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My last few posts have been a coronavirus COVID-19 series, so I’m putting in the links here so as to refer back to them easily for now. These are the seven posts so far.
18th February – Peering Through The Fog Around Coronavirus COVID-19
24th February – Some Genuine Coronavirus Numbers Coming Through
28th February – Falling Down The Steps
9th March – A Tale Of Two Cities
20th March – A Short History of Superflu Pandemics
(more…)My last few posts have been a coronavirus COVID-19 series, so I’m putting in the links here so as to refer back to them easily for now. These are the six posts so far.
18th February – Peering Through The Fog Around Coronavirus COVID-19
24th February – Some Genuine Coronavirus Numbers Coming Through
28th February – Falling Down The Steps
9th March – A Tale Of Two Cities
(more…)My last few posts have been a coronavirus COVID-19 series, so I’m putting in the links here so as to refer back to them easily for now. These are the four posts so far.
18th February – Peering Through The Fog Around Coronavirus COVID-19
24th February – Some Genuine Coronavirus Numbers Coming Through
28th February – Falling Down The Steps
9th March – A Tale Of Two Cities
(more…)My last three posts have been a coronavirus series, so I’m going to be putting in the links here so as to refer back to them easily for now. These are the three posts so far.
18th February – Peering Through The Fog Around Coronavirus COVID-19
24th February – Some Genuine Coronavirus Numbers Coming Through
28th February – Falling Down The Steps
I live in Chester in the UK, and the government here has been gearing up heavily for a coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. There have been dedicated facilities set up to test and treat those affected for several weeks now, and the government has made it very clear that it will take strong measures to combat any COVID-19 outbreak here, up to and including shutting down travel and quarantining entire cities if necessary. As the evidence so far worldwide suggests that a strong response can contain an outbreak this is very reassuring.
(more…)Well it has definitely been a week to remember, with the coronavirus outbreak taking position front and centre. I was expecting a strong reaction as and when this penny finally dropped, though not this fast I have to say. Let’s review the bigger picture on SPX first.
On the bigger picture I was noting (notes on the chart) at the start of February the stats after the relatively small decline that we had just seen, and we saw the 20% odds reversal candle that sometimes follows such a decline. At that point there were even odds of resuming either the weekly upper band ride or the decline, and SPX has taken the second option, and is now (overnight) below the lower target at the weekly lower band in the 2950 area.
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