In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners.
- J.P. Morgan
- J.P. Morgan
they're just using the virus as an excuse to bring the market down. It's convient. They didn't have to make something else up. We all knew it was going down.
... But as long as panic and fear holds center stage markets will only know one direction and that is wayyyyyyy down......
As a trader, all I like to know is how to trade this?The virus is not just an excuse. In asia, no one is eating out or watching movies, holding events, concerts, etc. Consumer spending is basically halted except for groceries. Many companies are forcing workers to use their paid or unpaid vacations right now. Exams and hiring are being delayed, further reducing economic activity. Italy wants to quarantine quarter of their population.
The spread has already begun in the USA but no one wants to spend 3,000 dollars to check their cold like symptoms for COVID19 so it goes by unnoticed while quietly spreads around the community. They are now finally starting to test seriously.
Yes, the death rate isn't as high as other similar viruses (MERS for e.g.) but it spreads fast and is strong enough to force people to stock up and stay home. If people aren't being productive and also not spending, doesn't matter how much money the fed pumps, because it just isn't circulating.
It's not the death toll from the virus that's the problem (unless there are some serious mutations), but how much businesses are being affected as a result of it. It won't be a surprise to see some bankruptcy from airlines this year.
Quoting the old robber baron, Baron Rothschild: Buy when there is blood in the streets.Quoting an evil robber baron.
How quaint. Especially today.
%%As a trader, all I like to know is how to trade this?
Quoting the old robber baron, Baron Rothschild: Buy when there is blood in the streets.