Scary virus outbreak in China

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    So far there are 71,000 cases with 1800 deaths. Most of this is taking place in China, which is using draconian quarantine enforcement in trying to combat this disease. One thing I haven’t seen yet is the length of time to be sick and recover. That is, how long is a person sick before they recover. I assume people do recover from this illness.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Good question.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,034
    BlueFox wrote: »
    So far there are 71,000 cases with 1800 deaths. Most of this is taking place in China, which is using draconian quarantine enforcement in trying to combat this disease. One thing I haven’t seen yet is the length of time to be sick and recover. That is, how long is a person sick before they recover. I assume people do recover from this illness.

    The numbers China is reporting are drastically understated. Actual numbers are much higher with some estimates being in the 270,000 infected and 7500 dead.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Yes, it appears to be getting worse in China. At some point it is going to break loose, and the US, and world, will be like China. At that point the US and world economy will collapse, so I need to check with my investment firm tomorrow, and get out of stocks and move into something more stable.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    Good grief. Enough with the doomsday scenario already...

    AFAIK, only one person has died so far outside of China as a direct result of this virus. Y'all are starting to sound like the...

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    This is just the flavor of the month. *rolls eyes*

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  • audioluvr wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Yes, it appears to be getting worse in China. At some point it is going to break loose, and the US, and world, will be like China. At that point the US and world economy will collapse, so I need to check with my investment firm tomorrow, and get out of stocks and move into something more stable.

    Like guns and ammo?

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,124
    audioluvr wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Yes, it appears to be getting worse in China. At some point it is going to break loose, and the US, and world, will be like China. At that point the US and world economy will collapse, so I need to check with my investment firm tomorrow, and get out of stocks and move into something more stable.

    Like guns and ammo?

    And gold.

    Coffee, tobacco, and whiskey too...

    Also hot sauce, anything is edible with hot sauce
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    edited February 2020
    N/M

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,556
    Why does anybody book a cruise? Seems so many people get stuck on a boat
    With flu outbreaks. Sorry, if I wanted to be crammed on a boat with thousands of people I'd join the Navy.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,042
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Why does anybody book a cruise? Seems so many people get stuck on a boat
    With flu outbreaks. Sorry, if I wanted to be crammed on a boat with thousands of people I'd join the Navy.

    I don't get the fascination with cruises either. I've never been on one and really have no desire to go on one. But there are many young guys where I work who raid their 401K's to go on cruises so obviously we must be overlooking something :#
  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,556
    ok, raiding 401k to cruise? That's doubling down on stupid.
    Imagine being one of the people currently on lockdown for the next 18 days
    and if positive, even longer. I don't think many employers are going to be
    very happy with that. I saw an interview with one released from Japan.
    They were tested, but didn't have results yet, then lied that they were cleared and
    flew back to the US. They came down with it in flight. This is the stuff that
    is going to bring it back to the US and start BIG problems. I'm hoping they
    broke a law.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,862
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Why does anybody book a cruise? Seems so many people get stuck on a boat
    With flu outbreaks. Sorry, if I wanted to be crammed on a boat with thousands of people I'd join the Navy.

    Hot bunking and mostly men? I'd rather be on a cruise
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    ok, raiding 401k to cruise? That's doubling down on stupid.
    ...
    Signature line material right there, folks!

    Hey, @Hermitism, think you can rustle up a "Signature Line Material" badge thingy for us some time (you know, while you're restin'...)?

    B)

  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    edited February 2020
    Oh, speaking of the folks returned to the US via charter flight(s) -- did y'all read about/see the accommodations they had? Since they were trying to maintain on-plane isolation of the virus-positive passengers, apparently a quick retrofit of a couple of air freight 747s was performed. No windows, portapotties, an isolation pod and quickly-installed seats. De luxe.

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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8011381/Isolation-chambers-installed-planes-bringing-400-Americans-Diamond-Princess.html
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Why does anybody book a cruise? Seems so many people get stuck on a boat
    With flu outbreaks. Sorry, if I wanted to be crammed on a boat with thousands of people I'd join the Navy.

    :s

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,556
    la2vegas wrote: »
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Why does anybody book a cruise? Seems so many people get stuck on a boat
    With flu outbreaks. Sorry, if I wanted to be crammed on a boat with thousands of people I'd join the Navy.

    Thank you in advance for your service...

