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As the markets have started to recover after the recent fall, Bitcoin price has finally managed to go beyond the level of $8,000 today.The VIX volatility index, the stock market’s main risk indicator, skyrocketed to 55 on March 9. Created by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the Volatility Index, or VIX, is a real-time market index that represents the market’s expectation of 30-day forward-looking volatility. But not only the traditional markets have reacted to the global situation,...

Markets in the Asia Pacific began to recover Tuesday and Dow Jones futures jumped more than 800 points a day after novel coronavirus fears and an oil price war sparked a worldwide panic.After the most disturbing day in newer U.S. market history (since 1991 Gulf War), as of 2:30 am ET Tuesday, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average started growing by 794 points, indicating an opening jump 839 points on Tuesday. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointed to a higher open for...

Calling the coronavirus pandemic as an “unprecedented moment”, Apple boss Tim Cook asked employees to work remotely. The virus outbreak has sent tremors all across Wall Street. Trading on U.S. exchange closed for 15 minutes on Monday market opening.As the fears of coronavirus continue to aggravate further, markets continue to make new lows. Even giants like Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are feeling the heat of this pandemic. Today, both APPL and MSFT stocks...

Oil market prices plunged when OPEC and its allies failed to reach an agreement on production cuts. All the markets, including stocks, currencies and cryptos are falling.European equity indices were red across the board at the open on Monday as the coronavirus outbreak coupled with crashing oil prices rattled the global market. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 6.2%. All stocks on Italy’s FTSE MIB except pharma company Recordati failed to open at the start of the day’s trade. Italian blue-chip...

During the meeting in Vienna on Friday, Russia, Saudi Arabia and other OPEC participants were talking about the oil price and possible decrease of supply. Bitcoin price is down.Per the plan, the world economy supposes to receive a boost thanks to the collective decrease in oil production. If all the major players would shorten oil extraction, the price would rise. However, not all the countries were happy with the OPEC plan. Russia said they don’t have to make any more moves regarding the...

The Dow Jones Futures dropped Monday morning. This comes are investors are bracing for more bad news about COVID-19.Sources say that the Dow Jones Futures dropped to 1,236 points. United stats Treasuries are down too. Yields have fallen below 0.5%. many within the treasuries markets say that the US FED may drop rates even further.The markets seem to be going in this direction as well. Saudi Arabia has reportedly led the oil price wars. The Saudis reduced oil prices for April deliveries. This...

European stocks fell sharply on Friday. On Wall Street, equities sank as well with the Dow Jones industrial average falling by 250 points. The coronavirus is spreading.Even though coronavirus came from Wuhan, Hubei – a China province, it seems that the country finally made its way on reducing the number of infected people. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) reported a significantly reduced number of COVID-19 cases with 99 new confirmed in the past twenty-four hours. This is, however,...

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...

Dow is set to drop nearly 600 points as coronavirus fears spread across Wall Street and the California state. Wuhan’s report claims a 36-year man died at home after he was cured of coronavirus at the hospital. Wuhan still has trouble with virus elimination.According to the recent report, the Chinese government is not able to hold the coronavirus in the center of Wuhan. A new spike of contaminations shows that the infection continues spreading across the city. In mainland China, the daily...

Veteran analysts from Wall Street warn investors that we are at the brink of the next economic recession and it could be possibly worse than the 2008 financial crisis.The coronavirus spread has exacerbated over the last months thereby severely impacting markets worldwide. On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve pressed the buzzer by offering rate cuts amidst rising concerns of the U.S. economic crisis. While the Fed is attempting to boost the crashing markets, analysts think it is not enough.Nouriel...