Coronavirus effect: US and UK stock markets suffer worst quarter since 1987

Roger Baird

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their worst three months of trading since the 1987 crash. Economists also slashed forecasts for global growth this year as governments battle the pandemic and the slowdown in economic activity it brings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and London’s FTSE 100 saw their biggest quarterly drops…

Disney stock tumbles, places hopes on new streaming channel to see it through downturn

Siraj Sarwar

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) stock price is off more than 30% from 52-week high of $150 due to the widespread disruption across its domestic parks, hotels, and cruise lines as well as the halts in production at its film business. ESPN is expected to lose $481m in NBA-related ads. However, Disney Plus, which…

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Asia Accounts for Over 50% of All Internet Users Worldwide

Justinas Baltrusaitis

Asia now accounts for more than half of the global internet users. Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that during the first quarter of 2020, the continent accounted for 2.3 billion users representing about 50.3% of the global users. From the data, Europe has the second-highest number of internet users at 15.9% which represents 727 million…

Visa stock under pressure as consumer spending ‘sharply declines’

Roger Baird

Visa again lowered its second-quarter revenue growth outlook, and said that consumer spending has “sharply declined” as a result of coronavirus lockdown measures. The credit card giant said it now expects mid-single-digit percentage revenue growth for the second quarter to the end of March. Visa said that customer spending had “sharply declined week on week…

Google Searches for Buy Stocks up by 466% Worldwide

Justinas Baltrusaitis

Global interest in buying stocks has significantly risen on a search engine Google. Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that the searches worldwide have increased by at least 466% between March 31, 2019, and March 27 this year. The spike in searches correlates with the increasing cases of the novel coronavirus that have crippled most global…

Copper Trading | How to Trade Copper in 2025

Tom Chen

Copper is an essential commodity to the world’s growth and to the development of our society. Copper is not only used in electrical equipment such as wiring and polls but also in construction, plumbing, industrial machinery, and motors. It is estimated that the discovery of copper dates from around 9000 BC, and therefore, you won’t…