STOCK MARKET WATCH - Thursday, 14 May 2020

[Tansy_Gold]

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday, 14 May 2020

Previous SMW:
SMW for 13 May 2020




AT THE CLOSING BELL ON: 13 May 2020


Dow Jones 23,247.97 -516.81 (2.17%)
S&P 500 2,820.00 -50.12 (1.75%)
Nasdaq 8,863.17 -139.38 (1.55%)

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Market Conditions During Trading Hours:

Google Finance
MarketWatch
Bloomberg
Stocktwits
Yahoo International
CNN Money Premarket

(click on links for latest updates)

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Currencies:







Gold & Silver:



Petroleum:

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DU Economics Group Contributor Megathreads:

Progree's Economic Statistics (with links!)
mahatmakanejeeves' Rail Safety Megathread

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This thread contains opinions and observations. Individuals may post their experiences, inferences and opinions on this thread. However, it should not be construed as advice. It is unethical (and probably illegal) for financial recommendations to be given here.

[question everything]

1. The question is not why the market is dropping this week;

it should be why it rose in previous ones.

April was the best since 1974?

[tclambert]

2. The big money investors thought if they just believed hard enough, Tinkerbell would live!

Or the market. I think it has started to sink in that rescinding the stay at home orders early will not magically restart the economy. The Covid-19 Depression will last well into next year.