Dow < 20K; Trump Dollar Checks; Bernanke; 30% US Jobless Est; Uber Spike; Walmart All-Time High

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STOCKMARKET-BLOG.COM EXCLUSIVE


  • Stock Market Headlines: Trump Checks To Americans; 1T  Plan; Cheap Gas in the US: Below $2 a gallon in 12 states; Walmart all-time high
  • Federal Reserve: Ben Bernanke FT; 30% US Jobless Rate Estimate; Business conditions are at lowest levels since 2009 New York FED; FED to buy commercial-paper
  • Uber: +38% Spike On Thursday
  • Dow: Close 19,173

Stock Market Headlines


Trump wants to send $1,000 to adults, $500 to kids in coronavirus stimulus bill, Mnuchin says

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/coronavirus-trump-wants-payments-of-1000-for-adults-500-for-kids.html

USA Republicans unveil $1tn plan.. 

https://www.ft.com/content/e23b57f8-6a2c-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3

U.S. President pledges to backstop airlines ’100%′

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/airline-stocks-jump-after-trump-pledges-100percent-backstop.html

Kudlow Says Government May Take Equity Stakes for Company Aid

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kudlow-says-government-may-equity-203059071.html

Ford's stock drops toward 11-year low after dividend suspended 

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/3f743c2a-dc2f-3903-908f-4201bf440a60/ford-s-stock-drops-toward.html

France ready to nationalise stricken companies

https://www.ft.com/content/7eb398ac-6839-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3

World’s top three fund houses shed $2.8tn of assets

https://www.ft.com/content/438854a8-63b0-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68

US investors brace for ratings downgrades

https://www.ft.com/content/470cbfdc-6528-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68

The entire Trump stock rally is nearly gone

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/investing/stocks-erase-trump-gains/index.html

Walmart shares hit all-time high following upgrade

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/credit-suisse-upgrades-walmart-to-outperform-amid-coronavirus-191947196.html

Pound plunges to its lowest level in over 30 years | BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51921922

Dollar Heads for Record High..

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2020-03-18/dollar-heads-for-record-high-with-chaos-eclipsing-stimulus-hopes?srnd=markets-vp

China’s Tencent Reaches Profit of $13 Billion, Despite Headwinds

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-tencent-reaches-profit-13-113109766.html

ECB agrees €750bn bond purchase programme

https://www.ft.com/content/5919c6fb-1f5f-315d-8353-94f04afcf340

Italy’s Conte Calls for Coronavirus Bonds To Finance EU Response

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2020-03-17/italy-s-conte-calls-for-coronavirus-bonds-to-finance-eu-response?srnd=markets-vp

Investors Turn Sour on Silver in Worst Losing Streak Since 1983

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/investors-turn-sour-silver-worst-181026722.html

FedEx +8% after earnings beat

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3552671-fedexplus-8-after-earnings-beat

Apple 
stock records worst day since 2008 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-stock-records-worst-day-since-2008-amid-deepening-concern-about-coronavirus-2020-03-16?mod=home-page

Another Black Monday for McDonald's stock, which suffers biggest loss since October 1987

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-black-monday-for-mcdonalds-stock-which-suffers-biggest-loss-since-october-1987-2020-03-16?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

Amazon is looking to hire 100,000 employees to keep up with demand

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/amazon-is-looking-to-hire-100000-employees-to-keep-up-with-demand/

Cheap Gas in the US: Below $2 a gallon in 12 states 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/business/gas-prices-coronavirus/index.html




FEDERAL RESERVE


Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen:
Fed must act on coronavirus

https://www.ft.com/content/01f267a2-686c-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75


U.S. Jobless Rate May Soar to 30%, Fed’s Bullard Says 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-22/fed-s-bullard-says-u-s-jobless-rate-may-soar-to-30-in-2q

Business conditions are at lowest levels since 2009: New York FED | Yahoo Finance Video

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/business-conditions-lowest-levels-since-195830724.html

FED Eric Rosengren Says U.S. Economy ‘Will Come Back Strongly’

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2020-03-19/fed-s-rosengren-says-u-s-economy-will-come-back-strongly?srnd=markets-vp

FED to buy commercial-paper

https://www.ft.com/content/b36baa20-685d-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3

FED 
to lend against stocks and bonds in bid to stabilise markets

https://www.ft.com/content/cf485398-689d-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3



Uber Stock Spike 


(Thursday)

Uber +38%, 
Lyft +29%

Uber shares soar after CEO says has enough dough to ride out..

