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With the markets rebounding last week, some investors have questioned if a low is in for the stock markets. However, incoming data suggest the Coronvirus threat is far from over.

Are the Republicans risking of losing a sure thing 2020 election win? It is looking dicier now. as the administration fails to handle COVID-19 and its spread.

Stock may test the March lows but will likely hold

At this time, we stand by our forecast for a minimum 50% to 61.8% correction of the entire rally from 2009 to 2020. That’s the value area that will start bringing in the real buyers and not just the reactionary buyers.

Bill Ackman did two interviews recently where he discussed how he profited from a decline in the markets on the Coronavirus outbreak and how he’s since shifted to a net long position.

Despite some base-building in the markets this week, we’re likely to continue to see two-sided trading and heightened volatility because some investors will be trading the economic impact of the virus, and others will be basing their decisions on the virus itself.

Flash forward to 2020 and the lawmakers took out $1 trillion like a hot knife through butter and moved right to $2 trillion. Perhaps later this year, they’ll have to move to $5 trillion.

While the equity markets have somewhat settled this week, the US dollar is making headlines as the trade-weighted dollar index has reversed sharply higher since last Monday.

Another epic slide by the Pound as the markets punish Johnson and the UK battle plan. Does the UK Government really have it wrong though?

The finger-pointing related to the spread of the coronavirus in the US is starting to accelerate. President Trump is not willing to say the buck stops with him concerning the US’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A technical look at the major indices around the globe to highlight areas technical traders might look to buy (or sell).

The US rig count will need to fall for prices to rise during a price war

While the Federal Reserve slashed its interest rates by 50 basis points this week, and are expected to ease further at their March meeting, Andrew Bailey took a contrarian stance by stating that a rate cut for the UK is not imminent.

What is the Bitcoin price prediction for 2020, especially with the Bitcoin halving event which is to take place in May?

Now, nearly two months after the trade deal was signed, it looks as if it may never get fulfilled. In the meantime, the coronavirus has done a lot more damage to China’s economy and geopolitical aspirations than Trump’s trade war.

After a sharp drop in the equity markets in the last week of February, one equity index is on the verge of a technical breakdown which hints that the globally correlated equity markets might see more downside.

Britain and the EU return to the negotiating table. With so many issues to iron out and protectionism in play, it is going to be a rough ride.

The change in sentiment in the equity markets has caught up to the slower growth sentiment already expressed in the US bond market.

Financial market investors were ahead of the Fed before in 2018 and central bankers made three cuts in 2019. I think they are right again so I expect the Fed to cut its benchmark rate sooner rather than later in 2020.

Gold prices as the 10-year yield are negatively correlated