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Markets Live Recap: Our Experts Cover Job Losses, Tech Stocks, and Bitcoin

This morning, the United States Labor Department revealed that another 5.2 million Americans filed for unemployment over the last week.

That brings the total monthly loss to 22 million people.

The consensus amongst our experts – Chris Johnson, Tom Gentile, D.R. Barton, Jr., and Shah Gilani – is that things are likely to get worse before they ultimately get better.

Today, they focused on tech stocks to buy and shared their opinions on Bitcoin and the future implications it may have on the global economy.

Here's what they had to say on their live streams today, April 16...

China

The 3 Best Chip Stocks to Buy Now Offer 152% Upside

The American semiconductor sector just won’t be able to grow until the trade war between the United States and China ends.

At least that’s the conventional wisdom. And the conventional wisdom is wrong.

We’re showing you three chip stocks that are plugged into one of the biggest tech catalysts we’ve seen.

In fact, there’s a 152% growth opportunity for one of our best chip stocks.

Read more here...

Stocks

This Deal Could Put You Up Much More Than 149%

It was the very first stock that I recommended on the very first day we published Private Briefing nearly eight years ago…

I've re-recommended the shares to my readers several times, and when something happened that I felt everyone should know about, we made sure to get the news out in Money Morning, too.

When I first wrote about it in 2011, shares were trading at $8.60. As of Wednesday morning, the stock was sitting near all-time highs at $171 – monumental gains of nearly 1,900%.

But I'm writing today because it's been a big winner for you, too – more than 149%.

And I don't think it's done, not by a long shot…

Let me tell you about the company - and all about this latest development...

Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Today Is Rising as a Trade Deal with China Is 90% Complete

The Dow Jones today is recovering from yesterday's loss as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said a deal between the United States and China is roughly 90% complete.

Investors are optimistic that U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will make progress on a deal when they meet at the G-20 Conference in China this week.

More on what else is moving markets below.