    I was a Marine. Close enough. Short rides were all we had to deal with.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Just off the phone with financial advisor. Turns out we are on same page since they are already planning on a stock market hit in the US from this disease. The question is how big. Anyway, now we are in a wait and see mode.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,034
    edited February 2020
    never mind.... nothing to see here.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    Stock market takes a hit if someone tweets the wrong thing. These things come and go, markets go down and up but this is not going to be the end of the world type of virus. Markets have corrections , that's like investing 101 isn't it.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,862
    markets go low, time to buy!
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    edited February 2020
    The stock market(s) hate uncertainty. They don't mind bad news (or good news). Almost always, the response of the markets to an anticipated event is baked in by the time that event actually occurs.

    We're - arguably - past peak uncertainty with this particular virus outbreak. So far, the markets have been surprisingly disinterested.
    Not uninterested, but not over-interested, either.

    at 3pm EST Apple's sales forecast adjustment was bad for them; has a little effect on the market so far (down 0.5% today, an hour before the close)

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    Like everything else, there're smart investments... and not so smart investments.

  • The markets are headed down anyway. The FED announced they are ending repo purchases for awhile, so liquidity will dry up as a result. Never understood with such a good economy why this was a thing anyway, but it has helped drive/prop the market up beyond what it should be. The FED can always fire the Repo market back up at will.

    Current stock market PE ratios to SP 500 earnings is 25.37% which is a bit rich.

    GDP for 2019 came it at 2.1% , 2020 is projected (before China's problems) to be 1.9%. if there are supply chain interruptions GDP could take a hit, hard to project now and before what's in the pipeline is used up this China thing could be over, only time will tell.

    I am sure the calls for interest rate cuts will get louder if things start going to far south. We have an election coming up in case you've been asleep.


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    ^^^ Yup.

    Longest US economic expansion ever (as of July 2019)... so, yeah, gettin' to be time for a correction/recession.
    https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/07/02/americas-economic-expansion-is-now-the-longest-on-record

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    The stock market is not the economy, and the economy is not the stock market.


  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Just off the phone with financial advisor. Turns out we are on same page since they are already planning on a stock market hit in the US from this disease. The question is how big. Anyway, now we are in a wait and see mode.

    Looks like it is starting. Got out just in time. It might briefly recover, but once this virus breaks loose and hits this country then it will get worse for the stock market. Of course, that is minor compared to the effect on society this virus will have.

    This is for Thursday, and today (Friday) it is continuing.

    “U.S. stocks are falling on Thursday as a jittery Wall Street continues to eye the expansion of the coronavirus around the world.

    Dow bulls are nervously watching what could be a new base camp for the disease in Daegu, South Korea.

    The city of 2.5 million residents faces a possible quarantine.
    The Dow Jones dropped sharply on Thursday, and the sudden 400 point dip left Wall Street scratching its head.”

    https://www.ccn.com/this-is-why-the-dow-jones-unexpectedly-dove-on-thursday/
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    edited February 2020
    A long (long) disruption in the supply chain will have some effect on the market and maybe (??) even the global economy. I reckon that whether "the virus" is in the US or not (in an epidemic way) is, financially, secondary, because we don't have much to do with the global supply chain any more (sadly).
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    If you get a Chinese virus and become cured, you can still get it again 2 hours later.
  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 4,892
    1. A 10% market drop is considered a correction.
    2. A 20% drop is considered a bear market.
    We are nowhere near those levels. In fact, there were a couple of pullbacks in 2019 that were far worse than this one thus far, and we witnessed something significantly more painful at the end of 2018 (the worst pullback since the Great Recession in 08/09).

    Look at the chart below, representing the S&P 500 (far more useful than the DJI 30 in my opinion, which is ridiculously narrow).
    • The correction at the end of 2018 (1) touched on bear market territory... That was painful! 🤕 It also provided multiple opportunities for the brave and courageous.
    • The two major pullbacks early in 2019 (2) were also unpleasant, but anyone who couldn’t handle the pain from those simply should not be investing, because such pullbacks are inevitable, and in many cases, they can be a gift for entering the market.
    • This week’s pullback (3) is peanuts in comparison. 🥜

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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 4,892
    Also of interest...

    Some British tourists made the news for bringing the Covid-19 virus to a ski resort in France, where six were infected (all but one staying in the same rented chalet). In total, twelve cases have been declared in France. Of those, an 80 year old Chinese tourist has died (his daughter, traveling with him, survived).

    Other than the death of the tourist, out of the twelve, there is only ONE patient still in hospital. Everyone else has been released.
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