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In today’s recap, we talk about how Elon Musk becomes the seventh richest person in the world and the effects on the economy of a second wave of the pandemic.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk just passed Warren Buffett to become the world’s 7th wealthiest person. Musk’s fortune rose to over $6 billion Friday after Tesla’s stock surged 10.8% to a record $1,544 per share. Its market value now stands at $286.5 billion. Musk still owns 20.8% of Tesla’s stock, making his shares worth just under $60 billion.

U.S. home building increased in June; Companies would not access the bankruptcy law in the US for paying bonuses to executives; New round of stimulus in Europe boosts markets; BlackRock reported a 21% jump in Q2; Big drop in Citigroup’s quarterly profits; Wells Fargo swung to a Q2 loss

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In this week’s recap, we found that the U.S. markets had a mixed week, with gains made from fewer unemployment claims and a positive test for an anti-viral drug from Gilead Sciences overshadowed by a large increase in COVID-19 infection numbers. On Friday, the markets ended up positive.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk just passed Warren Buffett to become the world’s 7th wealthiest person. Its fortune rose over $6 billion on Friday after Tesla’s stock surged 10.8% to a record of $1,544 per share. Its market value now stands at $286.5 billion. J.P. Morgan boosts the surge in stocks, forecasting the manufacturing of 130K to 140K units a quarter by the end of 2020 up from 90K now.

The IEA reports global oil demand in the 1st half of 2020 plunged by -10.75M barrels a day, down -11% year to year. The forecast for the 2nd half is still down by -5.1M bpd. This means global oil demand in 2020 will average 92.1M barrels per day, down by -7.9M bpd versus 2019, a slightly smaller decline than forecast in the last report.

For the 1st time in 6 years, two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are in the South China Sea as tensions mount, in the latest show of military might from the U.S. as it pushes back against China’s sweeping claim, to almost all of the 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea, as its sovereign territory & in response to the buildup of military fortifications in the last few years, on several territorial disputed islands.

Tianwen-1 mission to Mars would be launched between July and August; an alleged case of bubonic plague in Bayan Nur; advertisers criticize Apple’s new user tracking requirements; Tesla is close to achieving level 5 in autonomous driving; Walgreens’ shares fall more than 6%; Bed Bath & Beyond plans to close more of its stores.

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In this week’s recap, the U.S. Federal Reserve has purchased the bonds of 794 different companies, including firms like Apple, Verizon, AT&T, & the U.S. divisions of Toyota, Volkswagen, & Daimler making up 10% of the amount spent. The plan is to buy $250B of debt already issued, and $500B in newly issued bonds. Fed officials say the goal of the buying is to maintain liquidity in the market for corporate debt, so that issuers are able to access capital, despite the economic downturn created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. economy added 4.8 million jobs in June, the most since the government started keeping records in 1939, as the gradual easing of coronavirus-related restrictions helped more businesses resume operations. Payrolls rebounded +2.5M in May after plunging by a historic -20.6M in April. Employment is still about 14.8 million jobs below its pre-pandemic level, with the jobless rate falling to 11.1% last month, from 13.3% in May, as more workers who were laid off earlier this year were able to return to their pre-pandemic jobs

China’s parliament on Tuesday passed national security legislation for Hong Kong, in violation of the treaty signed with the U.K. Sets the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life, since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago. Details of the law come in response to last year’s often-violent pro-democracy protests in the city.

Tesla surges 3.7% Wednesday & 7.50% Thursday to above $1,200 a share. It now trades at a higher market cap than Japanese carmaker Toyota. That makes the company the most valuable automaker in the world & caps off a 10-year run that went into hyper-drive over the last 6 months. Shares are up +188% this year & 414% in 52 weeks.

China accumulates 73 million barrels of oil in ships; Walmart will turn its parking lots into drive-ins; Boeing restarts flight test of 737 MAX; 83 tons of Chinese counterfeit gold was used for loans worth $2.8 billion; Bezos’ wealth breaks a new record; Pakistan Stock Exchange Attacked; advertisers protest against Facebook.

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This week’s recap found two key factors: the markets were affected by fears of a second outbreak of coronavirus in the US and major economic powers, and global monetary stimulus to boost the economy.

Global stocks move higher in uneven trading on Thursday, as investors calculated the potential economic impact of a surge in U.S. coronavirus cases versus the loosening restrictions on the U.S. banking sector, while safer assets, including U.S. Treasuries & the dollar, oil & precious metals edged higher.

The U.S. government is now weighing new tariffs on $3.1B of imports from France, Germany, Spain & the U.K. As the E.U. prepares to open its borders to international travelers, it may also extend a ban on visitors from America, as Europeans are still prohibited from entering the U.S. under virus travel restrictions.

U.S. consumer spending rebounded by the most on record in May, which accounts for over 2/3 of U.S. economic activity, jumping 8.2%. The largest increase since the government started tracking the series in 1959, but the gains are not likely to be sustainable, with income dropping & expected to decline even further, as millions lose their unemployment checks starting next month.

U.S. crude storage hit another record; India to suspend some deals with Chinese firms; Duda & Trump to sign a defense cooperation agreement; Amazon to buy Zoox for over $1B; Nike suffers a quarterly loss; a rather powerful earthquake struck Mexico; world’s most powerful supercomputer seeks a cure for coronavirus; Billions of desert locusts invading Sanaa.

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This week, the world stocks were moved by the fears of a second coronavirus outbreak and the tensions between the US and China. On the other hand, global markets rally Tuesday and Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve launched measures meant to ease the strain on markets & help businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with the Lending Program.

