The Week Ahead | 03/30/2020
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Stimulus Plans Around the World. Major Emirati banks will begin issuing the first of a three-month program of support measures on…
Hardest Hit Companies / Stocks of the COVID-19 Downturn
The market’s latest storm has plunged the global travel industry into uncharted territory. Total value lost so far… $332 Billion Since the S&P 500 market high on February 19, 2020,…
The Week Ahead | 03/23/2020
Global Spotlight COVID-19 Catches up to Eurasia. Eurasia will be catching up with the COVID-19 curve in terms of infections and mitigation measures. While Russia and most other Eurasian countries…
You’re Grounded: The COVID-19 Effect on Global Flight Capacity
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into a tailspin. As the number of new cases continues to surge in parts of the world,…
Market Update
On Tuesday, March 3, the Fed cut the target Fed Funds rate by 0.5%, in what we thought was an unwise move. T-Bill rates were somewhat trading a below the…
The Week Ahead | 3/16/2020
Global Spotlight Seeking an End to Israel’s Political Deadlock. Israel may have at least one shot at seeing its political paralysis broken when Benny Gantz, of the Blue and White party, attempts to…
The Pandemic Economy: Which Stocks are Weathering the Storm?
When markets get wacky, even the best companies can’t avoid the maelstrom. Investors were already tiptoeing on broken glass, knowing that the longest U.S. stock market bull run in history was…
The History of Pandemics
Pan·dem·ic /panˈdemik/ (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks…
The Week Ahead | 3/9/2020
Global Spotlight The European Union and Africa. The European Commission will publish its EU-Africa strategy on March 9 as it hopes to forge a new relationship with Africa. Afghan Peace Process. Talks…
Update: We Have a 2nd Speaking Slot at the New York Traders Expo (March 7 to 9)
Mark will speak at this year’s Traders Expo in Brooklyn on Monday, March 9. The talk will take place late in the afternoon from 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm. I…