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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.
Tesla shares topped $1,000 for the 1st time ever on Wednesday & early Thursday with a market capitalization of over $190B, before falling back. CEO Elon Musk wrote to employees that it was “time to go all out” & put its Semi truck into volume production. A rally of about another 15% in Tesla shares could see it become the world’s most valuable carmaker, replacing Toyota.
U.S. based Amazon reached a new all-time high on Wednesday, when its stock reached $2,722.35. Shares were up over 52%, since the March lows & up +38% in 2020 & +37% in 52 weeks. Amazon has a market capitalization of some $1.32 trillion.
Apple has become the 1st U.S. company to reach a $1.5 trillion market valuation, with capitalization at $1.53 trillion. Apple reached a new all-time high yesterday, for its stock at $354.77. Shares are up +40.63% since the March lows & up +18.88% in 2020 & +79.80% in 52 weeks.
Canada’s biggest securities regulator said on Thursday that last year’s collapse of Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform Quadriga CX was due to a Ponzi scheme, operated by founder Gerald Cotten, who died suddenly in December 2018.
Microsoft reached a new all-time high on Wednesday, when its stock reached $198.52. Shares were up over 34%, since the March lows & up over +18% in 2020 & over +40% in 52 weeks. Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.49 trillion.
U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged & committed to maintaining its unprecedented stimulus plan until the economy “has weathered recent events.” Says no interest rate hikes this year or in 2021. Even in 2022, the majority of policymakers believe rates will remain at the current rate levels. The Central Bank is still in opposition to negative interest rates.

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.
A number of Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout Monday to protest CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action on a series of controversial posts from President Trump. Employees took the day off work. Managers have been told by the company’s human resources department, not to retaliate against staff who are planning to protest, or to make them use paid time-off.
Turkey’s Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan announces his country will re-open its Gurbulak border gate with Iran & the Habur border gate with Iraq this week, in order to help boost trade as the coronavirus pandemic containment measures are eased.
Global stocks maintain levels near 3-month highs on Friday, as the Euro hit its highest level since March 10, thanks to Europe’s stimulus boost, fueling investor hopes for a world-wide economic rebound.
Despite the ongoing effects of the coronavirus business shutdowns, the bell-weather stock index S&P 500 closed Tuesday at the highest level in nearly 3 months.

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.
A U.S. army unit to arrive in Colombia in the coming days, to help the country’s armed forces fight against drug trafficking for a 4-month period, the U.S. embassy in Bogota has stated. Last year Colombia saw cultivation of coca leaves, the chief ingredient in cocaine, rise to 212,000 hectares (523,863 acres), from 208,000 hectares in 2018.
Nissan has committed to slash production capacity by 20% & will be closing a plant in Spain as part of a sweeping reorganization after the Japanese carmaker revealed its 1st annual operating loss in more than a decade. It posted an operating loss of $376M for its fiscal year ended in March, vs. an operating profit of $2.9B for the previous fiscal year, in company’s worst performance since 2009.
Zoox has been working to develop the hardware & software needed to create electric-powered robot taxis that would be summoned by a smartphone app starting this year. Amazon is now in advanced talks to acquire Zoox, that will expand its reach in autonomous vehicle technology. The companies are discussing a deal that will value Zoox at less than the $3.2B it achieved, in a funding round in 2018.

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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