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U.S. stock futures sink on growing concern of outbreak’s economic impact
Marketwatch ^ | 02/23/20 | MIKE MURPHY

Posted on 02/23/2020 6:31:02 PM PST by lasereye

U.S. stock market futures sank late Sunday as the spread of coronavirus raised worries that global economic growth could take a hit.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.20% fell more than 300 point soon after electronic trading opened late Sunday. S&P 500 futures ES00, -1.20% and Nasdaq Composite futures NQ00, -1.63% also fell more than 1% each.

On Saturday, the International Monetary Fund warned the virus outbreak could reduce global economic growth by 0.1% this year, and drag China’s annual growth 0.4 percentage points lower than January estimates.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; covid19stockmarket; debt; sarscov2; stocks
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To: dragnet2

yeah, probably poor example.

How about hong kong or japan.

or cruise ships that will take a major hit

And travel on airplanes.

Etc.


21 posted on 02/23/2020 7:09:45 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
You're right...But me personally, been to many countries some years ago and now I have no desire to leave CONUS pandemic or no pandemic. Local travel around the western U.S. suits me just fine. They couldn't give me free airfare tickets with a complementary limo to and from the airport. Getting on some sealed tube with wings to fly to some foreign country just doesn't seem very appealing anymore. ☺
22 posted on 02/23/2020 7:17:00 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: bigdaddy45

“” “” This will be a buying opportunity, not a selling opportunity.”” “”

Everything is a selling and buying opportunity at the same time.
The idea is that selling too late is a failed selling opportunity and buying too early is a failed buying opportunity.


23 posted on 02/23/2020 7:18:11 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: dfwgator

So now a little good news..maybe the markets c as n use.. A study published in 2004 in advanced genon9mics used an array to separate the proteins in human serun..It turns out that the SARS cornea induces autoimmune antibodies against a ubiquitous protein component of the mucincoid called asialo .carry back to liver basic residue and exists as a dimer...horrible in that it causes the deaths after immunization challenge or reinfection..but knowing the target is a HUGE advantage..the S spike on this must not be in the vaccine..so go to endonuclease inhibitor..The Kansas St as the research team gave U of C davis s presumptive treatment for FIP in cats..a auto immune corona v syndrome..It works amazingly..maybe a Chrohns type cure too..


24 posted on 02/23/2020 7:19:18 PM PST by Romans10 20
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To: Romans10 20

I’ve thought the same thing for years now.


25 posted on 02/23/2020 7:23:56 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: shanover

Well I suppose there are some who are pulling for the virus to get bigger like Soros and the DNC

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Coulda been a GS initiated bio attack??

Who knows?


26 posted on 02/23/2020 7:24:09 PM PST by thinden (How many Barr haters across America are being paid by Soros to attack Barr.)
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To: lasereye

International Monetary Fund warned the virus outbreak could reduce global economic growth by 0.1% this year


While this is unfortunate, it sure as heck aint a “Black Swan”. Not even close.


27 posted on 02/23/2020 7:25:50 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: 11th_VA

ditto


28 posted on 02/23/2020 7:27:37 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: cornfedcowboy

That’s given that these estimates are correct.


29 posted on 02/23/2020 7:34:22 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: dfwgator

I’d be reluctant to ride DART on a Good Day.


30 posted on 02/23/2020 7:36:58 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower CIAramella. PASS IT ON)
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To: Lazamataz

Spanish Flu lead to 1920 depression which was short but a steep drop in GDP.


31 posted on 02/23/2020 7:50:23 PM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification.)
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To: grumpygresh

More like the unexpected early end of World War I led to that.

No less than legendary stock player Jesse Livermore realized the significance of the Armistice on the markets (tons of military contracts cancelled, and lots of overproduction that suddenly had no market), and he was right.


32 posted on 02/23/2020 7:56:54 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Looking at the California energy market (with blackouts and such) I’d eyeball Generac (generators) and Sunpower (they install and are out of the panel building business). This fall I’ve been riding TransDigm Group TDG until they stalled. made good money there. I watch and wait.


33 posted on 02/23/2020 8:03:50 PM PST by BipolarBob (I asked my cat who his favorite socialist was. He looked at me and said Mao.)
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To: redlegplanner

But I’ve been shorting natural gas - still making profits


34 posted on 02/23/2020 8:05:06 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: lasereye

“U.S. stock futures sink on growing concern of outbreak’s economic impact”

right. after almost completely ignoring the issue, suddenly the market decides to get concerned right when there are some signs that the outbreak may be dying down instead of turning into a worldwide pandemic ...


35 posted on 02/23/2020 8:17:00 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: DoughtyOne

I’ve been expecting something like this for a while now, after seeing it pulled on us in 2007-08.

But, Trump is not a detached, over-his-head technocrat like Herbert Hoover, or looking for an excuse to lose like McCain...I don’t see him standing by indifferently (or imposing counterproductive policies in the face of wizened sages’ warnings, a la the Smoot-Hawley Tariff and tax hikes) in the face of disaster.


36 posted on 02/23/2020 8:20:53 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: thinden

Probably more like a generation of short-sighted MBA-types shifting operations over to a just-in-time model, and ramping up the debt, without considering that something could ever go wrong with their economic-tightrope model...or cynically thinking they’d be out of the picture before the chickens came home to roost.

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”


37 posted on 02/23/2020 8:27:28 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: M1903A1

I agree with that.

The problem as I see it, is these smaller nations catching fire with the Coronavirus, and then spreading it to larger nations like the U. S. And then productivity here will suffer.

At some point, things may spiral. If they do, some will try to blame Trump for not doing enough.

Some weak minded folks may buy into it.


38 posted on 02/23/2020 8:28:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The DNC has a taxidermist on speed dial for Nancy, Hillary, and Ruth.)
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To: catnipman

“” “” right. after almost completely ignoring the issue, suddenly the market decides to get concerned right when there are some signs that the outbreak may be dying down instead of turning into a worldwide pandemic ...”” “”
Isn’t it typical for a market?


39 posted on 02/23/2020 8:41:34 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: catnipman

....suddenly the market decides to get concerned right when there are some signs that the outbreak may be dying down instead of turning into a worldwide pandemic ......


Where are you seeing signs that this thing is dying?

Have you been listening to any news, this weekend...as in S Korea, Iran, Italy???


40 posted on 02/23/2020 8:45:38 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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