March 26, 2020
COVID-19 vs. 9/11
I sent an email to a client (and friend) this morning, congratulating him on his company’s decision to provide insurance coverage to furloughed workers during the crisis we face today. [Continue Reading]
March 25, 2020
Nancy Tengler in Reuters
U.S. investors shop for consumer stocks in anticipation of stimulus bill As a $2 trillion relief package makes its way through the U.S. Congress, some investors are finding bargains in[Continue Reading]
March 25, 2020
Tortoise's Nick Holmes in Bloomberg
Oil Market Shows Fear That U.S. Is Running Out of Storage Space Vitol sees demand down as much as 20 million barrels a day WTI futures fluctuate after rallying as[Continue Reading]
March 24, 2020
Nancy Tengler on Money Life with Chuck Jaffe
Allianz’s Mahajan: Get your watch list ready, look for improved values Mona Mahajan, US investment strategist for Allianz Global Investors, says that the stock market won’t stabilize until there is[Continue Reading]
March 24, 2020
EquityZen's Phil Haslett in TechCrunch
Startup valuations drop as exits are delayed and the stock market reprices tech Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray[Continue Reading]
March 23, 2020
Nancy Tengler in USA Today
Plan to save that upcoming stimulus check? You might want to invest What to do with a $1,200 “check” from Uncle Sam? Why, invest it, of course. Stimulus checks have[Continue Reading]
March 20, 2020
Nancy Tengler in Bloomberg
In Midst of Chaos, Nasdaq ETF Gets Biggest Inflow in Two Decades Tech megacaps are luring equity investors back into the stock market at a pace not seen in almost[Continue Reading]
March 18, 2020
ETFMG Market Segment Expert in Bloomberg
Searching the Rubble of Five Recessions for an Earnings Roadmap It’s no easy task as study shows a wide range of outcomes Question is, where does coronavirus rank among other[Continue Reading]
March 18, 2020
EquityZen Phil Haslett in Forbes
Nine Tech IPOs That Could Survive The Coronavirus Market Hit With stocks in a bear market, the prospect of an IPO in 2020 may lose its appeal. But some may[Continue Reading]
March 18, 2020
Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Bloomberg
Oil’s 24% Plunge in a Day Signals No End in Sight for Meltdown WTI crude futures deepen decline, Brent drops below $25/barrel Saudis to keep supply at 12.3 million b/d[Continue Reading]
March 18, 2020
Nancy Tengler in The Washington Post
Wall Street seizes up as pandemic-fueled volatility sends Dow into a steep dive The blue-chip index plunges more than 1,300 points, erasing nearly all of its Trump-era gains U.S. economy[Continue Reading]
Short-Term Bond Market Roiled by Panic Selling Many traders are selling what they can, not what they want to sell Short-term bonds typically act as a haven in turbulent times.[Continue Reading]
These 5 Bay Area unicorns may try to go public after COVID-19 market swoon EquityZen, which operates a market for pre-IPO private stock, this week singled out nine unicorns that[Continue Reading]
March 17, 2020
ETFMG Partner in Fortune
As bailout talk intensifies, cruise ship industry woes stand out in a travel sector battered by the coronavirus How bad is the coronavirus fallout for the travel and leisure industry?[Continue Reading]
Fed did its job, analysts say, but markets need more The Federal Open Market Committee lowered the fed funds rate target to between zero and ¼% in an emergency meeting[Continue Reading]
March 16, 2020
ETFMG Market Sector Expert in Axios
Experts see recession, 26% drop for stock market amid coronavirus panic Despite earning praise from Trump, who said it made him “very happy” and that “people in the market should[Continue Reading]
10-year Treasury yield sees biggest one-day drop since March 2009 after Fed’s emergency actions Fed announced cut to interest rates to cushion the coronavirus impact Treasury yields traded sharply lower[Continue Reading]
March 16, 2020
A Virus…The Media…and a Jesuit
A Virus…The Media…and a Jesuit Ok, it’s a misleading headline…especially the last part. But in the face of the “unknown”…the despair…the confusion…and the concerns, there have been a couple of[Continue Reading]
March 15, 2020
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in The Wall Street Journal
After a Long Fall in Oil Prices, a Crash Oil’s plunge has eroded hundreds of billions of dollars in market value from producers globally, fueled speculation about bankruptcies and mergers[Continue Reading]
Di Zhou discusses Volatility in Identifying Quality Stocks[Continue Reading]
March 13, 2020
EquityZen's Phil Haslett in Barron's
Coronavirus Panic Means the End of IPOs. At Least for A While. The coronavirus cancellations and suspensions reached a fever pitch this week: the NBA, the NHL, Major League Baseball,[Continue Reading]
March 12, 2020
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in Reuters
Crossing state lines? Oil firms flare Texas gas as investors vent on climate Across the Permian Basin’s high desert landscape, natural gas is going up in smoke even as oil[Continue Reading]
March 12, 2020
Nancy Tengler in CNBC
This is the level to watch in the S&P 500 as stocks touch bear-market territory It’s a tough time to be an investor. The Dow Jones Industrial Average officially entered[Continue Reading]