Fri, 2 October 2020
Naresh Vissa gives us an insight Florida hospital Covid responses and how the media overhyped the pressure on hospitals. July was very similar to the usual peak month of January. No other state had the critical situation that New York suffered. As is known, 50 percent of all deaths have occurred in nursing homes. From Day 1 Covid has become a political issue. There hasn’t been a separation of medicine state. |
Fri, 2 October 2020
Stock markets were up again: Dow down 2.3%, S&P 500 down 3.9% Nasdaq finished down s down 5.1%, but TSX.V down 5.9% percent. VIX at a still above average at 26.40. Dollar was up 1.8% and Euro lost 1.8%. 10 Year yield down 4.2%. Bitcoin lost 8.6% during the month. Gold was near down 4% to 1886. Silver 17.4% to 23.25. Even PT was down 4.3%. PD ended up 3.4% for the month. Copper down .9% to $3.00. WTI seesawed down 5.6%. Brent down 9.2%. Natgas lost 3.8% to 2.53 per mm. Uranium was down to 30. Ratios: Au/Ag 78.2 - Pt/Au .49 - Pt/Pd .40 - BRT/WTI 1.02 WT/HH 15.9 and AU/WTI 45.2. |
