| How the Senate Could "Kickstart" a Holiday Rally Stocks refused to budge this morning as Covid concerns made a comeback. Austria announced earlier today that it would revert to a full nationwide lockdown to fight rising infection numbers. Last night, Germany unveiled new restrictions as well but only for the unvaccinated. "The news is hitting European markets hard this morning as fears mount that the virus and restrictions will spread across the continent again," explained Deutsche Bank chief economist Jim Reid, before adding that "the curveball might be the US.” "So although all the headlines are in Europe at the moment, will the US be more vulnerable than many European countries over the course of the full winter? Recent history suggests the US have a higher bar for economic restrictions related to Covid, but it also has a lower vaccination rate than their European peers.”  Covid case totals are up in the US, too. However, no states have activated new lockdown measures in response. But that didn’t stop investors from dumping their reopening-sensitive stocks this morning. Airlines were gouged for significant losses today alongside travel stocks like Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB), which fell over 4%. Cruise lines plunged as well. (...continued below...) |
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