Squeaky bum time!

Mick70

In most papers today that could last the full year 

waveydavey48

Look on the bright side folks. We could have had a Corbyn government managing this.

Kendall80

ratechaser said:

Thrugelmir said:

ratechaser said:

Thrugelmir said:

ratechaser said:

Yeah, that stimulus package went down like a lead balloon. Rather like travel/tourism stocks are doing...

US futures already at their 5% limit down levels. Could we see another >2000 point fall on the Dow today...?

Survival package there's nothing to stimulate.......

Quite... sitting at home with not a lot going on at work right now... at least not a lot positive...

Wonder when Vanguard's FTSE250 tracker might be worth a punt...

Never invest as a punt. Always have a reason to trade. 

Flippant choice of words on an otherwise very serious day. Was actually reading a Fool article on the 250 as a good opportunity buy, but yes,
you'd need a strong stomach for mid caps right now...

I dont think i've ever read a fool article that was worth the time spent. Full of shorters talking up/down a stock that they've an interest in.

ratechaser

Kendall80 said:

ratechaser said:

Thrugelmir said:

ratechaser said:

Thrugelmir said:

ratechaser said:

Yeah, that stimulus package went down like a lead balloon. Rather like travel/tourism stocks are doing...

US futures already at their 5% limit down levels. Could we see another >2000 point fall on the Dow today...?

Survival package there's nothing to stimulate.......

Quite... sitting at home with not a lot going on at work right now... at least not a lot positive...

Wonder when Vanguard's FTSE250 tracker might be worth a punt...

Never invest as a punt. Always have a reason to trade. 

Flippant choice of words on an otherwise very serious day. Was actually reading a Fool article on the 250 as a good opportunity buy, but yes,
you'd need a strong stomach for mid caps right now...

I dont think i've ever read a fool article that was worth the time spent. Full of shorters talking up/down a stock that they've an interest in.

Tend to agree on specific stock articles, but then I'm not allowed to trade them anyway in my job...

Sunnylifeover50plan

When I look at the different market graphs, of late, for some reason I'm reminded of a child riding a bike with the stabilisers off for the first time. Out of the blocks there are a few wobbles but it looks okay before the inevitable crash. 

[Deleted User]

Mick70 said:

In most papers today that could last the full year 

Except nobody knows. And looking at how the Chinese and the Koreans seem to have got this largely under control now, I don’t understand why it should take a year. A coordinated international action should be able to sort the problem out. 

The banks are forecasting 4th quarter revenue recovery. Of course they don’t know either but at least they don’t sell panic like the newspapers  

Bravepants

As I understand it the Chinese need to keep working at staving off the second wave of infections.

m_c_s

The Chinese are still struggling with containing outbreaks. Also interestingly one of the most successful nations so far in controlling the virus spread is Singapore. Singapore did not close it's schools so clearly there are different measures that may or may not be so effective.

Thrugelmir

Deleted_User said:

Mick70 said:

In most papers today that could last the full year 

Except nobody knows. And looking at how the Chinese and the Koreans seem to have got this largely under control now, I don’t understand why it should take a year. A coordinated international action should be able to sort the problem out. 

Would you like to live under a regime of authoritarian law?  MSE would certainly not exist. 
Going to take that long to have a vaccine available. 

Albermarle

Bravepants said:

As I understand it the Chinese need to keep working at staving off the second wave of infections.

If we are reasonably successful at suppressing the infection over the next two months , then there will be some relaxation of the measures . Then there will be a resurgence of the virus, probably after the Summer, and the measures will be re- introduced . The defining parameter will be how well the hospitals are  coping , especially the intensive care capacity. This cycle may happen three or four times until a vaccine is available. Could take 15/18 months before things get back to normal ?