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Dow Futures, as well as the market in general, are very unstable these days. The ECB announced a new Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme to support the European economy.Yet another sad day in Wall Street as investors see their portfolios decline by the day. The Dow futures dropped 300 points during the early Thursday trading hours. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures, which is a major U.S. stock index was 352 points lower as off 2.43 a.m ET, this implies an opening drop of 248.92...

Dow Futures lost another 800 points. Futures contracts for the indices were in “limit down” territory, a situation where trading is halted after they have hit a 5% loss and can go no lower.Trading of futures contracts has seen extreme volatility overnight, and some traders even thought of the possibility that computer trading has distorted trading moves in the market’s collapse deriving from the coronavirus outbreak. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 821 points, indicating a...

Dow Futures are showing a sharp recovery after Monday’s bloodbath as U.S. President Donald Trump assures supporting industries amid this ongoing COVID-19 outbreak that has disrupted the global economy.On Monday, Dow Jones suffered its worst day after the “Black Friday” market crash of 1987 as fears of coronavirus continue to mount further. The Dow Jones crashed 12.9% i.e. nearly 3000 points closing at 20,188 levels. Just at the Monday opening, Dow Jones triggered a circuit breaker halting...

Bitcoin price doesn’t look very optimistic now as it is below $5,000 again. However, just recently after the news about the rate cut from teh Fed, it was gaining massively.Bitcoin price went up after the U.S. Fed announced a massive rate cut. Sources say that this occurred late on Sunday as global economies were still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 situation. It also reportedly came with a $700 billion stimulus program to protect the U.S. economy from the effects of a global...

The bears who thought that a U.S. market crash was coming have retreated as the markets recover slightly from Thursday’s onslaught. Further interventions by both the U.S. Government and the FED are also coming through.The U.S. market crash that many bears are expecting will most likely not come through. This is because markets are recovering from this week’s massive losses. Sources say that the markets made massive recoveries after yesterday’s losses. The losses reportedly went on throughout...

The Fed has taken a decision to issue over 1 trillion dollars during coronavirus attack citing the necessity of market support. However, some critics say that the market is doomed, both on traditional and cryptocurrency levels.If you have to take $1.5 trillion and throw it into the economy, the bids are probably high. What will happen is that the markets will receive cash while consumers will keep sitting at homes. Despite the money will go towards rescuing the corporation markets first, they...

Max Keiser has said that Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, will come to beg the Federal Reserve for cash. Coronavirus attack is hitting the markets again, every day fear rises. But Keiser believes that Bitcoin price can reach $100,000 already in 2020.Max Keiser is a well-known cryptocurrency fan, promoting the digital world via his Keiser Report RT show. He has made two bold claims regarding the price of Bitcoin during the last show. According to him, the more people are panicking, the more...

The COVID-19 spread continues to cast a larger shadow on the global markets as volatility seeps in. Analysts say that corrective measures by the Fed are doing little to control the market fall. Dow seriously dropped on Thursday.On Thursday, March 5, Dow Jones tanked 900 points giving a close above 26,100 levels. The markets have stayed quite unpredictable for the whole week oscillating to-and-fro.Since this Monday, Dow Jones has been moving 100 points up and down every alternate day. The...

The $50 billion aid package offered by IMF is aimed at strengthening weak health institutions in the countries with emerging economies amid the coronavirus outbreak among other things.The IMF $50 billion aid package is intended to fight the coronavirus. This comes as countries are still spinning from the effects of the outbreak. For most of the developing countries, their responses to the epidemic seem to have been hindered by one thing only: money.Sources indicate that the Managing Director...

The 10-year and 30-year Treasury bond yields are currently at their historic lows. Tuesday’s FED rate cuts have surprised traders as investors are now leaving stocks aside and moving for safer bonds.The economic effects of the rising coronavirus spread have forced policymakers to take instant corrective measures. Last week, the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones plunged around 10%, one of the nastiest corrections in the market after the 2008 financial crisis. To combat it, the Federal Reserve...