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In the recap of this week, we found the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 wrapping up its best week in 8 months, as investors decide to be satisfied with Chinese government efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus & limit the economic damage from the outbreak that has now killed over 600 people. Over 300 S&P 500 companies have now reported Quarter 4 results so far, of which about 70% have topped earnings estimates. Earnings are expected to have risen 2.1% overall.

E.U. leaders & institutions begin meetings this week to start a most difficult job in 2020 which is agreeing on a new 7-year budget intangible sign of what a united Europe will look like after Brexit. Unusually tough because the departure of Britain, 1 of the top net contributors to the budget, leaves a net annual gap of more than 9B Euros on average.

A technical committee of OPEC+ adds the 8th day of meetings after failing to reach a deal among its member oil ministers. Delegates cannot agree on the threat the coronavirus poses to global consumption. Saudi Arabia is pushing for immediate & deeper output cuts, in opposition to Russia, whose budget is more resilient to lower crude prices. Oil is already down over 20% from this year’s high, falling into a bear market last week.

Tesla rallies for 6th day with shares up another 12% to over $875, follows Monday’s run that saw shares skyrocket 20%. Panasonic turned profitable in Q4, as Tesla’s battery output helped push that division forward. Tesla has climbed over 80% in 2020 alone & has more than tripled in value since October.

Millions of bees die due to Australia’s wildfires; China sees worst market sell-off in years; oil prices fall due to fears over energy demand; Chinese provinces to extend lunar new year holiday due to coronavirus; U.S Senate acquits Trump on the impeachment articles; Switzerland ranked 1st in cost of living according to CEOWORLD; Disney+ reached 28.6M paying subscribers; FBI director claims China is seeking to steal U.S. technology.

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Coronavirus from China spreads rapidly and hits global markets. Past Monday US stocks nosedived, S&P500 down 1.3%… NASDAQ fell 1.7%… DAO 1.48%. Tuesday markets went up. Thursday closed higher despite the Coronavirus being declared a global emergency by The World Health Organization. Friday markets plunged 600 points due the virus alert. Nations around the world are evacuating their diplomatic staff and citizens.

Since the Coronavirus threat started 1 Trillion USD of global equities gone. Oil has been affected, precious metals not so much. US Oil went down 1.73% BRENT went down 4.71%. Venezuela has announced they will propose to give the majority of the shares and actual control of their oil industry to big international firms after decades of State monopoly. The European parliament on Wednesday gave its final approval of the UK leaving the block.

The US hopes to complete a pact with the UK this year as the annual trade of goods and services between both nations are more than 230.000 Million. The US is the biggest trade partner of the UK. Space X launched its 4th internet beaming satellites past Wednesday to improve internet business.

Air lines across North America, Europe and Asia are canceling flights to China to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. The top 5 firms capital (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google, Netflix and Microsoft) tops Europe’s 40 top firms. Listen the Podcast to learn more. Stay tuned for next week’s Recap.

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Coronavirus! New threat to the world arises, according to China Government, it already has killed 56 people and infected over 2K since the first case was detected last week. The virus has made it to other countries and so a new crisis begins.

Big selloff past tuesday, due the virus scares, wednesday the US market rebounded due a strong forecast from IBM, rose 3%, thursday stocks were flat again due the Coronavirus, friday the market went high on the morning and later reversed due a strong forecast from Intel, the chip maker. DAO went down 1.23%… S&P500 -1,06%… NASDAQ 0,79%… Bitcoin went low 4,89%

People are taking their money out from Switzerland banks 5 years of negative interest rates. Brazilian Energy Ministers claim Brazil is expanding their oil output rapidly so they plan to join OPEC after a visit to Saudi Arabia july last year, India also is to trade with them. France and the US have extended negotiations on the dispute over the new French digital taxes, charging over 3% negotiations go by the end of 2020. Amazon wants to allow customers to connect their credit cards to their hands and so creating retail terminals… Listen the Podcast to learn more. Stay tuned for next week’s Recap.

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Trade agreement phase 1 between China and the US holds the Trade War! China pledged to buy goods and services from the US over the next 2 years, for the value of $200,000 Millions. The past week balance was: monday US stocks rose, tuesday were mixed due anticipation of the trade deal, wednesdays rose but just behind record highs, on friday the US stocks hit another record highs as well, due investors optimism on the data.

DAO went up 1,82%… S&P500 1,99%… NASDAQ 2,29%… Treasury Secretary said even though the trade deal is signed the tear-ups that were placed on China are sating there until they talk about the phase 2 trade deal. European markets are in a good shape, Latin American markets are mixed. African and Middle East markets are good. Asia and Australia markets are mostly higher.

Huge news for Bitcoin and Cryptos, options for Bitcoin are going to go live for the first time this monday, CME Futures (The largest operator in the world) is launching Bitcoin Futures due to its success, Cryptos rose 13,69% . ($8,876) The deficit in the US succeeded $1 trillion in 2019 since 2012. US Crude oil went down 0,99%… International BRENT went down 0,39%… Rhodium surged 45% it’s the most valued precious metal.

Russian Prime Minister Medvédev, announced that the entire Putin cabinet is resigning because of the constitutional change Putin is pushing for. Thousands of people are being evacuated in Manila, Philippines, due the eruption of Taal Volcano. Iran formally accused by three nations. Listen the Podcast to learn more. Stay tuned for next week’s Recap.

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On this week’s Recap. The tension between Iran and the United States endures. Iran launched an attack to an US base in Irak, as retaliation of the killing of their top military General, there were no casualties. Trump hasn’t answered back yet. During this event, Iran destroyed with a missile a commercial airplane, minutes after takeoff by accident, killing over 100 people.

