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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets At least for the moment, it seems that nothing can disrupt this running bull market, even though, the cause of last week’s rut, namely the coronavirus, is far from being contained. Sentiment, that stepped-up containment efforts, along with work towards new vaccines, may mitigate any negative economic impacts, was the bullish driver that …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The stimulus effort by the People’s Bank of China to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus set a positive tone for world markets early on, with the domestic ones opening sharply higher aided by another short squeeze. It was simply a matter of investors gaining confidence in that central bankers will take …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets After Friday’s drubbing, and in view of China’s stock market getting clobbered at the tune of some -8%, domestic equities jumped right after the opening bell. While the latter part of the session was flat, the major indexes made up some lost ground in part thanks to optimism that the coronavirus will be …