by Roger | May 11, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Global stocks were lower today after investors dropped their hopeful outlooks and began asking governments to clarify exactly how quickly they plan on easing pandemic restrictions on public life. Here’s what no one is really understanding: No matter how quickly...
by Roger | May 8, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Eleven years of growth vanishes in one month… along with 20.5 million jobs. In fact, April 2020 is officially the worst month in terms of job losses since 1948 — when we started tracking this figure. The toll this health pandemic is having on our economy is...
by Roger | May 7, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Well folks, we’ve officially hit four straight days of market gains — looks like there’s room for bulls to celebrate! But what’s boosting investors’ confidence so much? Well for one, Chinese trade data came out very positive, with a 3.5% rise in...
by Roger | May 6, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
It’s looking to me like global stocks are up today because more and more governments are easing their pandemic restrictions on the public and businesses. While this is raising investors’ hopes for economic recovery, I’m curious to see exactly how that’s...
by Roger | May 4, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
In 2019, Disney reported an exceptional year. Today, all 14 theme parks remain empty, with experts expecting profits to have fallen 45% in tomorrow’s earnings reports. Things have gone from good to bad… to ugly. And Disney isn’t the only major company predicted...
by Roger | Apr 30, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
After another ugly round of newly released and worse-than-expected data, global shares and U.S. futures fell today. Investors don’t like the joblessness happening in America — another 3.8 million people filed for unemployment last week — and they...