- Stocks and risky assets have sold off in recent hours. The U.S. Dollar is slightly higher, while Gold and Silver are close to record highs.
- WTI Crude Oil is struggling to really break above $40 per barrel and may be turning bearish.
- The Euro is the strongest major currency, while the Japanese Yen is the weakest. The U.S. Dollar is in a confirmed long-term downwards trend after making a technical “death cross” last week.
- The EUR/USD currency pair is reaching new long-term high prices and will likely rise higher still over the coming days. The Euro has been boosted by the European Central Bank’s drive to expand stimulus.
- Coronavirus deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean are 46% of the global daily total, well exceeding those in both the U.S.A. (14%) and Europe (approx. 8%) which shows that the epicenter of the pandemic is well established in Latin America. Deaths in the U.S.A. have been rising for two weeks, with states in the south and west seeing high rates of new infections.
- Total confirmed new coronavirus cases stand at over 14.4 million with an average case fatality rate of 4.19%.
- The number of new coronavirus cases is rising very strongly in India, which has now overtaken Russia to stand at third place globally with over 1 million total confirmed cases. South Africa now has more confirmed cases than all other countries except the U.S.A., Brazil, India, and Russia.
- Brazil continues to see more daily deaths from coronavirus than any other country in the world.
- The rate of new coronavirus infections appears to be now increasing most quickly in the United States, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bolivia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela.