MarketStandard 20 April 2020
An episode of the WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown podcast, hosted by JustOneLap.com, titled "MarketStandard 20 April 2020" was published on April 20, 2020 and runs 65 minutes.
April 20, 2020 ·65m · WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Episode Description
Lockdown day 25
22million unemployment claims in US in 4 weeks (entire 2008 saw only 8.8million) opening economy
China GDP fell by 6.8% YoY in Q1 (first fall since 1992)
Wall Street gained 15% in the past two weeks, its strongest fortnight in 80 years.
Oil price .. crude oil getting smashed as global storage fills up
Earnigs season kicks off in US this week, includes March so some sense of impact but not entirely
Goldman Sachs cuts Apple to sell & cut its price target to $233 from $250 as it sees revenue dropping a third
Amazon trading at all time highs
Big cabinet meeting today (Monday)
End of the road for SAA (US airlines getting $25bn, and that not enough)
Another 1% repo rate cut, but still SARB expects SA to contract by 6.1% this year
Treasury looking to borrow $60bn, potentially from IMF
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