 270 despite Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic Primary from the New Hampshire. The Dow Futures broke 45 points northwards soon as the news broke out despite the...
Read More »Donald Trump Tries to Take His Merit for MAGA Stock Rise
President Trump called four big tech companies with trillion-dollar market caps, Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon, the MAGA club. MAGA is also a short form of ‘Make America Great Again’, a favorite slogan of Trump and his supporters.United States President Donald Trump called out four tech giants for becoming a trillion-dollar companies – thanks to his merits. And not just that. We all remember his slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA), right? Well, he went that far to call Microsoft,...
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