Wichtig auch die Infos zu evt. Marktunterbrechungen heute:
As mentioned in yesterdays update, we could see metals and miners get hit with margin calls, and silver took a beating last night down over 5%, and miners are down 5% in pre-market, so things could get uglier yet.
The war on oil has officially started. To me, its a typical bully/bad guy move. When everyone is bleeding, and in trouble like the financial markets, everyones mental state, and our health, the true bullies and bad guys (sharks) come out of the woodwork. Russia is being difficult and will keep production high for oil; the Saudis are giving out hug discounts on oil and jacking up their production to flood the market with their oil and take as much of the market share possibly. When blood is in the water, the sharks attack.
This oil war is going to devastate the USA and Canadian oil sectors and businesses if the price of oil trades between $20-35 per barrel, which I think is what will happen and could last a few years.
The US futures for stock hit a circuit breaker and halted futures trading of the Indexes once a 5% drop took place, but ETF and regular stocks will continue to trade. The next round of circuit breakers are only during regular trading hours and was implemented after the May 10, 2010, flash crash.
This new set of circuit breakers have never been hit before which are: A drop of 7% stock halt for 15 minutes. A drop of 13% stocks halt for 15 minutes. A drop of 20% stocks halt for the rest of the session.
This is a huge breakdown in the US markets and indicates much greater weakness within the global markets and further concern that the COVID-19 virus may continue to disrupt the US and European markets (as well as others).
The potential that multiple billion-dollar disruptions in the US and other foreign markets, including travel, leisure, autos, hospitality, and many others, may see a continued decline in sales and incomes over the next 6+ months. We dont believe we will truly understand the total scope of this COVID-19 virus event until possibly well after July 2020. |