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-shares-jump-ceo-says-164917513.html

Uber says rides down by as much as 70% in some cities .. looks at delivering meds

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-says-rides-down-much-145518669.html

Uber .. says Hong Kong business is recovering

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/uber-stock-surges-30-after-company-touts-cost-advantages-says-hong-kong-business-is-recovering-2020-03-19?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

Lyft looking to add food, medical supplies to delivery service

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/03/17/lyft-exploring-food-medical-delivery-service/5072544002/



More

A bearish ‘death cross’ has appeared in the Dow’s chart

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-bearish-death-cross-has-appeared-in-the-dows-chart-2020-03-20?mod=home-page

Wall Street Is Turning Away Some of America’s Safest Borrowers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/wall-street-is-turning-away-some-of-america-s-safest-borrowers

Hedge fund bets hammered as industry retrenches

https://www.ft.com/content/a088f51c-69e2-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3

More Than 10 Million Barrels of Oil Booked to Float on Tankers

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2020-03-19/more-than-10-million-barrels-of-oil-booked-to-float-on-tankers?srnd=markets-vp

Stock Mkt Crash Reduces 18 Major Companies To Penny Stocks 

https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/sectors/coronavirus-market-crash-reduces-major-companies-penny-stocks/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo

Rolex Shuts All Plants and Prepares for Worst Year Ever

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rolex-shuts-plants-prepares-worst-061824449.html

Small caps at four-year lows

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/small-caps-fall-to-four-year-lows-and-trader-warns-of-more-pain.html

Big Shale Borrowers on Fast Track to Junk in Latest Oil Rout

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-shale-borrowers-fast-track-100000698.html

VIX at 76 Means Two More Weeks of Pain Going by 2008 Playbook

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vix-76-means-two-more-160442614.html

Bank of Japan buys more stocks

https://www.ft.com/content/fd403436-674a-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3


Uber Eats waives delivery fees for independent restaurants

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/uber-eats-waives-delivery-fees-for-independent-restaurants-during-covid-19-pandemic/


BlackRock’s Rieder says it’s time to selectively buy ‘once in a lifetime’ stock bargains, but market has not bottomed

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/blackrocks-rieder-says-its-time-to-selectively-buy-once-in-a-lifetime-stock-bargains-but-market-has-not-bottomed.html

Ultra-Rich Families Poised for Spending Splurge After Stock Rout

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ultra-rich-families-poised-spending-160023408.html

Big Bank Stocks Dive As Share Buybacks Suspended 

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/43898f7b-85ca-3c0c-9187-7bc7be188848/big-bank-stocks-dive-as-share.html

Wow! Insider Buy Activity Soars

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wow-insider-buy-activity-soars-141607685.html

GM, Ford and other automakers to temporarily halt production in the USA

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/business/gm-ford-automakers-us-shut-down/index.html

The IPO window may be temp. sealed shut...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/investing/ipo-outlook-coronavirus/index.html

When 
to buy during an ugly stock market rout? 
These charts have the answers

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-to-buy-during-an-ugly-stock-market-rout-these-charts-have-the-answers-2020-03-19?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

USA Senators sold off their stocks ahead of mkt crash

https://news.yahoo.com/reports-gop-senators-sold-off-031657218.html

Tens of Thousands Are Getting Laid Off in the U.S. Shale Patch

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2020-03-20/tens-of-thousands-are-getting-laid-off-in-the-u-s-shale-patch?srnd=markets-vp


Dow Weekly Moves


Friday
-900 

Thursday
188+  

Wednesday
-1300 

Tuesday
1000+ 

Monday
-2997 points


Dow -3000 (almost); Spain -8%; Biz. Conditions Lowest Levels Since 2009 New York FED| STOCKMARKET-BLOG.COM 

https://www.stockmarket-blog.com/2020/03/stock-market-today-march-16.html



Bonds Market This Week


(Special Edition)



Junk bond default rate to triple within 12 months, S&P says

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/junk-bond-default-rate-expected-to-triple-in-next-12-months-sp-says.html

Gundlach Says ‘En Masse’ Defaults Likely for Some Junk Issuers 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gundlach-says-en-masse-defaults-230057162.html

High-yield paper getting hit even harder today

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3552133-high-yield-paper-getting-hit-even-harder-today



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