The influenza devastated the country this winter. People are falling like flies because the influenza epidemic this year turned out to be ineffective with various influenza epidemics.
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that "influenza activity" was shown to be "widespread" on the continent for the first time in 13 years of influenza monitoring.
According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, this influenza will result in employers losing more than $ 9.4 billion productivity.
But now that influenza is not creating the only stops that investors are concerned about. Fortunately, the shining stars flutter and flutter ...
Do not brush this shutdown
Nobody like budgeting and sticking to it. Washington is certainly no different.
But I agreed with funds to prevent government lights run out at midnight tonight. The House of Representatives launched a one-month measure on Thursday, but the possibility of passing through the Senate is quite severe.
The possibility of partial government suspension is strongly visible. In addition, even short-term shutdowns can bring uncertainty to the market.
Since 1976, the government has stopped 18 times, of which only 44% closed the market.
On average, the market fell 0.6%.
"But you are stupid, I think that a decrease of 0.6% is small."
And you are right. A 0.6% decline is really ... well, it is a drop of a bucket. But let's consider the recent movement of the market.
According to Goldman Sachs, the S & P 500 passed 394 days without a 5% drawdown. It is growing the longest in the history of the market.
We are confronted with the fact that the market is expanding too much and we are looking for excuses to sweat a little in the form of pullbacks.
Under normal circumstances, short-term power outages by the government have no significant impact. However, we do not do trading under normal circumstances.
The turmoil in Washington can be used as a simple excuse for making profits significantly lower than stocks.
But this year, we can easily close down the government and sell the stock market.
Money is one fortress you need
Gold enjoys a huge rally. Gold bottom metal rose by 7.7% after short-term bottom-up at 1238.30 dollar on 12 December.
During the same period, the S & P 500 index rose 5.1%
Gold is popular among investors in times of confusion and uncertainty.
Now Gold Load
Gold surpasses the unexpectedly wide range of markets in the past month and is likely to maintain this rise due to potential stock cuts.
These interest rates can be used by mining companies to announce solid results with strength of gold price.
