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Thirty-five states are now reopening or about to reopen after long coronavirus-driven shutdowns. The United States has shed about 26 million jobs over the past two months, so clearly the hope is that companies rehire the employees they've had to let go and that business quickly goes "back to normal."
But consumers have been absolutely battered over the past two months; there's less disposable income for them to spend.
And therein lies another lucrative "Reality Gap": The hope for a rapid "V-shaped" economic recovery versus the more likely slow, phased return to economic normalcy.
Other countries that are further along in their reopening process give us some clues as to how this could play out in the United States. And here, we're seeing some early signs that some industries are experiencing a quicker recovery than others.
So I've isolated a few stocks, all trading at bargain basement prices, that should be the first to benefit from that severely pent-up demand...
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