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Has anyone
else noticed [or did I miss it?] that China cordoned off cities in their
country but did nothing to stop flights in or out of China? Could it be speculated this was a planned
event to sew panic in the west; a form of biological warfare?
After all, fewer Chinese deaths [vs. using its military]
and the deaths in Europe and elsewhere are simply ‘collateral damage’ to
achieve infighting in the USA along with a means of damaging Trump [the only US
president to hold China accountable]?
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, trying to sound presidential,
was bashing Trump for his handling of the virus situation [what’s new among the
loser Left] yet seems to have forgotten that under him and Obama 14,000 died
from the swine flu outbreak-a 1,000 perished before they acted at all! Now he’s sent out a fundraising letter
capitalizing on the Coronavirus outbreak suggesting if he was in charge, things
would be better?!
In all my
years I'm not sure I've ever seen such fear mongering. I realize the Left
[Pelosi et al] push the panic narrative in order to hurt Trump; however, I
think he's done a darn good job addressing this situation. Discussed this with
several neighbors & any of us who were veterans all agree-panic will do
more damage vs. acting like a Boy Scout.
Festivals are being taken off the calendar, businesses are
asking workers to work from home, and even Disneyland is being closed
down. Over the past several days the wave of closings and cancellations
has become an avalanche, and all of our lifestyles are going to be dramatically
altered for the foreseeable future.
Nonetheless, the Great American Shutdown has
started as plenty of cities/states/sporting venues, etc. have shut down public
events due to extreme caution…further fueling the stock market meltdown.
Just a
theory…
In all of U.S. history, we have never seen the Dow Jones
Industrial Average go from an all-time high to a bear market as quickly as we
just did. As I keep reminding my readers, the stock market is all about
how investors view the future. Early this year, extremely irrational
optimism about the future pushed stock prices to the
most overvalued levels that we have ever seen, but now things have
completely changed.
Fear of the coronavirus has many investors fearing an imminent
economic crisis, and we have seen volatility on Wall Street that is absolutely
insane. On Monday we witnessed the largest single day point decline in
the history of the Dow, on Tuesday stocks came roaring back, and then on
Wednesday we witnessed the second largest single day point decline in the
history of the Dow. As I have previously explained numerous times, we see
huge waves of momentum during any stock market crash, and I am sure we will see
many more as this current implosion continues to play out.
On Wednesday, the Dow closed at 23553.22, which represented a
20.3 percent decline from the peak on February 12th.
The bull market that began on March 9th, 2009 has finally ended,
and U.S. stocks are off to their worst start for a year since the last
financial crisis.
But less than 5,000 people around the globe have died from this
virus so far.
If we are seeing this much fear now, what is going to happen if
millions of people start dying?
Thankfully, the World Health Organization finally decided to
officially label this outbreak a “pandemic” on
Wednesday…
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus on Wednesday declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic as the
global death toll rose above 4,500 and the number of confirmed cases neared
125,000.
“We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear,” Tedros said at a
news conference. “We cannot say this loudly enough, or clearly enough, or often
enough: All countries can still change the course of this pandemic.”
Of course that announcement really rattled investors and the Dow
ended up falling 1,464 points. Banking stocks were hit particularly
hard.
But then later in the day we learned that President Trump would be
addressing the nation at 9 PM eastern time, and investors were temporarily
encouraged.
Unfortunately, investors didn’t seem to like what Trump had to
say, and Dow futures immediately plummeted about 1,000 points afterwards.
On top of everything else, two major stories broke late Wednesday
that shocked the entire nation. We learned that Tom Hanks and his
wife have
tested positive for the coronavirus, and the entire NBA season was suspended
because a Utah Jazz player now
has the virus.
Needless to say, every horrifying headline is just going to cause
even more chaos for the markets.
At this point, one Goldman Sachs analyst is projecting that the
S&P 500 will likely fall quite a bit more in
the days ahead…
Goldman Sachs chief equity analyst David Kostin said Wednesday he
expects the S&P 500 to hit a low of 2,450, more than 10% below its current
closing level of 2,741. Kostin based his new view on a reduced expectation for
S&P 500 earnings.
“We can see the panic in the equity market,” said Jerry Braakman,
chief investment officer of First American Trust. “The big question for most
people is, are we at the bottom yet? I think we’re only about halfway there.”
Of course both of them are assuming that this coronavirus pandemic
will not last for too much longer.
But what if they are wrong?
What if this pandemic lasts into next year or even longer?
As stocks fall, people are gobbling up gold and silver coins like
crazy. In fact, millions
of Silver Eagles have been sold in recent days…
With the spread of the Global Contagion, the demand for physical
precious metals has increased significantly. According to the U.S. Mint’s
newest update, another million Silver Eagles were sold over the past two
days. This brings to total Silver Eagle sales in March at 2.3 million,
more than three times the previous month.
So if you have been waiting all this time for your silver coins to
start appreciating in value, it may finally start paying off.
Meanwhile, we are already starting to see workers being laid off
as much of the U.S. literally begins to shut down because of this virus.
The following comes from the
Washington Post…
At the Port of Los Angeles, 145 drivers have been laid off and
others have been sent home without pay as massive ships from China stopped
arriving and work dried up. At travel agencies in Atlanta and Los Angeles,
several workers lost their jobs as bookings evaporated. Christie Lites, a
stage-lighting company in Orlando, laid off more than 100 of its 500 workers
nationwide this past week and likely will lay off 150 more, according to chief
executive Huntly Christie. Meanwhile a hotel in Seattle is closing an entire
department, a former employee said, and as many as 50 people lost their jobs
after the South by Southwest festival in Austin got canceled.
Sadly, this is just the beginning. If this crisis lasts long
enough, eventually we will see layoffs that are absolutely unprecedented.
And the civil unrest that I keep warning about appears to be
already starting as well. Just check out what just happened at
the University of Dayton…
University of Dayton students took to the streets after the school
canceled classes, on-campus events, and gatherings, and closed UD student
housing. Over 1,000 students gathered on Lowes Street by late Tuesday, jumping
on cars and throwing bottles at police the University of Dayton said in a
written statement.
You can see a news report about this incident right
here.
Of course if this pandemic continues to escalate the civil unrest will become
much, much, much worse in the months ahead.
On Wednesday night, President Trump announced that travel from
Europe would be suspended for 30 days.
That is certainly a step in the right direction, but at this point
it isn’t going to make too much of a difference.
The virus is now in over 100 countries, and it is now spreading in
almost every U.S. state.
And what most people don’t realize is that this pandemic is far
from the only crisis we will be facing. We have entered a time when we
will be hit by
one thing after another, and most Americans will not be able to handle it.
We are seeing so much fear out there right now, but this is not a
time for fear.
This is a time for
faith,
and it is absolutely critical for you and your family to believe that you can
get through this.
Anyone can shine during the best of times, but it is during the
worst of times that we discover who we really are.
The days ahead are going to be extremely challenging, but they
will also be a great opportunity to make a tremendous difference in a society
that has been gripped by fear and that is starting to spin completely out of
control.
About the Author: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally
seems content to stay asleep. My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher
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