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Happy New Year!! The year starts with global tension. US and Iran on the verge of war. First an US embassy was attacked, then the US responded with the killing of Qasem Soleimani, a senior Iranian top General, allegedly, targeting a terrorist group at a military operation in Bagdad, Irak.

2019 was the best years of the decade for Stocks, after 2013, with a favorable tax policy under the Trump administration, wether you love or hate Trump, it’s just facts. US markets plunged due the tension with Iran. DAO down .02 %, S&P500 down .15%, NASDAQ up .16%. The European market with the largest day one loss, past monday, with 1% losing. It’s 2020 and Bitcoin didn’t hit $50K value.

US crude went up .63.05 International Brent went up .68.70. Gold continues to rise .78%, Silver 1.63% The head of The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Charles Evans, says the fundamentals of the US economy are good at the moment “No need for lower interest rates any further at this point” giving an idea of what’s going to happen with the US monetary policy and global economy as well.

Top 3 best performers: AMD, Cayley Corporation and Lam Research. Tesla delivered its first round of made in China, Model3, producing 28 models per hour. Apple with a .86% growth in 2019. Trump to sign a trade deal with China. Stay tuned for next week’s Recap. Have an amazing year!

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In the recap of this week, we found that 2019 was a great year for US markets: S&P 500 up more 28.5%, Dow Jones up over +22%, & the NASDAQ up over +34%, Russell 2000 up near +24%. U.S. market on course for its best year since 2013. U.S. 7- to 10-year Treasuries have returned roughly 8%, while U.S. top-quality corporate bonds returned 17%.

International Brent crude rose towards $68 a barrel (U.S. WTI to $62) its highest level in over 3 months on Thursday, helped by a report showing lower U.S. crude inventories, hopes of an end to the China-U.S. trade dispute & OPEC-led efforts to constrain supply. The API late on Tuesday said that U.S. crude stocks fell by 7.9M barrels last week, much more than the decline forecast by analysts.

Amazon was the most traded U.S. stock on Thursday. Shares of the online U.S. retailer rose more than 4.4% to $1868.77 after the firm said it had its best holiday season on record. The stock is up over 21% in 2019.

Lost Aksum city found in Ethiopia; Argentina has spent 33% of the last 70 years in recession; Libra has failed in its current form according to the swiss president; Two decades of Putin in power; typhoon in the Philippines; Evo Morales to return to Bolivia; Mexico’s economy contracted.

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In the recap of this week, we found that world stocks hovered just off record highs after climbing for 5 consecutive sessions, while U.K.’s pound had heavy losses in the wake of renewed Brexit uncertainty. The latest survey of fund managers showed that a record surge in global growth expectations over the last 2 months, has drastically cut recession worries.

U.S President Trump became the 3rd American leader in history to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Since the vote was along party lines with Democrats pushing dubious articles, the effort will fail in the Senate which is controlled by the opposition Republicans, thus leaving to the 45th President’s acquittal.

China’s top agriculture consultancy insists that China will make good on a pledge to purchase over $40 billion per year of U.S. agricultural products ($18.7B for soybeans alone), under the recently agreed Phase 1 trade deal between the two countries, even as some trade analysts, remain skeptical.

Netflix shares up over 24% this year; Turkish interest rate cuts will continue in 2020; Self-driving vehicles expand in California; oil prices hovering near 3-month peaks; the German economy is showing resilience overall; the union of tech firms creates “Connected Home over IP”.

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This week’s recap was marked by two main facts: The great advance of the agreements between China and the United States to end the trade war, and the elections in the United Kingdom. Stocks around the world soared across the board Friday, on news of an imminent trade deal between the U.S. & China, as well as the end to the U.K. Brexit impasse. Investors now have far more certainty, in what has already been, a banner year for global markets, especially in the U.S.

The U.K. will move quickly forward on Brexit (January 31 2020) after conservative Prime Minister Johnson won a resounding electoral victory, ends 3 years of uncertainty since the country voted to leave the bloc. Out of the 650 parliamentary seats, it seems the Conservative Party has won 364 seats to the Labour Party’s 203. Johnson now has an absolute majority.

Saudi Aramco shares increased 10% when they began trading on Wednesday, in a stock market debut that shattered records, pushing the oil giant to a record $2 trillion valuations before falling back. It is the biggest IPO in history, raising $25.6B by selling 1.5% of the former exclusive state-owned company. That exceeds even Alibaba’s 2014 market debut.

Twitter plans to create a research group; Europe slowly recovers from the trade war; EU agreement to reduce the greenhouse effect to zero; Turkey may finalize terms for delivery of the 2nd consignment of missiles; AT&T has now switched on its 5G; Tesla will increase its output in the Gigafactory; USMCA negotiations continue.

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In today’s recap we bring you some of the news of the week, we tell you about how this week’s Cyber Monday in the U.S. set all kinds of sales records, including one that has become something of an annual tradition: It was Amazon’s biggest shopping day in the company’s history. Cyber Monday registered a total of $9.2B in sales, a spike of nearly 17% over 2018. Shopping on smartphones accounted for 33% of those sales, an increase of 46% vs the same day in 2018.

Google co-founders Larry Page & Sergei Brin are giving up their respective positions as chief executive & president extending a long retreat from public roles & active management of the firm, they co-founded in 1998. Remaining involved as board members, the 2 will still control a majority of voting power under the corporation’s dual-class share structure.

United Airlines is buying 50 Airbus A321XLR jets for flights between the U.S. east coast & Europe, in latest setback for Boeing – falling behind Airbus in the annual contest for orders & deliveries. The new Airbus long-range jets, with a total list value of around $6.5B, will replace United’s older fleet of 53 Boeing 757-200 planes beginning in 2024.

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