The Dow Jones today could see gains after President Trump called for $25 billion in emergency funding for the airline industry.
Trump’s latest push for stimulus came just hours after he said that he had called off stimulus talks until “after the election.” The President’s statement also comes shortly after Fed Chair Jerome Powell urged Congress to take action.
More on everything moving the Dow today, below.
The airline sector continues to get clobbered by the pandemic with no stimulus in sight.
But it would be a mistake to count on it regardless.
The same is true of investing and trading right now – a big stimulus rally could happen, but don’t bank on it.
Here’s what our Andrew Keene is doing instead… .
With the travel industry's continuing struggle, our Andrew Keene's going to explain why you should keep your distance from it for the time being and look at these profitable stocks instead…
Stocks traded lower to start the week as investors assessed an uptick in coronavirus cases and the pace of the economic recovery.
Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) were 6% lower after the company said it was seeing an additional $3.5 billion in new financing to improve the airlines liquidity as it grapples with travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dropped over the weekend after the company announced plans to shut down stores in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Arizona upon rising levels of COVID-19 in these states. But after announcing it would ditch Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) to produce its own chips, the stock rallied 2.25% today and lead markets higher.
The S&P 500 finished the day 0.5% higher, the Dow 0.4% higher, and the Nasdaq 0.9% higher.
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The Dow Jones is climbing despite news that China has approved a controversial national security law that will impact Hong Kong.
The number of unemployed continues to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, approaching 40 million.
Here's everything moving the Dow today...
Over the weekend, Warren Buffett hosted the annual Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) shareholders meeting.
The so-called "Woodstock for Capitalists" featured a few surprise revelations from the Oracle of Omaha.
Buffett, who has been at the helm of the company since 1970, expressed optimism over the long-term outlook of the U.S. economy.
"Nothing can basically stop America," Buffett quipped.
But if you dig through the transcript or listen closely to the full video of the event, you can't help but notice that Buffett was less optimistic about the near-term conditions and more realistic about the challenges that we face in the months and years ahead.
Here are the three most important takeaways of the 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting.
The Dow Jones today is down after the World Health Organization reported 2,909 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. between Thursday and Friday.
That's the deadliest 24 hours yet for the U.S. during the pandemic.
At the same time, states are announcing measures to slowly reopen the economy.
We'll talk more about that below.
Here's everything moving the Dow today.
The ongoing pandemic has shutdown multiple sectors in the economy.
But no sector has taken a harder hit than airline companies.
Perhaps the most surprising news around airlines came from famed investor Warren Buffett.
His firm Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) has long been a holder of airline stocks given their steady demand and reliable cash flow streams.
According to GuruFocus, Berkshire may have lost up to $5.3 billion on its stakes in airline companies.
So, what is Buffett's plan with airline stocks for the road ahead?
Today's markets live afternoon session was a wild one.
The Dow was up 4% in the first half of the trading day, but was ultimately met with selling resistance midway through the day and closed slightly lower.
While that sounds concerning, the constant volatility we're seeing today is actually creating a multitude of opportunities to make fast profits.
