Investors: Pricing in too much of a recovery? Price has moved well ahead of earnings. Here, the drawdown & subsequent recovery in the #SPX price index against the drawdown in various earnings estimates, including fiscal yrs 2020, ‘21 & ‘22 & the next 12 mos, with Bloomberg data. pic.twitter.com/cVEpjWW4tS
— Jurrien Timmer (@TimmerFidelity) May 11, 2020
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The economists over the weekend were rejoicing over the fact that in the past two months, 3/4 of those losing their job thought it was ”temporary”. As if the 5 million positions lost that are deemed to be permanent, two years’ worth of job creation, are somehow irrelevant.
— David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) May 11, 2020
The @WSJ on why " #China Economic Data Indicate V-Shaped #Recovery Is Unlikely."
Remember, whether it's globally, regionally or, in the United States, nationally: the economic lockdown is being lifted in an unsynchronized fashion for now.https://t.co/7bUIpKin6V#economy #markets pic.twitter.com/OC8pMNXCzj— Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) May 12, 2020
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Small Businesses See Bleak Sales Picture, NFIB Says
Small businesses know the economy is going to be terrible in the short run and that their own sales might suffer a record drop, but they are more hopeful the corner will start to turn in the next several months, a closely followed survey showed.
Scientists warn that a much-feared "second wave" of coronavirus infections may become a storm of wavelets breaking unpredictably across the U.S. as more states move to reopen despite not meeting the minimal requirements to do so safely.https://t.co/KjHxLBuBTX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 11, 2020