Fed cuts half point in emergency move amid spreading virus
From what I gather after spending more time than I'm willing to admit listening to every finance talking head out there, the consensus on the street seems to be that this will result in a temporary market recovery followed by the continued deterioration of stock prices given that fiscal or monetary* policy can't really affect the real economy in the near term* i.e. if the supply chain is indeed impacted due to COVID-19, no amount of fiscal or monetary* stimulus can make up for the time / productivity losses in the near term*<p>On the margin, I'm still slightly bearish on the whole situation due to the combination of the virus' absurdly high infection rate[0] and its long incubation period (I'll let each one of you be the judge of how long that is...)<p>[0] <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=infection+rate+sars+vs+coronavirus&ia=images&iax=images" rel="nofollow">https://duckduckgo.com/?q=infection+rate+sars+vs+coronavirus...</a>