FILE PHOTO: The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
“The market has shown an ability to look through the economic data. I think it will continue to do that for the April data,” said Doug Cohen, managing director for portfolio management at Athena Capital Advisors. Economists polled by Reuters expect retail sales to tumble 10% in April, surpassing the record drop of 8.4% in March. Industrial production, which slipped 5.4% in March, is forecast to fall 11.6%.
“Markets are suffering from cognitive dissonance,” said Rob Almeida, global investment strategist for MFS Investment Management, which manages about $470 billion in assets. “Even if you reopen economies... you are not going to have economic normalization in the second or third quarter.”to erase all its year-to-date losses on Thursday. Rebounds in beaten-down sectors like energy have helped push the S&P higher in recent days.
The stock market is manipulated joke. Stay in cash or invest in property and gold.
Good. Trump loses yet another campaign strategy. Bad, b/c he’s desperate enough to go to war to stay in the WH. This week he vetoed a bill barring him from using military action in Iran. Pray that Congress can override that!🥵
Markets are rigged to go higher to keep the wealthy happy.
Next shoe to drop USTreasury will BORROW 2.99T btwn April & June to pay for the CoronaVirus stim package. - National debt today is 25T - Budget deficit to date is $3.T & will exceed 4T - $100T + in unfunded liab - Medicare & SS Trust funds depleted by 2034/2026
Ponzi scheme for the wealthiest