11-11-2020, 01:07 AM
(11-11-2020, 12:51 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:As true as that is LP, financial markets still like certainty irrespective of whether or not some industries can make money from instability.Yep....Corporate Travel went up about 18% based on sentiment....there are no extra planes flying or any travel happening its all about confidence and sentiment and thats where the easy money gets made by the big boys.
The lack of clear direction is a bigger concern than anything else, because the market is all about confidence. Hence why Vaccine news causes a lot of stocks that are still having a lot headwinds rise exponentially. Did you see what happened to energy and travel stocks particularly yesterday? Surged by a ridiculous amount on the assertion we have a vaccine with a 90% success rate, with no real data to back it up.
FLT rose 16% on open. Flight centre. A company that released a capital note scheme to fill its coffers with money so they can remain liquid, whilst only making 12% of previous profits, which who knows what that does to its balance sheet. Why? because we "might" have a vaccine which means that they can finally start planning at returning to profit.
THAT is an example of what confidence can do to financial markets and what I am talking about.

