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Alibaba and Tencent stocks indicate resilience amid the coronavirus stock market effect. China, the first country to be hit by the deadly coronavirus in early December, now aims to be a stabilizing force in the global market.Coronavirus has almost become the order of the day in mainstream media since it was first reported in Wuhan, China. The virus has pushed beyond the ground zero to infect countries almost in all continents. As a result, it’s not only the human health status that has been...

The bitcoin and crypto markets are making stocks appear weak these last few days.Bitcoin and Stocks Aren’t That CorrelatedTo be fair, bitcoin has suffered a bit over the last 48 hours. Despite spiking as high as $6,800 about two days ago, the currency has since taken a bit of a tumble and fallen back to roughly $6,200 at the time of writing. However, it’s still doing miles better than the Dow and the S&P, both of which have fallen heavily since yesterday morning.The Dow, for example, has...

Bitcoin price is down 12.5%, S&P 500, Nasdaq indexes as well as companies like Berkhire Hathway has also lost significantly since the beginning of the year. Oil war adds fire to the financial crash party.Since the year beginning, the halving hype was striking the news. Many of the industry experts issued predictions of a sharp price increase. However, even despite the halving that will make Bitcoin more scarce, coronavirus is drowning the markets. Bitcoin has gained a lot, yet lost -12.5%...

As the search for COVID-19 vaccines intensifies, there are at least 20 coronavirus vaccines in the pipeline. However, Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Moderna (MRNA), the stocks of the leaders in the race, tumbled as the week came to the end.Coronavirus alias COVID-19 is the virus that has taken the humankind hostage for the past two months. It has led to most biotech companies to push beyond their limits in the search for a vaccine. As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO) officials...

JPMorgan’s chief U.S. equity strategist thinks that the S&P 500 could return to record highs by early next year if the U.S. policy of efficiently containing the coronavirus outbreak works and the government rapidly moves forward with fiscal stimulus.Last week was pretty damaging for the U.S. markets even though they had a day of positivity. However, they ended the week in the red. Just for reminder, U.S. stocks finished the session on Friday following predictions from Goldman Sachs on...

United Airlines (UAL) stock is said to have good chances to rise after the COVID-19 situation is over. Today it is fully in the green.United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) stock may take off after COVID-19. This is what prominent investment analyst Luke Lango thinks. Sources report that the Caltech graduate said that that UAL is the best of the lot.While some people blame cryptocurrencies for their volatility, stocks are not netter at all in this context these days. UAL stock price...

While Tesla (TSLA) stock has corrected 60% in just over a month’s time, its valuations look to be attractive. With strong fundamentals in place, the stock could be a potential buy for the long term.Since the beginning of 2020, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has witnessed heavy trading volumes on Wall Street and attracted many investors who wanted to buy it. Earlier this year when the markets were roaring to its all-time high, Tesla stock appreciated over 100% up to mid-February.At the time of...

Michael Walkley from Canaccord Genuity lowers his Apple (AAPL) stock price target from $345 to $300. Also, he is reiterating the buy rating. Per Walkley, people dive in calculations regarding how coronavirus will impact the mobile phone market.The future of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock is unclear, and the analyst claims ‘soft June’ as the period worth noting as impossible. Thanks to the Chinese location of Apple production plants, the company’s goals in March became more frugal in reach....

The S&P 500 closed Thursday nearly 27% below its February high, meaning it took just a matter of weeks for a bear market to roll around. Microsoft fell as well. This month, MSFT is lower by 24%. But yesterday, it started gaining again.The recent sell-off in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) seems like a huge buying opportunity. Since February 19, Microsoft stock has dropped 28% even though it makes no sense. Or does it?At the time of writing, Microsoft (MSFT) stock is trading at...

Top-five tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook) have corrected anywhere between 25-30% over the last month’s global market crash. These companies have entered an official bear market after leading the 11-year bull market after the 2008 financial crisis.As on March 19 closing on the indices, the big five tech companies have lost a combined market cap of $1.3 trillion. These big five giants include Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft...