Welcome to Finom Group’s weekend data Mash-up at February’s month-end. With one week left in the trading month, the S&P 500 has grappled back all it had lost in January and then some. While the benchmark index seems in need of a rest and breadth has weakened over the previous trading week, last Friday’s decline…
By Marty Makary of the Wall Street Journal Amid the dire Covid warnings, one crucial fact has been largely ignored: Cases are down 77% over the past six weeks. If a medication slashed cases by 77%, we’d call it a miracle pill. Why is the number of cases plummeting much faster than experts predicted? In large…
A strong US consumer setup at a time of economic reopening to unleash pent-up demand and drive growth. Our positive 2021 outlook was anchored on stronger and earlier-than-expected consumer recovery and pickup in mobility post-Covid-19 vaccine, releasing cyclical and pent-up demand. We expect consumers to blowout expectations for rest of the year given: (1) economic…...