U.S. President Trump, facing widespread criticism that his policies & inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an executive order on Tuesday, that he says will reform police practices, even as he calls for law & order nationwide & for Congressional action.

The U.K. & the European Union say they will intensify negotiations on reaching a comprehensive agreement on the terms of their future relationship. Four main areas to cover include a fair playing field for all companies, fishing, police cooperation & governance in European wide institutions.

Shares of JD.com soared 5.7% at the open on their 1st day of trading in Hong Kong, in a secondary listing that will give the e-commerce giant proceeds of $3.87B. Follows listings by rival Alibaba & gaming firm NetEase as rising U.S.-China tensions lead to more scrutiny of foreign firms listed on American exchanges.

Apple also reached a new all-time high of $356.56, with a market capitalization of $1.52T, maintaining its position as the most valuable U.S. company.

Qantas has canceled its international flights for 4 months; U.S. weekly jobless claims exceeded the forecast; the U.S. pulls out of talks over a new global tax framework; Swiss National Bank to maintain negative interest rates; Lighthizer to push WTO for tariff adjustments; Home loan costs hit record lows in the US; charging stations for electric cars increased 60% in 2019; North-South Korean relations office was destroyed.

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In this week’s recap we talk about Elon Musk saying it was time to go all out and bring the Tesla Semi to volume production making the stocks jump. Amazon, Apple, Microsoft & Amazon also reached new record highs.

The U.S. is China’s largest pork supplier; Over 1.5M filed new claims for unemployment in the U.S.; Intensified timetable for UK-EU free trade negotiations; Fenn’s treasure found in the US; The United States is officially in recession; More job cuts in UK companies are coming.

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In this week’s recap we talk about what looks to be like a recover of the markets with the NASDAQ reaching new record highs and 19 hours after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Saturday from Florida, the Crew Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station.

Hong Kong has its 1st $1B+ listing in over 6 months as Chinese internet company NetEase launched a 2nd listing that could raise as much as $2.8B. Hasn’t had a hiatus of billion-dollar IPO’s last this long since the financial crisis over a decade ago. Only $3.47B has been raised through IPOs in Hong Kong this year, putting it behind both New York & Mainland China.

India and Australia strengthen their bilateral relationship; Kenya’s economy scales up positions in Africa; The U.S. labor force participation rate increasing; 100’s of Italian denounce the pandemic as a scam; Oil prices continue to rise in anticipation of future cuts.

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In this week’s recap we will mention two huge events that shocked the world. U.S. will reclaim sovereignty as a space-faring nation as astronauts Douglas Hurley & Robert Behnken, were set to leave earth from American soil, for the 1st time since 2011. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has beaten Boeing’s Starliner to the finish line, in a chance to become the 1st private company to fly humans into orbit. The death of George Floyd, an African American man that was killed in Detroit, has awoken several demonstrations across the US.

Mexico’s central bank predicts the domestic economy could contract by as much as 8.8% in 2020, its biggest contraction in decades, as it hedged projections with a range of forecasts, due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Argentine peso is being held artificially high; LATAM Airlines Group filed for bankruptcy; Lufthansa & the German government finalize terms of financial bailout; U.S.-China Tensions continue to rise; Mako Energy is making underwater turbines; Hertz paid bonuses to senior managers before filing for bankruptcy.

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In this week’s recap, we found that the US stock markets were full of ups and downs, as at the beginning of the week the markets rose driven by a promising test of the coronavirus vaccine, but fell again midweek due to some reports skeptical of this vaccine, which added to the new wave of coronavirus outbreaks.

Oil has a 4th weekly gain in price totaling 13%, despite a 2% dip on Friday. Investors are weighing improving supply fundamentals versus doubts surrounding China’s true economic recovery, as the country abandons this year’s growth target. Major energy producers continue to scale back production. U.S. explorers put down another 21 oil rigs, bringing the total to the lowest level since 2009.

Crispin Odey, one of Europe’s highest-profile hedge fund managers, says that governments may well ban private gold ownership, if they lose control of inflation, as a result of the coronavirus crisis. He believes they will do this, if they feel the need to create a stable unit of account for world trade.

More Americans filing for unemployment benefits; New national security legislation on Hong Kong; Taiwan Semiconductor Stops Huawei Orders; an ultra-rare species of bee was spotted in Florida; Brazil becomes the 4th largest coronavirus outbreak in the world; Japan is officially in a recession.

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In this week, the main topic was the fears about the 2nd wave of coronavirus infections, which gripped financial markets, especially after a sobering warning from the World Health Organization that the coronavirus may never go away. Investors facing steep losses, due to the pandemic-driven shakeout in assets over the past few months, besides, they need to contend with renewed U.S.- China trade tensions. A rapid economic recovery seems ever more elusive with rising domestic unemployment.

Bitcoin -0.9% to $9619.00 in the U.S. pre-market, lower to $9,475.52 in the late morning on Friday, 05/15/2020, for a daily gain of 1.51%, but a weekly loss of 4.34%, despite the halving taking place earlier in the week, which is supposed to reduce the future supply of coins.

Dramatic shifts in U.S. consumer behavior is reflecting the unprecedented turmoil in the economy, caused by the pandemic. Americans are now slashing their spending, hoarding cash & shrinking their credit card balance, as they fear their jobs may well disappear during the present coronavirus pandemic.

France has summoned Venezuela’s envoy over accusations President Maduro’s government has been harassing its embassy in Caracas, including by cutting water & electricity to the ambassador’s residence. France is among many nations that no longer recognize Maduro’s disputed 2018 re-election & consider opposition leader Juan Guaido, to be Venezuela’s rightful president.

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