Weekly Market Snapshot – March 2nd, 2020
Created by: Sam Tenney
- As of Thursday, February 27th, major indices DOW, S&P, and NASDAQ posted -10% losses from all time highs. This is officially the fastest 10% correction to ever occur in the history of these indices, having only taken 6 days from the all time high.¹
- The yield on the US Government 2-year treasury has fallen from 1.35% to 0.92% as of Friday, February 28th. This is almost 0.6% below the current Federal Funds rate, suggesting the bond markets believe the Federal Reserve needs to heavily cut current rates.²
- Around 37% of the S&P 500 companies mentioned “Coronavirus” related profit troubles in their Q4 2019 earnings calls.³
SOURCES
1. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/this-is-the-fastest-stock-market-correct…
2. https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd02y?countrycode=bx
3. https://am.jpmorgan.com/us/en/asset-management/gim/adv/insights/weekly-m…{“fid”:”405″,”view_mode”:”teaser”,”fields”:{“format”:”teaser”,”alignment”:”left”},”type”:”media”,”field_deltas”:{“2”:{“format”:”teaser”,”alignment”:”left”}},”link_text”:”weekly_market_recap 3-02-2020.pdf”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-teaser media-wysiwyg-align-left”,”data-delta”:”2″}}]]
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