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Matt Damon Calls Out the ‘Spring Breakers’ in New PSA About the Coronavirus from the ‘Contagion’ Cast
The 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion has become once again extremely relevant, now that we are dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. Recently, Matt Damon and other cast members from Contagion filmed home-video public service announcements about COVID-19. What did Damon advise his fans to do in light of the global pandemic? ‘Contagion’ cast members, including Matt Damon post PSA videos during virus outbreak about social distancing, washing your hands, etc. Matt Damon in 2013 | Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images The stars from the 2011 movie Contagion, recently teamed up with the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, and other actors of Contagion, filmed PSAs about the dangers of COVID-19–as well as what we can do to help. Damon shared in … [Read More...]
As coronavirus ravages Spain, doctors get a grim order on 'futility of care' for the very old and very sick
A document circulated by the health department of Catalonia recommends that emergency teams and health care workers stop using ventilators for patients older than 80, and further recommends that extremely ill victims of COVID-19 be allowed to die at home rather than being taken to the hospital. [Read More...]
Friday Market Workshop – Portfolio Repair Part 4 – Adjusting Our Goals to Reflect Reality
Time to get real. ; ; We've had 3 Workshops so far on fixing our portfolios this week: Portfolio Repair Part 1 – Damage Assessment Portfolio Repair Part 2 – Resetting Your Positions Portfolio Repair Part 3 – Adjusting our Hedges Now we move onto a very important topic that combines what we have learned and that is Adjusting our Goals. ; I talked about this on Tuesday (Part 2) in the Boeing example for someone who bought Boeing at $350 and now it's $150 (today it's $123!) and we do not sit there and HOPE (not a valid investing strategy) that BA will go back to $350 because it's no longer realistic! ; ; As much as you may love a stock – you have to be realistic when there… [Read More...]
Month End Summary – March 2020
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NASDAQ Leads the Way; Volume on the Light Side
Once again, we see investors and traders a like flocking to the NASDAQ 100. Gaining more than 1.2% the NASDAQ 100 continues to be the leading index amongst the major indexes. Far behind the leader the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 simply could not find the strength to challenge large cap technology stocks. Semiconductor stocks […] [Read More...]
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We knew this day would eventually come, but the finale of Steven Universe Future aired on March 27, bringing the entire series to a close. Tears, cheers, and overcome fears were all part of the last episode that tied up Steven’s journey from a young half-human, half-gem boy to a young adult. When Cartoon Network first introduced audiences to Rebecca Sugar’s creation back in 2013, early reviews of Steven Universe pegged it as something special. It’s true. The music, the design, the distinct characters, the warmth, and the lessons made it a series that will continue to resonate with longtime fans as well as new ones. In the time since the inaugural episode aired, millions of kids grew up along with Steven and the Crystal Gems. Do … [Read More...]
Americans stranded in India fear for their safety and wonder when they can return home
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Fallback Friday – US Passes China to Become Most Infected Nation
85,996! ; ; That's how many infections there are in the US as of 6:49 this morning and China has 81,897 so we blew right past them – even though we had 3 more months to prepare than China did and we were certainly not taken by surprise – other than our President, who asked us "Who could have seen this coming?" ; ; It was way back on January 22nd when we had the first US case of the coronavirus. ; I noted it in our Morning Report saying: One thing that's distracting everybody at the moment is the Chinese virus scare, with 50% more cases today than there were yesterday (now 470) so no, it's not at all under control. ; ; ;The US case that panicked our markets yesterday was… [Read More...]
Sold an IWM Naked Put
I felt like I was in the catbird seat watching stocks fall over the past few weeks. I only had one naked put on QQQ and five naked calls on TLT. Both are in the money and likely to be assigned, but even if these options are assigned, I still have a lot of dry powder on the side to buy in at cheaper prices and ride the recovery back up. I decided to take my first nibble today when it looked like we’d get our first two back-to-back days higher in over a month. I don’t know if this is a bottom or just a dead cat bounce, but I believe selling a put at these levels has limited risk. While IWM … [Read More...]
Coronavirus Fears Sink Stocks
We finally have a correction on our hands after a long run up from October 2019. Tourism has taken a tremendous hit as governments and commercial airlines have halted flights restricting travel. We can’t blame them but the stock market is adjusting, but will this lead to an all out collapse? Too early to tell, […] [Read More...]
Subs: Asset Sale
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Army Corps of Engineers races to provide 10,000 hospital rooms for coronavirus response
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TGIF – Hoping to End the Week on a Positive Note
Hi ho silver! ; ; During Wednesday's Live Trading Webinar (replay available here) ;we decided to go long on Silver at the $12 line and we were rewarded early this morning with an explosive run to $13, which netted a lovely $5,000 per contract for our Members, which is the same as the $5,000 per contract we gained on the S&P (/ES ) as it popped from our 2,400 line all the way to 2,500 this morning before also stopping us out – salvaging $4,000 ;gains at 2,480. ; ; A lot of that rally is fading as we get close to the open and we won't be jumping in again until we see where the bottom is as we got very close to 2,300 on the S&P yesterday so… [Read More...]
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