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]
Jeff Klingelhofer’s Sector Picks: Gaming[Continue Reading]
March 11, 2020
Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Yahoo! Finance
Goldman Sachs: Oil prices will stay near $30 for next 6 months amid Saudi-Russia price war Crude oil rebounded slightly on Tuesday after a crash on Sunday night that sent[Continue Reading]
March 10, 2020
Thornburg Investment Management's Nick Venditti in WSJ
Some Muni Bonds Are Left Behind in Rush to Safer Investments Investors shy away from debt likely to be affected by coronavirus epidemic, such as travel and hospitality bonds Municipal-bond[Continue Reading]
March 9, 2020
ETFMG Market Segment Expert on Bloomberg
‘Trying Not to Panic’: The Collapse in U.S. Markets Spared No One Oil crash ripples through global markets as stocks plummet ‘The volatility overnight was just crazy,’ trader says At[Continue Reading]
4 ways to invest when interest rates are plunging on coronavirus worries Long-term interest rates in the U.S. have tumbled to lows never seen before as concerns about the economic[Continue Reading]
March 8, 2020
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in S&P Global
Oil futures: Prices tumble 30% on open following Saudi Aramco OSP cuts ICE front-month Brent fell $14.25 on the open to $31.02/b NYMEX front-month crude futures fell $11.28 to $30/b[Continue Reading]
March 6, 2020
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in S&P Global
OPEC+ breakdown could cause US shale output to decline Smaller shale operators most at risk Output could drop 3.2 million b/d in worst-case scenario Producers may start cutting capex Houston[Continue Reading]
March 4, 2020
Tortoise's Nick Holmes in Bloomberg and World Oil
Oil price recovery ends as Russia walks out of OPEC+ meeting NEW YORK (Bloomberg) –Oil pared gains after Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak left the OPEC+ joint meeting in Vienna.[Continue Reading]
Cannabis ETFs post steep declines in line with marijuana stocks, but longer-term prospects appear bright Cannabis-focused exchange-traded funds have emerged over the past few years in the United States, Canada[Continue Reading]