In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell 2.4% yesterday, Boeing, Dow and Walt Disney were among the bottom five performers, along with Chevron and Exxon. Disney fell 4.1% as investors reacted to its decision to stop paying more than 100,000 workers during the shutdown while still planning to pay a $1.5bn dividend, while Boeing…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European stock markets opened lower on Tuesday as energy shares led benchmarks down following yesterday’s historic rout on oil. Analysts and traders clearly didn’t expect black gold to go below zero and this has unsurprisingly had a negative impact on European oil majors like Total and Eni, which are currently trading 5% lower…
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OIL The oil war combined with the devastating effect of the coronavirus-induced lockdown on economies has triggered a dramatic fall in the price of oil with WTI plunging to its lowest level in more than 20 years with the May contract sinking below $15. On top of that, there is a wide contango across contracts,…
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What to watch Procter & Gamble: Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble was meant to report earnings next week, but put out a press release on Tuesday announcing that the firm is moving up its announcement to Friday to provide shareholders information “as quickly and transparently as possible, and should not be construed as an…
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Alejandro Zambrano explained: If the borders close, the Eurozone could slump into a recession. However, the euro could rally if the coronavirus pandemic is contained early in the quarter. In relation to the USD/JPY outlook, Alejandro Zambrano added: The economic situation in Japan tends to have a low impact on the currency until the Bank…
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OIL Oil remains in a bearish phase with the WTI price falling to a 18-year low. The spread between WTI and Brent is also widening with Brent proving to be much more resilient currently. This is a clear indicator of how much this oil crisis directly affects the United States and their producers, with the…
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An exchange-traded Bitcoin fund on a major global stock exchange is now a reality at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in Canada and 3iQ, the asset management firm that stayed the course for three years and which launched the fund this past Thursday. $14 million was invested on that eventful day with more to come…
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What to watch Abbott Laboratories: Medical giant Abbott Laboratories announced this week that it is launching its third coronavirus test, and that it could be screening up to 20 million people for Covid-19 antibodies by June. While its previous two tests can show whether a person currently has the disease, the new test will show…
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OIL The collapse of the oil price is not yet over. As mentioned in previous comments, the new agreement seems to be massive but in reality it is simply not enough in the face of the collapse in oil demand, leaving producers in serious crisis. In just a few days we have seen the price…
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Investors sell BP and Shell after Opec deal As UK markets reopened after the long Easter weekend, investors reacted to the fallout from the Opec-Russia oil production cut deal which, while record breaking, has been deemed by some analysts to be too little too late. Royal Dutch Shell’s London-listed shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday, with…
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