The Softbank / We Work debacle is the old Enron and the Corona virus is the new 9/11. The analogy is profound. Watch every company now clean their balance sheets out using this as an excuse. Slowdown of VC funding and a move to profitability certainly resembles the end of the .com era. New opportunities shall occur!
...Aivars Lode
...Aivars Lode
U.S. stocks extended a punishing selloff Friday, finishing their worst week since the financial crisis with mounting investor unease about the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 357 points after being down more than 1,000 points before paring declines. The blue-chip index avoided falling by more than 1,000 points for the second consecutive day by staging a roughly 640-point rally in the last 15 minutes of trading.
The S&P 500 fell 0.8% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite recovered after being down more than 3% to close roughly flat in a volatile session.