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COVID-19 UPDATE: Positive reversal in stocks in face of "bad news" not a sign of equities topping.

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STRATEGY: Monday positive equity reversal is a sign of "lots of gas left in the tank"
For anyone watching equity futures overnight (Sunday), it was looking very foreboding with all the major equity indices down >2%.  The 'ostensible' reason is fears over the 'potential new strain' and 'more contagious' strain of COVID-19.  But stocks were weak on Friday and the Sunday overnight weakness, arguably, was simply follow through.


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Source: Reuters


The "UK new strain" is more common in London but its high prevalence is not necessarily due to being more contagious
This newly discovered COVID-19 strain in the UK has 28 mutations.  And it is showing up more commonly, which is the reason there is conjecture that it is more transmissible.  

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/health/new-covid-strain-uk.htmlBut it is also possible that this increased prevalence is simply a result of human behavior as well.  As Dr. Cevik is q...

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